I feel sorry for kids today -- prizes in cereal have gotten so lame

[Connonym]

and Cracker Jack? Totally stupid prizes now. Where's the fun in eating that crap if you get dumb prize?

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. No kidding.

Cereal costs enough. You think they could do more than a sticker or a mail-in "prize."

[skygazer]

2. Do you remember the days when you got towels in boxes of detergent?

My mom used to buy those - big boxes of dry detergent with a beach towel in it. Of course, there was hardly any detergent because the towel took up so much room. :eyes:

But yeah, we used to get good stuff in cereal. And they had honest names - Sugar Smacks, Sugar Pops, Super Sugar Crisp. :rofl:

[Connonym]

3. Mmm, give me that old-time sugar cereal

my dad worked for Quaker Oats when I was a kid so mostly I just ate Capn Crunch and Quisp. Good times.

[Maddy McCall]

4. And you could get glasses in quaker oats.

I do remember all of that. I guess being kind to the customer cuts into the profit margin these days, though.

[Connonym]

5. not to mention that cereal has gotten more expensive

and the employees pay has languished while the CEOs clean up. Just like everything else I guess. Come the revolution that shit will stop.

[skygazer]

6. That's right - I remember that

And jelly came in glasses too. We had a bunch with Flintstones characters on them. Yeah, so much for the days when companies actually offered a little something extra.

[datasuspect]

7. plus their toy guns have silly red plastic tips on the barrels

and what about bb guns!

kids need bb guns.

[Connonym]

9. You'll put your eye out!

[bikebloke]

8. And glasses

With grape jelly. When the jar was empty, you'd wash it out then put in the cupboard.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. I got tihs in a box of cereal not long ago...

Don't even act like that's not awesome.

[datasuspect]

11. it would be cooler if it was a KISS watch

and i imagine sometime in 1977, they probably had a merchandising tie in for breakfast cereal.