Toys in Cereal packets.

[TotalControl]

Whatever happened to the toys you used to be able to get from cereal packets? Do they still do them?

I remember when I was a little git, there were so many different toys you could get from different cereals. I still have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle one from back in 91. Good times.

So, what toys were available from cereals in your time that you collected? DOyou still have any?

[Exige77]

Health and safety killed of all the fun.

Toys need to pass strict tests thesev days to get a CE mark. specially for "Small parts"

There is a tube with a sloping closed end. If something fits in there then it is a small part

No one wants to take the risk.

They will live only in our memories.

Ex77

[cw2k]

You don't get them anymore due to changes in advertising regulations that is meant to prevent targeting children.

[james_tigerwoods]

cw2k said:

You don't get them anymore due to changes in advertising regulations that is meant to prevent targeting children.

How does that work for Kinder Egg toys? (Which used to be great, but are, now, st)

[SystemParanoia]

hmmm... maybe we can start our own... flog em to newsagents up and down the land.

be small time bigtime lol

[MGZRod]

cw2k said:

You don't get them anymore due to changes in advertising regulations that is meant to prevent targeting children.

Wtf? Whats wrong with targeting children. Most adults arent interested in COOOOOKIE CRISP (though they are fine)

And its not as if its Pead o's cereal or something targeting kids.

Christ, and i'm a young one aswell. Last toy I got was from the CARS movie

[Steamer]

Hopper-Poppers in Shreddies!

Edited by Steamer on Wednesday 11th August 15:28

[TotalControl]

Steamer said:

Hopper-Poppers in Shreddies!

Edited by Steamer on Wednesday 11th August 15:28

Ooooh, forgot about them. They were cool. Many a time wasted playing with them in class.

[beefcake42]

The best ones I remember were the little model airliners that used to be in cornflake packets, sort of mini-kits, I still have a De Havilland Comet somewhere.

The little submarines you could fill with baking powder were ace too.

[Steamer]

TotalControl said:

Steamer said:

Hopper-Poppers in Shreddies!

Edited by Steamer on Wednesday 11th August 15:28

Ooooh, forgot about them. They were cool. Many a time wasted playing with them in class.

I found putting them on the dog got a pretty good response.. until he hate them / bit me.

I've got a few Frosties toy cars - but I think you had to collect tokens for those (a Jeep and a Corvette)

[anonymous-user]

I remember the cornflakes bike spoke reflectors... i had three of them on my BMX...

[Steamer]

beefcake42 said:

The little submarines you could fill with baking powder were ace too.

Rice Crispies I seem to remember.

[petemurphy]

weetabix stickers were cool

[TotalControl]

Shaid GTB said:

I remember the cornflakes bike spoke reflectors... i had three of them on my BMX...

[spurs-442]

I remember Roald Dahl books in Nestle cereals a few years ago - used to love reading them whilst eating my brekkie

[vixen1700]

http://www.tonystrading.co.uk/data/wanted/cerealto...

Bloke here collects them.

Remember having the Klondike Pete comics from Golden Nuggets in the early '70s. He's got those too.

[Duke Thrust]

beefcake42 said:

The little submarines you could fill with baking powder were ace too.

Yes! I remember those, they were great!

[Neil H]

beefcake42 said:

The little submarines you could fill with baking powder were ace too.

I was going to say those, great fun!

I think they were from Corn Flakes.

[oOTomOo]

Steamer said:

Hopper-Poppers in Shreddies!

Edited by Steamer on Wednesday 11th August 15:28

"Them things'll have yer eye out..."

"If he's stupid enough to put his head over it while he waits for it to pop maybe he doesn't deserve his eyes..."

[TotalControl]

Just back from a friends and reminded myself of those pencil top trolls. Oh, and the cars you could pull back and let go of that could never go in straight lines. There were also those glow in the dark specials too.

Happy times.