The old nuggets weren't that bad.
And the new nuggets aren't that bad either,but I don't think they're as good. The Dark Meat (or whatever the hell it was) had all the flavor. The new ones are tasteless and made in some less bad-for-you (read: not as good) oil.
The worst part is that they're about 33% smaller and 50% more expensive. Not exaggerating at all.
McDonald's has been jacking up the prices on everything lately. Their dollar menu used to be pretty comprehensive, but it gets smaller everytime I go, now all it's got is the stuff that used to be $0.99 that they actually raised the price of to $1 even. The Dollar Menu has more patches stuck over things they removed than it has items on it.
$1.50 for 4 chicken nuggets is a bit outrageous. I can get 3 Jumbo Jacks which is about 2.5 lbs of food for the price of just 8 nuggets which together are less than half a pound.