46 Boomer Things That Have Slowly Disappeared from Our Lives

Cereal companies have gotten stingy these days, and we don’t mean the serving sizes. Is it just us, or did almost all cereal boxes come with a toy inside back in the day? One walk down the cereal aisle these days clues us into the fact that these delightful mystery toys have all but vanished. 

Were these free toys high-quality? Not really! But the mystery and excitement of what you would get when you reached the bottom of the cereal bag was the interesting part. A free little goodie to go along with your sugar-filled breakfast was another amazing part of childhood that seems to have gone by the wayside. Kids these days will never know the pure joy of getting a random plastic toy in their cereal box, and we feel bad for them.