What Lunch Box did you carry to school ? [Archive]

Mikey

May 18, '07, 9:01 AM

Me,
I never used a lunch box.
I always got "hot lunch" from the school.......
But many times I would secretly envy kids with cool lunch boxes.
In the class room on the bottom of the coat rack, they'd all be lined up.
The only specific one I remember was my buddy's box... It was Scoobly Doo-- and I remember it because he had a rolling stones tongue sticker on Daphnie's behind :)

So did you take a box to school ?
Maybe a plain bag ?
Or were you a hot lunchie, like me ?

wyatterb

May 18, '07, 9:36 AM

I was mostly a hot lunch guy, however on those cold lunch days I proudly carried my Super Friends lunchbox to school.

ScottA

May 18, '07, 9:46 AM

Snoopy, Lidsville and Pebbles/Bamm Bamm. Those are the only 3 I remember my brother and I having. They are long gone now. I do have the '66 Batman, Super Friends, Super Powers, and Marvel Heroes waiting to be displayed someday.

palitoy

May 18, '07, 9:59 AM

Hong Kong Phooey
Black Hole

Both of them Plastic Canadian editions.

The Toyroom

May 18, '07, 10:03 AM

I think my first one was a Walt Disney/Mickey Mouse one, the bus perhaps?
I also seem to remember 2 Scooby Doo lunchboxes, one metal and one plastic. And a Dynomutt...

I remember an older girl had a Partridge Family lunchbox that looked like the bus...she used to sit across from me.

number 6

May 18, '07, 10:09 AM

Superfriends (my favorite which, sadly, I no longer have), Empire Strikes Back, and yes the Dukes of Hazzard (I still have that stupid thing!)

My brother had Marvel Super Heros and Return of the Jedi.

I remember having a fixation over my older friends Space:1999 lunch box.

Earth 2 Chris

May 18, '07, 10:32 AM

I usually had the hot lunch too, but would on occasion take a lunch box. I had Super Friends, Masters of the Universe, and Super Powers. I still have all of these, although some are fairly rusted!

It didn't occur to me until years later, that the Super Friends lunch box is primarily aimed at...girls! The pink border and prominence of a female character on each side (Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Catwoman) was lost on me at the time. And to think I passed up the Superman: The Movie lunch box for a GIRL'S lunchbox!

chris

joshvox

May 18, '07, 11:15 AM

I had a metal super powers and a plastic batman lunch box before I went the lunch money route.

HardyGirl

May 18, '07, 12:28 PM

Well, my mom didn't believe in lunch boxes. Before entering 4th grade, my friend gave me her old Bobby Sherman lunchbox, and her sister gave me a plain red thermos. That's the only one I ever have. Which is why I collect them now. I have SMDM, Classic Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Fame, Knight Rider, The Monkees, Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, The Hardy Boys, 2 GIJoe ones, and Schoolhouse Rock.:yes:

Mikey

May 18, '07, 12:34 PM

Bobby Sherman ........

EASY COME, EASY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :)

Marvelmania

May 18, '07, 1:59 PM

I sometimes had to use my sister's Partridge Family lunchbox. The only one I can remember getting of my own was a Kung Fu lunchbox. I loved that thing!

Megospidey

May 18, '07, 2:06 PM

The school I attended in Southern California didn't serve a hot lunch - everyone brought their lunch and ate outside on picnic tables.

I got a different lunchbox every year - here's what I can remember (there were more, but I can't recall them):

Disney's Jungle Book
Road Runner and Coyote (my favorite)
Scooby Doo (the one with headless horsemen)
Marvel Superheroes
Disney's Robin Hood

jwyblejr

May 18, '07, 2:23 PM

I remember three I had. Kung-Fu,Space:1999 and Star Wars. Around fifth grade I didn't use a lunchbox as much. I do know one thing, when I watched Welcome Back Kotter,I always wanted Arnold Horseshack's Planet of the Apes lunchbox.

txteach

May 18, '07, 3:51 PM

Star Wars, UFO.

Bionic Joe

May 18, '07, 3:53 PM

the only two i rember are my very first which was a handme down from my older brother which was star trek and i had a six million dollar man both of which are long gone

JDeRouen

May 18, '07, 6:10 PM

I know I had several, but the one I remember the most was Land of the Lost. I also had a Marvel super heroes one, and probably a Dukes of Hazzard as well.

Evel KMego

May 18, '07, 7:12 PM

NFL and Happy Days

shellhead

May 18, '07, 8:23 PM

I had the James Bond "Thunderball" lunchbox, because my mom couldnt find a voyage to the bottom of the sea lunchbox.
God, I'm old.:huh:

Customslab

May 18, '07, 9:28 PM

i had the superfriends,superman,batman are the 3 i remember haveing

gman

May 18, '07, 11:34 PM

1st Lunchbox was H R Puffinstuff -- ridiculed by the 2nd and 3rd graders. My older brother took pity on me and gave me his old Rat Patrol lunch kit. Dropped the thermos.:shocked2: Last one was the Marvel kit around '74-75. Once again my brother took pity on me and convinced me paper bags were the way to go...

ShadowAvenger

May 18, '07, 11:41 PM

I remember having two lunch boxes as a kid. One had superheroes from DC Comics and the other had Marvel superheroes.

Hulk

May 19, '07, 5:17 AM

I started 1st grade with one of those metal dome lunchboxes, which I want to say was some sort of Peanuts lunchbox, probably Snoopy. I was a huge Snoopy fan (still am, coolest dog in the world). I distinctly remember a 6 Million Dollar Man lunchbox and thermos, and at some point either Batman or Superheroes with Batman somewhere on it prominently. In the end I think I probably brown bagged it more often than carrying the lunchbox though.

HardyGirl

May 19, '07, 3:45 PM

Does this make up for it?:grin:

http://www.retroland.com/pages/retropedia/tv/item/4380/memories/?section=detail&id=11439

shellhead

May 19, '07, 9:05 PM

Thanks HardyGirl.. you made my day!!!

toys2cool

May 19, '07, 10:04 PM

I had a lot,my favorites was the metal He man and the plastic Gi joe :grin:

thunderbolt

May 20, '07, 5:41 AM

Mine was always the stylish brown paper bag.

saildog

May 20, '07, 8:51 PM

I had a Disney Robin Hood which I think is stored somewhere and an Evel Knievel that is displayed along with my Megos. It still has the original Thermos tucked inside and is in pretty good shape.

BubbleGumFink

May 20, '07, 9:57 PM

I think I went from Sigmund & the Sea Monsters to Six Million Dollar Man to Star Wars.

protazoey

May 21, '07, 10:20 AM

I think I'm a little too young to have been part of the tin lunchbox crew...the only one I had was a My Little Pony plastic lunchbox with matching Thermos. I later found a Strawberry Shortcake tin lunchbox in a flea market in Aiken, SC. It had a little rust here and there, my dad helped me clean it up. Still had what I think was the original owner's name, address and phone number on paper overlaid with plastic taped into the lid...in case it got lost! :grin: I later sold it on eBay...can't remember for how much though.

Leslie

Agent of SHIELD

May 21, '07, 9:35 PM

I remember a Gunsmoke one (possibly a hand-me-down) and a classic barn-shaped lunch box with a silo thermos. I'm sure there were others.

BubbleGumFink

May 22, '07, 12:33 AM

Agent of SHIELD, Excellent avatar choice. Was that a Museum icon or custom?

Superbatman

May 22, '07, 2:59 AM

My mom would get me a new one every year.Here's what I remember.
Pac-Man
E.T.
Return Of The Jedi
Masters Of The Universe
In first grade we would put our luches on the table at the back of the classroom until lunch time.I remember a girl and I both had Pac-Man lunch boxes.One time we took each other's by mistake and opened our boxes to discover that this wasn't what mom packed for us that morning.I remember other kids having G.I.Joe and Empire Strikes Back lunch boxes.There was another one from around that time I recall seeing in stores.In was Ronald McDonald and the McDonaldland characters in the old west.I think that Ronald was the sherriff.

danadoll

May 22, '07, 7:30 AM

I had a Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox and my sister had the Bionic Woman(both are in a cupboard at my parents' house still). I don't recall if we had any other lunchboxes after or before, though...Those are the only ones I remember.

Dana

z3zep

May 23, '07, 12:10 AM

I had this Woody Woodpecker one. I check e-bay for it once in a while, but have yet to buy one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1972-Woody-Woodpecker-Metal-Lunchbox-no-thermos_W0QQitemZ140121088709QQihZ004QQcategoryZ14 10QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

-- then I moved on to the brown paper bag.

critter2

May 23, '07, 6:42 PM

I had the old metal Planet of the Apes box of course! Thank God that Momma saved it all these years and gave it back to me not all that long ago.:biggrin:

mego73

May 24, '07, 10:14 PM

The ones I remember having were Space:1999, Star Wars and KISS. I always wanted to get a Star Trek lunch box but of course that came out before my time. I wanted one in 1975. Surprised that the Star Trek lunch box was never released in the 70's until TMP's box.

Hardygirl, in that link you posted, is that a pic of you when you were young?

HardyGirl

May 25, '07, 11:27 PM

Yep, Mego 73, age 5. :sunny_y:

EmergencyIan

May 26, '07, 5:37 PM

I had Star Trek TMP, but I'm not sure if I had any others. You would have thought I would have had an "Emergency!" lunchbox, but I didn't. I guess I missed out on them until I becam an adult. However, I did see them in use when I was a kid and always wanted one, but they were no longer available at stores.

- Ian

marillion

May 26, '07, 5:41 PM

Here's mine...the Band Aid lunch box. It's about a foot tall.

http://www.chipcataldo.com/misc/shelf5.jpg

Peace,

Chip

mego73

May 26, '07, 10:56 PM

Yep, Mego 73, age 5. :sunny_y:

love the pig tails!

Drzsmith

Jul 21, '11, 4:01 AM

I had a Speed Buggy LB.

Tothiro

Jul 21, '11, 4:11 AM

Universal Movie Monsters (http://www.destroyallpodcastsdx.com/gallery/v/Toys/AladdinIndustriesIncorporated/UniversalMovieMonstersLunchbox_002/1.jpg.html)... Kindergarten through third grade, and I obsessed on that thing at lunch time.

Bruce Banner

Jul 21, '11, 6:06 AM

jimsmegos

Jul 21, '11, 6:13 AM

I had a Muppets "Pigs in space one" and an "Empire Strikes Back"

Rallygirl

Jul 21, '11, 7:05 AM

I had Super Friends, Star Wars and then Empire Strikes Back. After that, it was brown bags. I still have my Empire lunch box, but it is mismatched with my Star Wars thermos.

Falstaff13

Jul 21, '11, 8:15 AM

I had a Legend of the Lone Ranger metal one and a He-Man and the Masters of the Universe plastic one.

boss

Jul 21, '11, 8:29 AM

I remember having...

Road Runner
Kung ** (TV show)
Emergency
Superman (movie)

I recently picked up a 1966 Batman and Robin and a 196? Yogi Bear one. I'm a sucker for these things.

Earth 2 Chris

Jul 21, '11, 9:02 AM

I just picked up a Marvel Spidey/Hulk/Captain America metal box from 1980. It has some killer graphics on it. Cap takes up one whole side, and the figure is a swipe from Steranko, with Kirby foreground elements!!!

Chris

David Lee

Jul 21, '11, 10:14 AM

First was Evel Knievel...older brother had the Six Million Dollar Man.
http://www.jaywatson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Evel-Knievel-Lunch-Box-150x150.jpg
Later ones included...
Star Wars
http://images.shopgoodwill.com/10/5-27-2011/sa4251214527-sh.JPG
Empire Strikes Back
http://www.prices4antiques.com/item_images/medium/39/23/04-01.jpg
Mr. Merlin
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/1251/002.JPG

AcroRay

Jul 21, '11, 11:04 AM

Had a plastic Peanuts lunch box, back when most lunch boxes were metal. My favorite, though - and one that didn't get used much - was my BATTLE OF THE PLANETS lunch box... Which I still have! :smile:

palitoy

Jul 21, '11, 12:05 PM

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/firedice27/Geek%20Orthodox/4906_3.jpg

http://www.hakes.com/product_images/14/103159/001_big.jpg

Still have the Black Hole one..

samurainoir

Jul 21, '11, 12:20 PM

The first lunchbox I vividly remember carrying to school was a Marvel one... it had several characters on it, including I think Captain America, Thor, and Spidey.

After that, it was a Star Wars one, and then an Empire Strikes Back one.

Edit: Just found a picture of the Marvel lunchbox on the net.

http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1976-marvel-comics-super-heroes.jpg

I just found another of these last week at a flea market and upgraded from the one that had some rust spots on it.

I remember encountering this tin version and being really surprised because the Canadian one I had as a kid was red plastic with the same graphic as a sticker in front (Thor Spiderman Cap), and it didn't have the graphics on the side nor the FF on the back.

I always wondered what was up with that and why we didn't have the tin ones (as far as I can remember).

Bronxboykev

Jul 21, '11, 12:24 PM

I ran the gammit from hot lunch to the paper bags to the lunch boxes... Some I can remember were Adam 12, Emergency, Batman, Superman... Ahh the younger years lol

Sideshow Spock

Jul 21, '11, 1:04 PM

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/firedice27/Geek%20Orthodox/4906_3.jpg

OMG, YES. That box brings back so many memories. I was a big HKP fan, and I loved that box.. :2thumbsup:

torgospizza

Jul 21, '11, 1:25 PM

I only carried my lunch the one year I went to parochial school, and it was a Happy Days lunch box.

Lynn TXP 0369

Jul 21, '11, 8:33 PM

I remember..

Evel Knievel
Star Wars ANH
Marvel Super Heroes

I probably had more over the years, but those I distinctly remember.
Lynn

LonnieFisher

Jul 22, '11, 1:44 AM

I had the dome top Star Trek lunchbox.

Bruce Banner

Jul 22, '11, 7:28 AM

I just found another of these last week at a flea market and upgraded from the one that had some rust spots on it.

I remember encountering this tin version and being really surprised because the Canadian one I had as a kid was red plastic with the same graphic as a sticker in front (Thor Spiderman Cap), and it didn't have the graphics on the side nor the FF on the back.

I always wondered what was up with that and why we didn't have the tin ones (as far as I can remember).

That's it! That just unlocked the memory of my Marvel lunchbox fully. I now realize I had the plastic version too.

When I found that picture of the metal one, there was something about it that didn't seem exactly right, but I couldn't quite place it.
Now I know it's because I had the Canadian plastic version!

Just had a quick look, but can't seem to find any pics of the plastic one anywhere on the net.

kingdom warrior

Jul 22, '11, 8:36 AM

Brown paper bag then upgraded to Snoopy and woodsstock then I used my Dad's Herman Munster style lunchbox got a lot of laughs out of that one......:smiley1:

starsky

Jul 22, '11, 10:17 AM

i wanted six million dollar but got stuck with scooby doo since it was on sale. :googly:

Fire Marshal Bill

Jul 22, '11, 12:25 PM

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/wildbirdman/Blast%20from%20the%20Past/FirstDayofSchool1975.jpg

slats7

Jul 22, '11, 2:34 PM

Wanted Six Mill, but got this instead.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iUP5mII57Lo/S7GC0ruROpI/AAAAAAAABjE/qln8CZGfmTY/s1600/HappyDaysLunchBox_edit1_1976.jpg

Hector

Jul 22, '11, 2:52 PM

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/wildbirdman/Blast%20from%20the%20Past/FirstDayofSchool1975.jpg

That's an awesome picture.

Hector

Jul 22, '11, 2:56 PM

I was really into Hanna Barbera as a little kid...so I went through many...probably the most memorable one being Scooby Doo.

I also remember having the vinyl Banana Splits one.