Free stuff in cereal packets - 80s
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As an aside, because it's very much pre-1980s...
These...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Vintage-Kelloggs-Co...
...were apparently given away by Kelloggs in the 1950s. There were a few still kicking around at my grandmother's house in "The toybox under the stairs".
My uncle had painted them when he was a kid, although most of the paint had come away over the years. Two generations of play value from something that fell out when you opened a box of cornflakes! Brilliant!
These...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Vintage-Kelloggs-Co...
...were apparently given away by Kelloggs in the 1950s. There were a few still kicking around at my grandmother's house in "The toybox under the stairs".
My uncle had painted them when he was a kid, although most of the paint had come away over the years. Two generations of play value from something that fell out when you opened a box of cornflakes! Brilliant!
Alucidnation said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
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.
So you are related to the Kellogg family?
croyde said:
It must of been in the 70s when we got talker tapes or talkie tapes in our packets of Ready Brek.
Strips of red plastic with a serrated side so when you ran your thumbnail along it you would hear a tiny bit of one of Churchill's speeches for example.
"Some chicken, some neck" is the one that sticks in my mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZvuvn4xecStrips of red plastic with a serrated side so when you ran your thumbnail along it you would hear a tiny bit of one of Churchill's speeches for example.
"Some chicken, some neck" is the one that sticks in my mind.
Aldos Army said:
Does anybody remember back in the mid 80s there was a cereal where you could cut out the back panel and make "animal head trophies"? Sure I remember cutting out and having various animal heads like a deer on my wall??
That rings a bell.Cut it out, stick Tab A to point B etc, hey presto - animal head. Can't remember the detail.
Good call!
Aldos Army said:
thismonkeyhere said:
That rings a bell.
Cut it out, stick Tab A to point B etc, hey presto - animal head. Can't remember the detail.
Good call!
It's going to bug me until I find a picture of them!!!!!!Cut it out, stick Tab A to point B etc, hey presto - animal head. Can't remember the detail.
Good call!
dmitsi said:
haha yeah that's great!!! Well done!!!!Whilst on the subject of old cereals, something has been bugging me for years, there used to be a cereal (I swear it was Kellogs) that I had at my grandmother's as a kid. They were small round discs about 5mm in diameter, kind of like flat, round Rice Krispies.
I thought they were Ricicles but I think they were just frosted Rice Krispies, then I thought it was a previous incarnation of Special K, but they've always been flakes.
Anyone help?
I thought they were Ricicles but I think they were just frosted Rice Krispies, then I thought it was a previous incarnation of Special K, but they've always been flakes.
Anyone help?
yellowjack said:
As an aside, because it's very much pre-1980s...
These...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Vintage-Kelloggs-Co...
...were apparently given away by Kelloggs in the 1950s. There were a few still kicking around at my grandmother's house in "The toybox under the stairs".
My uncle had painted them when he was a kid, although most of the paint had come away over the years. Two generations of play value from something that fell out when you opened a box of cornflakes! Brilliant!
I had/have some of those! I was born in '73 though, so they must have been bought at a jumble sale or something.These...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Vintage-Kelloggs-Co...
...were apparently given away by Kelloggs in the 1950s. There were a few still kicking around at my grandmother's house in "The toybox under the stairs".
My uncle had painted them when he was a kid, although most of the paint had come away over the years. Two generations of play value from something that fell out when you opened a box of cornflakes! Brilliant!
shakotan said:
Whilst on the subject of old cereals, something has been bugging me for years, there used to be a cereal (I swear it was Kellogs) that I had at my grandmother's as a kid. They were small round discs about 5mm in diameter, kind of like flat, round Rice Krispies.
I thought they were Ricicles but I think they were just frosted Rice Krispies, then I thought it was a previous incarnation of Special K, but they've always been flakes.
Anyone help?
Yes I remember these - I think they were the original Special K?I thought they were Ricicles but I think they were just frosted Rice Krispies, then I thought it was a previous incarnation of Special K, but they've always been flakes.
Anyone help?
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