Prize in cereal

[twes36]

Growing up, I remember buying a specific brand of cereal just for the prize. I miss that. I have 5 different boxes in my pantry an no prize. I also miss having 都ugar in the name of my favorite brand - except Lucky Charms.

 

[oosik]

Growing up I had hot Oatmeal. Not many prizes. Surprisingly, I still like it. As a kid I don't remember kids cereal nor prizes. Different times, different places.

 

[Thomas]

twes36
Growing up, I remember buying a specific brand of cereal just for the prize. I miss that. I have 5 different boxes in my pantry an no prize. I also miss having 都ugar in the name of my favorite brand
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Your ageing yourself.

 

[MossRoad]

My kids are 21 and 26. They both had cereals with prizes in the box. They still do that. The prizes aren't like pocket knives or handguns like they used to be, though.

 

[Alan W.]

Growing up I had hot Oatmeal. Not many prizes. Surprisingly, I still like it. As a kid I don't remember kids cereal nor prizes. Different times, different places.

We got plastic glasses in our oatmeal packages when I was younger. I think I still have one of them.

And also I remember the prize would be in the cereal itself so ya had to dig into it or pour it out to find it. They call that a choking hazard today, mom just called it a mess.

Come to think of it there were a lot of prizes other places, whistle with the Keds shoes and every service station offered sumthin with a fillup.

 

[DrRod]

I remember getting little Nike missiles in Trix [I think]. They had a spring loaded launcher and really worked well -- better than a lot of toys you might pay for. They had a couple of segments and came in a random mix of red, white, and blue pieces. Hard to believe that there was a time when you could get operating military hardware in your cereal. There is a Nike in front of the VFW in Orbisonia and I think of those toys every time I go by it.

 

[fried1765]

Growing up I had hot Oatmeal. Not many prizes. Surprisingly, I still like it. As a kid I don't remember kids cereal nor prizes. Different times, different places.

You don't remember prizes in cereal boxes?
I sure do!
Are we in a wildly different age group?
I thought not.
78 here.

 

[oosik]

EEEKKK - my God, there is actually somebody older than I. fried 1765 - I'm 76. There PROBABLY WERE prizes in the cereal boxes. My folks simply wouldn't buy the stuff for me. No kids cereal, no soda pop, VERY little candy. I never had a meal of "junk food" till my senior year in High School. I was playing football at an away game. We won- the coach treated the team to a meal at the local hamburger joint. There WAS another life......... My dad was a biologist/scientist - he always said - most of that "stuff" is not good for you. Too much sugar, too much stuff with names we can't even pronounce, etc.

My folks weren't mean - just 50 years ahead of their time regarding kids nutrition.

 

[RobS]

I grew up with 3 sisters. To keep things fair, our mother would put all the prizes into a "prize bag". On rainy days, or whenever she needed to control us, she'd let us pick from the prize bag. Pretty ingenious if you ask me!

I also remember saving box tops and sending away for premiums. My favorite was a plastic model of the Boeing 747 at the time of its original launch (and now I'm dating myself).

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah, multiple siblings means trouble if mom doesn't nip it in the bud quick. :laughing:

I do remember getting up early before my older siblings, pouring a big bowl of Fortified Oat Flakes, and then not shaking the milk bottle and pouring the cream out onto my cereal. That would make them mad. :confused3:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

EEEKKK - my God, there is actually somebody older than I. fried 1765 - I'm 76. There PROBABLY WERE prizes in the cereal boxes. My folks simply wouldn't buy the stuff for me. No kids cereal, no soda pop, VERY little candy. I never had a meal of "junk food" till my senior year in High School. I was playing football at an away game. We won- the coach treated the team to a meal at the local hamburger joint. There WAS another life......... My dad was a biologist/scientist - he always said - most of that "stuff" is not good for you. Too much sugar, too much stuff with names we can't even pronounce, etc.

My folks weren't mean - just 50 years ahead of their time regarding kids nutrition.

Whippersnapper! I'll be 81 my next birthday. I too remember the toys in the cereal boxes; had my share of them. I remember the plastic goggles, but forget if they the Lone Ranger version and the cereal they came in. Most of the stuff was cheap crap; I do remember having a Lone Ranger sparking six gun ring; rather clumsy, but it was fun for awhile. Had a cigarette lighter/flint that made sparks. Research says it came in GM Kix cereal; although my recollection was that it came in Cheerios. Seems like they sponsored the Lone Ranger radio show with Brace Beemer as The Lone Ranger.

One of the most famous toy ring premiums of all time, this is the Lone Ranger Six Gun Ring, offered by Kix cereal in 1947. It's… | quirky things i love | Pinte…

One thing about being a kid during WWII, there wasn't much in the way of toys available because of the war effort. I had some airplanes and stuff molded with sawdust and glue, but I left them out in the rain. The lucky kids had, like Gene Autry cast iron cap pistols (with red handles) made back in the 30's; they were so real looking...I was really jealous. But what with rationing and all, my folks had all they could do to keep me in shoes.

I recall getting a wooden machine gun for Christmas; it had a crank on the side that sounded a lot like a playing card in your bicycle spokes. Also got a wooden bow and arrow, along with a G.I. helmet made from glued pressed paper and painted. After the war was over, things like metal toys and bubble gum slowly became available. Got my first bicycle in 1949; was in bed with Scarlet Fever, so didn't get to ride it for about six weeks or so. Those were the days!

 

[turnkey4099]

Growing up I had hot Oatmeal. Not many prizes. Surprisingly, I still like it. As a kid I don't remember kids cereal nor prizes. Different times, different places.

Yes for oatmeal...backon the farm. Oatmeal, sugar and fresh cream right off the cow thru the separator. Haven't had oatmeal since I left the farm at 18 as I have no other use for cream and couldn't use up a small box of it. Milked 6 cows from the time I was old enough to sit the stool until I went in the service. Sure do miss that fresh cream and butter.

 

[turnkey4099]

Whippersnapper! I'll be 81 my next birthday. !

OK junior. 84 in 2 months. There has to be at least one member here in the 90s or better.

 

[bunyip]

Still in kinder at 69.
I remember the coupon tops you sent off and waited for your trophy to arrive in the mail, check the mail every day for a week and when it finally arrived about 4-5 weeks later you had forgotten about it.
One I recall was the 3D cards and you had to send off a few tops to get the viewer.
I seem to recall that the best prizes were in the least liked cereals.

 

[fried1765]

EEEKKK - my God, there is actually somebody older than I. fried 1765 - I'm 76. There PROBABLY WERE prizes in the cereal boxes. My folks simply wouldn't buy the stuff for me. No kids cereal, no soda pop, VERY little candy. I never had a meal of "junk food" till my senior year in High School. I was playing football at an away game. We won- the coach treated the team to a meal at the local hamburger joint. There WAS another life......... My dad was a biologist/scientist - he always said - most of that "stuff" is not good for you. Too much sugar, too much stuff with names we can't even pronounce, etc.

My folks weren't mean - just 50 years ahead of their time regarding kids nutrition.

My mother was an elementary school teacher,(she was MY teacher for both 3rd and 4th grade - UGH) so there was no junk food in our house either.

We had no "kids cereal" but we did have cereal (Grape Nuts, Kellogs Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies etc.).
We spooned the cream off the top of the Hoods milk (delivered in glass), and used that on our cereal.

Several of my friends had plastic crap toys that came in their cereal boxes.
I say plastic crap, because they were like most anything that is offered for free.....
Really worthless.

We did not have a place selling "junk food" within 75 miles.

The sugar I ate came mostly in my grandmother's cookies, and brownies.
I loved them!

 

[Will_C]

Boy we loved those cheap plastic cars, etc. my brother and I had to take turns-he would get the toy from one box, I would get the next one.

Will

 

[Industrial Toys]

My favourite was sending away box tops for the Captain Crunch Pirate Chest. I still have the secret treasure map it came with.

I never really did get over never having gotten the X-Ray glasses at the back of comic books and that my sea monkeys never materialized. I loved monkeys and my mother refused to get me one, so that was my only choice, and the monkeys dipicted always looked so happy and playful..

 

[oosik]

Geez - Industrial toys - I just can't understand why you mom didn't get you a monkey. You're probably lucky - about a week or less - there would be monkey stew for dinner.

 

[Alien]

A few years ago an offer was made (from Kellogs corn flakes) from memory, where some boxes contained a small digital projecting clock.
I went into the shop and wondered how many boxes i would have to buy to be lucky enough to score a clock.
Didnt take long. I just shook the boxes and went home with 3 clocks.