Old Lunchboxes

[LincoMego]

I saw this today about old lunchboxes. Very cool stuff. The Superfriends was my first ever luchbox. I still have the Star Wars one (sadly sans the Thermos). Its pretty badly worn, but not dented. I saw the Fall Guy lunchbox at a yard sale a few years back and didn't pick it up. I wish I had now.

http://food.aol.com/vintage-lunchboxes?icid=main|main|dl8|link5|http%3A%2F%2Ff ood.aol.com%2Fvintage-lunchboxes

I don't now why the link doesn't work!

[theantiquetiger]

Link not working, here let me help:

lunchboxes (http://food.aol.com/vintage-lunchboxes?icid=main|main|dl8|link5|http%3A%2F%2Ff %20ood.aol.com%2Fvintage-lunchboxes)

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[LincoMego]

Thanks theantiqetiger. I tried to get that link up a couple times and didn't understand why i wouldn't work. Thanks again for the tip.

[LincoMego]

Link not working, here let me help:

lunchboxes (http://food.aol.com/vintage-lunchboxes?icid=main|main|dl8|link5|http%3A%2F%2Ff %20ood.aol.com%2Fvintage-lunchboxes)

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Thanks theantiqetiger. I tried to get that link up a couple times and didn't understand why i wouldn't work.

[goldenryan]

those prices were inflated unless your talking about flawless examples still with the tags. i brought a knight rider c-8 or better for $35 i think around 01, i remember i sold it for less on ebay a few years later i might of gotten $26 maybe? some of the boxes are cool but i don't collect them. the 70's marvel box would be #1 on my list tho.

[spaceace35]

i just picked up a superfriends lunch box this week

[ScottA]

I just have a few: '66 Batman, Super Friends, Super Powers and Secret Wars.

[toys2cool]

There's a few I'd like to get :grin:

[Captain]

Old lunchboxes...especially the tin ones from the fifties and sixties are indeed cool to collect...unless they still have an old lunch in them!:terror:

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I have an old Superman one. It's pretty scratched and dented but I just the love the design.

[Hector]

I have an old Superman one. It's pretty scratched and dented but I just the love the design.

I want a Superman one too.

:grin:


I love old school lunchboxes...but I'm afraid if I buy one...I'll get hooked...and I can't afford two collectible hobby's...Megos are enough.

:grin:

[nvmbrsdoom5]

You're right Hector, they are addictive. At least for me they are, as I recently took the plunge into collecting old lunch boxes, and it's hard to stop!

I don't collect mint, perfect ones with tags really. If I see a great deal on one like that I'd definitely pick it up, but as long as they're still fairly clean and not too rusty or scratched up I'll collect 'em. Certain ones I'm kinda holding out for mintier examples, like the mid-seventies Marvel Super Heroes lunchbox. I've wanted that since I was a kid, and I come across alot of beaten up specimens, but the minty ones are pretty pricey.

The nice thing about collecting these is that my wife likes them too, and she enjoys going on Ebay with me, or looking around in other places for boxes she used to have. It's nice to have a hobby that we both can appreciate together. Plus, the other nice thing is that if you're not overly picky about condition, it's a fairly affordable hobby.

But man these things take up alot of space!! We're still trying to figure out the best way to display them, as the collection grows.

[starsky]

i've always wanted the six million dollar man one, but dont want to get hooked on another collection as well!!

[generic]

I wanted Star Wars, KISS or one of the Superhero lunchboxes. Mine was Land of the Lost. Although I liked the show, it certainly wasn't the coolest lunchbox as a kid. Looking back on it, I wish I still had it and it actually was pretty cool because if I had one of the others, it would have been hard to keep it separated from the other kids' lunchboxes. I was the only guy with Land of the Lost. I still remember how it smelled - like hot PB&J!

[Megospidey]

I've got 3 from my childhood: The Marvel Superheroes, The Road Runner/Coyote, and Disney's Jungle Book.

[jayihdz]

I have Superman 56', 67' and 78'...

[Hector]

:drool_y: :drool_y: :drool_y:

[nvmbrsdoom5]

For many years the only lunchbox I owned as an adult collector was the KISS one, which I bought pretty cheap back in the early '90s. I'd wanted to collect more, but every time I went to a collectibles show the ones I wanted either were too costly or in bad shape. Now with Ebay I can find them much cheaper, thankfully. Now and then I find them out in the wild, too.

Just today I got a 1980 Pac-Man lunchbox :)

[Hector]

I am getting Superman lunchboxes now.

:grin:

[saildog]

Love old Lunchboxes.

I honestly feel like kids today are totally ripped off of the experience of getting to pick one out to carry for the next year or two.

I had a discussion with my parents a while back about my lunchbox preferences as a kid. We didn't have much money back then, but that was one thing they felt was worthy of an expenditure (they really were kind of affordable), but I would not give up my Evel Knievel lunchbox from 2nd grade through 6th. They offered to buy a new one every year and I kept on carrying Evel because I loved it so much.

I still have it. Thermos and all. Still in beautiful shape and I am looking at right now because it is displayed right above my computer.

[shyndman]

Its interesting that the classic metal lunchbox is a thing of the past - I wonder why? In any case, I still have my own Fireball XL-5 lunchbox in really good condition. The thermos is long gone, but the lunchbox itself is in great shape. I saved it to store stuff in way back in the day - and somehow managed to not throw it out. So glad I didn't. It's a great-looking lunchbox.

Wish I had saved all of the other ones!

[nvmbrsdoom5]

Saildog, I don't blame you for keeping that Evel Knievel lunchbox for so long, I always thought (and still do) that it was a cool one! I don't have one in my collection yet but it's definitely one I'm gunning for someday.

Hector, I KNEW you were gonna go after those Supes lunchboxes after Jayihdz mentioned them! haha I'd love to see pics of 'em.

[ScottA]

I had breakfast at a Shoney's the other day on a job and to my surprise the lobby had some metal lunch boxes for sale. They were all Pez. Pez Fireman, Pez Policeman, etc. They had about 6 different ones. I almost bought one since I thought it was so odd tosee a metal lucnhbox again. And yes, they had the thermos.

[kryptosmaster]

Its interesting that the classic metal lunchbox is a thing of the past - I wonder why?

One rumor I heard was that kids started using them as weapons and beating the crap out of other kids with them so they were banned but most likely the reason was they cost less to make them out of plastic and since they weighed less too, it would save on the shipping costs as well. Everything leads back to money!!

Rich

[Hector]

Guys...I'm not much familiar with prices and stuff...

What do you guys think of this one?

1967 Superman Lunchbox - Vintage - eBay (item 270428686232 end time Jul-27-09 15:21:29 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/1967-Superman-Lunchbox-Vintage_W0QQitemZ270428686232QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH _DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef6ce4798&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294 %3A50)

I kinda want to...but I don't know if it's worth it...please educate me.



P.S. I kinda know about the 78 Chris Reeve lunchbox...there's a lot of them...and I kinda gauged its price now...I'm getting one of those as well...I just don't have any idea about this older one and in that condition.

I appreciate any heads up on the matter.

:smiley13:

[saildog]

Guys...I'm not much familiar with prices and stuff...

What do you guys think of this one?



Hector, I don't know if that's a good deal or not, but I do imagine it is somewhat hard to come by. It looks in decent condition from the photos, given the age. Kinda worn, but balance that with it not popping up too often.

The only thing that would concern me is no photos of the inside. That thing could be ate up on the inside of the box. I tend to think if it wasn't rusty as heck on the inside, there would be some shots of the inside.

[jasonmego1277]

I'd love to get some of one's I had as a kid, but I am sure of the prices on these things. It's a task list for another time. I have too many old and noew goodies to try and get money for.

[Hector]

Hector, I don't know if that's a good deal or not, but I do imagine it is somewhat hard to come by. It looks in decent condition from the photos, given the age. Kinda worn, but balance that with it not popping up too often.

The only thing that would concern me is no photos of the inside. That thing could be ate up on the inside of the box. I tend to think if it wasn't rusty as heck on the inside, there would be some shots of the inside.

Thanks for the heads up!

:smiley13:

[Hector]

Hector, I don't know if that's a good deal or not, but I do imagine it is somewhat hard to come by. It looks in decent condition from the photos, given the age. Kinda worn, but balance that with it not popping up too often.

The only thing that would concern me is no photos of the inside. That thing could be ate up on the inside of the box. I tend to think if it wasn't rusty as heck on the inside, there would be some shots of the inside.

I sent the seller a message asking for an inside picture.

:smiley13:

[toys2cool]

One rumor I heard was that kids started using them as weapons and beating the crap out of other kids with them so they were banned but most likely the reason was they cost less to make them out of plastic and since they weighed less too, it would save on the shipping costs as well. Everything leads back to money!!

Rich

I thought maybe cause they would rust

[toys2cool]

Guys...I'm not much familiar with prices and stuff...

What do you guys think of this one?

1967 Superman Lunchbox - Vintage - eBay (item 270428686232 end time Jul-27-09 15:21:29 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/1967-Superman-Lunchbox-Vintage_W0QQitemZ270428686232QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH _DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef6ce4798&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294 %3A50)

I kinda want to...but I don't know if it's worth it...please educate me.



P.S. I kinda know about the 78 Chris Reeve lunchbox...there's a lot of them...and I kinda gauged its price now...I'm getting one of those as well...I just don't have any idea about this older one and in that condition.

I appreciate any heads up on the matter.

:smiley13:

that one's pretty bad :grin:

[saildog]

I sent the seller a message asking for an inside picture.

:smiley13:

Good move. Maybe the seller didn't think anyone cared about the inside of the box and it is all good. Best to have a peek for yourself, though. I've seen some otherwise nice boxes that were just trash on the inside. Not that big of a deal if you get it cheap and for display only, but if you are paying good money for it and it is for a collection, it's pretty important that it not be trashed inside.

Hope it looks good, Dude. I've seen plenty of the '78 boxes, in fact, one of my buddies has one on display that was his as a kid, but I've never seen a '67 one. That's a very cool looking lunchbox.

[Hector]

:smiley13: :grin:

[Hector]

that one's pretty bad :grin:

Yeah but it's from 1967...and I could get it rather cheaply.

:yes:

[Hector]

I have esnipe set on a very nice Superman 78 right now...hopefully I win it cheaply.

:grin:

[toys2cool]

Yeah but it's from 1967...and I could get it rather cheaply.

:yes:

no I know it's a little rough but I meant bad in a cool way :embarassed: :grin:

[saildog]

no I know it's a little rough but I meant bad in a cool way :embarassed: :grin:

Cool is a rule, but sometimes bad is BAD.:smiley1: