Garbage Pail Kids Cereal is Now Available at FYE Stores
Katherine Pendrill — May 24, 2019 — Pop Culture
References: fye & brandeating
Fans of the 'Garbage Pail Kids' have a new collectible to get their hand on with the debut of Garbage Pail Kids Cereal. Available exclusively at FYE stores, fans can also pick up the new Garbage Pail Kids Energy Drink.
Garbage Pail Kids is a series of trading cards that originally debuted in 1985 as a parody of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. The series became a cult classic and has spawned 15 series' of cards, as well as a movie and TV show. Now the iconic characters are back in the form of cereal thanks to a partnership between FYE and Topps.
The cereal itself consists of pink "crazy crisps" and crunchy marshmallow "barf bits." Each box of cereal also comes with two special Topps Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, with four cards to collect in total.
Image Credit: FYE.
Garbage Pail Kids is a series of trading cards that originally debuted in 1985 as a parody of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. The series became a cult classic and has spawned 15 series' of cards, as well as a movie and TV show. Now the iconic characters are back in the form of cereal thanks to a partnership between FYE and Topps.
The cereal itself consists of pink "crazy crisps" and crunchy marshmallow "barf bits." Each box of cereal also comes with two special Topps Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, with four cards to collect in total.
Image Credit: FYE.
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