If you were of the right age in the mid ‘80s, choosing another brand felt borderline criminal. Mixing fruity symbols with chalky marshmallow ghosts, the cereal was an absolute event. ![]() Like most of Ralston’s “big license” brands, Ghostbusters Cereal was more about the theme than the taste. It has everything from skating dinosaurs to an improvised rap! To see the flavor of the early ’90s completely captured in thirty seconds, just look at this one. More memorable than the cereal were its TV commercials. It’s as if they’re saying, “Dino, this is your moment.” Those proud papas. I especially like how the box shows Fred and Barney hiding behind a giant bowl. The multicolored marshmallows looked enough like Dino, but if you wanted to imagine them as music notes or super evolved Peeps, it wasn’t hard to do. As if giving Dino his own brand wasn’t enough of an irresistible novelty, the cereal came loaded with Dino-shaped marshmallows! This was the first time Post tried something other than the standard “Fruity” or “Cocoa” Pebbles, and they didn’t mess around. Here are five old cereal boxes from my personal collection. While I was obliging, I took some photos. ![]() ![]() I believe it was the Dino Pebbles, or maybe the Smurfberry Crunch, that contacted me telepathically. Most of them live in plastic bins on a high shelf, trapped in cramped quarters with nothing to do except barely breathe.
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