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

  • 28-07-2011 11:47AM
    #1
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


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


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  • #2
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭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.


  • #3
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    recession


  • #4
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


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


  • #5
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #6
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭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....


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  • #7
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


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


  • #8
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭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


  • #9
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭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


  • #10
    Sienna Miniature Explosion
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Sienna Miniature Explosion


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


  • #11
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #12
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


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


  • #13
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭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.


  • #14
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭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)


  • #15
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭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.


  • #16
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭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!


  • #17
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,102 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #18
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭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! :D

    Bad grammar aside : Them were the days.


  • #19
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


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

    :D


  • #20
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭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 :)


  • #21
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭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


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  • #22
    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭Min


    Kinder surprise stole them all.


  • #23
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    irish-stew wrote: »
    Twas brilliant on that very very rare occasion when your bag contained two toys.

    :D


    A Twofor!


  • #24
    py2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,845 ✭✭✭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?


  • #25
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #26
    kiddums
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭kiddums


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

    Oooer Matron.


  • #27
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭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 :(


  • #28
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Cos lifes no fun anymore


  • #29
    BluesBerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭BluesBerry


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


  • #30
    RedXIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭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 :D


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  • #31
    Kxiii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭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.


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