Of Flying British Cars...Part Two

There was a time long ago and far away, where breakfast was the most important meal of the day for more than one reason. As a kid in the 1960's breakfast held the possibility of discovering buried treasure! For buried in that colorful box of gloriously sugar filled cereal there were the coolest prizes EVER!

Recently, I came across the following on eBay:

Yep, in the late 1960's the Kelloggs company gave every kid that bought a box of Corn Pops the chance to own a color-incorrect Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! They had yellow ones and red ones and, as you see here, blue ones. There was something truly magical about digging around in the box for that little plastic bag (oh, come on- you know you did it!) and ripping it open to find your treasure! The box never looked the same, but it was worth it!

Of course, those days are lost forever. Now if cereal companies give away anything at all, it's made out of paper....or even worse, it's a download. Who the heck wants a virtual prize? That stinks!

So, if you want to find the good prizes, eBay is your best bet. For about the price of a box of cereal, you can relive your childhood! (Let's face it, the prize was all you bought the cereal for anyway...)

So until next time, keep searching for treasure!