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McDonald’s to sell 48 piece nugget meals to promote pop group

Did your heart just stop? McDonald's in Japan offers up 48 piece buckets.

Ever had a craving for McDonald’s chicken nuggets but felt unsatisfied that there just weren’t enough in your order? Restaurants in Japan have a solution: they are now offering a 48-piece meal.

This isn’t a case of dietary overkill, however. The massive meal is part of a promotional campaign for national pop group NGT48, according to UPI.

Whereas Americans can already indulge on a 40-piece bucket of nuggets, Canadians are typically used to seeing the menu max out at 20 pieces.

Each gigantic order comes with one of 25 commemorative cards with a photo of one of the members of NGT48. According to Rocketnews24 that means someone would have to eat a minimum of 1,200 chicken nuggets before, potentially, collecting the entire set.

When they hit the market, the buckets will cost 1,800 yen (just under $20 CAD), according to Kotaku.

The Japanese bucket meal isn’t the fast food giant’s largest on offer. That title is held by the reported 50-piece meal offered to Americans during the Super Bowl.