Free stuff in cereal packets - 80s

[Ilovetwiglets]

I liked the Weetabix Dr Who freebies in the 70s. I think it was a diorama on the back of the packet and some press out card figures.

[Moonhawk]

I remember these:

[CypSIdders]

A Skeletor keyring has been used on my bikes since it fell out of a cereal packet 3 decades ago!

[bobbo89]

Being a kid the 90's I must have been one of the last generations to get these, getting all nostalgic now

[Centurion07]

soad said:

I know what mine WON'T say; Poo Wrangler!

It's what I call the missus when she's cleaning out the cat litter trays so thought it would be highly amusing to get a spoon with that engraved on it, but those miserable bds at kelloggs deem the word "poo" to be far too offensive.

[SlipStream77]

I liked the little plastic boats powered by baking soda.

[sherman]

I loved getting the free gifts from breakfast cereals. It made you get up in the morning if you knew that there was a new box of cereal to open. Who ever was first down got to keep the free gift.

I assume the gifts stopped because of health and safety. Little Jimmy somewhere managed to choke on a gift ruining it for everyone.

Now with the internet its almost as much fun to save the codes and go to the website and get your free gifts that way

[IainT V6]

I was randomly thinking about this the other day. What was the accepted technique for getting your hands on the bounty? Waiting until it naturally drops into your bowl was always a dangerous game particularly if you had siblings.

Shake the packet until it magically rose to the top? Or roll up your pyjama sleeves and get an arm in the packet until you find the prize ?

[sherman]

If it wasnt on top when you open the bag you dove in to get the prize so no other sibling could.

[MajorProblem]

SlipStream77 said:

I liked the little plastic boats powered by baking soda.

Also had a submarine.

[g3org3y]

You nostalgia you lose

[Oakey]

justanother5tar said:

soad said:

Fanks.

What do they do? Clip onto the spokes? Is that it?

If you can't be arsed to read the packet you don't deserve something that spins and tumbles with brilliant colour and sound!

[Steamer]

asking £14 on ebay

Also had the Frosties Jeep.

But this was my favorite (okay it wasnt in a cereal box)

[defblade]

g3org3y said:

You nostalgia you lose

I lost at the D&D holograms

[Einion Yrth]

Point of order, this st wasn't free. All part of the RRP.


Just sayin'

[Steamer]

Einion Yrth said:

Point of order, this st wasn't free. All part of the RRP.


Just sayin'

Everything was free! I wasnt paying for anything back then.. it just arrived.

[mcelliott]

If memory serves me correct, back in the early 80s, on the back of a cereal packet (Weetabix I think) was a scene from the film E.T. that you cut out and kept, then you had to collect stickers of the characters from the film to stick on the cut out. The really cool thing was that they glowed at night. Now back in the 80s, that was fking cool!

[sjabrown]

Eric Mc said:

I got these free from Kellogs through a 1993 promotion -

That sums up my childhood in one picture.

[Silver Smudger]

Still have one of these after about 30 years - Wasn't in the box, but only took 2 or 3 boxes to get enough tokens

[Johnny]

BristolRich said:

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