McDonald's Happy Meal POG 2019 - The Flash 2

Welcome to the Spinning Side of the Golden Arches!

If you were picking up Happy Meals in Europe in 2019, you probably remember pulling a brightly colored disc out of that familiar red box and thinking - wait, are these POGs? Yes, they were. The 2019 McDonald's POG wave brought spinning tops and collectible discs back to the Happy Meal in a big way, and The Flash 2 is one of the standout pieces from that run.

About the POG 2019 Set

The McDonald's Happy Meal POG 2019 promotion was primarily a European release, mixing DC Comics heroes and Looney Tunes characters with original characters across a wide assortment of spinning disc toys. The set draws from a genuinely eclectic lineup - you've got Tweety Bird in multiple poses (Tweety 1, Tweety 2, Tweety 3, Tweety on Ice, Tweety Cool, Tweety Mimi), Tweety and Sylvester pairings in tennis and golf themes, Wile E. Coyote and a guitarist variant, Wonder Woman represented in multiple designs including Wonder Woman 2, Wonder Woman 3, and Wonder Woman's Emblem, plus original characters like Véra 1, Véra 2, Tickles, Yéti, and the Victory disc. The Flash 2 fits right into the DC Comics corner of this assortment alongside the Wonder Woman entries.

The numbering in the name - "The Flash 2" - signals this is a second design featuring The Flash in the wave, which tells you something about how popular the character was. Two Flash discs in a single promo means the marketing team knew DC fans and parent collectors would be hunting for both.

Design and Physical Details

These POG 2019 discs are lightweight spinning tops with a flat disc base and a short central spire for spinning. The plastic is firm but lightweight, with a satisfying snap when you set one spinning on a flat surface. The Flash 2 features the Scarlet Speedster's iconic imagery - bold red and yellow color blocking that pops immediately on a shelf or display surface.

The disc diameter sits in that familiar POG range - small enough to pocket or stack, but substantial enough to feel like a real toy rather than a throwaway. Paint and graphic application is clean and bright, consistent with the quality standard seen across the POG 2019 wave. The disc-and-spire format means there's no loose paint from handling - color is printed directly onto the mold, which holds up well over time.

There's something quietly satisfying about a McDonald's toy that references an actual toy format from the 1990s. These POG discs feel like a deliberate callback - a fast food collectible that winks at the collector era that defined so many of our childhoods.

Wave Context

The POG 2019 wave is one of the more ambitious mixed-license assortments McDonald's put out in the 2019 window. Pairing Looney Tunes characters with DC Comics heroes on collectible spinning discs gave the wave a broad appeal - kids who knew Tweety from cartoons and older collectors who gravitate toward DC characters both had reasons to keep checking those Happy Meal boxes.

The Flash 2's existence alongside Wonder Woman designs suggests McDonald's leaned into the DC side of the assortment more heavily than the Looney Tunes half would imply at first glance. For set completists, tracking down both Flash variants and all three Wonder Woman designs alongside the Tweety wave and original characters makes this a genuinely involved chase - probably 20 or more pieces when you count all the Tweety pose variants.

Within the DC portion of the wave, The Flash 2 is a natural highlight. The Scarlet Speedster has consistent visual recognition across age groups - that red-and-yellow lightning motif reads instantly. It's the kind of piece that earns display space even if you're not a completist.

Collector Notes

• Play value: These are functional spinning tops - kids actually use them, which means finding them in unused or near-mint condition takes effort. That adds some collector interest over time.
• Display value: The disc format stacks and displays neatly. A complete run of the POG 2019 wave laid flat or stood in a row makes for a visually coherent display grouping.
• Set completion: The full wave is substantial. Hunting all Tweety variants, Wonder Woman designs, Wile E. Coyote variants, original characters, and both Flash discs is a real project. The Flash 2 is not the hardest piece to find, but it's also not always the first one that shows up.
• Long-term appeal: DC characters tend to hold collector interest across decades. A Flash disc from a 2019 European Happy Meal promo sits at a nice crossroads between kids meal collecting and DC memorabilia.
• Storage tip: Small discs like these do well stored flat in shallow bins or displayed standing in a row behind a small riser. Grouping them by wave and character theme keeps the display readable.

Display and Storage Ideas

POG 2019 discs are compact and easy to lose in a general Happy Meal bin. Consider keeping this wave together in a shallow flat storage tray, or displaying the DC characters separately from the Looney Tunes grouping. The Flash 2 alongside the Wonder Woman discs and Wile E. Coyote variants makes a tight and visually punchy little display cluster. A small shadow box or magnetic display board works particularly well for flat disc toys at this scale.

I grabbed this one on a lunch run back when the promo was still running and have it marked as collected in the Collectiblz app. If you're tracking your own POG 2019 set, the app is a great way to see exactly which discs you've got and which ones you're still hunting down - especially helpful with a wave this large.

- K.M. 🧸