Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Which of these icons of breakfast cereal advertising most influenced your life (choose three)?

Cap'n Crunch
4
17%
Toucan Sam
0
No votes
Lucky the Leprechaun
3
13%
Sugar Bear
1
4%
Tony the Tiger
6
26%
Sonny the Cuckoo Bird
2
9%
Trix Rabbit
2
9%
Dig'em the Frog
0
No votes
Snap, Crackle and Pop
2
9%
Count Chocula
3
13%
 
Total votes: 23

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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by rockycola » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:26 am

Here's a few cereal box characters (incidentally, Tony the Tiger & the Trix Rabbit probably were the most influential to me and who I voted for.)
If Rocky & Bullwinkle had a cereal, they would've gotten a vote from me:
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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by rockycola » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:29 am

.....and what if these characters branched out and endorsed other products?
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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by rockycola » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:48 am

How could you forget this cereal and spokescharacter, Yogi Bear?
I remember eating these!
This is my #2 vote, after Tony the Tiger.
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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:45 pm

Well, the name recognition of Yogi Bear would have skewed the poll results which is why i didn't include Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble from Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles. They're yabba dabba delicious!

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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:26 pm

mostonmike wrote:
Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:38 pm
I can’t really play as Tony the Tiger is the only one we would have seen, oh maybe Snap, Crackle, Pop as well. So how about this, a slightly creepy yet incredibly well known UK ad featuring the Honey Monster. Traumatised many kids over here.

https://youtu.be/sW_5-DhV1gE?si=i2XnuLBmPXQgmN_9

And I don’t know a single person who ever liked Sugar Puffs. Vile stuff.
How about in Ireland? I'd surmise that Lucky Charms might've done well there.

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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:30 pm

rockycola wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:26 am
Here's a few cereal box characters (incidentally, Tony the Tiger & the Trix Rabbit probably were the most influential to me and who I voted for.)
If Rocky & Bullwinkle had a cereal, they would've gotten a vote from me:
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Junior&Tony.png
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Sugar_Smacks_Spock.png
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Cheerios with Rocky and Bullwinkle.png
How did Cheerios ever become so popular? Just like Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Honeycomb they have literally ZERO flavor. Isn't that why Apple Jacks and Fruit Loops came about?

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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by mostonmike » Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:15 pm

Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:26 pm
How about in Ireland? I'd surmise that Lucky Charms might've done well there.
They never made it over here, or Ireland. If I remember rightly, the Food Standards Agency didn’t approve the food colouring dyes in them. Similairly, Fruit Loops have only just staring appearing over here in the last decade or so having been blocked for decades.

So we only really got stuff from the Kelloggs stable plus a couple of British brands. Porridge was quite popular in Scotland - is that oatmeal?

A world with marshmallows in your breakfast cereal must’ve been better than a bowl of bloody cornflakes. We were robbed.

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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by ddraig » Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:38 am

rockycola wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:09 am
ddraig wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 5:38 am
I'm old. A kid from the 50's and 60's. Do you have a mascot for Corn Flakes?
WHEATIES!!! Take your pick of all those iconic sports heroes on the box!
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Wheaties tastes like cardboard! Clemente is tempting, though! We used to play Home Run Derby in my neighbor's back yard with a plastic bat and a whiffle ball. He was my choice to emulate.

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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by D-train » Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:34 am

Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:30 pm
rockycola wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:26 am
Here's a few cereal box characters (incidentally, Tony the Tiger & the Trix Rabbit probably were the most influential to me and who I voted for.)
If Rocky & Bullwinkle had a cereal, they would've gotten a vote from me:
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Junior&Tony.png
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Sugar_Smacks_Spock.png
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Cheerios with Rocky and Bullwinkle.png
How did Cheerios ever become so popular? Just like Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Honeycomb they have literally ZERO flavor. Isn't that why Apple Jacks and Fruit Loops came about?
I despised Cheerios. Just gross. How about Shredded wheat. The tag line should have been, when you are in the mood to eat like a farm animal try this dry disgusting mini hay bale.
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Re: Poll: breakfast cereal characters

Post by D-train » Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:43 am

mostonmike wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:15 pm
Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:26 pm
How about in Ireland? I'd surmise that Lucky Charms might've done well there.
They never made it over here, or Ireland. If I remember rightly, the Food Standards Agency didn’t approve the food colouring dyes in them. Similairly, Fruit Loops have only just staring appearing over here in the last decade or so having been blocked for decades.

So we only really got stuff from the Kelloggs stable plus a couple of British brands. Porridge was quite popular in Scotland - is that oatmeal?

A world with marshmallows in your breakfast cereal must’ve been better than a bowl of bloody cornflakes. We were robbed.
You mean they were able to break away from three squares of Haggis a day to enjoy a fine bowl of Porridge?? lol Porridge is like Cream of wheat I believe.
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