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Brands we dont see around any more

  • 19-01-2012 5:36pm
    #1
    Loadsamoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    I was reading today that Kodak have filed for bankruptcy. I was very surprised as it's a giant of a company that even managed to coin a phrase, "a Kodak moment"

    It got me thinking about what other brands are no longer with us;

    The Our Price chain of record stores.
    AIWA. Once a very popular Hi-Fi and Walkman clone maker.
    and Radion Washing Powder! :D

    Any others?


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  • #2
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    This!


  • #3
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    The radion box was giving children epileptic fits..


  • #4
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Loadsamoney wrote: »
    Radion Washing Powder! :D

    You remember Mr Motivator too so, what a legend

    Not sure about the ad though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhvmHggJ-U8


  • #5
    toexpress
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭toexpress


    Do we all remember Findus French Bread Pizzas I used to love those. In fact I want one right now if anyone has one in the bottom of a freezer let me know (I dont care HOW out of date it is)


  • #6
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Naff jackets


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  • #7
    Loadsamoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Loadsamoney


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    This!

    The KVI brand was Crazy Prices wasnt it?


  • #8
    Park Royal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Park Royal


    Symingtons celery soup.......small packet , similar to a cig packet....

    lovely for stews....

    Symingtons were taken over by Campbells ???


  • #9
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Lada


  • #10
    bicardi19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭bicardi19


    Joe Bloggs


  • #11
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Vanilla Coke
    Coca Cola with lime
    Last time I saw either of them was about six years ago :(

    In mid nineties Chicago Bulls were the biggest sports brand around, bigger then Man Utd, NY Yankees and San Francisco forty niners.
    Loads of Irish people with Bulls caps, have seen one this decade or the decade before.

    LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

    Can you still buy Doc Martins? :confused:


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  • #12
    youtube!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭youtube!


    Lancia Cars (at least not in Ireland) oh and tiffin bars.


  • #13
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Vanilla Coke
    Coca Cola with lime
    Last time I saw either of them was about six years ago :(

    In mid nineties Chicago Bulls were the biggest sports brand around, bigger then Man Utd, NY Yankees and San Francisco forty niners.
    Loads of Irish people with Bulls caps, have seen one this decade or the decade before.

    LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

    Can you still buy Doc Martins? :confused:

    Indeed you can.


  • #14
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    fruit of the loom..


  • #15
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Loadsamoney wrote: »
    The KVI brand was Crazy Prices wasnt it?

    Yeah that was it! Loved Crazy Prices!


  • #16
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Heroin?


  • #17
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

    :D Were they the ones with the strips of lights around them?


  • #18
    chamois
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭chamois


    it the radion man the guy from the halifax ads? lol


  • #19
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Sindri wrote: »
    Heroin?


    Still going around, just not in bottles now ;):)


  • #20
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    Jolt Cola


  • #21
    beachpebble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭beachpebble


    Vanilla Coke can still be found in some of the new 'old fashioned' Sweet shops


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  • #22
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Siemens mobile phones

    I was a loyal customer and owned quite a few

    Oh most everyone else had their Nokia 3310 but I was very happy with my Siemens

    Google tells me this division went bust in 2006. They are missed :(


  • #23
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,229 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    youtube! wrote: »
    Lancia Cars (at least not in Ireland) oh and tiffin bars.

    Nor in the UK, because of a lousy reputation.


  • #24
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,036 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    youtube! wrote: »
    Lancia Cars (at least not in Ireland) oh and tiffin bars.

    Tiffin bars are still in my local corner shop. And I'm fairly sure they're not left over from 1984 stock...


  • #25
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Golly Bars...no idea why tbh.


  • #26
    Loadsamoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Loadsamoney


    Uriel. wrote: »
    Jolt Cola

    Can we try and avoid the sweets/crisps/drinks on this? Ive seen endless threads on here for them already ;)


  • #27
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Can you still buy Doc Martins? :confused:

    Indeed you can, I bought a pair a few weeks ago


  • #28
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Good aul "Yellow Pack"!


  • #29
    BunShopVoyeur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    Jif.


  • #30
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,964 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    Haven't seen Sunny D in a while.


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  • #31
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Kodak
    They just filed for bankruptcy. They fell a long way from the biggest camera and film manufacturers in the world to bankrupt.


  • #32
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    old hippy wrote: »
    Indeed you can, I bought a pair a few weeks ago

    bought myself a pair of Oxblood's last year


  • #33
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Cherry_Cola wrote: »
    Haven't seen Sunny D in a while.

    Didn't some children turn yellow from drinking this?


  • #34
    Underdraft
    Closed Accounts Posts: 323 ✭✭Underdraft


    Disco's crisps. Dunno if they're still around but I haven't exactly been looking for them lately. I pretty much lived on them for about a year in college.


  • #35
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,229 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    De Lorean



    Wartburg


  • #36
    Inbox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭Inbox


    Marathon chocolate bars, I really miss them.


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  • #37
    sgb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 770 ✭✭✭sgb


    Players Number 6

    Grew up on those


  • #38
    Underdraft
    Closed Accounts Posts: 323 ✭✭Underdraft


    Peperami


  • #39
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    British Knights runners. I have no idea if the company still exists or not but I haven't seen anyone wearing them in years. I haven't seen Pepe jeans in ages either.


  • #40
    decies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭decies


    Swastikas


  • #41
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLiHX6eK2Eg


    Gino Ginelli pizza: can't find an ad on youtube.


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  • #42
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Cherry_Cola wrote: »
    Haven't seen Sunny D in a while.

    That's cause you've been drinking it.

    Turns your irises yellow with sunny delight.


  • #43
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLiHX6eK2Eg


    Gino Ginelli pizza: can't find an ad on youtube.

    Wasn't it a brand of ice cream?


  • #44
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Kia-ora.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dfma9zLpyE


  • #45
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,660 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    thos reebok tracksuit bottoms with the buttons the whole way up to the waist.

    everyone had them, and everyone used to run around trying to rip them off each other


  • #46
    Thephantomsmask
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭Thephantomsmask


    Underdraft wrote: »
    Peperami

    Tesco started stocking them along with an own brand version a few months back.


  • #47
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    Wasn't it a brand of ice cream?

    Strangely enough, it was both. I didn't remember it was ice cream too, but when I looked on youtube I only found ice cream ads, and I do remember the song from this one.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wu-aNr7v0U


    The pizza (which I think was made by Bird's Eye: not sure how the licensing of the name worked out between them and HB) doesn't seem to be as well-remembered.


  • #48
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,939 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    44leto wrote: »
    Kodak
    They just filed for bankruptcy. They fell a long way from the biggest camera and film manufacturers in the world to bankrupt.

    heard on the radio this morning that some department in kodak came up with the first digital camera in 1992, but it was shot down at a meeting because they thought people would always want to hold photos. what a missed opportunity.


  • #49
    uncle ernie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭uncle ernie


    x-works


  • #50
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Dunno if these are around anymore, it's just I haven't seen them

    Canada Dry
    Virgin Cola
    Blueband margarine
    Minitel
    Opal Fruits
    Jif
    Entenmann's cakes
    Diet Lilt
    GoldenDiscs
    Monarchy of France
    Netscape navigator
    Those big tins of meat from the EU meat mountain..does anyone remember those?


  • #51
    Stripey Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 741 ✭✭✭Stripey Cat


    Buitoni pasta.

    They used to be everywhere, and the brand sponsored stuff like film festivals etc, but suddenly one day they were gone.

    Disappeared.


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