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[Chairhome]

There was nothing Ralston wouldn't licence and slap in a cereal in the 80's, lol.

Did anyone else have the bank that was shrink wrapped onto this cereal? I'll find a picture... [EDIT] Found one on eBay for $4.99US. I told Mom it'd be worth something someday.

Oh, heck yeah! They didn't really cancel the Ecto Cooler, BTW. Hi-C made it orange (it was green) and labeled it 3-4 names until it was finally culled under the "Crazy Citrus" banner. I loved that crap... and yes, I am a Ghostbusters nerd.
[EDIT] Oh my glorious gawd damn...
http://80splayset.blogspot.com/2010/02/breakfast-cereals-by-ralston-part-1.html

I didn't think I remembered so many of these crappy cereals

Spoiler

(and now I'm wondering if I developed some deep, psychological cereal love that's influenced my career choice... stupid Freud)

. I bet still have that Gizmo somewhere...

Wait... so I can get this right now? I'm about to hit up the store, get some rice chex and marshmallows and some Crazy Citrus Hi-C.

EDIT: ... "In 2007, Crazy Citrus Cooler was discontinued" :-(

 

[drspeedy]

Oh shit! I did have that! I just don't remember what the cereal tasted like...

You've actually answered that question in the post D:

 

[smurfx]

damn the ninja turtle bowls are already up to 16.50 on ebay. damn you neogaf!

 

[drspeedy]

Wait... so I can get this right now? I'm about to hit up the store, get some rice chex and marshmallows and some Crazy Citrus Hi-C.

EDIT: ... "In 2007, Crazy Citrus Cooler was discontinued" :-(

We made some of the alcoholic version a couple of years ago for Halloween:

http://www.zimbio.com/Halloween/articles/114/Halloween+Drink+Recipe+Ecto+Cooler

1 package of Lemon Lime Kool-Aid. You read it right Kool-Aid.

1 Lemon sliced

1 Lime sliced

1 cup of sugar

20 oz Vodka- I recommend the cheap stuff. No sense mixing Gray Goose with Kool-Aid. A bottle of Popov will do nicely.

Not the same... but after 3-4 you won't really care

 

[Jasoco]

Man, I loved TMNT cereal. We had all the bowls. Then a few years ago I remembered it and asked my mom where they were and she said they were given away years ago... Noooooooooo! Those would be awesome to have now. I would eat cereal out of them all the time.

I miss that cereal. It was the BEST cereal ever. The marshmallows and sugar coated chex-type cereal was a great combination. It was the best cereal Ralston-Purina made back then. All the rest of their cereals at the time were the same thing. Which included every licensed cereal. Nintendo Breakfast System, The Addams Family, Batman were all the same stuff with different flavoring. And you know what?

I actually LIKED that shit. But the TMNT cereal was the best. THE BEST, JERRY. No one makes a cereal like it anymore. And these days all licensed cereals are made by Kellogg's instead. It's like some point 10 years ago Kellogg's said, "Hey, you know, we made a mistake turning down all those licenses back in the day. So let's make every cereal any movie/TV/product producer brings to us. Hannah Montana? WHERE DO I SIGN!?"

Fuck you, Kellogg's. You're not the same. And fuck you, Purina, for stopping making a cereal for a TV show that hasn't been popular in 20 years. Damn I miss it. Sooo much.

 

[Snake]

The Batman cereal was this in a different shape.

This is so awkward and hilarious I had to make it into an avatar.

But I don't think I could use it.

 

[XNarte]

You've actually answered that question in the post D:

Then I guess I'm glad I don't remember!

 

[Hellion]

I used to love those Turtle pies.

OMG OMG OMG

 

[G-Fex]

I don't remember the turtles cereal (though I definitely had that bowl) but my ENTIRE FAMILY loved this stuff:

It looks pretty similar. That stuff was delicious.

Yeah but that tv show sucked.

so much merchandise..

 

[btrboyev]

Man those Henson costumes were terrible...especially starting in the second tmnt movie.

 

[bengraven]

Seriously?!

I used to love those Turtle pies.

*turtle cream pies[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Marty Chinn]Anyone else?

[img]*Smurfs cereal*

I have forgotten these have existed for about 20 years. 20+ for the Smurf's cereal. I just had a massive rush of nostalgia looking at them. I can taste the Turtle pies now: I ate so many of those fucking things!

Even though it's been 25 years since I've eaten Smurfs and I had forgotten them I can suddenly remember the flavor on my tongue.

Fuuuuuuuuuuck. I might have to ebay them.

Also, anyone remember this? I remember the stickers I got, but can't remember the flavor of the cereal...which wasn't important since the toys were the most important part:

 

[sixteen-bit]

Nostalgia holy SHIT.

TMNT CEREAL.

Anybody remember Sonic the Hedgehog Spaghetti-os?

Those tinned things from Franco-American? Those were vile.

 

[G-Fex]

Man those Henson costumes were terrible...especially starting in the second tmnt movie.

They were fucking awesome! The third movie is where it looked terrible.

That and the next mutation.

Henson was a genius

this is bad

 

[MWCShay]

I must be old, because I can remember eating all of these. For some reason no one can remember Fruit Island Cereal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSR63efXy4A

 

[bengraven]

Damn, I found some mini-boxes of Smurfs cereal and I'm really tempted to buy them.

I must be old, because I can remember eating all of these. For some reason no one can remember Fruit Island Cereal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSR63efXy4A

You're not alone in that I ate alllll these cereals/drank all these Ecto-coolers.

However I can't remember Fruit Island cereal.

 

[bengraven]

Oh crazy, want some more nostalgia? Some guy on ebay has a ton of cereal box magnets he either made or had someone else make I think. They're not official, but they're spot on.

They reminded me of some other ones I had forgotten.

http://stores.ebay.com/The-Green-Foxs-Den/_i.html?_fsub=2348649018

 

[Jasoco]

They were fucking awesome! The third movie is where it looked terrible.

That and the next mutation.

Henson was a genius

this is bad

What... The fuck... Is THAT?

 

[UpperCaseN]

Oh crazy, want some more nostalgia? Some guy on ebay has a ton of cereal box magnets he either made or had someone else make I think. They're not official, but they're spot on.

They reminded me of some other ones I had forgotten.

http://stores.ebay.com/The-Green-Foxs-Den/_i.html?_fsub=2348649018

you have hit the motherload. I am really tempted to buy some of those magnets

 

[G-Fex]

What... The fuck... Is THAT?

a girl turtle with boobs

 

[bengraven]

you have hit the motherload. I am really tempted to buy some of those magnets

I am, too. I hope he lets us bundle for cheaper prices. I want like 5 or 6 of those.

 

[Dog Problems]

There's an antique store near me and someone is selling a brand new, wrapped with the bank, box of that Batman cereal.

 

[Henchmen21]

What... The fuck... Is THAT?

Some shitty live action TMNT tv show to try and compete with the Power Rangers craze at the time. Don't bother watching it.

Also, NEED A FUCKING TIME MACHINE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Henchmen21]

There's an antique store near me and someone is selling a brand new, wrapped with the bank, box of that Batman cereal.

Dude!

BUY THAT SHIT NOW AND SHOW GAF!!!

 

[T-Matt]

I think if you were a kid in the early 90's it was mandatory to have a ninja turtles cereal bowl.

 

[UpperCaseN]

I am, too. I hope he lets us bundle for cheaper prices. I want like 5 or 6 of those.

if you check out his ebay store, he's got other categories too, including video games. I am definitely going to order some tonight after I ask my significant other if she wants any as well

 

[bengraven]

If I could go back in time, it would be for three things:

1) to see dinosaurs
2) to spend some time in Deadwood as it was going up

3) bringing a forklift or pallet jack and bringing back large quantities of FRESH, classic cereals.

if you check out his ebay store, he's got other categories too, including video games. I am definitely going to order some tonight after I ask my significant other if she wants any as well

Oh shit, I didn't see that. This is going to be bad.

 

[Gilby]

Apparently there was a difference between Ameircan and Canadian TMNT cereal. Ours was actually green.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

this may be about cereal but do not neglect those turtle pies...damn they were good as shit back in the day.

 

[G-Fex]

lol canadians get creepy faces

 

[bengraven]

Do not want. That's a kind of creepy green.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Also, anyone remember this? I remember the stickers I got, but can't remember the flavor of the cereal...which wasn't important since the toys were the most important part:

That one can't be forgotten. It was immortalized in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

 

[Dog Problems]

Dude!

BUY THAT SHIT NOW AND SHOW GAF!!!

I would, but the person selling was asking for a stupid amount last time I was there. $45, if I'm remembering right.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

What about:

The stuff of dreams. And was also an amazing cleaning solvent.

 

[UpperCaseN]

does the canadian cereal turn the milk green? did you pretend it was ooze? I know I would have

 

[Nabs]

Apparently there was a difference between Ameircan and Canadian TMNT cereal. Ours was actually green.
http://i.imgur.com/y4b25.jpg

Scary ass shit.

 

[bengraven]

this may be about cereal but do not neglect those turtle pies...damn they were good as shit back in the day.

Totally. I actually kind of want some pretty bad right now. haha



More nostaliga:

That one can't be forgotten. It was immortalized in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

Ha, that's right!

 

[teh_pwn]

What´s wrong with tropical oils?

Crazy world of the 1980s and 1990s, where substances that have been in the human diet since we became homo sapiens (saturated fats - coconuts/palm, the kinds of oils that you can extract with simple tools and hands) are unhealthy, but eating tubs of sugar is healthy because it's low in fat herp a derp. Government agencies recommended low fat pasta over eggs because it was low in fat and therefore would both help you lose fat and help heart disease. Worked out fantastic, didn't it?

 

[jooey]

Ralston was to cereal what IDW is to comics.

 

[wenis]

That one can't be forgotten. It was immortalized in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

A post without a proper link is not a correct post. http://youtu.be/ffD1RlO87O4

 

[Eric C]

This thread inspired me to look for my Leonardo cereal bowl.

I had my Leonardo bowl saved for years and years, so I was sure I still had it SOMEWHERE. But no, it's nowhere to be found. It's gone!

 

[mf.luder]

YES!!! shit was hot, yo


remember this gross-ass Batman cereal?

Hmmmmm, I remember this being rather good.

Or was that Scatman cereal?

 

[RevDM]

I'm hungry now. I'll let gaf decide my dinner: cap'n crunch or fruity pebbles

 

[VeryGooster]

Have some Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves cereal!

Put those...arrows...in your mouth!

 

[Dreams-Visions]

THE BEST CEREAL EVER.

(TMNT)

 

[SolKane]

It's amazing the amount of marketing shit we are exposed to even as kids.

 

[Zombie Lyle]

I used to LOVE these as a kid.

 

[Slermy]

More nostaliga:

I was disappointed when they stopped making that one. We eventually just started making double batches with one packet Grape and one packet Lemonade; it tasted the same, but I still missed the dinosaur.

 

[bengraven]

Since we're being nostalgic...

I had/ate all this shit too!

 

[Flim Flam]

Can this be about any 80s-90s breakfast?

Anyone else remember UnderCover Bears Oatmeal? It was a packet of instant oatmeal that had gummy bears dredged in oatmeal flakes and when submerged in water would bloat up and float to the top of your bowl.

I seem to recall them having several different flavors but my mom always bought stawberry and cinnamon-sugar

 

[Criminal Upper]

Apparently there was a difference between Ameircan and Canadian TMNT cereal. Ours was actually green.

Canada represent.

None of that whack-ass dime-a-dozen marshmellow bullshit, Canadians got the real manly stuff.