The California Raisins! I remember the country going raisin crazy for a bit when I was in 7th grade. Even my parents loved the commercials and these dudes were a bit of an exception to the "no more toys" rule they had implemented as they would actually help me collect these guys. I remember getting some at fast food restaurants. I think it was Hardee's. Not sure.
I remember having one that was on a skateboard that was my total favorite. I have no idea how many different California Raisins figures were made. Probably a gazillion.
What a weird thing to catch on, right? Singing claymation raisins? They had tons of products, too. T-shirts, comics, games. Marketing fads are weird.
Anyway, at a whopping one dollar for all three of these wrinkled little former grapes, I think it was a pretty good score. Don't worry, I have no intention of going California Raisins crazy again and trying to collect them all. These three were a nice little reminder of days gone by.
And for the record, no matter how much I liked these zany little dudes, it didn't inspire me to eat one single raisin. Actual raisins suck. Singing ones are awesome.
