Top crisps from the past!

[greenberet79]

Interesting to see those super hero and star wars crisps - in these days of branding and copyright there's no way anything like that would make it out the factory. And more's the pity.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Nice one Demon Eye and Twoheadboy I remember those Jaws crisps the actual crisps where sharks teeth.. Also the Spiderman crisps had Villian Biographies on the back like Dr Doom.. Bones have been released as Banshee Bones with a female ghost replacing the Skeleton I was lucky enougth to get some of them.. Never though I'd see any of them crisp packets again... Anybody have a picture of the Ringo crisp packets?

Well, you can still buy Ringos today if you want to go out and see a packet

[Shinobi]

Nice one Demon Eye and Twoheadboy I remember those Jaws crisps the actual crisps where sharks teeth.. Also the Spiderman crisps had Villian Biographies on the back like Dr Doom.. Bones have been released as Banshee Bones with a female ghost replacing the Skeleton I was lucky enougth to get some of them.. Never though I'd see any of them crisp packets again... Anybody have a picture of the Ringo crisp packets?

Well, you can still buy Ringos today if you want to go out and see a packet

Must be a England thing as we have everything but.. Quaterbacks, Tangy Tombs, Fraazles, Salt and Shake, Snaps everything but

[Liamh1982]

^ Sure I've seen Ringos in some of the cheapo shops here.
So it's a North Wales thing as well!

[the_hawk]

Dear lord this thread makes me want to eat my bodyweight in crisps.

Will have a think about my favourites from when I was wee & post some pics tomorrow.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Space Raiders, used to have a David Bowie lookalike on the packets:


More interesting than the current packaging, certainly!

[the_hawk]

I can't find a picture of them anywhere on the internet, but I used to love Barry McGuigan's Nettle Flavour Jabs. When I say "love" they were foul, but because they were endorsed by the Clones Cyclone I ate them by the bucketload, such was my admiration of the man!

Then of course there were these....



I've given up on google image searches as it comes up with nothing but modern versions of my favourites from the 80's.

Suffice to say I loved Spicy Monster Munch (when they were in the yellow packet, before the yellow became roast beef)
Tayto Spicy Bikers, even though you can still get them in Northern Ireland, I've yet to find anywhere over here that stocks them.

[Shinobi]

^ Sure I've seen Ringos in some of the cheapo shops here.
So it's a North Wales thing as well!

Certainly don't do them in South Wales in any of the Super Markets or Wilco/Iceland the only to food shops we have left in town.. I see on Golden Wonders website and the only thing we get here is Quaterbooks.. They've shrunk in size and have inferior packaging again

[Flint]

I'd forgotten how Crisp packets used to look before they all became the same.

Stupid companies not marketing directly at kids, I want toys in my cereal/PG Tips too.

[Seadog74]

A picture has already been posted but the Fish n Chip shaped snacks were my favourite until they stopped making them

[Mr_C]

I noticed two of my favourites, Fish'n'Chips and Piglets, already mentioned but my other long gone favourite was Bitza Pizza.

[Negative Creep]

I can't find a picture of them anywhere on the internet, but I used to love Barry McGuigan's Nettle Flavour Jabs. When I say "love" they were foul, but because they were endorsed by the Clones Cyclone I ate them by the bucketload, such was my admiration of the man!

Then of course there were these....



I've given up on google image searches as it comes up with nothing but modern versions of my favourites from the 80's.

Never seen those! I guess they never sold them in my area, as if they did you can be assured I would have lived on them!

[shifter]

Superb thread recall lots of the ones listed fish and chips were a big fave same as tangy toms.

One i liked think you can still get but not sure in beef flavor were, Discos






I will say if you can still buy these bet the bloody packet is half the size ..

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Discos are on special offer in my place at the moment, two packets for 50p (no beef flavour, mind).

We still have Tangy Toms though.

[djcarlos]

An apostrophe in "Discos"!

Give 'em back to Disco then.

Yours, Mr. G. Nazi.