# Stuff you loved that was discontinued. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157 "2011-08-02T06:11:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/221 "2011-08-07T00:11:36Z")
Nestle’s Alpine White Chocolate ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/222 "2011-08-07T00:23:02Z")
Sink strainer – I’ve been using the mesh type but they trap stuff and get gooey quick. I’m planning to buy an OXO Good Grips Silicone Sink Strainer soon, just holding out to see if I can find one in a store so I don’t have to pay shipping. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/223 "2011-08-07T00:41:41Z")
I loathe the mesh sink strainer, since I got rid of my garbage disposal. I bought a few at the dollar store and when they get gunked up I put them in the dishwasher. My mother has the triangular plastic sink strainer. As with every other item in her house, it’s really retro! and decades old. Where it came from is lost in the mists of time. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/224 "2011-08-07T00:42:56Z")
I think they were Chicago based. but the Salerno Butter Cookies… man i miss those… also Vanilla flavored Cookie Crisp cereal…they kept making the Chocolate one for a while… Also my Eviel Knievel STP motorcyle toy… just pump that thing up and set up a ramp… fun!!! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/225 "2011-08-07T03:40:31Z")
I wish you all would stop talking about Erector sets. I wanted an Erector set. I got Lincoln Logs. Not a substitute. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/226 "2011-08-07T04:29:51Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > I hate mint, any type of mint, especially with toothpaste. For a short period of time, Colgate made a Colgate® Luminous™ Paradise Fresh which was clean tasting, but not minty. Suddenly, it’s dissappeared. [Tom’s fennel toothpaste](http://www.thenaturalstore.com/toms-of-maine-antiplaque-and-whitening-fluoride-free-natural-toothpaste-fennel/qxp76305?fromsrch=toms+of+maine+fennel+toothpaste). I love the stuff. Cardini lemon dill dressing. They discontinued it ages ago and I miss it to this day. Tom & Jerry’s Rainforest Crunch ice cream. One of their best-ever flavors…gone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/227 "2011-08-07T08:47:43Z")
Rustiban. They discontinued it about ten years ago and now, if I get rust on a garment I just have to throw it out. Rustiban used to work a treat; nothing else does. And not so much a ‘discontinued’ item but a why-did-they-have-to-change-it one: fragrance. To wit _Diorella_ by Christian Dior, which is still sold but isn’t a patch on the fragrance I used to buy in the '70s. Also _Maja_, which used to be a lovely, musky scent which I wore in the '60s and which is now sold under the same name but the fragrance is a pathetic shadow of its former self. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/228 "2011-08-07T14:46:53Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Rustiban. They discontinued it about ten years ago and now, if I get rust on a garment I just have to throw it out. Rustiban used to work a treat; nothing else does. > > And not so much a ‘discontinued’ item but a why-did-they-have-to-change-it one: fragrance. To wit _Diorella_ by Christian Dior, which is still sold but isn’t a patch on the fragrance I used to buy in the '70s. Also _Maja_, which used to be a lovely, musky scent which I wore in the '60s and which is now sold under the same name but the fragrance is a pathetic shadow of its former self. The second of your comments is easily explained, and there are a few reasons vintage perfumes differ from ‘new improved’ counterparts. The company that makes them is often taken over by another company, which is free to tinker with the formula. Some of the ingredients in the original have been found to be toxic, or simply no longer readily available, like ambergris. Some ingredients, like sandalwood, have become extremely scarce over the years and if used would increase the price drastically. Various cheaper chemicals are concocted to give a perfume a scent that may be in the ballpark of the original, but just not the same. (It’s like jars of pickles. I used to buy the jars of dills with actual dillweed, cloves of garlic, and maybe a red chili pepper stuck in. Now, there are jars of nothing but pickles, and ‘garlic oil’ added. They taste OK, but there’s something missing.) ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/229 "2011-08-07T15:07:09Z")
New York Seltzer. I think I’m the 5th person to vote for it; that means they have to start making it again, right? ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/230 "2011-08-07T21:51:16Z")
It seems to me that the Teaberry/BlackJack/Beeman’s gums are more readily available around the Christmas holiday season. I’m a BlackJack fan, and my former MIL used to always put it in my Christmas stocking. I’ve seen fairly large displays in grocery stores around that time. Also - Vermont Country Store is a good source for good stuff from the past: > **[The Best of Vermont from The Vermont Country Store to your door!](https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/)** > > The Vermont Country Store is proud to offer a great selection of high-quality and hard-to-find merchandise. Explore our general store today. They do carry BlackJack, Beeman’s and Clove gums: [http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/products/Food-Candy/Candy-Chocolate/Nostalgic-Treats/black-jack-beemans-clove-gum.html?evar3=search](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/products/Food-Candy/Candy-Chocolate/Nostalgic-Treats/black-jack-beemans-clove-gum.html?evar3=search) UT ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/231 "2011-08-08T00:53:42Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > The second of your comments is easily explained, and there are a few reasons vintage perfumes differ from ‘new improved’ counterparts. The company that makes them is often taken over by another company, which is free to tinker with the formula. Some of the ingredients in the original have been found to be toxic, or simply no longer readily available, like ambergris. Some ingredients, like sandalwood, have become extremely scarce over the years and if used would increase the price drastically. Various cheaper chemicals are concocted to give a perfume a scent that may be in the ballpark of the original, but just not the same. Probably true but the current fragrance which bears the name _Maja_ is nothing like the original, while the soap smells just the same as the original fragrance. It borders on false advertising, the degree to which some perfumes have changed. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/232 "2011-08-08T04:03:00Z")
Jello 1-2-3. Loved the foamy layers!! Redken’s Fresh Curls line had an awesome leave-in conditioner… it’s been reformulated. Now it’s thicker and doesn’t work as well for my curls. Sunkist Lemonade soda. I haven’t seen it in my area for a couple years, but it was bubbly and super refreshing. I loved that stuff, but I guess I was the only one. According to the website, they still make it, but I haven’t seen it around. Hi-C Ecto-Cooler. Slimer was what sold me on it. Then again, I was a kid. I was surprised for how many years after the Ghostbusters were big that the stuff stuck around. Bath & Body Works Peach stuff. It was one of their signature fragrances when they first exploded on the scene and was discontinued about 8 years ago or so. My sister would add the Plumeria scent. She was addicted to that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/233 "2011-08-08T04:25:34Z")
My market doesn’t seem to carry muselix anymore, although I’m sure they still make it. And I don’t know how to spell it. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/234 "2011-08-08T04:28:57Z")
My market doesn’t seem to carry Mueslix any more, altho they have a hundred other types. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/235 "2011-08-08T04:40:38Z")
Froyo Frozen Yogurt. Mom wouldn’t buy sherbet, but she would buy Froyo. The lemon was fabulous. Sunkist Mandarin Orange soda. I went to Norway during my high school years. While there, I became addicted to an orange soda that was everywhere. I have no idea what the name was. The closest thing I found here in the states was Sunkist Mandarin Orange. I’ll sixth New York Seltzer Water. The black cherry was fantastic. I drank way too much of the stuff after I had my wisdom teeth removed. Between NYSW and TCBY, I ended up gaining 10 pounds in a short amount of time. Someone on the first page mentioned the lipgloss tins, and linked to a retro blog. I still have a tin of that stuff, discovered recently in a box of stuff unearthed from my Mom’s house. I didn’t dare try it, though. The blog - Fourth Grade Nothing - really brought me back in time. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/236 "2011-08-08T14:12:12Z")
Terminator 2 Sour Candies. Came in a hock puck shaped plastic can. Tiny super sour balls inside. Way more sour than other candies. [Proof that I’m not crazy.](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081003010520AA2yunz) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/237 "2011-08-08T15:56:31Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Was the Thingmaker the same as [Creepy Crawlers?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepy_Crawlers) I had one of those back in the early 90s as a kid. My brothers had that. They also had a Dr. Dreadful snack lab (or whatever it was called). It made edible, gummy bugs and such. > [@aruvqan](#): > > … > As you can tell, in general we got fairly educational toys, though I am not sure how to classify the [snoopy sno-cone maker](http://www.perpetualkid.com/the-original-snoopy-sno-cone-machine.aspx), the [creepy crawler maker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepy_Crawlers), the [cotton candy maker](http://www.ht-express.com/catalog/catalog_detail.asp?CID=100&PI=35427&ser=Froogle), [ex bake oven](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy-Bake_Oven) or the [pretzel jetzel](http://mostlybrightideas.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/twisted-values/) [I can’t believe I actually found information on it!] Fun though they were, kids love snacking, and making your own snacks was always a blast. The sno-cone maker got heavy use in the summer … I had a Snoopy Snow Cone maker! I LOVED IT!! And as I’m thinking about childhood toys, what was the name of the one where you dripped paint on a spinning piece of paper? I wanted to say Spirograph, but that’s a totally different toy. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/238 "2011-08-08T16:14:05Z")
[Spin Art!](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=spin+art+machine&hl=en&biw=1432&bih=739&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=1mvV0Gk6_ZCWEM:&imgrefurl=http://www.azbouncepro.com/party_supplies/spin-art.html&docid=rDjlObcERYy6iM&w=400&h=300&ei=-QpATqydB8Xd0QHr1ui6Aw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=431&page=1&tbnh=154&tbnw=205&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=113&ty=79) ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/239 "2011-08-08T16:56:44Z")
> [@YoSaffBridge](#): > > [Spin Art!](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=spin+art+machine&hl=en&biw=1432&bih=739&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=1mvV0Gk6_ZCWEM:&imgrefurl=http://www.azbouncepro.com/party_supplies/spin-art.html&docid=rDjlObcERYy6iM&w=400&h=300&ei=-QpATqydB8Xd0QHr1ui6Aw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=431&page=1&tbnh=154&tbnw=205&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=113&ty=79) Yeah, but the link is for an industrial, party-rental machine. The one I had as a kid was little more than some plastic and a motor. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157/240 "2011-08-08T17:27:30Z")
> [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > Jello pudding pops. The local Giant stocks Jello Pudding Pops. I buy them occasionally for a yummy treat. The Blackjack, Beeman’s, Teaberry and Clove gums are readily available in Central PA, just not in every store. My mother usually finds them in the non-chain convenience stores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157.md?page=13)