Thank you Mr. Kellogg

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Anyone remember the 1969 Nabisco Team Flakes poster offer on the back of the box? I cut those out into individual cards and still have them. No insignia's on the players caps or uniforms though which I didn't care for.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye

Anyone remember the 1969 Nabisco Team Flakes poster offer on the back of the box? I cut those out into individual cards and still have them. No insignia's on the players caps or uniforms though which I didn't care for.

That Nabisco set is so raw & gritty, perfect images for the turmoil of 1969. It's really quite a unique set.

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

There's a complete box of 1969 Team Flakes on Ebay for $6,000.

[JollyElm]

My family is huge, so there were a ton of us kids running around, and a never-ending supply of sugary cereals. During summertime, I learned one lesson and I learned it fast. Get up first and check the amount of cereal left in the open boxes. (We weren't allowed to open a new box just to grab the 3-D card, we had to wait until one was empty and then it was open warfare between my brothers and I to get to the bottom of the box to grab that wonderful three dimensional treasure it held.) Having this reconnaissance meant that if the Corn Flakes were low enough to possibly be finished off by the next kid, I would sit in the background and wait for one of my siblings to start pouring a bowl...and when they started doing that 'final shake' to free the last remnants of sugary goodness from the inner waxy bag, I would spring to life and say something like, "Oh, that one's done. Let's open this new one, so I can eat too!" Before they knew what hit them, I was staring at a fantastically shiny new Ralph Garr card!!!

[Troy Kirk]

Funny you mentioned Ralph Garr, Darren, as that's the Kellogg card I most remember getting. On a short family driving vacation in early 1972, we bought a box of Kellogg's cereal and I plucked the Ralph Garr card out of the box. At that time, I thought I knew all the major league players, but I had never heard of Garr, that's the first time I saw a card of him. One of the Kellogg sets had a card of Tony Horton, that was a guy that was never on a Topps card.

[swabie2424]

Count me in as part of the Kellogg's and Hostess card craze back then. My parents were definitely aware of the fun and willing participants trying to help me build sets and get the Yankees I wanted. We ate a lot of sugary cereals and snacks those summers. Luckily, I had a bunch of non-collecting siblings who helped plow through all those treats at lightning speed!

Last year, pre-COVID thank goodness, my mother had back surgery, and I returned to the house I grew up in to visit and help care for her for a week. As she was a bit wiped out and slept a lot, I spent time digging through my folks' basement and lo and behold found a few 5000 count boxes of vintage commons and minor stars (woo-hoo!) and all my Kellogg's and Hostess! Sadly, it appears I convinced my folks to let me hand cut most of the Hostess myself, and they're not in the best shape... but to me they're gold! lol

Now, next time I'm home I need to box them up and flat rate them across the country to my house!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by swabie2424

Count me in as part of the Kellogg's and Hostess card craze back then. My parents were definitely aware of the fun and willing participants trying to help me build sets and get the Yankees I wanted. We ate a lot of sugary cereals and snacks those summers. Luckily, I had a bunch of non-collecting siblings who helped plow through all those treats at lightning speed!

Last year, pre-COVID thank goodness, my mother had back surgery, and I returned to the house I grew up in to visit and help care for her for a week. As she was a bit wiped out and slept a lot, I spent time digging through my folks' basement and lo and behold found a few 5000 count boxes of vintage commons and minor stars (woo-hoo!) and all my Kellogg's and Hostess! Sadly, it appears I convinced my folks to let me hand cut most of the Hostess myself, and they're not in the best shape... but to me they're gold! lol

Now, next time I'm home I need to box them up and flat rate them across the country to my house!

What a fun thread, the kind of collecting stories we need more of here.