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Spooned & Spotted: Lucky Charms Gets a Makeover

IMG_0192The sugary, chalky dust has finally cleared, and the winners of Lucky Charms wildly viral Marshmallows Only contest have been named (I, unfortunately, was one of the many un-Lucky ones). Apparently looking to follow up on this fame, Lucky Charms has released a new box design, featuring a particularly cartoony and youthful design for Lucky the Leprechaun.

From his first impish design in the 1960s, to his more humanoid and recognizable humanoid form, and even through his brief replacement by Waldo the Wizard in the 1970s, Lucky has a had an impressive life cycle. It’s unknown whether this design will continue, or if it will disappear faster than a spoonful of marshmallows.

IMG_0215The back of the box is even cooler: every Lucky Charms marshmallow is given their own anthropomorphized personality! I love the Adventure Time vibe I’m getting from the art style, though it does make me feel a little worse about munching through a bag of these poor souls.

So what do you think, cereal lovers? Do you find this new Lucky charming, or is the design quite sucky? Personally, I think he looks like he belongs in a Fairly Oddparents crossover episode.

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News: Lucky Charms is Giving Away 10 Boxes of “Marshmallows Only”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ifyDPw984k

(Update: The video above may be gone, but we got one of the 10 boxes! Check it out!)

I can hear him. I can hear the ghost of my 8-year old self speaking to me through the expanse of time:

“Daaaaannn! You have to wiiinnnnn, Dan!” his spectral voice warbles. “All that time I wasted separating the Lucky Charms oats from the marshmallows—I demand restitution!”

But wait a minute, 8-year old Dan. How do you know a word as big as “restitution?”

“Uh, I gotta goooo! The other ghost kids wanna watch Digimon!”

That’s my long-winded backstory on why I feel the need to win General Mills’ latest sweepstakes. After hearing fans’ repeated pleas for a marshmallow only Lucky Charms, they’re finally making those dreams a reality. Well, for 10 people, at least.

With the help of Biz Markie (who also recently helped Cap’n Crunch with a sweepstakes; that guy must love cereal and self-parodies), General Mills wants cereal fans to use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to post photos of themselves with imaginary Marshmallows Only cereal boxes and the hashtag #Lucky10Sweepstakes for entries in the random drawing for 10 boxes of the Marshmallow Only.

It was already possible to buy bags of just marshmallows, but since those aren’t official Lucky Charms marshmallows, it’s just not the saaaammeee, Mom!

Whoops, sorry. I was still stuck in Kid Dan mode there for a second.

And look at how gorgeous the boxes are! (Note also how the nutrition facts are conveniently cropped out. But that’s beside the point.) I can only imagine what magically outrageous prices these would reach on eBay. But who would ever sell theirs?

With this being said, I will be carefully preparing my entries and will post them here as time goes on. General Mills’ full release on the contest can be read here, and the sweepstakes rules can be read here. Just don’t wait too long! The contest ends October 18th.

Good luck(y charms) to all those who also want to enter!

(YouTube video via General Mills)

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My three humble entries!