Yu-Gi-Os! (yes, they really made those)

So yesterday I decided to actually use my closet for it's intended purpose (holding the clothes you wear) instead of what I've been doing (holding random things. I decomissioned Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime, who had lost his head some years ago. I also found the other half of Armada (iirc) Omega Supreme (who is also lacking a head). Added to my Alternators Smokescreen and Animated Soundwave, who are both missing an arm, then you would understand my suprise when I found RiD Wedge was still in one piece:

I also found something more unusual that that: An old box of Yu-Gi-Oh Cereal. It has an Expiration date of May 13, 2004, so it would be long stale by now if it wasn't empty. I'd date it to the point when Yu-Gi-Oh was actually mainstream among kids my age then. Here are the pics:

Note that the front says "Millenium Medallion shaped honey sweetened cereal. So basically, it's Cap'n Crunch in a triangle shape. Yami and Exodia are in stock poses, and there appear to be psuedo-heiroglyphs on the cereal bowl for some reason. Also, they couldn't take two seconds to find out what the pyramid around his neck is called? It's kinda important to the story.

The text on the side says (their allcaps, not mine):

Yugi's ALPHA THE MAGNET WARRIOR is a formidable force all in itself, but its true strength lies in combining with two of it's buddies...

The tough trio of ALPHA THE MAGNET WARRIOR, BETA THE MAGNET WARRIOR, AND GAMMA THE MAGNET WARRIOR pull their parts together to meld into the magnetic monster VALKYRION THE MAGNA WARRIOR! Armed with its stunning sword, VALKYRION slices through cadres of monsters!

When all five pieces of EXODIA are assembled, the unstoppable EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE emerges and obliterates its way to victory!

If any one monster represents Yugi, it's DARK MAGICIAN! With magical staff in hand, he blows his opponents away with his Dark Magic Attack!

With the magic of POLYMERIZATION, GAIA THE FIERCE KNIGHT and CURSE OF DRAGON fuse together into the winged warrior GAIA THE DRAGON CHAMPION!

SUMMONED SKULL shocks its enemies into submission with a fearsome lightning strike!

Why they felt the need to end every sentence in an exclamation point I will never know. By the way, it says King of Games on top and all of the monsters are labeled.

The side has a puzzle. On top says "How Much do you know?" Under that is a blurb - "In the Duel Monsters, Yugi and Joey must battle each other. Fill in the blanks to answer the corresponding questions of Joey and Yugi's monster and you will discover the force that bonds these two duelists.

1. MYSTICAL ___
2. ____ MAGICIAN
3. TIME ______
4. RED ____ B. DRAGON
5. GAIA THE FIERCE ______
6. BABY ______
7. SUMMONED _____
8. ________ DRAGON
9. ______ GUARDIAN
10. GAIA THE DRAGON ________

Each line has assorted blank spaces. one square and a bunch of circles. The squares are set so that they are vertically aligned. The answers are:

elF

daRk

wIzard

Eyes

kNight

Dragon

Skull

tHousand

celtIc

chamPion

Yep, the answer is the generic friendship. By the way, the blurb has terrible grammar, making me wonder if it was written by the target audience.

Well that was nostalgic. At least now Yu-Gi-Oh cereal will not fade into obscurity! No need to thank me.