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Cheerios box misprint?

SoaLSoaL fantasticRegistered User regular
edited April 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey all. I recently came to have a box of honey nut cheerios in my possession.

As I was eating them as finger food waiting for a friend to show up, I entertained myself with the various puzzles in the back of the box. Or I would have, if the puzzles weren't so confounding

I managed to solve 2/3 of the puzzles ("H-O-N-E-Y" is "What the buzz is about", and the 4 Honey Heist Suspects are safely in custody) however the final one has me stumped.

I have to find 12 Cheerio's O's hidden on the back of the box, and I've only found 11.

here is the back of the box, with found O's highlighted
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And so that you guys can help me out, I've taken zoomed in pictures of the 4 quadrants
The Top Left
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The Top Right
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The Bottom Left
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The Bottom Right
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of note is the middle right side of the box. I'm assuming the example "O" doesn't count towards the number, since they are asking for the hidden ones and that one is plain sight.

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  • SuMa.LustreSuMa.Lustre Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    soal this is the best post you have ever made

    except maybe in the zoomed in version you should highlight the "o's" too

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I wasn't sure if I should. This way you can cross reference between the overview and the zoomed in shots to see how they look. It should help with finding new ones if you have a reference I think.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Dude, one of them has a cheerio around their waist in the top right one. Bam. # 12.

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    that can't be!

    all the other ones are photorealistic and that one is cartooney and I thought it was just a life preserver

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I don't mean to sound like I am ignoring your advice though Alyce

    it's just


    can't there be another way

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    UHG, WHY DON'T ANY H/A POSTERS TAKE THE ADVICE THAT IS GIVEN.

    THE GOD DAMN CHEERIO LIFE PRESERVER IS THE 12TH.


    UUUUHGGGG

    uuuhhgggg!
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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    He makes a good point. All the cheerios just look like copy-pasted and resized pictures of one cheerio.

    But wait... what if the example cheerio is one of the 12?

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AlyceInWonderland wrote: »
    UHG, WHY DON'T ANY H/A POSTERS TAKE THE ADVICE THAT IS GIVEN.

    THE GOD DAMN CHEERIO LIFE PRESERVER IS THE 12TH.


    UUUUHGGGG

    uuuhhgggg!
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    I bet he's not gonna dump the bitch/asshole either.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    admanb wrote: »
    He makes a good point. All the cheerios just look like copy-pasted and resized pictures of one cheerio.

    But wait... what if the example cheerio is one of the 12?

    Yeah, I was about to say that the example cheerio is probably the 12.


    GOD DAMN, SON.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AlyceInWonderland wrote: »
    admanb wrote: »
    He makes a good point. All the cheerios just look like copy-pasted and resized pictures of one cheerio.

    But wait... what if the example cheerio is one of the 12?

    Yeah, I was about to say that the example cheerio is probably the 12.


    GOD DAMN, SON.

    <3

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    this always happens though. I feel like I am cheating if I just say the example one is one of the hidden O's

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Too much love in this thread.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    SoaL wrote: »
    this always happens though. I feel like I am cheating if I just say the example one is one of the hidden O's

    I think they're cheating you.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    admanb wrote: »
    SoaL wrote: »
    this always happens though. I feel like I am cheating if I just say the example one is one of the hidden O's

    I think they're cheating you.

    In Russia.....

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    'Cheerios' on the car.

    edit - as in they tittled the i with a cheerio.

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I just figured that's how they have the cheerio's logo

    It's the same on the tiny box of cheerios in the top left

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    that's all I could find.

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  • Ash of YewAsh of Yew Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    so blurry

    almost looks like the guy blowing the tuba(?) is blowing a cheerio though.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Top right, isn't that guy wearing a purple shirt with a O on it? Looks like it. Three over from the tuba dude.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    He's got that one.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    This is seriously going to bother me until we decide on/find the 12th.


    I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep tonight because of it.


    Always...always taunting....

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    Here is the list of the 11 I found, for reference in case someone found one (aside from the example cheerio) that doesn't match one of these, and because I can't see the highlighting very well. Working from bottom to top:

    1. The one on army guy's fist
    2. The one balanced on the finger just above it
    3. The partial on the gold thing above the paper (this picture is kind of fuzzy)
    4. The one on the trunk of the car
    5. The one on the bee cop's hat
    6. The one giving the kid a black eye under the mascot's antenna
    7. The one in the kid's hand between the antennae
    8. The one on the purple shirt
    9. The one in the trumpet
    10. The one sitting on top of the cheerios box
    11. The one under the I in "pourquoi"

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I would vote for it being the dot on the 'i' in cheerios

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I vote for the plain sight one--purloined letter!

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Maybe the Cheerio was inside of us the whole time

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Have you emailed Nestlé customer service?

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I just sent this off:
    Hello. My friends and I have been stumped by one of your popular back-of-the-cereal-box puzzles and I was wondering if someone could help us out.

    On current boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios®, specifically the ones that state "WHAT'S THE BUZZ ABOUT?", we are tasked with finding 12 hidden Honey Nut Cheerios® in the scene depicted. However, after careful study, we have only been able to discover 11 of them. You can see the ones we have found so far, highlighted in red in this image:

    http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7836/cheeriosmystery.jpg

    There are other Cheerios® displayed on the back of the box but they are not especially hidden, so we are not sure if they count towards the total. Does the example Cheerio® count? What about the one used as the dot of the "i" in the Honey Nut Cheerios® logo (featured on the hood of the red car driven by Buzz®)? Or are we still missing one final deviously hidden Cheerio®?

    We anxiously await your reply. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

    The email address I gave them is pennyarcade@dispostable.com, which anyone can view by clicking here:

    http://www.dispostable.com/inbox/pennyarcade/

    As you can see, the message was received and is being reviewed.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I had a dream about this last night. Weird.

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  • NailbunnyPDNailbunnyPD Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    What about the one inside the hexagon?

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I demand better pictures before utilizing my prodigious intellect on this intractable problem.

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I'll see about borrowing a quality camera today for better pictures

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    Inquisitor77 wrote: »
    I demand better pictures before utilizing my prodigious intellect on this intractable problem.
    ^ What he said.

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  • CrashtardCrashtard Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Is this not it?
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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    I could be wrong, but I think that's the example cheerio.

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  • CrashtardCrashtard Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Ahh, could be.

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Why would there need to be an example Cheerio...on a box full of Cheerios?

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Because some people like to lie to themselves and say that inflatable tubes count as Cheerios when they obviously don't...

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Inquisitor77 wrote: »
    Because some people like to lie to themselves and say that inflatable tubes count as Cheerios when they obviously don't...

    Fuck you, yes they do!

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AlyceInWonderland wrote: »
    Inquisitor77 wrote: »
    Because some people like to lie to themselves and say that inflatable tubes count as Cheerios when they obviously don't...

    Fuck you, yes they do!

    If all the other cheerios were drawn, I'd agree with you...

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    ceres wrote: »
    Inquisitor77 wrote: »
    I demand better pictures before utilizing my prodigious intellect on this intractable problem.
    ^ What he said.

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