Topher's Breakfast Cereal Character Guide
Ralston Cereals - Page 3
business to General Mills. This included its core Chex and Cookie Crisp brands,
along with trademark and technology rights for these branded products.
Ralcorp still makes private-label cereals.
 | Ralston Cereal DinersaursRalston Dinersaurs CerealRalston Chex Cereal - Bran Flakes |
| There were 5 Dinersaurs when they had their own cereal in 1988 and 1989. The cereal featured fruit-flavored dinosaur shapes. There was a T-Rex, Brontosaurus, Triceritops, and two others. Dinersaurs resembling brontosauruses standing around in tee-shirts appeared on boxes of Bran Chex. |
 | Chex CowRalston Chex Cereal - Bran Flakes |
| Chex Cow was a white cow with black spots. |
 | Waffelo Bill 'n' His HorseRalston Waffelos |
| Waffelo Bill 'n' His Horse rode for Waffelos, "a sweetened cereal with artificial maple syrup flavor", from 1979 to 1984. Waffelos also came in a blueberry flavor for a short time. It featured Blueberry Critters which were simple minded blueberries with smiley faces that bounced around in the dessert that Waffalo Bill tried to round up, shouting, "Gidyap gidyap lil' blueberry critters". The cereal tasted "like crunchy little blueberry waffles". |
 | Family Circus, What A Guy,
Ralston Morning Funnies |
| Morning Funnies (1988-1989) is based on the concept that you like to eat cereal while reading the morning comics. It came in at least ten different "Commemorative Edition" boxes. The first five editions featured Family Circus, What A Guy, Hi and Lois, Dennis the Mennis, Luann, Tiger, Beetle Bailey, and Marvin on the front of the box. The ninth edition featured Popeye, Hagar the Horrible, and Funky Winkerbean in place of Beetle Bailey, What A Guy, and Luann. Every box featured two or three complete comics on the back of the box. |
 | Tuneymoon, Majormoon, Bigbum, Crumbum and Merry MoonRalston Moonstones |
| Moonstones "the delicious space-shaped cereal that's out of this world" were produced in the mid-1970s. "The moon, just like every story, has two sides to it. The light side and the dark side. On the light side, we have our basic, honest, hard-working, good guys called Moonbeams. They are led by our hero, Majormoon, who's the obvious choice to be the leader because he majored in cerealogy at Moon University." "The Moonbeams are the guys you can thank for making delicious fruity-flavored Moonbeams cereal. A cereal, so delicious, so crunchy, that the formula is kept absolutely secret." "Which now brings us to the dark side of the moon. And who lives there? The bad guys. They're called the Moonbums, and they're led by the Bigbum, the biggest bum of them all." "They're the laziest bunch of bums to ever roam the face of the moon. As a matter of fact, they're so lazy the only thing they ever work at is getting their dirty hands on the secret formula. So they can have Moonstones all to themselves." "They've tried everything Bigbum could think up. Which isn't very much. But they're still trying. Yes, even now as you eat your Moonstones here on Earth, the Moonbums are plotting up there on the moon." Animated by Dean Yeagle. |
 | Wheat Germ WeightliftersRalston Instant Ralston |  |
| The Wheat Germ Weightlifters helped illustrate that you get "twice as much wheat germ as in whole wheat". Instant Ralston "cooks in 10 seconds". (Who needs a microwave?) |
 | TrollsRalston Cookie Crisp |
| Trolls made a cute appearance on boxes of cookie crisp along with the 3 main characters (cop, crook and dog). It was mainly a "prize inside" type giveaway. |
 | Ruth BuzziRalston Chex |
| An animated Ruth Buzzi (from Laugh-In fame) pitched Ralston Chex sometime in the 1970's. |
 | Robin HoodRalston Prince of Thieves |
| The famous English hero Robin Hood appears in this 1991 cereal ripoff attempting to capitalize on the successful Morgan Creek Productions movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" staring Kevin Costner in the title role. |
 | Baseball PlayersRalston Breakfast on the Run |
| (1990) The three Ralston Baseball Player youngsters graced this complete breakfast-in-a-box. It included 1.25 ounces of frosted flakes, 8 ounces of 2% milk, and a spoon. |
 | Double Chex TwinsRalston Double Chex |
| Double Chex Twins (1990) represented this crispy rice and hearty wheat cereal. |
 | Black KnightRalston Wheat Chex |
| Not much is known about the Wheat Chex Black Knight who appeared in the 1950's or 1960's. |
 | 3 BearsRalston Crispy Rice |
| The Three Bears (Papa Bear, Momma Bear, and Baby Bear) highlighted this early Ralton cereal. |
 | Mr. WafflesRalston Mr. Waffles |
| Mr. Waffles (1965-1966) was an Englishman with a bowler hat and a mustache. Mr. Waffles "the first unsinkable cereal" was available in Original, and Banana (shown). The box reads "Tiny Toasted Waffles Sugared-Up For You!" |
 | Harold EvilchapRalston Mr. Waffles |
| Harold Evilchap was a nemises of Mr. Waffles. Shown is a Harold Evilchap hand puppet premium from the Ralston Purina cereal Mr. Waffles featuring the villain character, with black mustache, frown and clenched fists. The legend on the front says "HAROLD EVILCHAP from Mr. Waffles copyright Ralston Purina Co. 1966". The back is clear plastic. |
 | Steve UrkelRalston Urkel-O's |  |
| Urkel-O's (1991) were based on the Steve Urkel character (played by Jaleel White) on the TV sitcom "Family Matters". One box (not shown) featured Urkel dressed up in red-and-white-striped pants and a blue overcoat wearing a large drum with his face and the words "Urkel for President". The cereal itself was comprised of 11 ounces of banana and strawberry flavored rings (O's) and featured a free campaign button inside which read "Urkel for Prez!". The cereal's slogan? "Get Urkel-ized with Urkel-O's!". |
 | The Chexmates: Jessie Jane, Chexter, and Chop LouieRalston Corn ChexRalston Rice Chex Ralston Wheat Chex |
| Jessie Jane, Chexter, and Chop Louie (left to right in image) were known as The Chexmates. They appeared in animated adveture ads in 1968. |
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