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severin 02-23-2005, 04:55 AM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4276553.stm
Smarties set to lose their tube
The old packaging (top) is to go in favour of the new (bottom)
Childhood may never be quite the same again - the maker of Smarties has announced it is to ditch the colourful chocolates' tube-shaped packet.
Nestle Rowntree is to replace the beloved 68-year-old cylindrical design with a hexagonal or six-sided pack.
The removable plastic lid on the current design will also go in favour of a cardboard flip-top.
Nestle Rowntree said the revamp was needed to ensure the brand remained "fresh and interesting" to youngsters.
Space rockets
Smarties have been sold in a cylinder-shaped packet since the sweets were first launched by Rowntree's of York in 1937.
SMARTIES FACTS
570,000 tubes made each day.
307 tubes eaten per minute in UK
Average of 48 in each tube
Still made in York
They were originally called Chocolate Beans but were renamed a year later.
Since then empty tubes have been used by creative children to make everything from space rockets to castles, while the removable plastic lids were collected for the letters of the alphabet that were imprinted underneath.
The new so-called Hexatube packet will go into stores during the summer.
Spill-resistant
"We don't change something this famous just because we feel like it," said Neil Ducray, director of marketing at Nestle Rowntree.
How people will remember the glory days
"We have done research that shows kids today have so many different influences that we need to keep the brand and the packaging fresh and interesting for them.
"We decided on the Hexatube shape because it has a tactile feel with lots of edges.
"Mothers also like the new end because it doesn't come off easily and spill the Smarties on the floor."
World stretching
Swiss-based Nestle, which bought Rowntree back in 1988, denied suggestions that the redesign was to save costs.
It reassured fans that the new pack would still contain the same number of Smarties - about 48 per tube - and will continue to sell for approximately 33p.
The sugar-coated chocolate sweets will also retain the same eight colours - red, orange, yellow, green, mauve, pink, brown and blue.
If all the Smarties eaten in one year were laid end to end it would equal almost 63,380 miles, more than two-and-a-half times around the Earth's equator.
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 04:56 AM smarties are chocolate?
Fattening Ass 02-23-2005, 04:56 AM whatever the hell smarties are.
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 04:57 AM the smarties /I/ know and love:
http://www.vallefudgeworks.com/shopping%20cart%201/Smarties.jpg
Ihaman 02-23-2005, 04:57 AM I used to do acid off smarties.
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 04:57 AM Originally posted by Ihaman
I used to do acid off smarties.
people told you smarties were acid and you sat there thinking you were high
Fattening Ass 02-23-2005, 04:58 AM tut tut
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 04:58 AM lol
severin 02-23-2005, 05:00 AM Originally posted by alexthestampede
the smarties /I/ know and love:
http://www.vallefudgeworks.com/shopping%20cart%201/Smarties.jpg that's because the original inventor of european smarties sold the name to an american company like 2 decades ago or something. these are the real smarties:
<img src=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40841000/jpg/_40841603_smarties203-long.jpg>
<img src=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40841000/jpg/_40841889_smarties-old.jpg>
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 05:02 AM chocolate is made out of beans
GROSS
i hear the indians used it to commit suicide because it was so gross
http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:qvoPUsk_pZ8J:www.classaxe.com/smarties/images/L5-20-291_thm.jpg
this is what they look like here, not a fucking tube
Originally posted by alexthestampede
the smarties /I/ know and love:
http://www.vallefudgeworks.com/shopping%20cart%201/Smarties.jpg
and these are called rockets or at least they were when iwas a kid
Ihaman 02-23-2005, 05:11 AM Originally posted by alexthestampede
people told you smarties were acid and you sat there thinking you were high
I suppose the guy who sold me the vile was really just selling me eyedrops for 300 bucks, and me and everyone i sold it to just sat there pretending to be high.
Originally posted by Ihaman
I suppose the guy who sold me the vile was really just selling me eyedrops for 300 bucks, and me and everyone i sold it to just sat there pretending to be high.
That's kinda sad, man.
Ihaman 02-23-2005, 05:21 AM Originally posted by Ugly
That's kinda sad, man.
It was ages ago...acid doesn't exist anymore, I wouldn't do it if it did, and sweet tarts are nasty.
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 05:22 AM Originally posted by Ihaman
I suppose the guy who sold me the vile was really just selling me eyedrops for 300 bucks, and me and everyone i sold it to just sat there pretending to be high.
you call acid "the vile"
thats pretty awesome. im gonna start that
barden 02-23-2005, 05:32 AM Our Smarties look like Lola’s too.
mistle 02-23-2005, 05:38 AM wtf!!!:mad: they're supposed to be in a tube damnit! we used to eat tons of those. it's been a while but i feel sorry for the kids that are gonna get them in a stupid cardboard box or whatever now. the world is going down the drain. you can't even buy skittles in my country anymore
Hillzy 02-23-2005, 05:38 AM Originally posted by Ihaman
It was ages ago...acid doesn't exist anymore, I wouldn't do it if it did, and sweet tarts are nasty.
WTF? Man you have completely changed you opinions about things over the last couple of years eh.
Ihaman 02-23-2005, 05:39 AM Originally posted by alexthestampede
you call acid "the vile"
thats pretty awesome. im gonna start that
oh, i'm sorry...i meant "The vial"
i've seen them in a tube in sa before.
and they're changing the design to make it cheaper. bastards.
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 05:41 AM Originally posted by Ihaman
oh, i'm sorry...i meant "The vial"
i know
:/
mistle 02-23-2005, 05:46 AM hm.. i must admit i had almost forgot about smarties though, but this thread has inconveniently awoken a hunger for them. i loved the way it felt to 'drink' them and the edge of the tube would get all soft with spit :) oh well.. guess i'm getting old
Affectation 02-23-2005, 01:54 PM Originally posted by severin
that's because the original inventor of european smarties sold the name to an american company like 2 decades ago or something. these are the real smarties:
<img src=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40841000/jpg/_40841603_smarties203-long.jpg>
<img src=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40841000/jpg/_40841889_smarties-old.jpg>
Real smarties suck. Fuck you, bozo foreign.
MeAndMyLlama 02-23-2005, 01:57 PM hmmm smarties were always one of those bad house candies on halloween. up there with dots and bottle caps
Lucy Sky Diamonds 02-23-2005, 02:05 PM Funny, they've always come in boxes around here.
EXTRAVABONSOR 02-23-2005, 02:08 PM oh man. i used to like to go to the british import section and just buy like five packs of smarties at a time. they are the best.
Orchestra 02-23-2005, 02:12 PM You're getting old
murgle 02-23-2005, 02:19 PM <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40841000/jpg/_40841603_smarties203-long.jpg">
A friend of mine brought some of these back when she went over seas a few years ago. They were okay.
These, however, ROCK:
<img src="http://www.vallefudgeworks.com/shopping%20cart%201/Smarties.jpg">
Nate the Grate 02-23-2005, 03:08 PM the only smarties I know are the non-chocolate ones. those are the cheapest candy things around. teachers used to give them out on halloween because they were like 50 cents a barrell. typical reaction when receiving smarties: "uh...thanks...(untwists package, wolfs down candies before they turn to powder, moves on with life)".
Mooney 02-23-2005, 03:14 PM yeah, i've only ever had smarties from a box.
those other 'smarties' are usually called rockets here.
alexthestampede 02-23-2005, 03:16 PM you guys are nuts
smarties, or "rockets" as some queers would call them, were my favorite candy growing up. i would trade a whole halloween haul for a bag of those things. i liked to just suck on one or two but after eating a few i was always having to chew up four or more at a time to keep the high going.
then when they were all gone it was sad
Voice Implodes 02-23-2005, 03:17 PM a tube? thats fucked up, they come in a rectangle box here.
Rockin' Cherub 02-23-2005, 03:24 PM OMG WHYYYYY
do you guys have smarties in the states (ie the chocolate ones)?
GreenEggsNSpam 02-23-2005, 06:32 PM Originally posted by alexthestampede
the smarties /I/ know and love:
http://www.vallefudgeworks.com/shopping%20cart%201/Smarties.jpg Those are called ROCKETS!!!
And doesn't the states get smarties? They come in a rectangular box in Canada
DeviousJ 02-23-2005, 07:03 PM Originally posted by alexthestampede
chocolate is made out of beans
GROSS
i hear the indians used it to commit suicide because it was so gross
They used it as currency because it kicks ass. (That should have told that fool Columbus something about how much gold there was around.)
Man I just remembered, when I was a kid we used to punch the bottom of the smarties tube through, put the lid on, then blow into the other end until the lid shot out across the room. The lid comes off too easily and smarties spill across the floor? Bullshit dudes
rubber 02-23-2005, 07:36 PM Originally posted by meow
do you guys have smarties in the states (ie the chocolate ones)?
I don't think so. A couple of years ago at a trade show in Las Vegas, my company had a big jar of chocolate bars for the attendees to take, and some of them were Smarties (chocolate). None of the americans knew what they were except for ones who grew up in Canada and they'd be all excited and be like, "OMG! I haven't had smarties since I was 8!!! These were my favorite..."
speaking of smarties (the non-chocolate ones in the clear wrapper) has anyone seen the psuedo-pez dispencers they are selling for those? wtf? god they're ugly.
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