When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
to have been mid to late 60's.

In article .com>,
"merryb" > wrote:

> When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
> thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
> had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
> with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
> to have been mid to late 60's.

Oh yes...

Cracker Jacks too, but CJ's had the prizes enclosed in a paper wrapper.

I've not bought Cracker Jacks for a good 25 years.
Do they still exist and do they still have prizes? I've never seen them
in the stores here.
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On Feb 8, 9:29 am, Omelet > wrote:
> In article .com>,
>
> "merryb" > wrote:
> > When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
> > thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
> > had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
> > with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
> > to have been mid to late 60's.
>
> Oh yes...
>
> Cracker Jacks too, but CJ's had the prizes enclosed in a paper wrapper.
>
> I've not bought Cracker Jacks for a good 25 years.
> Do they still exist and do they still have prizes? I've never seen them
> in the stores here.
> --
> Peace, Om
>
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> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

They do still exist and haven't changed a bit, except for the prizes-
all paper items- no plastic stuff- I'm glad you remembered about the
cereal!

On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:29:08 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>I've not bought Cracker Jacks for a good 25 years.
>Do they still exist and do they still have prizes? I've never seen them
>in the stores here.

They still exist <http://www.crackerjack.com> but they don't seem to
taste as good as when I was a kid. Plus, there were never enough
peanuts in a box for me. I also believe the "prizes" have gotten
even cheaper than they were 40 or 50 years ago... if you can believe
it.

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Zilbandy wrote:

> They still exist <http://www.crackerjack.com> but they don't seem to
> taste as good as when I was a kid. Plus, there were never enough
> peanuts in a box for me. I also believe the "prizes" have gotten
> even cheaper than they were 40 or 50 years ago... if you can believe
> it.
>

It was good when we were kids, but once you've made your own
caramel / candy popcorn you'll never even consider eating crackerjack
again.

And you can put all the nuts in it you want.

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Reg

"merryb" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
> thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
> had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
> with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
> to have been mid to late 60's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal_box_prize

The cereal box prize is a concept almost as old as cereal; perhaps older. For
example, Cracker Jack boxes often contained prizes in them, well before the boom
of breakfast cereals. In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s the prizes were often
action figures, plastic knick-knacks, puzzles, and Matchbox-type toy cars.
As technology expanded and became much cheaper in the 1990s and 2000s, more
unlikely items such as Compact Disc singles, cassette singles, and computer
games became prizes.
Many times, a prize will not be independent of the cereal. The cereal box may
have a famous cartoon or superhero character on it, and the prize may be closely
related. Also, the prizes are not always independent of each other. Frequently,
a toy will be part of a large series of related toys. This further entices the
consumer to buy more of the cereal in hopes of collecting all parts of a series.

OR

http://www.x-entertainment.com/cerea...p001/index.php


Real prizes....

What no Baking soda Submarine??????

Dimitri

In article . com>,
"merryb" > wrote:

> On Feb 8, 9:29 am, Omelet > wrote:
> > In article .com>,
> >
> > "merryb" > wrote:
> > > When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
> > > thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
> > > had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
> > > with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
> > > to have been mid to late 60's.
> >
> > Oh yes...
> >
> > Cracker Jacks too, but CJ's had the prizes enclosed in a paper wrapper.
> >
> > I've not bought Cracker Jacks for a good 25 years.
> > Do they still exist and do they still have prizes? I've never seen them
> > in the stores here.
>
> They do still exist and haven't changed a bit, except for the prizes-
> all paper items- no plastic stuff- I'm glad you remembered about the
> cereal!

I'm 44... ;-D

Kids those days, the prize was more important than the sugar fix!
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In article >,
Zilbandy > wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:29:08 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >I've not bought Cracker Jacks for a good 25 years.
> >Do they still exist and do they still have prizes? I've never seen them
> >in the stores here.
>
> They still exist <http://www.crackerjack.com> but they don't seem to
> taste as good as when I was a kid. Plus, there were never enough
> peanuts in a box for me. I also believe the "prizes" have gotten
> even cheaper than they were 40 or 50 years ago... if you can believe
> it.

In other words, Crunch and Munch, being a superior snack, is better
since the prize in the box is no longer worth the effort? <G>
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In article >,
Reg > wrote:

> Zilbandy wrote:
>
> > They still exist <http://www.crackerjack.com> but they don't seem to
> > taste as good as when I was a kid. Plus, there were never enough
> > peanuts in a box for me. I also believe the "prizes" have gotten
> > even cheaper than they were 40 or 50 years ago... if you can believe
> > it.
> >
>
> It was good when we were kids, but once you've made your own
> caramel / candy popcorn you'll never even consider eating crackerjack
> again.
>
> And you can put all the nuts in it you want.

And switch out those nasty peanuts for something decent, like pecan
bits, cashews or pistachios!!!
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On Feb 8, 11:17 am, Omelet > wrote:
> In article . com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> "merryb" > wrote:
> > On Feb 8, 9:29 am, Omelet > wrote:
> > > In article .com>,
>
> > > "merryb" > wrote:
> > > > When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
> > > > thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
> > > > had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
> > > > with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
> > > > to have been mid to late 60's.
>
> > > Oh yes...
>
> > > Cracker Jacks too, but CJ's had the prizes enclosed in a paper wrapper.
>
> > > I've not bought Cracker Jacks for a good 25 years.
> > > Do they still exist and do they still have prizes? I've never seen them
> > > in the stores here.
>
> > They do still exist and haven't changed a bit, except for the prizes-
> > all paper items- no plastic stuff- I'm glad you remembered about the
> > cereal!
>
> I'm 44... ;-D
>
> Kids those days, the prize was more important than the sugar fix!
> --
> Peace, Om
>
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>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Still is- sometimes it's the prize that dictates which cereal my 9
year old chooses- most of the cereals that have prizes are the crappy
sugar laden ones- no prizes in All Bran!

Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> Reg > wrote:
>
>>
>>It was good when we were kids, but once you've made your own
>>caramel / candy popcorn you'll never even consider eating crackerjack
>>again.
>>
>>And you can put all the nuts in it you want.
>
>
> And switch out those nasty peanuts for something decent, like pecan
> bits, cashews or pistachios!!!

You betcha.

Lately I've been having fun using macadamias. Then drizzle
with white/dark chocolate.

--
Reg

On Feb 8, 1:37?pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> "merryb" > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
> > When I was 4 or 5, I remember my mom buying cereal with prizes all
> > thru it- little trinkets, barbie shoes, who knows what else. But we
> > had to dump the whole box out and pick out the toys as they were mixed
> > with the cereal! Does anyone else remember anything like this? It had
> > to have been mid to late 60's.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal_box_prize
>
> The cereal box prize is a concept almost as old as cereal; perhaps older. For
> example, Cracker Jack boxes often contained prizes in them, well before the boom
> of breakfast cereals. In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s the prizes were often
> action figures, plastic knick-knacks, puzzles, and Matchbox-type toy cars.
> As technology expanded and became much cheaper in the 1990s and 2000s, more
> unlikely items such as Compact Disc singles, cassette singles, and computer
> games became prizes.
> Many times, a prize will not be independent of the cereal. The cereal box may
> have a famous cartoon or superhero character on it, and the prize may be closely
> related. Also, the prizes are not always independent of each other. Frequently,
> a toy will be part of a large series of related toys. This further entices the
> consumer to buy more of the cereal in hopes of collecting all parts of a series.
>
> OR
>
> http://www.x-entertainment.com/cerea...p001/index.php
>
> Real prizes....
>
> What no Baking soda Submarine??????

And baking soda frogmen.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ype=osi_widget

Kellog's corn flakes at one time included a deed to one square inch of
land in the Alaska Yukon. And then Alaska became a state in 1959
which somehow voided those deeds.

Do you still have your Captain Video decoder?

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
<snip>

>>
>> http://www.x-entertainment.com/cerea...p001/index.php
>>
>> Real prizes....
>>
>> What no Baking soda Submarine??????
>
> And baking soda frogmen.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ype=osi_widget

>
> Kellog's corn flakes at one time included a deed to one square inch of
> land in the Alaska Yukon. And then Alaska became a state in 1959
> which somehow voided those deeds.
>
> Do you still have your Captain Video decoder?

Wasn't then Mooz... Zoom spelled backwards.

Don't forget the Space Patrol......... Or Beany & Cecil

LOL

Dimitri

In article .com>,
"merryb" > wrote:

> > Kids those days, the prize was more important than the sugar fix!
>
> Still is- sometimes it's the prize that dictates which cereal my 9
> year old chooses- most of the cereals that have prizes are the crappy
> sugar laden ones- no prizes in All Bran!

Some things never change. :-)
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In article >,
Reg > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Reg > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>It was good when we were kids, but once you've made your own
> >>caramel / candy popcorn you'll never even consider eating crackerjack
> >>again.
> >>
> >>And you can put all the nuts in it you want.
> >
> >
> > And switch out those nasty peanuts for something decent, like pecan
> > bits, cashews or pistachios!!!
>
> You betcha.
>
> Lately I've been having fun using macadamias. Then drizzle
> with white/dark chocolate.

Oh.

My.

Gods.

Shut UP! <lol>
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l, not -l wrote:

> Did anyone answer the original question; what was that cereal? Unless I
> missed a post, the thread immediately took right turn into CrackerJacks, all
> the reasons to hate CrackerJacks, all the things better than . . . and a
> bunch of other cereals.
>
> So, what was the answer to the original question?

Maybe there isn't an answer. I've never heard of a cereal
containing multiple prizes. As has already been said.

Second, are you not able to read the thread on your own,
or do you need others to read it for you?

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Reg

"l, not -l" > wrote

> Did anyone answer the original question; what was that cereal? Unless I
> missed a post, the thread immediately took right turn into CrackerJacks,
> all
> the reasons to hate CrackerJacks, all the things better than . . . and a
> bunch of other cereals.
>
> So, what was the answer to the original question?

Did they want to know what cereal it was? Seems many of them
had prizes in the box. Decoder rings, like that.

nancy

On Feb 8, 3:25 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> "l, not -l" > wrote
>
> > Did anyone answer the original question; what was that cereal? Unless I
> > missed a post, the thread immediately took right turn into CrackerJacks,
> > all
> > the reasons to hate CrackerJacks, all the things better than . . . and a
> > bunch of other cereals.
>
> > So, what was the answer to the original question?
>
> Did they want to know what cereal it was? Seems many of them
> had prizes in the box. Decoder rings, like that.
>
> nancy
Not necessarily- just wondering if anyone remembered anything packaged
like that. IIRC, I think it was Post Toasties

"merryb" > wrote

> On Feb 8, 3:25 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> Did they want to know what cereal it was? Seems many of them
>> had prizes in the box. Decoder rings, like that.

> Not necessarily- just wondering if anyone remembered anything packaged
> like that. IIRC, I think it was Post Toasties

Oh, okay, I don't remember a specific cereal like what you
describe. We didn't get the good stuff in my house, except
maybe Captn Crunch or Alphabits once in a while. Heh.
Usually it was Corn Flakes or Cheerios.

nancy

Sheldon wrote:
>
> Kellog's corn flakes at one time included a deed to one square inch of
> land in the Alaska Yukon. And then Alaska became a state in 1959
> which somehow voided those deeds.
>


I vaguely remember hearing that when I was very young, listening to
"Sargent Preston of the Yukon", and his faithful huskie whose name I
don't remember. He was great at catching the bad guys.

Gotta love those Canadian Mounties!

gloria p

On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:37:34 GMT, Puester >
wrote:

>I vaguely remember hearing that when I was very young, listening to
>"Sargent Preston of the Yukon", and his faithful huskie whose name I
>don't remember.

King.

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