What happened to cereal box toys?

[Rman]

I was doing my grocery shopping the other day, passing the cereal aisle, and I noticed that most of the kid's cereals are bereft of toys.  Growing up in the 80s, I used to love the clever little knick-knacks stuffed in my breakfast cereal.  What happened to these things?  My favorites were the rubberized octopi found in Kellogg's line of kid's cereal. 

[T234]

The same thing that happened to every other cool thing from the 80's: it will be remade and suck horribly, yet some misguided forum poster  named "Willco" will still like it.

[Powerslave]

Those things would be highly praised as collectors items if they made videogame or anime toys/figures now.

That said, cereals became big enough to sell on it's own without relying on toys as a selling point these days.

[hyp]

couple kids choked on em, and parents revolted.

[Rman]

couple kids choked on em, and parents revolted.

Seriously?

[hyp]

naw i was just kidding.  but you know how sensitive parents are these days... for all we know this could be true!

[Himu]

They don't have toys in cereal anymore?! It must suck ass being a kid these days! They don't even get awesome cartoons on Saturdays!

[hyp]

anyone remember the dual nintendo cereals?  can't believe i used to buy that garbage... fucking marketing was so good back then.  got my little prepubescent ass in a headlock.

[Rman]

They don't have toys in cereal anymore?! It must suck ass being a kid these days! They don't even get awesome cartoons on Saturdays!

They sometimes offer promotions via mailing in upc codes, but there's no toy in the cereal boxes from what I've seen grocery shopping.

[Flannel Boy]

couple kids choked on em, and parents revolted.

This is probably true. I'm all for cereal companies killing off stupid children. Herbert Spencer should have started up a cereal company.

[hyp]

malek

[xnikki118x]

I loved those toys.