Posted on 09/19/2024 at 07:56 PM
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I think the reason why we never got Pac-Man fruit snacks is because of timing. When Pac-Man was big in the early 80s, and you could find him on darn near everything from children's vitamins to ash trays, fruit snacks as we know them hadn't been invented yet. Once "Fruit Roll Ups" and "Fruit Wrinkles" hit the market, Pac-Man was kind of on his way out (at least for a while) in favor of popular video game characters like Mario. In fact, once fruit snacks hit it big, you could get Mario and Zelda ones. In fact, you can still get Mario fruit snacks! I'm sure that if some fruit snack company wanted to make Pac-Man fruit snacks, Namco would gladly shill him out for that. Pac-Man is a bit of a sellout. Heck, today I just bought a Pac-Man Christmas ornament at Wal-Mart! But I don't think the fruit snack companies think that Pac-Man would be a fit for their target audience. I could see how they would do it, though. You could have fruit snacks shaped like Pac-Man and the ghosts, or shaped liked the bonus fruit.
Anyway, if you do get Thank Goodness You're Here, I just hope you like British humor!