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Tinplate Art posted:

It did not come in the cereal box; you had to send in a cereal boxtop for that "Nautilus" style sub plus a fee and it was mailed to you. The cereal was Sugar Corn Pops if I recall. They later offered three "frogmen" that utilized the same baking powder principal, but they did not work as well as the sub. Available on Amazon as a diving sub.

Not to takeaway from original post, but to add to this only. Your correct on the premium of the Nautilus with box top and .25 cents, But actually the Frogmen came first, then the success of this premium and sell more cereal the Nautilus was added. But afterwards, and rarely remembered was also a PT boat which used baking powder. The bubbles came out the back and moved it along. But didn't always work. Later in the 70s, early 80s, smaller versions of the frogmen and submarine were included in cereal boxes wrapped in cellophane. These were met with great success in selling cereal again.

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