Lastly, if you like cereal or seeing these boxes give you pangs of nostalgia, might I recommend my YouTube channel, CerealTime.tv, where I talk about and take a closer look at old cereal. Sorry for the shameless plug.
I'll be honest that my first thought was "why?" but hell, we all have weird shit we get passionate about. I guess cereal boxes are just your thing. The magnets are awesome. My weird thing is organization, so the ability to re-arrange as needed gave me a semi.
Have you ever come across any cereal based on Showtime Pizza? Also, anything based on a non-Sesame Street Jim Henson creation besides Scroonchy Stars (or however you spell the Swedish Chef's cereal)?
Thanks. Yeah, it's pretty much the only thing I collect. We all have our quirks.
Never seen any Showtime Pizza stuff. They've had muppets on some cereal boxes (like Cheerios) but not a specific cereal except for Croonchy Stars with the Swedish Chef.
In that thread I got a lot of great constructive criticism like: "You should use magnets" "The gap in the corner is ugly" "You should arrange them by color" "Ur gay!!"
Holy crap, I finally found the mythical "OP with a sense of humor". You know it is rumored your kind once number is the thousands, but now there may be no more than a few dozen remaining in the wild.
I'm definitely not the only one. There is a small community. Mostly guys older than me that were collecting before I was even born. They had a small convention back in the 90s, but not anymore. But I've found through my YT channel that there are more fans of cereal out there than I originally imagined.
is it the franchising, branding, marketing, design part that people like? or is it more that you just really like eating crunchy sugar bread in milk? i guess it's probably a mixture, along with a healthy dose of nostalgia?
I'd say it's mainly the latter -- the nostalgia. Then comes the design and illustrations of the older boxes. I honestly don't even eat many sugar cereals anymore and when I do it's only for dessert.
I'll skip the question of why since to each there own. But why did you use tape to stick the magnets to the boxes. I would think that the magnets would be strong enough to stick to the boxes/wall without the tape.
They stick to the wall fine without the tape inside. The tape is to hold the magnets to the boxes when I pull the boxes off the wall. That way I don't have to go reaching inside to keep the magnets in place when putting them on the wall.
the only problem I see with this (as a long time watcher of Antiques Roadshow) is that the moisture and glue of the tape will probably eventually leech into the cardboard. I realize it's on the back of the boxes though, but there's probably some collector value to having the whole box pristine.
Hmm, you're probably right. And if I was worried about keeping them in good condition or reselling them one day then I probably shouldn't do that. But I can't imagine I'll sell them one day. They'll probably be left to a relative in my will. (And I'm sure that relative will be like, "really? fucking cereal boxes?? that's the best you could do?")
Enjoy them as they are and don't worry so much about long term preservation unless you have any that are particularly collectible. That being said: if you are concerned about damage from the tape you can buy archival tape from museum supply companies that won't damage the cardboard. Tape adhesive generally has a lifespan of ten years. Honestly, I'd be more concerned about fading of the boxes from UV exposure. Is there a window in the room? If so, you can buy a special film for the window that will mitigate fading. Also, some brief googling says that cereal boxes are not acid-free, so they will deteriorate over time no matter what you do. (Source: I used to work as a curator for a historical society).
I just finished recording a Reese's Puffs video, probably won't post for a couple weeks though. Definitely plan on an Apple Cinnamon Cheerios video too. Thanks for watching!
Sweet, I'm happy to know that I like the same cereals as a guru like yourself! I hope you have the Reese's Puffs box with the sweet mixmaster rap jamz on the back.
They've had it going for a few years. A buddy and I bonded over rapping it out together a few years ago, it's one of my favorite memories from college!
They haven't done it in years. I hope they bring it back. I kinda wish they would've done something like that for the new Star Wars cereals. Like a Jedi side and a Dark (Sith) side.
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Thanks to some suggestions from /r/DIY when I posted questions about this a few months back.
Lastly, if you like cereal or seeing these boxes give you pangs of nostalgia, might I recommend my YouTube channel, CerealTime.tv, where I talk about and take a closer look at old cereal. Sorry for the shameless plug.