Nov 21, 2012

One You Pop, You'll Want To Stop



Pumpkin Pie Spice chips
Pringles (2012)
They're not as bad as they look, but I got tired of them after a small handful.

Nov 20, 2012

The Best Juice Ever Served In A Box



Ecto Cooler
Hi-C (1993)
This was my favorite drink in the late 80's and early 90's.  I wish that they'd bring it back.  This box came from the L.M. Kallok Collection and was scanned and shared by Jason Liebig.

Nov 19, 2012

Expensive Twinkies


As soon as Hostess announced that they were going out of business, the whole world lost its collective minds and began buying up all of the remaining Twinkies from store shelves. This has resulted in a flood of Twinkies for sale on eBay at a hilarious mark-up.  For example, this box of snack cakes has a starting bid of $200k.  If you don't want to risk getting sniped at the last second, you can always opt for the "Buy It Now" price and pay a quarter of a million dollars.  Act now, and you get free shipping.  What a deal!

I'll go ahead and let Tallahassee from Zombieland go after these.  Frankly, I don't think they're worth the regular retail price.

Nov 18, 2012

Nov 17, 2012

The Doctor And The Grouch


Julius Erving and Oscar The Grouch
Sesame Street (1982)

Nov 16, 2012

King Tut


Tutankham
Original Arcade: Konami (1982)
Atari 2600: Parker Bros (1983)
Roughly 60 years after Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, Konami released this treasure hunting maze game to arcades.  The home port is significantly different, but it had pretty cool music for its time.

Nov 14, 2012

The Observatory Collection



Wonka Inventing Room
Observatory Collection
This collection of dark chocolate truffles from the Wonka Inventing Room are inspired by stars and meteors.  It's a pretty cool idea for a candy brand like Wonka.  I think if they put sugar candy like Nerds and Fun Dip on the backburner and focused more on creative chocolates, Wonka could be right up there with Hershey as an American chocolatier.












The Travel Trunk Collection



Wonka Inventing Room
Travel Trunk Collection
The majority of candy available from the Wonka Inventing Room are boxed truffles.  I hope that they ship some of these out to Pennsylvania so that I can try them.













Nov 13, 2012

Inventive Candy Bars



Wonka Inventing Room
Sweet Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA
The Sweet Hollywood candy shop has partnered with Nestle to create the Wonka Inventing Room.  This store-within-a-store is selling some of the most creative candy I have ever seen.  Unfortunately, these products won't be available in stores across the country, but you can order them online.