# Apparently, they still make... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655 "2017-05-29T16:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/1 "2017-05-29T16:19:56Z")
Ever think of a product, wondered what ever happened to it, and then found out it’s still being made? For a reason unknown to me, I thought of Prell shampoo this morning. I haven’t seen any advertising in at least a couple of decades. Apparently, they still make it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/2 "2017-05-29T16:34:03Z")
Go look in the cleaning products aisle at the $.99 Store. They have all sorts of stuff I would have sworn was long gone, like Bon Ami cleanser. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/3 "2017-05-29T16:34:07Z")
[Typewriters](https://shop.royalsupplies.com/templates/searchnf.cfm?rowstart=1&globaldesc=na&wherefrom=SHOPFRAME&whichord=12914510&subclass=ALL&subname=na&department=TYP&special=R&class=N&nextprev=0&nextrow=!&prevrow=ZZZZZZ&uas=N&zq=58558239&tokns=passed&pagename=Online%20Store%20%3E%20Typewriters), both electric and manual. [Nehi sodas.](https://www.beveragesdirect.com/collections/nehi-sodas) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/4 "2017-05-29T16:45:56Z")
Ovaltine. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/5 "2017-05-29T17:25:40Z")
Malt O Meal Quisp Bun Bars ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/6 "2017-05-29T17:35:14Z")
[Moxie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie) ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/7 "2017-05-29T17:51:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Ever think of a product, wondered what ever happened to it, and then found out it’s still being made? > > For a reason unknown to me, I thought of Prell shampoo this morning. I haven’t seen any advertising in at least a couple of decades. Apparently, they still make it. " _Procter & Gamble sold the brand to Prestige Brands International in November 1999. Prestige then sold Prell, along with its other two shampoo brands, Denorex and Zincon, to Ultimark Products in October 2009 in order to focus more on their two larger segments: over-the-counter healthcare and household cleaning products. In July 2016, Scott’s Liquid Gold-Inc. acquired Prell, along with the Denorex and Zincon brands, from Ultimark products._"[cite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prell) Like a lot of other things, at some point someone buys the name, image, etc of the original product and uses that to provide product to volume market places like walmart, and dollar retail chains etc. Probably made in china no less. The quality of the thing you are getting with the familiar name may not be nearly what you remembered from yesteryear. For a dollar though, i guess you get what you pay for. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/8 "2017-05-29T18:12:25Z")
This one surprised me: [_Twenty Mule Team Borax_.](https://www.walmart.com/ip/20-MULE-TEAM-BORAX/20850525) ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/9 "2017-05-29T18:57:38Z")
[Real-deal Polaroids](https://us.impossible-project.com/products/polaroid-onestep-600-instant-camera). (Ok, so the cameras are refurbs and the instant photos cost a bundle, but they still exist.) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/10 "2017-05-29T19:17:55Z")
What shocked me was Murphy’s Oil Soap. Prell seems to fade hair dye the fastest for me. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/11 "2017-05-29T19:27:47Z")
Brylcreem ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/12 "2017-05-29T19:38:48Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Brylcreem I know someone who still uses it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/13 "2017-05-29T19:40:45Z")
Vermont Country Store has got to be the mother lode for old-time products: food; candy;household goods and products;appliances, etc. I’m always amazed at what is available. Most are the actual products still made by the original company, while others are as “adjacent” as it is possible to get. “Hey Dobe, I’m getting’ all misty.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/14 "2017-05-29T20:46:08Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Brylcreem “A Little Dab’ll Do Ya!” - it lasts forever. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/15 "2017-05-29T21:11:39Z")
[Lots of good stuff here.](https://www.oldtimecandy.com/candy-by-decade) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/16 "2017-05-29T21:22:53Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > “A Little Dab’ll Do Ya!” - it lasts forever. I’ll bet. Like on all the old game shows, you would win, “A lifetime supply of Turtle Wax”. That would be one can. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/17 "2017-05-29T21:25:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’ll bet. Like on all the old game shows, you would win, “A lifetime supply of Turtle Wax”. > > That would be one can. Did your turtle run away? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/18 "2017-05-29T21:40:13Z")
Dot Matrix Printers. There are models with ethernet and USB connectivity now. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/19 "2017-05-29T22:22:34Z")
18th century British infantry flintlock muskets. Actually, I’m not surprised that some are made. After all, there are a lot of re-enactors out there. What surprises me is how many are being made. There are quite a few different manufacturers out there. The one I have was made in India a few years ago. Other than a serial number hidden on the bottom of the barrel, it’s otherwise an exact copy of a musket made in the 1750s, all the way down to the British military proof marks. Well, mine also doesn’t have a couple hundred years of rust and age on it as well, but you get the point. There’s also a thriving business for Model T car parts. If all you have is the frame, you can buy everything else. And if you don’t even have the frame you can buy one of those as well. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/20 "2017-05-29T23:51:47Z")
I just read an article about Hydrox cookies recently. Although they predated Oreos, the author thought the name doomed them by sounding too scientific and chemical. And a small company has bought the rights and is trying to revive them. I’ve seen Quisp in stores, but not for a dozen years or so. And the monster cereals, all of them, had a brief revival a couple Halloweens ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655.md?page=2)