Freakies

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If you were a kid in the 70's, you'll probably remember enjoying the sugary delights of Freakies cereal. Actually, the cereal wasn't that great, but the commercials and toy prizes were what got you hooked - or at least that's what happened in my case. Original Freakies' creator Jackie End has revived the characters (if not the cereal) at her website, where you can read bios on each of the Freakies, hear the original theme song, order a video of the 70's television ads, and buy official t-shirts. About the only thing you won't find here is a substitute for that original sugar high, but hearing the Freakies belt out their theme song is close.

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[toys2cool]

darn that looks pretty cool,I'm was an 80's kid so i never saw those

[Grendel]

Along with the Monster cereals (including Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy) and Quisp, Freakies rule!

Setting the TARDIS controls for a 1970s cereal aisle...

[Marvelmania]

Probably my favorite cereal characters besides Quisp. I still have some of the old balloon cars that came as a prize.

[z3zep]

Quisp is my all time favorite cereal, but I LOVED the Freakies. I think it tasted a lot like Quisp. Anyhow, I still have all the plastic figures.

We are the Freakies.....

[Wee67]

Probably my favorite cereal characters besides Quisp. I still have some of the old balloon cars that came as a prize.

My doppleganger strikes again! I was about to mention how much I loved the ballon cars. I grabbed set with a decent BIN last year.

[kresge1]

I definitely remember this ceral

[Mikey]

Were they regional ?

I don't ever remember seeing or hearing about them until well into the '90's when they were already "retro"

[megocrazy]

I still have some of the magnets on my mother's refrigerator. Two of the green guy and the orange crab lookin guy for sure. I loved this cereal.

[kresge1]

I still have some of the magnets on my mother's refrigerator. Two of the green guy and the orange crab lookin guy for sure. I loved this cereal.

Do you have pictures?

[Grendel]

Here's a good link to cereal premiums, including Freakies:

http://theimaginaryworld.com/ralston.html

I have one of those Freakmobiles somewhere...


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On a related note, does anyone remember this cereal?

[HardyGirl]

I never ate the cereal, but I loved the commercials! I think they had fruity Freakies for a while, and my friend liked those.

"We are the Freakies, we are the Freakies and this is the Freakies Tree,
We never miss a meal, 'cos we love our ce-re-ell!"

And I loved those Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs commercials too.

[grayhank]

<sigh> I miss my little plastic Freakies figures! My favorite was Hamhose.

[Marvelmania]

Those Freakmobiles are the balloon cars I was talking about. They also had a set of balloon boats that were cool.

[batmanmc]

My doppleganger strikes again! I was about to mention how much I loved the ballon cars. I grabbed set with a decent BIN last year.

thats here the baloon cars came from. i loved those things. mike