McDonald's Happy Meal POG 2019 - Harley Quinn's Portrait
Welcome back, disc hunters and drive-thru collectors - grab a seat, because today we are spinning into one of the most ambitious Happy Meal promos to ever come out of Europe.
If you have been following along with the McDonald's POG 2019 wave, you already know what we are dealing with here: a staggering 206 collectible POG discs released through McDonald's Happy Meals in France in 2019. Today's spotlight is on one of the standout pieces from the DC Comics corner of that set - Harley Quinn's Portrait.
What Is the POG 2019 Set?
The POG 2019 promotion was a massive French McDonald's Happy Meal event featuring small circular collectible discs - styled in the classic POG format - produced under the Warner Bros. licensing umbrella. The set spans an enormous range of characters and themes: DC Super Hero Girls, Justice League heroes and villains, Looney Tunes favorites like Tweety, Sylvester, Bugs Bunny, Taz, Road Runner, and Wile E. Coyote, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. crew, Marvin the Martian, and much more. At 206 total discs, it is one of the most expansive Happy Meal collectible runs McDonald's has ever put together - and completing it is genuinely a collector's challenge.
Within the DC portion of the set, there is strong representation from the DC Super Hero Girls lineup - Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Katana, Poison Ivy, and of course Harley Quinn. The POG 2019 wave treats these characters not as a footnote but as a core part of the collection, with multiple discs dedicated to each one across different scenes and poses.
Harley Quinn's Portrait - The Disc Up Close
Harley Quinn's Portrait is exactly what the name suggests: a close-up, face-forward portrait of the character rendered in a bold, graphic disc format. The artwork leans into the vibrant DC Super Hero Girls visual style, with Harley's signature red and black color scheme, her expressive features, and that unmistakable playful energy she carries in every version of the character. The composition is tight and eye-catching - portrait discs in this set are designed to pop, and this one delivers.
The disc itself is the standard POG format: round, lightweight, and made with a smooth plastic laminate finish that keeps the printed artwork crisp and protected. At roughly 38mm in diameter, these are true palm-sized collectibles - the kind that stack and display well, whether you are sliding them into a disc binder, lining them up on a shelf ledge, or grouping them by character theme. The print quality on the Harley Quinn Portrait disc is sharp, with solid color saturation that holds up well even as a standalone piece outside the full set context.
What makes the portrait-style discs in the POG 2019 set particularly valuable to collectors is their display versatility. A character portrait translates cleanly to a shelf or a frame - it reads even from a distance. Harley Quinn's Portrait is one of those discs that works just as well displayed on its own as it does sitting inside a complete wave lineup.
Wave and Set Context
The POG 2019 set is not for the casual collector. With 206 discs across multiple character groups and themes, this is a long-game hunt. The DC Super Hero Girls subset alone runs deep, with dozens of numbered discs dedicated to the franchise alongside the named thematic discs. Other Harley Quinn discs in the set include Le Joker & Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn, giving her solid representation across different pairings and concepts. The portrait disc stands apart from those by putting the focus entirely on Harley herself - no co-star, just the character front and center.
Other notable discs in the broader POG 2019 wave include Superman in Metropolis, Wonder Woman 2 and 3, The Flash 1 and 2, Katana 1, Poison Ivy's Emblem, Justice League 1 through 4, Scooby-Doo in a range of action scenes, Tweety in multiple versions, Taz Happy and Taz Grumpy, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, the Mystery Machine series, Looney Tunes 1 through 3, Marvin the Martian in expedition and laser variants, and dozens of numbered DC Super Hero Girls discs. If you are building this set, you are committing to one of the most wide-ranging Happy Meal hunts available from the 2019 era.
Collector Notes
- Format: Classic POG-style circular disc, smooth laminate finish, approximately 38mm diameter.
- Play value vs. display value: Low play value in the traditional toy sense, but high as a collectible display piece. These stack, sort, and shelf beautifully.
- Durability: The laminate surface holds up well over time. Keep them out of direct sunlight to preserve the color saturation in the artwork.
- Wave importance: With 206 discs in the full set, each individual piece matters. Harley Quinn's Portrait fills a specific role in the DC character roster that none of the duo discs can replace.
- Appeal: Strong crossover appeal between Harley Quinn fans, DC Super Hero Girls collectors, and POG-era nostalgia collectors. The character is recognizable enough to carry interest well beyond the original promotion window.
- Long-term shelf appeal: High. Portrait discs age well. The DC Super Hero Girls artwork style has a clean, graphic quality that reads as a deliberate design choice rather than a dated production artifact.
Display and Storage Ideas
For the POG 2019 set as a whole, a dedicated disc binder with plastic sleeves is the most practical organizational solution - it lets you view every disc without handling them individually and keeps the artwork in pristine condition. If you prefer open display, a shallow shadow box works well for grouping the DC characters together, arranging them by character theme or color palette. Harley Quinn's Portrait pairs naturally alongside the Poison Ivy and Wonder Woman discs for a DC villain and hero showcase.
For standalone display, small acrylic coin or disc stands position these POGs upright and vertical, turning a single disc into a proper shelf piece. The portrait format of this particular disc makes it one of the strongest candidates for that kind of single-disc display in the whole wave.
I have this one on my need list in the Collectiblz app - the portrait format is exactly what I want for the Harley Quinn slot in my DC section of the set. If you are tracking this wave too, the Collectiblz app makes it easy to log what you have and flag what you are still hunting.
- K.M. 🎁
