Discontinued products you wish would/could come back

[seatazzz]

Tailing off of @passedpawn's semi-zombie thread regarding grout cleaners, I thought I'd throw this one out there. No rules, can be any product you wish was still around. I'll start:

REAL Scotchgard. Read many years ago that the original formula, which was absolutely impermeable to dirt/grease/grime, was discontinued because it never breaks down; there are still original Scotchgard molecules in the atmosphere that will never go away. The stuff they have now works for a while but wears off.

Fun fact (taken from one of my Bathroom Readers): Scotchgard was discovered by a 3M employee who was working on something they were developing (can't remember exactly what it was) and spilled some on her white canvas sneakers; she only noticed it when that spot on her sneakers stayed pristinely white, while the rest got dirty.

And one more: REAL Dayquil, with the pseudoephedrine. I think you can still get it in Mexico, but not in the US or Canada because of meth. That heavenly elixir got me through many hangovers all-nighters colds back in the day.

 

[bracconiere]

easy! "Bernard Jensen's Vegtable Seasoning"... pop corn just isn't any good any more, now that it's gone!

 

[Broken Crow]

Cadbury's Bar Six ...been missing that for over 40 years.

 

[sibelman]

Beamish Irish Stout! (maybe has reappeared somewhere?)

Oh, and my wife is sad that Trader Joe's has discontinued the mint patties, covered in unsweetened dark chocolate, that she loves.

 

[z-bob]

Sunshine Lemon Coolers

 

[seatazzz]

Sunshine Lemon Coolers

I loved those cookies....my grandma on my dad's side always had them in her pantry. Sigh.

 

[ehall]

ronco record vacuum

 

[bracconiere]

ash trays in cars, and wallets that weren't designed thinking i have 20 credit cards.....

 

[McMullan]

iPod supported by Apple to go with my once fancy Denon internet radio with inbuilt iPod dock. Neither works properly anymore. Hacked the stereo with Spotify, though, in case your reading this, Apple and Denon

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Lawn Jarts

 

[Sammy86]

Twerpz...the best damn snack anyone could ask for!

 

[bracconiere]

Twerpz..

i think i have the names wrong...but for some reason that reminds me of the show growing pains....

 

[BongoYodeler]

Campbells Scotch Broth canned soup. Loved it as a kid. Mutton, pearl barley, potatoes, and carrots.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Jello 123

 

[Sammy86]

i think i have the names wrong...but for some reason that reminds me of the show growing pains....

 

[bracconiere]

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couldn't you just take a pair of scissors to twizzlers?

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

couldn't you just take a pair of scissors to twizzlers?

Twizzlers don’t have the center filling.

 

[bracconiere]

Twizzlers don’t have the center filling.

didn't realize they were filled....

 

[Sammy86]

didn't realize they were filled....

Thats what she said

 

[rmr9]

Filled twizzlers still exist!

 

[Sammy86]

Filled twizzlers still exist!

They certainly do, but they are not the same as twerpz!

 

[seatazzz]

Jello 123

My mother made that for a fancy dessert when we were kids; I thought it was magic, the way the layers settled out. I think I saw it in a liquidation/grocery outlet store a while back, so it might still be findable.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Speaking of discontinued Jello products does anyone remember this?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

My mother made that for a fancy dessert when we were kids; I thought it was magic, the way the layers settled out. I think I saw it in a liquidation/grocery outlet store a while back, so it might still be findable.

Oh my, I haven‘t seen it since the late 70s. (That doesn’t mean anything). My great grandmother used to add half and half to jello for a 1 and 2 effect.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Speaking of discontinued Jello products does anyone remember this?

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Not really, but 3 cents off tells me how old this picture is.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Not really, but 3 cents off tells me how old this picture is.

True. I remember my mom making it back in the mid-late 60s.

 

[rmr9]

Mr. Freeze pop tarts from when the Batman movie came out in the 90s. I’m sure they taste the same as regular ones but they were where it was at.

 

[Broothru]

Green (lime) Starburst candy. Now I know you're thinking, "But 'Broo, there never WERE green Starburst."

Au contraire, mon Freire.

Originally there were 6 flavors: the current 4 (cherry, strawberry, orange, lemon), plus lime and grape. So what midnight thief pinched the missing flavors??!!??

I couldn't care less about the grape ones, but I WANT MY GREEN STARBURSTS BACK!!

I don't care that the only difference between Lime and Lemon Starburst was the artificial coloring. THEY 'TASTED' DIFFERENT." And I want the Green ones back!

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde

One of my first ventures into non-BMC beer.

 

[passedpawn]

The greatest thing McDonalds ever made. The McDLT. When they dropped that, I went all George Costanza and refused to eat there any longer. True story.