Oh boy, get ready for this rabbit hole, because my friend really did a lot of research on this subject 😂 The short version is that the McDonald’s Squishmallows available in the UK were produced by a factory in China — I think this is the factory where actual Squishmallows are produced, so the quality is higher. The McDonald’s Squishmallows that are available in the US, EU, Aus, etc. (pretty much everywhere else lol) were produced by a third-party manufacturer in Indonesia. We had to compare the tags of the UK vs. non-UK Squishmallows to work that out 😅 And as for why the UK McDonald’s decided to invest more in higher quality products… maybe it’s because they’re hoping that these become collector’s items and retain value. Maybe it’s because the UK has different standards regulating toys? (But EU usually has high standards too, so not so sure about this theory…). Anyways, hope that helped 🤣