To celebrate the spooky season, McDonald’s is reviving its iconic Happy Meal Boo Buckets — an annual tradition the fast-food chain first introduced nearly 40 years ago. This year’s trick-or-treat buckets are getting a “refresher,” much to the dismay of longtime Boo Bucket collectors.

The updated buckets will feature “new Monster designs in white, orange, green and a brand new color, blue,” McDonald’s said in a recent announcement. Customers can personalize their festive buckets with themed stickers for ‘a truly monstrous makeover’. The Boo Buckets will be available at participating McDonald’s restaurants nationwide starting October 15, while supplies last.

McDonald’s creep buckets were first introduced in 1986 and have since gained a cult following. The very first buckets resembled classic jack-o’-lanterns and came in three varieties: McBoo, McPunk’n and McGoblin. An advertisement posted at the time claimed that diners could purchase “three different Halloween pumpkins” and “get one with every Happy Meal” while supplies lasted.

The buckets have since changed in design and colors, including a witch-shaped bucket, a ghost-shaped bucket and buckets in green, white and purple. Last year’s buckets included a new addition to the mix: a purple vampire character. The complete series also included a green bucket with monster design, an orange one with skeleton design and a white one with mummy design.

“They will be gone faster than you can say ‘boo,’” McDonald’s said in a news release.

That may not be true for this year’s new buckets, which received negative reactions before their release date. One person on Instagram commented: “Strong passing on. Worst boo bucket designs released to date.

“At least I don’t have to run around collecting these this year. Maybe McDonald’s will do well next year,” wrote another user. A separate user expressed similar sentiments, saying, “They really made us put the boooooo in the boo bucket this year.”

On Reddit, people complained about the buckets’ lack of lids and how they “require little effort.”

“The new (boo) buckets are terrible. Much smaller and no lids. I got one the year they came back and used it to store candy and kept it on my porch for the neighborhood kids all October,” wrote user u/pwrof3. Another user, u/OldClunkyRobot, simply said: “Boo! But not in a good way.”

“No. I’ve been getting them for the past 2 years and they were disappointing. The handles didn’t match the faces, the faces were both on one bucket, the lids were just cardboard with stickers, just disappointing all around,” said user u/ RogerClyneIsAGod2.

“Why did they look like dust bunnies or Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” Sarah Kim (@skvintage) said in a TikTok video made last month. “Remember when they were so good last year when we got this little purple vampire deal?”

Despite the hate, a few fans said they liked this year’s bucket designs.

“These are so cute for the kids!!” said to a user on Instagram.

‘I think they’re cute. Not nostalgic like the traditional characters, but still cute,” user u/goofus_andgallant wrote on Reddit.

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“Any Boo Bucket is better than no Boo Bucket. If this makes kids happy around Halloween, then that’s great!” said Reddit user u/tomarra0.

It looks like McDonald’s isn’t the only major chain releasing Halloween goodies. In addition to the ongoing meal wars, there are also Halloween menu wars.

On September 30, Tim Hortons announced its Halloween menu, which includes several baked goods and drinks, along with two new glow-in-the-dark Timbits® Trick-or-Treat Buckets. The buckets can be filled with your choice of 31 Timbits (the chain’s bite-sized traditional donuts) or without. Following this, Dunkin’ announced its Halloween menu on October 1. It includes a new limited-time Halloween bucket called the Halloween Munchkins Bucket. The buckets can be filled with an assortment of Munchkins Donut Hole Treats of 50 pieces. It will be available at Dunkin’ locations nationwide starting October 16.