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Author Topic: Cracker Jack Prizes Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-03-2004 01:55 PM                     has anyone ever actually gotten anything cool as a prize? The most recent box I ate had a picture of cracker jacks as a prize. I know you only pay 30 cents for a box and I dont expect much but geez come on why would anyone want a picture of something they are eating?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-03-2004 02:01 PM                        Chris, When I was a kid in the forties, I ate a lot of Cracker Jacks and the prizes were rather cool. I do not remember what they were but my friends and I used to save them. Had we kept them, I bet they would be worth something today. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Erick Akers Arse Kicker Posts: 201 From: Dallas, TX, USA Registered: May 2001 posted 03-03-2004 02:05 PM                     Hey Chris, I can actually say that "Yes I did", It was a $50.00 bill sealed in the standard red & white prize package. They were running some kind of promo and I got lucky!!! I have also gotton the picture of CJ Package from the past, and I agree 110% TOTALLY LAME  |  IP: Logged Gary Crawford Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: Neptune NJ USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 03-03-2004 02:15 PM                     Once I found two prizes in a box! One was some useless plastic trinket and the other was a cheap gold-painted metal ring, which I gave to my girlfriend. (It broke within minutes) It was the thought that counted though, we eventually got married, and still are (21 years this May 14th) Anyone else ever get two prizes?  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-04-2004 10:15 AM                       Yep, I can remember getting rings and toys and stuff. A sue-happy society eventually affected them, though, and anything that could even remotely be considered "dangerous" if accidentally swallowed was eliminated. Which led to things like pictures of Cracker Jack boxes as prizes.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-04-2004 08:57 PM                        Hey Chris, Move to NYC I understand Bill Gabel is collecting $100.00 dollar bills. Only in the Big Apple.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-04-2004 10:01 PM                     I have a growing collection down here in Dallas too.  |  IP: Logged

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