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« Thread Started on Jan 23, 2011, 8:42pm » | |
i have just bought a nearly complete set of shreddies flat dinosaurs.
i really like them and would like to complete the set but i can not find much info on them on the web.
There are none on ebay do they show up on there much? if so do they sell for a lot.
thanks for any help
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| | Re: shreddies flat dinosaurs from the 60s
« Reply #1 on Jan 23, 2011, 8:52pm » | |
What are Shreddies?
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| | Re: shreddies flat dinosaurs from the 60s
« Reply #2 on Jan 23, 2011, 8:59pm » | |
Jan 23, 2011, 8:52pm, Megaraptor wrote:
I've always known them to be these things.
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| | Re: shreddies flat dinosaurs from the 60s
« Reply #3 on Jan 23, 2011, 9:05pm » | |
They're Nabisco cereal premiums (Shreddies was one product in a line ........ I think Shredded Wheat was another). Nestle (  ) took over Nabisco some years back hence some confusion around these.
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| | Re: shreddies flat dinosaurs from the 60s
« Reply #5 on Jan 23, 2011, 11:14pm » | |
According to Mike Frederick's "Dinosaur Collectibles" they were first made in the 1950s in a tan colour (not sure if they were ever re-issued).
There were 20 pieces, with the usual dinosaur suspects plus a few less ubiquitous critters such as Paleotherium, Nothosaurus and Sphenacodon.
The books says that they're worth $20-40 each.
Very nice figures, but must admit that I've only seen them in that book and never on e-bay.
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| | Re: shreddies flat dinosaurs from the 60s
« Reply #10 on Jan 24, 2011, 12:09pm » | |
Shreddies...Hm. There were German pendants called "Wagner Margarinebilder", got two of them : Moschops and Ichtyosaurus ;-)
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« Reply #11 on Feb 9, 2011, 4:24pm » | |
they are pretty rare, isn't it?
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| | Re: shreddies flat dinosaurs from the 60s
« Reply #12 on Feb 9, 2011, 8:02pm » | |
I think I did well today .... Surprised at the lack of competition. Should this be a shreddies figure (I think I am owed it, I eat enough Shreddies after all  )
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V....ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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