Pic ‘n Mix arrives at Woolworths. From the Beano, Sept 17th 1988. Who knew they were interplanetary flotsam?

by -SaC

9 comments
  1. How is 17th September not a national holiday. Pic n Mix is the best thing that ever happened.

  2. My era of Beano from mid 80s to early 90s 

     I try and keep an eye out for ones in car boot sales and read them with my 7 year old daughter, but I’ll say some things haven’t aged well, like Dennis getting the slipper, or Little Plum.

    But some of the old adverts like this are nostalgic 

  3. I have fond memories of being given my week’s pocket money, being unleashed upon the pick n mix, and then consuming enough sugar to kill a rhinoceros. 

  4. This is fitting because I try to describe to my children how awesome it was and they look at me like I’m describing an encounter with aliens.

  5. Those pink ‘shrimps’ that must have nicotine or something in. Tasted of sweetened talc and sawdust but I couldn’t get enough of them.

    Also the big jelly snakes. My mum always used to tell me not to get them because they weighed too much when I could have way more cola bottles for the same weight.

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