The 90s Lunchboxes are all plastic and are either
cartoon lunch boxes or movie related – marketing at school children has gone mad
The 80s The ban on metal lunchboxes goes national, and in 1985, Rambo is the last metal lunchbox ever produced. Character licensing is still riding high
The 70s Saturday morning and
prime time television are more prolific than ever. For every new show produced, a lunchbox is made, as children become walking advertisements
The 60s Television matures as the country is thrust into political conflict. Lunchboxes keep pace, reflecting the rise of Saturday morning TV and contemporary social values.
The 50s Aladdin Industries makes the Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox in 1950-the first character box ever produced-and a new industry is born. Young WWII veterans now have families
The Flintstones is still a family favorite according to skooldays stats, as it suddely overnight became the most searched for show. The Flintstones Episodes were 166 in total spanning 6 seasons. The animated series ran from 1960 to 1966. The … Continue reading →
// // Postman Pat, Thomas the tank engine and adorable Rosie and Jim lunchboxes were all big in this decade, not to mention some great retro sweets like Crystal Pepsi, Pex dispensers were back and Super Mario Brothers lunch boxes. … Continue reading →
A B C D F G H J L P R S T W Z // // Aladdin Industries makes the Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox in 1950-the first character box ever produced-and a new industry is born. Young WWII veterans now have families, and the baby business is booming. Fueled by the invention of television … Continue reading →
A B C D F G H J K L M P R S T U V W Y Z // // Television matures as the country is thrust into political conflict. Lunchboxes keep pace, reflecting the rise of Saturday morning TV and contemporary social values. The Westerns die out, making room for high-tech spy shows and science-fiction series … Continue reading →
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T U W Y 1 // // Saturday morning and prime time television are more prolific than ever. For every new show produced, a lunchbox is made, as children become walking advertisements for The Bugaloos, Hong Kong Phooey, Battlestar Galactica and The Brady Bunch. … Continue reading →
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