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The Starburst brand was introduced by Mars in the UK in 1959, named by Peter Pfeffer in a competition that won him £ 5, as Opal Fruits.
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Starburst and brand
* Starburst ( candy ), a brand of chewy, fruit-flavored candy
Starburst ( originally known as Opal Fruits ) is the brand name of a cuboid-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated.
Starburst and was
The basic Javelin missile body was retained in the Starburst surface-to-air missile, but the guidance system was further improved to a self-contained system in the missile itself.
Starburst was used only briefly, before being replaced by Starstreak.
It was replaced in front line British service by the Javelin S-15, sold commercially as the Starburst surface-to-air missile in 1993 ( radio frequency guided Javelin was retained for some time thereafter for training purposes ), and later by the Starstreak starting around 1997.
He was also a contributing editor to Starburst magazine and edited the book reviews column for that magazine for sixteen years.
Originally, Starburst came in the same flavours as Opal Fruits and the first variant, " Sunshine Flavors ", later renamed " Tropical Opal Fruits ", was released thereafter.
Lime Starburst made a comeback in 2007 as a limited-edition ' retro ' flavour in packages of the ' Baja ' version, while the range in the UK was further extended with a version named Starburst Choozers.
Starburst had been created by Skinn before he joined Marvel UK, but was purchased by Marvel when he joined the company.
Thanks in part to the success of Starburst, Skinn was headhunted by Stan Lee to reshape Marvel's floundering UK reprint division.
Starburst was launched in December 1977 by editor Dez Skinn with his own company Starburst Publishing Ltd.
The name Starburst was settled on after rejecting other names, including Starfall, as Skinn considered it too negative.
At that time, Starburst was the only publication authorised by 20th Century Fox to use images from Star Wars.
TV Zone was launched in September 1989 by publishers Visual Imagination as a spin-off of their existing title Starburst.
Starburst and introduced
Opal Fruits were introduced in the United States in 1967 as Starburst.
Starburst and by
Starburst galaxies are characterized by dusty concentrations of gas and the appearance of newly formed stars, including massive stars that ionize the surrounding clouds to create H II regions.
According to Paul LaViolette, Starburst Foundation, Schenectady, New York, Eric Dollard, and Guy Obolensky had independently conducted gravity-like beam experiments during the 1980s that had been inspired by observations reported by Nikola Tesla.
* Starburst project ( relational database system ), prototype of a working and very extensible database system developed by IBM
* Starburst ( dinnerware ), manufactured by Franciscan Earthenware, which created iconography strongly associated with Mid-Century Modern design in the 1950s
* Starburst ( Alfred Bester ), a collection of short stories by science fiction author Alfred Bester
* Starburst ( Frederik Pohl ), a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
* Starburst ( Robin Pilcher ), 2007 novel by Robin Pilcher
* Starburst ( Kody Faust ), 2008 work by Kody Faust in collaboration with Michael Quick
John Brosnan, writing in Starburst magazine, found the serial to be “ a bitter reaction by a member of an older generation to the younger generation whose apparently irrational behaviour makes them appear to belong to a totally different species.
Starburst engaged in a marketing tie-in for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest by replacing Kiwi Banana and Tropical Punch with Royal Berry Punch.
It proved a huge success, and by now Skinn had transformed Marvel UK back to being a major publisher of not just weekly comics but monthly titles such as Starburst.
Starburst is a British science fiction magazine published by Starburst Magazine Limited.
Starburst and Mars
Starburst is also a Mars confectionery product.
On October 6, 2008, Mars acquired Wrigley, and transferred Mars ' non-chocolate candy brands, including Starburst, to the Wrigley subsidiary.
Starburst and UK
Starburst in the UK is vegetarian, its packaging clearly stating " Suitable for Vegetarians ".
The current slogan for Starburst in the U. S. is " It's A Juicy Contradiction " and in the UK and Australia it is " Tastes Like Summer / Let Your Starburst Out.
* Starburst Choozers ( UK )
* Starburst UK Site at Wrigley
Starburst won the 1978 Eagle Award for Best UK Title.
* 1978: " Best UK title ", for Starburst Magazine ( editor )
After Stephen Payne bought the magazine Starburst from Marvel UK, its list of titles expanded to include:
Starburst and Opal
Originally known as Opal Mints, they were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits ( now known as Starburst ).
Starburst and Fruits
The original flavours are now branded " Original Fruits ", and Starburst now comes in several assortments: Limited Edition Retro Fruits, Tropical, Baja California, Sour, Strawberry Mix, and Berries & Creme.
* Starburst – California Fruits ( Red Cherry, Strawberry Watermelon, Malibu Punch, Wild Berry, Raspberry )
* Starburst Gummi Fruits Share Bag ( Australia )
* Starburst Limited Edition: Summer Fruits Share Bag ( Australia )
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