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January 24, 2012 By 7 Comments

Why did I buy that? Pop Culture Cereal boxes!

I made another quick Craigslist run this morning, and I’m still asking myself “why.”

Have you ever bought an item for your collection and then immediately questioned why you did so? It happens to me a lot. As a collector, I tend to buy a lot of worthless {ahem} crap, with the goal of “gotta catch ’em all.” (I learned that from my son’s Pokémon cartoons.) The problem with accumulating all this stuff is obvious, but luckily, I don’t have a problem getting rid of it after a while.

Today’s “Why did I buy that?” is a small collection of pop culture cereal boxes…

Hulk cereal

Hulk really is a messy eater.

The seller had listed the cereal boxes several times over the last couple of weeks, and originally asked $5 a box. No way was I going to pay $5 for old cereal, but today she relisted them for a dollar a box since she is moving and needed to get rid of them fast. She lived just five miles away, so I told her I’d be right over.

simpsons cereal boxes

True confession: I already have these two boxes. Shhh. Simpsons memorabilia is so plentiful and cheap, it hurts. I firmly believe that in a hundred years, scholars will look back on the Simpsons and appreciate its value as a social phenomena, and this merchandise is going to be highly prized by collectors. Unfortunately, I ain’t gonna be around in a 100 years, and this is one product line that I have barely dabbled in.

jurassic park crunch cereal

Check out the holo-foil back to this Jurassic Park Crunch cereal. Not only did I buy one of these, I bought THREE! If you need this box to complete your rare dinosaur cereal collection, you might want to drop me a line.

jurassic park crunch cereal

I’m soooo tempted to tear into these boxes just to hear if one of them roars. Do you think the contest has expired yet?

Batman cereal with bank

I have a fair sized Batman collection, and I love plastic banks. This box has been on my radar for a while but I never felt like paying the .99 cents those eBay scalpers are demanding. Well, now I have one for a crisp dollar bill, with no shipping fees! The bat-shaped cereal really doesn’t look appetizing on the box–it looks like macaroni and cheese.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tmnt cookie jar coin bank

True confession #2: This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cookie container/bank is the only reason i grabbed my keys this morning. I love big blow-molded plastic banks. Throw in the TMNT aspect and this was a must-have.

I don’t know what I’m going to do with these boxes. Is it sacrilegious to tear these open and throw out the cereal? I’d really prefer to store these as flat boxes but don’t want to give the cereal box collectors out there any undue acid reflux. Surely, these are “priceless” artifacts of our popular culture, so what to do? What to do?

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  1. Jboypacman says

    January 24, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Some of these are very cool so if anything they make for a fun little corner display in your toy room.

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    • Brian says

      January 24, 2012 at 5:51 pm

      Man, I ran out of free corners years ago. 😉

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  2. Paxton Holley says

    January 25, 2012 at 9:57 am

    The Hulk and Batman boxes are amazing. I really love the designs. The Jurassic Park box is so 90s it hurts my eyes to look at it.

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  3. kngfu says

    January 27, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    I had the BATMAN cereal for years before I was ADVISED to get rid of it…bugs or some other reason. Sold the bank during one of my no more toys manias.

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    • Brian says

      January 27, 2012 at 3:30 pm

      I’m heavily leaning towards the “dump out the contents and store these flat” route. 😉

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  4. Tommy says

    February 3, 2012 at 11:28 am

    I have a sealed Batman box on my shelf, but without the bank. I’d love to find the TMNT Cereal, and those Simpsons boxes are sweet!

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  5. pete says

    February 16, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    I don’t think you will have to wait that long..Im still kicking myself for not buying good 80s boxes 5-10 years ago at 5 bucks a pop….a lot of those are going gangbusters now…..unfortunately more have been saved the last 15-20 years….flattening them is fine…except for maybe the one with the cereal bowl attached to it……I would love to see more pics….check out my link….

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