I love these old Secrets of Space cards from Weet-bix I saw online.
There's even a Moon Prospector!
This is 12 of the 20.
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There's even a poster as described below! Wow! Anyone got one?
I love how you could swap with Sanitarium themselves!
The Moon Suit, no. 13, is a really gorgeous card.
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Is Weet-bix the same as Weetabix here in Blighty?
I think Weet-Bix and Weetabix are pretty much the same thing. Not that I have ever seen an actual Weetabix.
ReplyDeleteI do not recall having ever seen this set.
Yes, it's a lovely set by the looks.
DeleteSanitarium is a long time food manufacturer, originally establiahed by Seventh Day Adventists.
ReplyDeleteThey have a number of product names that were trademarked here in Australia before the original owners expanded to the Southern hemisphere.
( a bit like Woolworths, who are nothing to do with the US or UK brands.)
Sanitarium have a yeast product called Marmite, that tastes nothing like the original. As a consequence, down under, UK style Marmite is branded as Our Mate.
Sanitarium ran a great line in breakfast cereal premiums into the late 70's, long after Keloggs and Nabisco had given up the practice.
Fascinating. Our Mate! Sounds almost the same Looey! I had some flat plastic figures from Sanitarium which I think we're margarine gifts.
DeleteOne of the Secrets of Space which they never solved: how do you relieve yourself!?!? SFZ
ReplyDeleteIf you mean the half-round or semi-flat figures that have been mentioned before on Moonbase Central - Maoris and Early Settlers were issued in 1962. There were eight figures - four Maoris, and four Europeans. Each was available in blue, brown, green, orange, pink, red, and yellow.
ReplyDeleteTop Hatted Gentleman; Miner of the Otago Goldrush (I have this figure in orange); Miner's Wife; Colonial Soldier (I found a red example a few years ago); Maori Chief with Mere; Maori Warrior facing to the side, with Tewhatewha; Maori Warrior with Taiaha; Maori Girl with Poi.
They were issued in packets of Corn Flakes and Puffed Wheat. I do not recall anything ever coming with packets of margarine in NZ.
Given that I acquired my two examples some 50 years apart, at the present rate, it will take me another 300 years to complete the set.
Information from the book 50 Years of New Zealand Cereal Toys 1950-2000, Stephen Summers & Peter Fisher, 2006. Found a copy at one of the Auckland fairs a few years ago.
Yes, I mean them. Not margarine at all then! Doh! Thanks.
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