McDonald's Happy Meal POG 2019 - Let's Go! Spinning Top Collectible
Welcome back, collectors - let's talk spinning tops, slammer discs, and the Happy Meal wave that brought POG culture roaring back into the drive-thru.
The McDonald's Happy Meal POG 2019 set is one of those promos that genuinely surprised the Kids' Meal collecting community. Launched in 2019, this wave leaned hard into the nostalgia of disc and spinning top play, delivering a massive assortment of collectible POG-style tops with bold, colorful character artwork on every single piece. The set features an enormous roster pulled from multiple Warner Bros. and DC properties - Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, DC Super Hero Girls, and original McDonald's characters - making it one of the broadest character assortments McDonald's has released in a single wave in recent memory.
Today's spotlight is on the POG 2019 "Let's Go!" spinning top - a cheerful, energetic entry in the line that captures the spirit of the whole promotion. This piece is one of the original character discs in the set, featuring a bold, action-forward graphic design on a compact, bright spinning top platform. It is small enough to fit in a palm and light enough for a child to spin with ease, but the sculpt and print quality feel deliberate and polished for a Happy Meal premium.
Design and Physical Details
The POG 2019 spinning tops are remarkably consistent in their construction across the entire wave. Each top is made from a smooth, sturdy molded plastic with a rounded dome and a narrow base tip - classic spinning top geometry that actually works well on flat surfaces. The "Let's Go!" disc features vivid, full-color printing that covers the entire upper dome in bright tones, with the exclamatory phrase rendered in a bold, forward-leaning typeface that gives the piece real shelf energy. The top is compact - fitting right in a small palm or a child's fist - and the plastic has a solid feel without being overly heavy for tiny hands. No articulation, no moving parts beyond the spin itself, but that is the whole point. The play feature is built into the form.
Paint apps are applied as printed graphics rather than hand-painted details, which is standard for discs and tops at this price point, but the print registration on the best examples is tight and clean. The colors pop. For a Happy Meal inclusion, the presentation holds up well - and that matters for collectibility.
Wave and Set Context
The POG 2019 wave is enormous. To put it in perspective: the assortment includes character-specific tops featuring Tweety Bird in multiple poses, the Tasmanian Devil, Sylvester the Cat, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Machine gang, DC Super Hero Girls characters including Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn, and a handful of original McDonald's-flavored designs - including the "Let's Go!" top reviewed here - along with pieces like "Victory!", "Rules", "Surprise!", "Team 1", "Team 2", and "Team in Desert."
The DC Super Hero Girls numbered discs alone represent a collector chase sub-set within the larger wave - there are numbered entries running well into the forties, making complete-set hunting genuinely challenging. For most collectors, the priority will be tracking down the key character pieces and the originals like "Let's Go!" that give the set its personality.
The "Let's Go!" disc is the kind of piece that ties the whole wave together - it is not attached to a specific licensed character, but it carries the upbeat, kinetic energy that makes the entire POG 2019 assortment feel like a celebration. These original designs are often overlooked on the secondary market, which means now is a good time to grab one.
Collector Notes
For display purposes, the POG 2019 tops work beautifully in small acrylic or tiered disc stands. Grouping them by character theme - all Looney Tunes together, DC Super Hero Girls as a block, original McDonald's designs clustered separately - creates a visually satisfying shelf arrangement. The scale is consistent across the entire wave, so uniform display is easy to achieve.
Play value is solid for the format. Spinning tops have timeless kinetic appeal, and the POG 2019 pieces spin reliably on smooth surfaces. Kids who grew up with POG in the 1990s will recognize the format immediately; this wave was clearly designed with cross-generational appeal in mind. For adult collectors, the long-term shelf appeal is real - especially for complete-set chasers who want every character variant documented and displayed.
Durability is generally good. The plastic is smooth and chip-resistant under normal play conditions, though printed graphics can scuff on the edges if pieces are stored loosely in a bin together. Individual small cases or compartment trays are the better storage choice for anyone who wants to keep the print quality looking sharp over time.
I have the "Let's Go!" top on my need list and I have been keeping an eye out for a clean copy - the print quality on this one varies more than some of the character-specific tops, and I want one with crisp registration. If you are tracking your own POG 2019 hunt, the Collectiblz app makes it easy to mark what you have and what you still need as you work through the wave.
The POG 2019 "Let's Go!" spinning top is a small piece with a big attitude. It belongs in every complete set, and it deserves more attention than it typically gets in the shadow of the licensed character tops around it. 🎁
- K.M.
