Why isn't there free toys in cereals anymore..

Chris P. Bacon

Remember when you got a reflector in a box of frosties,why dont we get free toys anymore

Einhard

They banned them in 1993 after 27 kids on one street in Bradford choked to death on Tony the Tiger bike reflectors in their Frosties.

smash

recession

JohnMarston

Its sad that kids will no longer know the feeling to paw through the bag of cereal to find....two free toys.

dr.bollocko

Paedos were using them to get immigrant kids jobs in the UK in factories that caused a new form of cancer.
Daily mail. True story.

FatherLen

i dunno but i sure do miss that feeling of pure adrenaline and ecstacy when the toy fell into the bowl. and then the feeling of crushing dissapointment when my big brother would take it off me....

Kinetic^

I heard they banned them after FF used all the tokens to get re-elected in 2007.

swingking

JohnMarston wrote: »

Its sad that kids will no longer know the feeling to paw through the bag of cereal to find....two free toys.

Rookie mistake.

The key was to take the cereal bag out of the box and search for it underneath

amacca

I miss those little yellow plastic submarines you filled with baking powder......spent hours trying to get them to work

(I BLAMES THE YOUTHS OF TODAY WITH THEIR POKING AND FRIENDING AND BOOKFACING, SHORT LITTLE ATTENTION SPANS AND INABILITY TO APPRECIATE BRIGHTLY COLOURED LITTLE LUMPS OF PLASTIC - the little boloxes)

Remember eating boxes of crap to get my hands on a no doubt radioactive/poisonous glow in the dark bicycle sticker before

I remember collecting tokens and sending away for toys as well, it was very exciting...

JohnMarston

swingking wrote: »

Rookie mistake.

The key was to take the cereal bag out of the box and search for it underneath

What i meant was, pulling out the bag, finding one, fishing it out. The cereal then shifts to unveil a second prize.

JohnMarston

Anyone send away for the Thunder birds toys after collecting the tokens? The metal ones?

Guill

Because i had too many monsters in my pocket one day and they ate through and escaped, they then devoured an old lady in 10 seconds, we eventually rounded them up but the old ladies husband complained. They were banned and never seen since, sad times.

amacca

JohnMarston wrote: »

Its sad that kids will no longer know the feeling to paw through the bag of cereal to find....two free toys.

They made a mistake...they made a mistake.....ah ha ha ha ha ah ah ah ah (laughs maniacally)

v.disappointing when there was no toy at all (stares into middle distance impassively bottling it all up)

Guill

JohnMarston wrote: »

Anyone send away for the Thunder birds toys after collecting the tokens? The metal ones?

No but i collected the supersonic cars.

ElleEm

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Remember when you got a reflector in a box of frosties,why dont we get free toys anymore :(

Cos there's many a dead child from having their siblings kick the sh!t out of them to get the toy!

zuroph

Life Is like a box of cereal, we used to get loads of cool toys for free, now we get told we need to exercise more or we're going to die.

CardBordWindow

Eating MASSIVE bowls of cereal, just to get through the box in the hope of your Mam getting more so you can complete your collection!

Bad grammar aside : Them were the days.

Mint Sauce

Twas brilliant on that very very rare occasion when your bag contained two toys.

Chris P. Bacon

zuroph wrote: »

Life Is like a box of cereal, we used to get loads of cool toys for free, now we get told we need to exercise more or we're going to die.

Exactly,i want toys not books on how to exercise

amacca

zuroph wrote: »

Life Is like a box of cereal

oh...I thought it was like a big old freshly laid lump of steaming dung


either that or a shiny, glowy orb like thing with a watery looking surface levitating magically in outer space or something

I have all the vintage racers kellogs cornflakes made you send away for back in the day.....just had to be said

Min

Kinder surprise stole them all.

Guill

irish-stew wrote: »

Twas brilliant on that very very rare occasion when your bag contained two toys.

A Twofor!

py2006

Einhard wrote: »

They banned them in 1993 after 27 kids on one street in Bradford choked to death on Tony the Tiger bike reflectors in their Frosties.

Source?

jester77

I think I still have some of those dinosaur stickers that change when viewed from another angle. They were the so high tech, you would spend ages moving your head left and right!

Found some, lol

kiddums

Health and F***ing safety sticking their oar in somewhere it wasn't wanted again.

Oooer Matron.

Chris P. Bacon

jester77 wrote: »

I think I still have some of those dinosaur stickers that change when viewed from another angle. They were the so high tech, you would spend ages moving your head left and right!

Found some, lol

I remember them well

krudler

Cos lifes no fun anymore

BluesBerry

I remember the rice krispies snap, crackle and pop pencil toppers
Kellogs atm are doing a token collect for free bowls

RedXIV

JohnMarston wrote: »

Anyone send away for the Thunder birds toys after collecting the tokens? The metal ones?

Yup, got the full set felt like christmas

Kxiii

I remember the summer those bike reflectors were out every bike on the street had about ten on each wheel.
Does anyone remember Frosties with a little airfix style Tony Tiger figures.

CardBordWindow

Guill wrote: »

A Twofor!

I once got a three-for!!!
All of them were of the same one, but that didn't matter!

As far as I remember, it was a Loch Ness Monster plastic figure. Part of the Demons & Ghoulds collection. Anyone else remember them? They were in Frosties and Corn Flakes.

JohnMarston

CardBordWindow wrote: »

As far as I remember, it was a Loch Ness Monster plastic figure. Part of the Demons & Ghoulds collection. Anyone else remember them? They were in Frosties and Corn Flakes.

Yup i collected them

7sr2z3fely84g5

Should be putting condoms in the boxes for the young kids now having children themselves..

CardBordWindow

JohnMarston wrote: »

Yup i collected them

We used to swap them in school. I was so jealous of the lads with big families who used fly through cereal!

Guill

CardBordWindow wrote: »

I once got a three-for!!!
All of them were of the same one, but that didn't matter!

As far as I remember, it was a Loch Ness Monster plastic figure. Part of the Demons & Ghoulds collection. Anyone else remember them? They were in Frosties and Corn Flakes.

You could send off for the Display case for them too!

I had 7 or 8 of the gargoyle, loved that one.

ectoraige

kiddums wrote: »

Health and F***ing safety sticking their oar in somewhere it wasn't wanted again.

Oooer Matron.

It's even worse than Health & Safety - it's down to the evil Marketing overlords.

They asked a load of parents about what sort of promotions they prefer and the bloody fools said they'd rather get coupons and vouchers aimed at them rather than toys for the kids.

Crazy fools.

amacca

Derek Short Apostrophe wrote: »

Should be putting condoms in the boxes for the young kids now having children themselves..

I would have been disappointed with my water balloon.......even if it was ribbed for her pleasure or strawberry flavor

Burky126

I was wondering this myself a while back after good bow(e)l movement.How can the Kellogs brothers sleep at night knowing they're doing a dis service by removing an essential part of childhood to this generation.

The real trick was after getting the toy,putting the bag back in the box so that it didnt look like it had imploded on itself.That took talent.

amacca

Burky126 wrote: »

I was wondering this myself a while back after good bow(e)l movement.How can the Kellogs brothers sleep at night knowing they're doing a dis service by removing an essential part of childhood to this generation.

The real trick was after getting the toy,putting the bag back in the box so that it didnt look like it had imploded on itself.That took talent.

step 1...open box carefully with as little evidence it has been opened as possible, remove bag by slowly sliding out of box

step 2...carefully examine bag keeping it as close to original rectangular shape as possible

step 3...locate the side of bag toy is on, disturb as little cereal as possible and slowly move toy to top of bag

step4...make smallest opening necessary in bag to remove toy and place a small "fcuk you dominic" note in bag

step 5...reseal bag (use a glue) and replace bag with the sealed end downwards....clase up box as if its never been opened

step 6...play with toy secretly and await the look of crushing disappointment on little dominics face

step 7...seek help from a trained professional for doing this at the age of 22

Ush1

I never got those posh cereals. Cornflakes were too ghetto for free toys.

thecornflake

Ush1 wrote: »

I never got those posh cereals. Cornflakes were too ghetto for free toys.

Yo dog why you all up in my grill ova ghetto stylin ??

If you want free toys ask Santa not your cereal.

amacca

thecornflake wrote: »

If you want free toys ask Santa not your cereal.

I think you'll find that's "yo cereal fool".....the mask is slipping pretty fly for a white guy

thecornflake

amacca wrote: »

I think you'll find that's "yo cereal fool".....the mask is slipping pretty fly for a white guy

Im the real shiz ya'll, I ain't no white cornflake im one of those brown burnt ones, I be represen'in dawg.

amacca

thecornflake wrote: »

Im the real shiz ya'll, I ain't no white cornflake im one of those brown burnt ones, I be represen'in dawg.

they be rapin evryone up in here!

niallo27

What about them carboard villages you could get with 8 tokens, along with the old corn flakes vans

Noo

Digging up my back garden last summer and found loads of those pencil topper trolls you got with Wheetos. Jackpot!

amacca

niallo27 wrote: »

What about them carboard villages you could get with 8 tokens, along with the old corn flakes vans

what about them?........i have the van, sadly the village fell victim to a damp wardrobe a long time ago...only vaguely remember the village or was it a castle or something

niallo27

amacca wrote: »

what about them?........i have the van, sadly the village fell victim to a damp wardrobe a long time ago...only vaguely remember the village or was it a castle or something

I had 4 churchs in mine, good times, good times

amacca

niallo27 wrote: »

I had 4 churchs in mine, good times, good times

ultra religious village dwellers need a simple unadorned cereal filled with sunshine and happiness

M00lers

I remember being seriously jealous of classmates that had the Weetabix Atlas.:mad: