Goodmorning Plumber, Goodmorning Magic Elf

Came across this advertisement in a Captain America comic book from 1988.

Never tried it myself, but I can imagine how amazing it must have been to start your day with a bowl of Nintendo Cereal System and then head over to the NES for a sugar-induced zombie-gamer trance.

Thanks for making me puke Mario.



Apparently you might also have a chance to relive the deliciousness for a cool $100: gameSniped. Like a fine wine, it only gets better with age.

Part of Your Complete Breakfast (?)

By golly, can you believe what they were feeding the youth of the mid 20th century!

In the new millennium, we're selling and buying a new image - one that stresses nutritional value, organic certification, etc.:

Sure, you can still get Fruit Loops and Alpha-Bits, but the market has turned against the multi-colored excess and questionable attitudes of yesteryear (ie. cutey orientals selling Rice Krinkles). Ergo, no more free Freakies inside.

Here are 100 other box designs. Or for a million more trips down nostalgia lane, head to the Imaginary World. Via Drawn!

Post script. That whole "part of your complete breakfast" line has to be one of the most shrewd and enduring marketing tactics eva. It's right there along with pricing things on the 9s .