Posts Tagged ‘Pac-man’

The 80s cereal ad parade continues: Pac-Man redux

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

I know I already did Pac-man cereal before, but I like this ad (which I don’t remember seeing before). It’s not that there isn’t a certain charm to dancing 80s kids with a horrible Pac-man dance song, but at least this is cute:

They stopped trying completely once they got Ms. Pac-man in there. They knew she would sell the cereal all by herself. Although at least they made a new commercial for her and didn’t just recycle the audio from the one above.

I could go on all day with Pac-man cereal ads, but not only there are a thousand different mild variations on the Pac-man video games, but there are cereal versions for them, too. Not that I have anything against Super Pac-man, but I can’t just make this the Pac-man cereal blog.

It’s a cereal…Wow!

Monday, August 4th, 2008

So this recent Cracked article linked to a an ad for a cereal I had long forgotten: Nerds! That’s right, they even come with a box of Nerds candy, so get your mom to buy some today. You know. For the candy!

But that only serves as a reminder for another cereal that should not be a cereal. One which also has two “different” flavors in one box. Yep, Nintendo. It’s for breakfast now.

And of course, from even earlier we have Pac-man, who invaded every possible niche in the merchandising ecosystem. Check out those clothes! Check out those dance moves!