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« on: February 04, 2019, 03:01:43 AM »

Hey folks.
What free prizes do you remember getting in boxes of cereal?  Or the Toy Surprise in boxes of Cracker Jack?  Or any other box of some sort of consumer product that had a free surprise in it?

The stupid tattoos in Cracker Jack boxes were the cheapest possible thing you could get:

And with your Happy Meal in the mid-80s you got these fairly cool pull-back race cars:

This could also simply be something that came WITH a meal (not necessarily inside a box), like a free glass or mug or something.

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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2019, 03:04:43 AM »

I remember visiting family here in SA as a kid and seeing the words "Gratis monster" on a cereal box, thinking excitedly that there was a free monster in the box, only to be told that the Afrikaans words meant "free sample". Bummer.  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2019, 06:47:54 AM »

I recall in some cereal boxes ( I don't recall which brand), there were free posters inside of Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein Monster as painted by James Bama and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, by Basil Gogos!
Also on the back of some cereal boxes in the late 60's-early 70's- Archie or the Monkess cardboard records! They played too! Lotsa times they would have pencil erasers shaped like Captain Crunch or the Sugar Bear.
Cracker Jacks, I remember getting whistles or little cowboy or Indian figures. That was in the 60's.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2019, 08:44:51 AM »

Once got a plastic figure of the big bad from 'The Black Cauldron' in a box of cornflakes. He made a handy leader for my undead army in games of WHFB.


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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2019, 12:36:42 PM »

Wonderballs:

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Sorta like a Kinder Egg, except for the U.S. market. The toy was inside a smaller plastic ball cased in chocolate. Always thought it looked like a choking hazard; guess the FDA agreed with me.

Burger King Pokeballs:

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Burger King got the license to the hottest kids show of 1999, but the toy they marketed had a problem:

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The toy was too big to swallow, so it was approved for all ages, but it was just the right size & shape to fit over a kid's mouth & nose. A toddler who slept with one wound up dead.  I don't remember either of these commercials; I just remember seeing a clip on the news about it. Burger King kept the license & produced new, safer toys.

Submarine

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Never did the baking powder thing, but I think I had one of these; they were still in cereal boxes in the late 90's. I think mine was yellow.

General Mills CD-ROMs

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These came with a game, an offer for Lightdog filtered internet services, & a collection of digital books, including the Bible, which apparently led to some hullabaloo & eventual recalls.  We had these, & still have them. Didn't know there were books or controversy till I read about the hullabaloo a few years ago.

I also remember jam jars which we'd rinse out & use as glasses; they had cartoon characters on them. And Teeny Beanie Babies from McDonalds, & toys for Disney's Hercules, also from McDonalds.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2019, 07:45:40 PM »

Some bags of Frito corn chips had Frito Bandito pencil erasers. I had one. But they changed to W.C.Frito erasers-I had one of those too.  Smile
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2019, 07:52:13 PM »

I have the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man Burger King toys.  From the 90's, I believe.
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2019, 08:39:29 PM »

I have the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man Burger King toys.  From the 90's, I believe.


Ever look up how much those might be worth to a collector?
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2019, 10:15:05 PM »

I recall in some cereal boxes ( I don't recall which brand), there were free posters inside of Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein Monster as painted by James Bama and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, by Basil Gogos!
Also on the back of some cereal boxes in the late 60's-early 70's- Archie or the Monkess cardboard records! They played too! Lotsa times they would have pencil erasers shaped like Captain Crunch or the Sugar Bear.
Cracker Jacks, I remember getting whistles or little cowboy or Indian figures. That was in the 60's.
I kind of remember those!

I remember there being a big Post Cereal tie-in with the Superfriends for a long time.  If you didn't win some sort of sweepstakes (hmm.. there could be a sweepstakes thread too!) top prize you could get a cheapo prize like a Wonder Woman or Batman Frisbee, or something.
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2019, 11:45:53 PM »

Well, when I sent in 3 boxtops of this cereal they sent me a spoon just like the one the berserker on the cover is holding...

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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2019, 02:28:29 AM »

tiny little robots with moving arms and legs that were given away by mammoth mart when i was around 9...still have 3 of them.
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2019, 10:16:10 AM »

I have the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man Burger King toys.  From the 90's, I believe.


Ever look up how much those might be worth to a collector?

Millions of those were given away-they ain't worth much. I see them at flea markets all the time going for a dollar or less.
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2019, 11:01:02 AM »

I recall in some cereal boxes ( I don't recall which brand), there were free posters inside of Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein Monster as painted by James Bama and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, by Basil Gogos!
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I had all 4 of those posters... Frankenstein, wolfman (not from the movies) Creature, and...?
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« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2019, 11:55:02 AM »

I recall in some cereal boxes ( I don't recall which brand), there were free posters inside of Glenn Strange as the Frankenstein Monster as painted by James Bama and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, by Basil Gogos!
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I had all 4 of those posters... Frankenstein, wolfman (not from the movies) Creature, and...?
I dunno- I only had the Creature and Frankenstein ones.
I bet I can figure it out, though-! Thumbup
EDIT- the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA as painted by Gogos-the same one used as the little picture in the corner of old Famous Monsters magazine covers.
And they came in Super Sugar Crisp boxes! That's why I had them. Mary Joe would by that stuff all the time. We NEVER had eggs and bacon for breakfast There were 7 kids. We had cereal, oatmeal. Cream of Wheat, or rice and milk.
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« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2019, 12:49:51 PM »

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