Most of the kids I knew ate them because astronauts were our heroes (think Mercury, Gemini)...and they might not have been as much of a commercial success had the tie-in not existed.
59 posted on 07/20/2011 1:17:50 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
60 posted on 07/20/2011 4:06:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer
(You know, they invented wheelbarrows to teach government employees how to walk on their hind legs.)