Toys in cereal packets

[Oldfentiger]

And then there was that free gift you got with a comic. A triangular cardboard gizmo with brown paper inside which made a bang when you swung it.

 

[winjim]

I think it's maybe something to do with not being allowed to market sugary foods to kids any more. You can't, for example, advertise sweets during children's telly these days.

Bloody health and safety gone mad, making kids eat healthily, stopping obesity, slowing diabetes... when will it end?

 

[winjim]

What was on the telly the other day when I saw an advertisement where a bloke was milking a giraffe and getting skittles?

I have no idea. You could at least make it a multiple choice question.

 

[roadrash]

its a well known fact that giraffes often think about taking their plants for a ride to the sunbed shop in a convertible streetkka , while being fed dog food stew............................I think

 

[roadrash]

oh and the stew was cooked in the communal microwave

 

[Cycleops]

I remember the little submarine which was fuelled with bicardonate of soda, which made it go up and down in water.
Then there was a catamaran which used an inflated balloon for motive power.
And a glow-in-the-dark plastic fish.

Simple pleasures.

 

[PeteXXX]

(free sweatbands with tokens, as I recall)

Ewwww.. I read that as 'Sweetbreads' at first

 

[jefmcg]

So this reminded me of a mock add from some British comedy from the 70s or 80s. I'd guess The Goodies ad break.

It was for a cereal called Plastic Spacemen - to be clear, the cereal was plastic toys which are seen being poured into a bowl and smothered with milk. The box boasted a "free gift", that turned out to be a cornflake.

I couldn't find it on youtube, but searching for it uncovered these two beauties.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3TWZ_3qRg

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj_HARE3t2E

 

[Illaveago]

In one of the cereals they did a series of glow in the dark spooky things. I can remember finding a glow in the dark grand father clock in mine.

 

[lutonloony]

its a well known fact that giraffes often think about taking their plants for a ride to the sunbed shop in a convertible streetkka , while being fed dog food stew............................I think

I believe that geeraffs think in one of the many African languages

 

[lutonloony]

I remember the lottery of getting or not, the toys, but have zero recollection of any of them

 

[Illaveago]

I think shreddies had a toy Shark which you could wind up and let it go in the bath. I never managed to get one, must have been old stock. Never liked them anyway.

 

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody has a special toy. However, it will only fit in a cereal box diagonally.

 

[Dave7]

[QUOTE 4931131, member: 45"]I see what you did there.[/QUOTE]
You are quicker than me as I didn't realise what I had done until you pointed it out