Free stuff in cereal packets - 80s
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Does this even happen nowadays? Used to get some great stuff when I was a kid (80s, mostly). Haven't seen anything for a long time, but it may be I am buying the wrong cereal.
Some I remember:
Weird picture things from films ('The Black Hole' was one iirc) thatn you coloured in and then put in the oven to shrink them? (Shreddies, I think)
A variety of tiny (around 5cm length) vintage aeroplane models.
Spokey Dokeys.
Small plastic flying discs with a little thing to fire them.
Those rubbery half-spheres that you turn inside out, place on a flat surface, then wait for them to pop and jump up.
Spokey dokeys.
And loads more!!
Good times....
Some I remember:
Weird picture things from films ('The Black Hole' was one iirc) thatn you coloured in and then put in the oven to shrink them? (Shreddies, I think)
A variety of tiny (around 5cm length) vintage aeroplane models.
Spokey Dokeys.
Small plastic flying discs with a little thing to fire them.
Those rubbery half-spheres that you turn inside out, place on a flat surface, then wait for them to pop and jump up.
Spokey dokeys.
And loads more!!
Good times....
A cousin of my grandmother invented the idea of free stuff in cereal back in the 60s, and then expanded the business to do world cup coins etc with Esso fuel in 1970. And onwards from there. Ended up with a huge marketing firm and made millions. Still got the complete set of 1970 WC coins in the loft.
thismonkeyhere said:
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Weird picture things from films ('The Black Hole' was one iirc) thatn you coloured in and then put in the oven to shrink them? (Shreddies, I think)
They where Shrinky Dinks, I used to love shreddies as a kid almost as good as a free toy was finding the failed manufacturing process had left a 3 or 4 joined shreddies.Weird picture things from films ('The Black Hole' was one iirc) thatn you coloured in and then put in the oven to shrink them? (Shreddies, I think)
Spoken Dokeys! Oh yes!
If you were doing walking pace, your bike made an amusing tinkling sound as the things slid up and down the spokes.
There were the Kellogg's reflector things too - made in the shape of their cockerel logo, in various colours. If you didn't have these on your bike in the late 80s/early 90s, it marked you out as the kid whose mum bought Kwik Save "No Frills" cereal!
If you were doing walking pace, your bike made an amusing tinkling sound as the things slid up and down the spokes.
There were the Kellogg's reflector things too - made in the shape of their cockerel logo, in various colours. If you didn't have these on your bike in the late 80s/early 90s, it marked you out as the kid whose mum bought Kwik Save "No Frills" cereal!
Jonny_ said:
Spoken Dokeys! Oh yes!
If you were doing walking pace, your bike made an amusing tinkling sound as the things slid up and down the spokes.
There were the Kellogg's reflector things too - made in the shape of their cockerel logo, in various colours. If you didn't have these on your bike in the late 80s/early 90s, it marked you out as the kid whose mum bought Kwik Save "No Frills" cereal!
So so true!!If you were doing walking pace, your bike made an amusing tinkling sound as the things slid up and down the spokes.
There were the Kellogg's reflector things too - made in the shape of their cockerel logo, in various colours. If you didn't have these on your bike in the late 80s/early 90s, it marked you out as the kid whose mum bought Kwik Save "No Frills" cereal!
Kelloggs also did promotions where you could collect tokens in exchange for bowls. All I remember as a young child was my mum & me eating tonnes of Corn Flakes and Rice Crispies but as a result I still have these 4 bowls which must be over 25 years old now!
k is a 'Spokey Dokey'?
wseed said:
thismonkeyhere said:
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Weird picture things from films ('The Black Hole' was one iirc) thatn you coloured in and then put in the oven to shrink them? (Shreddies, I think)
They where Shrinky Dinks, I used to love shreddies as a kid almost as good as a free toy was finding the failed manufacturing process had left a 3 or 4 joined shreddies.Weird picture things from films ('The Black Hole' was one iirc) thatn you coloured in and then put in the oven to shrink them? (Shreddies, I think)
And Tazos/Pogs? From crisp packets - I had the entire Star Wars set in an album.
It's all Legoland adults go free vouchers now. There's no fun in tipping the cereal out to find the freebie before anyone else anymore. I just do it for the hell of it now.
justanother5tar said:
Fanks.
What do they do? Clip onto the spokes? Is that it?
When the wheel rotates they make a clacking noise until centrifugal force takes over as you peg it home in time for Terrahawks or Mysterious Cities of Gold.What do they do? Clip onto the spokes? Is that it?
https://youtu.be/HNAvyylK5Wo
I used to love the space aliens with Ready Brek that you scratched off like letraset to landscapes printed on the rear of the box - late 70s I guess
I remember milk bottles with breakfast logos in the early 80s that my dad took to work and cut the tops off so we could use them as glasses in the house
I remember milk bottles with breakfast logos in the early 80s that my dad took to work and cut the tops off so we could use them as glasses in the house
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