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A Monster Makeover From General Mills!

by -RoG- on 09/17/2014, 3:36 am

While I've already covered the 2014 Monster Cereals, how General Mills has released both the 80s incarnations of their boxes (complete with classic cut-out masks) and a more modern incarnation of the original trio of monsters, I simply have to show you what arrived on my doorstep today.

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General Mills sent me this incredibly nice "Monster Makeover" box to commemorate their recent collaboration with artists from DC Comics to create the slick new limited-edition looks for Boo Berry, Franken Berry, and Count Chocula. Inside, I found one of each of these new cereal boxes, which is already a great surprise, but it's what's on the outside of the box that really stunned me in the best possible way. I realize what you see above just looks like a somewhat fancy box with a cute skull & cross-spoons and coffin utensils pattern; no big deal, right? Well, that's only because you haven't seen what they did on the other three sides. Behold!

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When I first saw this box I shouted "holy crap!", and Re came running into the room thinking there was some kind of an emergency... and there was, because my jaw had fallen onto the floor. General Mills had actually sent me a beautifully crafted box with framed images of each of the big three cereal monsters. What's even better, each monster illustration is actually a large lenticular image! By turning the box, you can see your favorite monsters morph from their original 70s likenesses into their 2014 incarnations. Killer! I love how they created a nice blue frame around Boo Berry too, so it actually looks like a photo worth hanging on a wall. He even has a few happy lil' blue ghosts flying around him. Well, I think they're ghosts. They might be moons, or moon ghosts. Yes, that's what they are - moon ghosts.

Hit the jump to see the other monster sides plus a video to see the box in action!

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Here be the Franken Berry side of the Monster Makeover box. As you can see, he has a pink moon and some stars around him. This confirms that the spirits on Boo Berry's side were indeed moon ghosts. Excellent.

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And lastly, we have the Count Chocula side, complete with vampire bats flying around his head in search of blood... or chocolate milk. I also went ahead and shot a quick video of it so you can see the full box in motion:

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This is one hell of a nice gift, so big thanks to my chums over at General Mills for sending it out to me! While I don't believe this set is being made available to the general public, I honestly think General Mills should do just that. Come on, Big G! Make it a special item exclusive to some retail chain if you want, just like how Target stores are the only ones that carry the retro versions of the cereal boxes. Either way, this is something I guarantee ALL Monster Cereal fans would want to get their hands on. A 3-pack of Boo Berry, Franken Berry, and Count Chocula that shows their transformation from the 70s to modern times? That's a collectible someone would hold onto their entire life.

I know I will.

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