Collect 16 tokens...

abouttobebanned

I was going to post this in the marketing forum but I'm sure it will get a bigger response here.

Some years ago I collected tokens from rice krispies and received a pop up watch in the post. Exciting times.

Why did they stop doing this? From a marketing point of view it was very effective....as was the free novelty item in each pack. And was there a point where it was decided that it was unhygeniec to place a toy in a bag of cereal?

Why do you think they stopped? And what was your favourite cereal treasure from your youth? Or, did you send away for anything exciting?

BluesBerry

I send away for a soup bowl with your name on it I still have it calvita did a watch too if i remember

Sharpshooter

Why would you send away for a soup bowl with abouttobebanned's name on it?

recyclops

I remember collecting coke labels for watches and sunglasses, the trick to this was cinemas, after the movie they were like coke label goldmines

alwaysadub

i remember frosties used to do reflectors for the spokes in your bike wheels. There was competition on our road to see who could fit the most onto one wheel. They just came in the box-was great fun emptying out a full box of cereal just to get the toy! I remember in later yrs they started putting the toys between the box and pack so you wouldn't have to go digging for them but dunno why they stopped it altogether. We were just talking bout that in work the other day!

MaybeLogic

Used to get loads of stuff from Weetabix.
Can't remember a thing now.

Biggins

abouttobebanned wrote: »

...And was there a point where it was decided that it was unhygeniec to place a toy in a bag of cereal?

Why do you think they stopped? And what was your favourite cereal treasure from your youth? Or, did you send away for anything exciting?

Don't know why it was stopped but later on such items were enclosed within their own separate inner plastic bag to be found within the contents of the box.

I always collected the Weetabix tokens for the books.
I'm boring!

Coriolanus

Used to kick and scream to get Wheetos or something like that, cause they always had little animals in them. Still have a bunch of them in a jar somewhere!

And the very very very odd time. You'd get a dud packet with 2 toys - now that was exciting stuff!

Captain_Generic

Cocoa pops used to have glow in the dark spoons, nothing like a dose of radiation to start the day

Biggins

Slightly off topic but I miss the comic "Warlord" and the free gifts that came with it regularly.
All the secret codes, badges and junk LOL.

Sharpshooter

I do remember finding lots of cereal boxes opened on the shelves,but I can't remember what it was they were giving away at the time.

Maybe that's why they stopped putting toys in, OP.

abouttobebanned

Other toys I remember where pencil tops...WTF was the point of them?

http://www.toonhound.com/krispies-1.jpg

BluesBerry

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Other roy's I remember where pencil tops...WTF was the point of them?

http://www.toonhound.com/krispies-1.jpg

rice crispies ,snap crackle and pop pencil toppers they were great there was a blue one and it looked like he was flying everyone in school had them at the time

TestTransmission

Deleted User wrote: »

And the very very very odd time. You'd get a dud packet with 2 toys - now that was exciting stuff!

or no toy

jackncoke

jackncoke wrote: »

or no toy

I must've got yours

OutlawPete

Biggins wrote: »

Slightly off topic but I miss the comic "Warlord" and the free gifts that came with it regularly.
All the secret codes, badges and junk LOL.

I was member of the Secret Dennis The Menace Fanclub.

I had a plastic wallet with a silver badge too :cool:

ejmaztec

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Used to get loads of stuff from Weetabix.
Can't remember a thing now.

You must have collected the 12 coupons for the DIY Amnesia Kit, which they offered in partnership with Black and Decker.

OutlawPete

I remember getting books from Rice Crispies. One was Magic, one was Jokes and can't remember the third.

The first things I can remember was back in 81 or 82 Cornflakes had Glow In The Dark ET stickers ..

Capt'n Midnight

It stopped when people could no longer go unaccompanied on their second provisional license.

Atavan-Halen

recyclops wrote: »

I remember collecting coke labels for watches and sunglasses, the trick to this was cinemas, after the movie they were like coke label goldmines

I remember those coke watches I think it was if you collected something like 25 you got a silver one but if you got 35 you got a black one.

Have they stopped putting toys in the cereal? I haven't noticed. In all fairness though, it wasn't very hygenic when the first person to open the box would usually rummage around in the cereal for the toy

Luno

I used to always want to collect the tokens for the Andrex dog because I was sure I'd get the actual dog, the toilet paper was a bit pricey tho

Jesus Wept

It would be epic if they brought this back. It was the best part of the whole cereal deal.

Bajingo

Deleted User wrote: »

And the very very very odd time. You'd get a dud packet with 2 toys - now that was exciting stuff!

Im not joking about this..back in the ninties I remember frosties had these free monster toys in them..my big sister used to always nick them first but when she opened the box there were five toys in it!:eek:No joke!

Sea Sharp

hehe, I have a childhood memory of opening and dumping a new box of corn-flakes on the ground to get the toy.

MaybeLogic

ejmaztec wrote: »

You must have collected the 12 coupons for the DIY Amnesia Kit, which they offered in partnership with Black and Decker.

What was this thread about again?

ferdyfish

i have the pop up snap crackle n pop watch still, any bids on this?!
you thought you were the bomb when you were rocking your rice crispies watch and cycling around with your snap an pop stickers on your bike and cock reflectors!:eek: (fromthe corn flakes box attach them to the wheel spokes) remem?

seclachi

Yeah, that stuff was awesome. I`m not sure my brothers approved when I pawed my way through an entire packet of frosties with my grubby hands to get the reflector out, but meh, screw em.

lisajane

Wasn't there a rice krispies radio/walkman thing at one time? That was cool. I remember it was round (or was it?).

Weetabix had a thing once, collect tokens for some barbie dolls. I don't think they were barbie but they looked the same. It was cool.

I still have the coke radio/ear piece after collecting labels. It will probably look odd on me now.

Jev/N

Best 'prize' ever in Kellogg's boxes were the Nintendo collectible cards depicting different Gameboy games

Anyone remember these??

Wait wait, I found them!

http://www.sealedgameheaven.com/2009/11/19/rare-collectible-kelloggs-frosties-nintendo-gameboy-cards/

aligator_am

Haha, I remember getting the toys in cereal for the film Willow, haha and the back of the box was designed so you could cut it up and make a background with anyone remember those?

nibtrix

I worked in Xtra-vision back in the late nineties when coke label collecting was at it's height. Had two young lads come in one day, open the fridge (just over the other side of the counter) and start ripping labels off the bottles!! Started screaming at them with no effect - had to chase them out of the shop!

Found it really peculiar that they didn't just nick the coke bottles instead of just the labels, had to pull about twenty bottles without labels off the shelf. The staff were pretty happy about the free cokes though!

simu

Yes, why did they stop doing that? It was wonderful. I also loved the cardboard cutout dinosaur heads etc - great fun!

Nowadays, they try to convince us cereals are healthf ood because they've added a whole bunch of nutrients that have no business being in cereal in the first place. Bring back the era of free toys and forget the health bs, say I!

anniehoo

Ah the memories Frosties had a water game toy (push the button to blow the little rings onto a tony the tiger figure). I wanted this SOOOO much. But, because Frosties was a rare treat in our house (dunnes own brand stuff most of the time) it took months and months to collect enough tokens.

It was then honestly about 6mths before the thing showed up in the post after that. It felt like a lifetime but it was a happy happy day when it did. God to be easily pleased like that now

pickarooney

I got a free marker (brown) in some Weetos only a few months back. Have they definitely stopped doing it in Irish packets?

marwelie

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/562620911_c8cb8c268b.jpg

This is the best giveaway ever. I still have it and it still works

Enii

marwelie wrote: »

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/562620911_c8cb8c268b.jpg

This is the best giveaway ever. I still have it and it still works

What is it?

Biggins

marwelie wrote: »

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/562620911_c8cb8c268b.jpg

This is the best giveaway ever. I still have it and it still works

amacachi

recyclops wrote: »

I remember collecting coke labels for watches and sunglasses, the trick to this was cinemas, after the movie they were like coke label goldmines

The trick around here was usually just to get someone who worked in the bottling place to give you a few hundred labels. Had to cut them up but it was worth it. :pac:

marwelie

Enii wrote: »

What is it?

Its a radio!

TanG411

I remember collecting 15 Coke labels for a watch.

And the last time I collected labels for something was about 6 years ago. I had to collect 30 Lucozade labels for a mini digital camera

Good times!

OutlawPete

marwelie wrote: »

Its a radio!

What size is it?

Gimmie it

SSF it

Big Nasty

You could collect vouchers from an 80 pack PG Tips box to receive a free matchbox car, but if you bought the 240 pack box you would get the car in it!

Jev/N

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Other toys I remember where pencil tops...WTF was the point of them?

http://www.toonhound.com/krispies-1.jpg

I still have ones at home from 'The Mask' !

marwelie

its approximately the size of a mini pack of frosties. Sorry for being an uneducated text speaker but what does SSF mean?

Photi

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Wasn't this here before, maybe it's a serial thread.

Hmmmmm

OutlawPete

marwelie wrote: »

what does SSF mean?

It's a thing were people get naked for children. People pay .. eh.

Here, this should explain things better

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055730639

Capt'n Midnight

simu wrote: »

Nowadays, they try to convince us cereals are healthf ood because they've added a whole bunch of nutrients that have no business being in cereal in the first place.

The processing of cereals removed so much nutrition that they were forced by law to add them. The marketing spin doctors then somehow convinced us that this was a good thing.


Bring back the Kellogs reflectors

And the Weetabix dinosaurs

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_n5SNrMaL8

7,000,000 Pepsi Points

and yes, someone tried to get one

poppyvalley

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Used to get loads of stuff from Weetabix.
Can't remember a thing now.

bugs bunny blue mug and bowl i still have them intact

stripysocks85

Photi wrote: »

Hmmmmm

Think you'll find it's a CEREAL thread....