McDonald's Boo Buckets: How to Snag One Before They're Gone in Three Days

McDonald’s Halloween pails, akaBoo Buckets, are back for spooky season.

Here’s what to know.

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What are McDonald’s Halloween Boo Buckets?

Order at the restaurant or via the McDonald’s app.

One notable difference from past years: They don’t really have tops.

Be warned: The Boo Buckets have received so much advance press they’re likely to sell quickly.

There are likely to be collectors angling to get all three colors, which could mess with restaurant inventory.

They’re available through Halloween, or while supplies last.

All looked like jack-o-lanterns, just with different faces.

They all looked pretty happy, even the supposedly spooky witch.

Here they are in an ad from 1990.

(Not knocking you if you do, because I am one of you.)

Some of the bigger changes involved a switch to vinyl glow-in-the-dark trick-or-treat bags, called McBoo Bags.

In 1992, the buckets were redesigned to include cookie cutters that popped off the top.

That had to be a high-water mark for McDonald’s Halloween bucket creativity.

Hope somebody got a raise that year.

Whoa, we missed out on some pop-culture goodness here.

There’s also a wonderful McMummy.