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Tazos In Walkers Crisps

Buying crisps you did not want for a plastic disc you did.

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Tazos In Walkers Crisps

Looney Tunes and Pokémon discs given away in crisp packets, which drove sales to extraordinary levels.

Children bought multipacks and ate the crisps grudgingly. Some just took the tazo and left the crisps, which caused a certain amount of parental fury.

It is one of the most effective promotional mechanics ever run in British grocery.

Cost back then

Free in a 25p bag

Goes for now

Complete sets £30–£120

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