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Friday, May 11, 2007
Starburst Retro
I got them home and the next morning went to take their picture. As you can see, that went pretty well. Then I opened the pack only to find that it was the regular flavors with just one of the limited edition array inside. Drat! Not only did I have to buy keep searching, I’d have to buy another package ... and take another photo. Drat! As luck would have it (I do have plenty) I got an email from a similarly snack-obsessed reader in Colorado who said that they had the large bags at Safeway (called Von’s in my area). So I stopped at Von’s on my way home and lo and behold they serviced all my limited edition needs on sale.
The package shows a slice of watermelon, a mango, a lime and some cherries. Not really a good sign for me. The concept of retro confuses me as well. From the package design I was expecting something from the sixties and seventies; perhaps the original Starbust flavors (which would be lame as originally the Cherry chew was Lime). Or maybe retro is just anything that used to be a fad and is no longer popular.
As a mix I wasn’t that fond of these. Lime was nice, well, they were all nice, but I never felt like picking out a particular flavor and preferred to eat the Skittles all week. What I really want is a good Citrus Mix. Grapefruit ... why haven’t they done grapefruit? They could put in a tangy tangerine, zesty lemon, biting grapefruit and a key lime.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:59 am 
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I actually really like the mango flavor. It’s yummy. It does lose points on the name, admittedly.
Shame. These just aren’t calling to me either. :/
Optimus Lime. i would laugh at the name, but my teeth are glued together by these things.
the limes in the package i bought were really weird. half of them were semihard and tacky but the other half was fine. anyone else have this problem with them?
these were just okay and i totally agree, they should have grapefruit Starbursts. i finally found a roll of grapefruit Mentos-YUMM.
Agreed- they should do grapefruit. We need more grapefruit candies in the world!
SO glad I found you, as I love trying new candies and rarely have anyone around who believes it’s worthwhile conversation fodder.
I am a sucker for anything new and I’m happy to get a heads up beforehand in case I choose something gross, or miss something good.
Grapefruit Mentos are the best! I’m eating them right now! It’s hard to find good citrus that isn’t too sweet or fake....
Emily - that’s really weird about the freshness ... you’d think with such a new product they’d be superfresh (hahah, that’s a retro word!).
Bronwen - please feel free to pick all the Mango-Renas out of the jar.
Sera - yeah, when are they going to consult us candy bloggers about what we want?
Gwen - I will continue to petition for them!
Marissa - I hope you found the reviews from this week of the Morinaga HiCHEW ... well worth it if you can find them. Thanks for reading!
I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT OF STARBURST NOT HAVING A LIME. LIME IS THE BEST FLAVOR AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ELEVEN THERE WAS A LIME STARBURST, MY FAVORITE OBVIOUSLY SINCE I CANT STOP LOOKING FOR LIME CANDY. NOTHING SEEMS TO BE LIME ANYMORE, EVERYTHING IS SOUR APPLE(YUCK)
THE RETRO LIME IS SO GOOD, HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE PACKAGE IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. MANGO, MY SON TOOK ONE BIGHT AND THREW IT, THAT IS HOW YUCKY IT IS. CAN’T STARBURST JUST HAVE A PACKAGE WITH LIME, ORANGE AND THE REST OF THE NORMAL FLAVORS IS MY QUESTION. I WILL HAVE TO BUY THESE LIMITED EDITION’S JUST FOR THE LIME FLAVOR, PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR JUST A COUPLE FROM EACH PACKAGE I WOULD SAY.
But liquor is quicker.
hey, i saw a great add for the new flavors, but it looked like you could buy a whole pack that was retro. in reality, when i checked the stores, they only include one flavor per package (starburst OR skittle).
i want to get a whole package of the retro skittles (or even starbursts) - how can i do that?
okay, i see i confused the two a little. i didn’t realize the skittles were different from the starburst.
what i’m looking for is the opportunity to buy a pack of carnival flavor skittles (no retro starbursts). how can i get a pack that is ALL carnival instead of one select flavor??
Jeremy- To some extent you just have to look around a bit. Some stores here are only carrying the regular varieties, some are carrying the carnival package. (The same is true of the starburst retro packages.) The key is to look at stores that always stock every variety of Skittles. (For example, I find that around here, Target only stocks two flavors normally-- so they are very unlikely to carry the “special” packs. Smith’s on the other hand, always carries all the flavors, so that is where I go looking for promotional/limited varieties.
Cybele- I wanted to let you know, just for the sake of interest, that there seems to be an odd hiccup in the Retro series. All the promotional information I’ve seen has referred to the pink-on-white wrapped candy as “Psychideli-melon”, but when I buy *regular* packages (the ones that contain only one retro flavor) the pink-on-white wrapper is for a flavor that is not listed on the Starburst website or advertisements! It is called “Punch Rocker.” (It comes in the promotional tubes and bags of the Tropical variety.)
Thus far I have *only* acquired the (supposedly standard) “Psychideli-melon” by buying the “all-retro” packs.
Just an odd piece of trivia for you!
(If you would like a sample of “Punch Rocker” so that you can review it, let me know.)
hey Rachel, i would totally like a sample to rate. how do i get one?
-J
If you want to taste Punch Rocker just go to a store that carries Tropical Starburst and you’ll find em’. Also my favorite of the bunch.
Hey I’ll trade someone a Punch Rocker for a Peaches & Creme
Hey, this is a cool site! I’ve been published on candyaddict.com before, so I’m pretty familiar with the content here.
Anyway, does anyone want to trade their optimus lime starbursts for my dragonfruit, psychedeli-melon and mangorena ones? I have about 75 of each of those three flavors. I’d trade ‘em all for like 100 of the lime ones. I have 100% positive feedback on ebay. PLMK! 
Why are there always so few red Starbursts in a bag of Starbursts? Millions of orange and yellow, only a few red. Why?
I LOVE STARBURST!!! WHY ISN"T THERE A BLUE ONE YET? I LOVE BLUE AND GREEN THEY SHOULD MAKE ONE WITH BLUE FLAVORED STARBURST!!!!!
so… there is hte disco berry… btu there is another edition featuring the punch rocker… it does rock… but its tricky when you want to obtain it… becuase you can easily end up hoem wiht the disco berry edition......so confusing
WHAT DOES THE FLAVOR BLUE TASTE LIKE KATANA??
MORE IMPORTANTLY...WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RED CHERRY STARBURST...THEY ARE MISSING!!!
I’m honestly surprise that Starburst didn’t get sued by Hasbro for that “Optimus Lime”. That’s WAY too close to “Optimus Prime”, and Transformers is still a very viable commodity to the toy company, as witnessed by the hit summer movie.
DEFINITELY like your idea of a Citrus Mix!
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