Talk:Twix/Archive 1

Archive 1

Too many images

Ok, I deleted the middle image and made the other two slightly bigger, then 10 minutes later a sockpuppet reverted it and set the sizes of the three images to 205, 206 and 207 pixels respectively (User:Twixlover's first and only edit). I would like to reinstate my changes unless I see an objecting consensus here. —Teknic^Talk/Mail 01:49, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Sounds fine to me. Three images may have been a bit much. -SCEhardt 03:05, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Three images looks good to me. It shows a nice progression, each is unique and good quality. On my display it would take the same depth of vertical space for two images. I see no reason to delete. The image size probably needs to be adjusted though. Rottweiler 01:54, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

I like it how it is ... it's making me want to buy a Twix. Proto 08:55, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Can somebody help out here who isn't hungry? —Teknic^Talk/Mail 23:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't really see a reason to delete them. Howabout1 00:33, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Fair enough. I just thought the middle pic was redundant and on my screen the images break into the first section. —Teknic^Talk/Mail 02:07, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Spokesmen?

Should we add info on celebrity spokesmen? So far I know of Usher and Rahzel (Rishi B 05:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC))

"Globalize" - Ingredients

This does not indicate which version of the Twix bar it refers to. It's highly unlikely that ingredients are identical throughout the world. Actually, I'm not really too bothered about its lack of globalisation (I personally remain to be convinced that ingredients lists belong at all- however, that's a different issue). I just want someone to label which version it means. Fourohfour 12:24, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

America-centric

The images, ingredients list and in fact most of the article concern the US version of Twix. Seems a bit weird for an international encyclopaedia.

If you know what the regional differences are, then why not add them? Proto 15:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

The article is really quite US-centric. For instance, we've had Twix in the UK since 1967 (see http://www.prayingeachday.org/Sept19.pdf ) a long time prior to the date stated in the article. It would be hard to introduce more of a world view, without rewriting certain parts of the article - that is to say, the American slant on the article is misleading and inappropriate. Twix isn't actually American at all. Any comments? Bretonbanquet 15:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

• Like Proto, I suggest making the changes rather than making assignments to fellow editors. --Dystopos 17:12, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I have made the changes as I suggested above, including a uniform use of British English rather than the mixture previously used. I wanted to mention it here first because I thought some people may have liked to discuss the matter before changes were made. Bretonbanquet 20:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Cookies-n-Creme in 'Encino Man'

In the article, where someone mentioned discontinued flavors to include Cookies-n-Creme, 'citation needed' is noted.

In the movie 'Encino Man' (Brendan Fraser, Paulie Shore), during the convenience store scene with the two going over the '4 basic food groups', a Twix Cookies-n-Creme box can clearly be seen on the shelf right in front of the camera. I don't know if this qualifies as citation but it proves they did at one time exist. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.29.227.4 (talk) 17:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

Encino Man teaches history yet again. -Etafly 03:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

There was indeed a Cookies and Cream twix, as well as a Chocolate Fudge variety. I was a huge fan of the Cookies and Cream -69.140.112.227 04:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I was a big fan of the Cookies n Cream one as well back in the early 90s. Are they still available in the US? --Twixfan

Ingredient listing

The ingredient listing is a useful resource to enable people with particular dietary issues to see what the ingredients are without spending time in a supermarket reading labels and being viewed by supermarket staff with suspicion. This happened to me as a grandchild with several health issues was coming to stay for a weekend, as a result I spent over 2 hours looking at products - and yes we do use mainly fresh food produce for that reason. There is the option of not looking at ingredient listing's but for some like myself I welcome it! {user aussiegirl} May 6th 2005, Sydney, Australia

I think the ingredient listing was fine. enlighten me --Johnjosephbachir 05:30, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I agree. I think the ingredient list would provide valuable information to someone researching the candy bar. Since Wikipedia is not limited by size constraints, I do not see the problem. I have asked McFly85 to explain his position here. -SCEhardt 15:15, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The ingredient listing is just pointless and is not usful to the masses. No other candy or proceessed food page that I have seen has an ingredient listing. If you really need to research the candy bar, just pay 50 cents and buy a twix and get the ingredient listing. The listing is not interesting and an encyclopedia is not to explain everything in fullest detail. I highly demand that the listing be removed to perserve the high quality of wikipedia. Mcfly85 17:54, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• People have food alergies. Nothing wrong with ingredients. Maybe other candies and processed foods should have such informationRoodog2k 18:32, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• The ingredient listing is a great idea -- if we had one for every candy bar, people could easily look up the additives in their snacks. (Plus, by having links from the bars to the additives, you have backlinks from the additives to the popular candy bars that contain them). Besides, even if this were execessive, it's nowhere near as bad as, say Category:Cosmic_Era_mobile_weapons (dozens of individual articles on fictional weapons from a Japanese TV show.) jdb ❋ (talk) 04:04, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I agree. Wikipedia can put the ingredients into a fuller context than awrapper can. Dystopos 16:59, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• I think that it's ridiculous to "demand" that the ingredients section be removed. Especially as the lame excuse of "preserving high quality" is sighted. How does removing data do that? Ideally, every food product listed on this site would contain nutritional information and ingredients so that we can use this site as a resource. Where else can you find this information? I've been adding ingredients and nutritional information to pages on Wikipedia (have done Crunchie & Hobnobs so far) as & when I buy a product. I think that many producers of processed foods don't really want their ingredients displayed any more than the law dictates. For example, Twix contains hydrogenated vegetable oil which is increasingly being highlighted as a damaging trans fat. LewisR 21:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
• Why are so many people upset about listing the ingredients and nutrion information? If you don't need to know it, don't read it. I don't read the chassis plate of every car I get into but I don't "highly demand" that it be removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LewisR (talk • contribs).

I want to know what PGPR is. Proto 13:17, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

LewisR; your analogy is poor. The chassis plate is an important part of the car's security, and is not obtrusive in day-to-day operation. Also, a car is not an encyclopedia.

Meanwhile, Wikipedia is not an indiscrimate collection of information. Wikipedia is not supposed to be an original source of information, so its purpose is to synthesise that information (from multiple sources) into a tidier, more readable and more useful form. If we just copied information from elsewhere, without caring about how it affected the readability or organisation of the article, there would be no point to Wikipedia.

You can argue whether ingredients should be included or not (and I think that there should be a proper policy discussion on this). However, if this is the case, all Twix variants in all countries should be included. The resulting list is likely to be massive, so should be moved to its own page, since it would make the parent Twix article far too long. Fourohfour 12:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

There is no need to include all Twix variants in all countries. How many French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch etc. readers would come to the English site? LewisR 09:46, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

That's quite presumptious. The English-language Wikipedia does not mean that it should be restricted to information about countries whose first language is English. And if it were, that still leaves a lot of countries. Anyway, we need a proper discussion about this; it's pointless to have multiple repeated rehashes of the same points over multiple pages. Fourohfour 20:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Do we really need a proper discussion about this? It seems an incredibly petty point. I've seen many pages on wikipedia where prices, for example, have only been quoted USD even though that item is available in many other markets. I saw no evidence of you or anyone else highly demanding that it be removed. Furthermore, I note that the French Wikipedia has Twix ingredients listed yet no discussion whatsoever there of its removal. To me, it's useful information for those that want it and little, if any, inconvenience to those that have no use for it. 86.29.161.66 01:11, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

For all the space that was used to debate this, the ingredients could have been listed. I came looking for them because my son gave me a "fun size" bar which does not list the ingredients. I do not eat transfat, so thank you to the person who mentioned that Twix has hydrogenated oil. This candy bar will not be eaten by me.

Chronology and Volume

I came to this page looking for when caramel was introduced vs. peanut butter, and which sells better. Any ideas? Why do I care? Because after working for 20 hours straight, I need some mindless data. Mlprater 22:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

German Slogan

This article quotes the German advertising slogan as being "Aus Raider wird Twix ... sonst ändert sich nichts" (Raider becomes Twix...), but the German Wikipedia page quotes it as being "Raider heißt jetzt Twix, … sonst ändert sich nix" (Raider is now called Twix...). Which one is – or are both – correct? TinyMark 20:46, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Being a native German and having lived there all my life (i.e. since 1968) I can confirm that the latter version was used. Note that the correct German translation for "nothing" is "nichts", but to make it rhyme the ads used the colloquial form "nix" (probably to be translated as "nuthin' "). Also note that the German pronunciation for Raider differs from the English one, it is more like ry-der (sorry, but I don't know how to explain our pronunciation of the "r").

A final remark: I don't remember German Twix TV ads that "advised viewers to take a break". Actually, there were ads (in Germany) saying (in English, no translation!) "Have a break, have a Kit Kat", and I would even claim that this slogan is still in use, but maybe I have heard the old slogan so often that I just didn't recognize a new one. 84.184.27.195 22:07, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

History

This article needs some history on the product-- its origins, etc. (ApJ (talk) 05:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC))

Images

This article has too many pictures. Seriously.—This unsigned comment was added by Archducky Duck (talk • contribs) .

I disagree.--Mlprater 22:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

This article makes me hungry. 206.248.191.84 (talk) 07:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Peanut Butter Twix permanence

The article currently states:

"Peanut Butter Twix (1983 - 1997 and 2000 - present, US) [...] Introduced in North America in 1983, it was available until 1997, only to make a permanent return in 2000."

However, given that it existed previously for 14 years, while only 9 years have passed since the re-introduction in 2000, how can it be claimed that it has made a permanent return? ( "permanent" is a bold claim regardless, I suspect. ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ZeBoxx (talk • contribs) 11:24, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

I remember that when the Peanut Butter Twix was re-introduced it was NOT the 'PB' version with a chocolate bar, but I cannot prove this - I do not see any citations for what is stated for the entry, nor can I find any evidence to support my memory - cany anyone help??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.132.137.101 (talk) 00:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

If you eat one segment of the twix candy bar, is it still called a Twix?

I don't know, my son posed this question to me and I don't know the answer?

Help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.155.178.66 (talk) 14:36, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Raider is back

I pulled these two from a vending machine in the Berlin S-Bahn a few hours ago. A quick oogling found me nothing, maybe someone knows more, like whether this is merely a test, or if Raider is back for good, at least in German train stations. ;) Paradoctor (talk) 22:05, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Looks like it's a publicity stunt to celebrate the 30th anniversary for the Mars company in Germany. Source: http://www.bild.de/BILD/lifestyle/2009/10/suesse-ueberraschung-im-snackautomaten/twix-heisst-wieder-raider.html ZeBoxx (talk) 14:27, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

(dashing to the station, seeking to replace the two bars imprudently devoured) Thanks for the info, another scoop for Wikipedia. ;) Paradoctor (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

UK naming?

Can someone from the UK please confirm that Twix was always called Twix there? I remember that I frequently saw ads on "pan-European" TV stations from Britain for Raider (slogan: "Raider - the take-a-break snack") in the mid-80s. At that time the only two British TV stations we could receive were Sky Channel & Music Box/Super Channel, so it must have been on one (or both) of them. I remember it because the English slogan was exactly the same as the German one (just in English) which we saw millions of times here in Germany. So I wonder whether these ads were specifically produced for airing on these channels as they were meant to be watched throughout entire Europe. Can someone shed some light on this? 192.124.26.250 (talk) 11:36, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Treacle Twix

I've removed this due to some joker adding it. It does not and has not ever existed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hulk77 (talk • contribs) 09:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Unencyclopaedic content

I've removed the unencyclopaedic list of television ads (section header "Worldwide Television Adverts (1977-2008)"). It isn't comprehensive. It gives no details. The cut-off date appears to be arbitrary. It's unsourced. The former content is below. Dricherby (talk) 23:44, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

• UK: Longer Lasting Snack (1977)
• UK: Longer Lasting Snack (1981)
• US: Chocolate Candy With A Crunch (1982)
• UK: The Longer Lasting Snack (1984)
• UK: Longer Lasting Snack (1985)
• UK: Twix Fits (1985)
• UK: Longer Lasting Snack (1980s)
• US: Keep On Movin' song: Peanut Butter (1980s)
• US: Ferris Bueller's Day Off Movie Soundtrack Music Theme (Artist: Yello / Title: Oh Yeah) (1986)
• US: Keep On Movin' song (1986)
• US: Keep On Movin' song: Keep On Winning Honda game (1986)
• UK: Keep On Movin' song: Baseball (1987)
• US: Keep On Movin' song: Marching Band (1987)
• US: What's So Great About Twix? (1987)
• Holland: Raider - De Eindeloze Snack Voor De Lekkere Trek (The Endless Snack For The Delicious Haul) (1989)
• Germany: Raider (1989)
• Germany: Raider - Der Pausen-Snack (Raider - The Pausing-Snack) (1980s/90s)
• Spain: General Chocolate Bar Shot (1990s)
• Italy: Raider - Un Taglio Ci da! (Raider - Cuts For Us!) (1990)
• Holland: One Break Is Never Enough (3 versions) (1990s)
• US: It's All In The Mix (featuring singer Anastacia) (1990s)
• UK: Twix Fits (Circa 1990)
• Italy: Twix Changes (Raider changes its name to Twix) (1991)
• UK: When You're Stuck In A Jam (1991)
• US: Volleyball featuring Tod Scot Brody (1992)
• US: Featuring actress / singer Brittany Murphy (1992)
• US: Featuring actor Rob Moore (1993)
• US: Featuring Tahj Mowry (1993)
• US: One Great Snack (1994)
• UK: A Break from The Norm (Norm - nerdy male character) (1996)
• UK: A Break from The Norm - female clothes shopping (1997)
• UK: A Break from The Norm - male football character (1997)
• UK: Including The Chart Show Titles (1996)
• US: Maternity Ward (1997)
• Russia: Circus (1999)
• France: Twix Top (1999-2000)
• Poland: Record Shop (1990s/2000s)
• US: Time Out With Twix (Artist: Madness / Title: One Step Beyond) (1990s/2000s)
• US: Serenity Spa (1990s/2000s)
• US: Park Bench (2000s)
• Belgium: Tandem Bike (2000s)
• US: Two for me, none for you (2000s)
• US: Twix It Up (2000s)
• US: Need A Moment?: Baseball (2000s)
• France: Twin Young Girls (2000s)
• France: Twin Girls At Seaside (2000s)
• Spain: Quieres Una Pausa? (Want A Break?): Fruit & Veg Market (2000s)
• US: Car Accident (2000s)
• US: Fantasy Character (2000s)
• US: Twix - Its All In The Mix (2000)
• US: Featuring Rahzel (2000)
• US: Music Videos featuring a young Lil Bow Wow (2001)
• UK: Boss Harris (2004)
• UK: Faulty Brakes (2005)
• Belgium / France: Tandem Bike (2005)
• UK: Happy Together (sung by Peter Grant (singer)) (2007)
• UK: Happy Together (different vocal) (2007)
• US: Honest Answer: Fat Bottomed Lady (2004)
• US: Need A Moment?: Bookzone (2007)
• Brasil: Caramelo: Gritos! (Caramel: Shouts!) (2006)
• US: Featuring Lisa Foiles (2007)
• UK: Let's Twix It Together (2007)
• US: Need A Moment?: Car Music (2008)
• US: Get The Girl (2008)
• Poland: Photographer At Wedding (2008)
• Poland: Twixnijmy to razem (Twix Is Total) (2008)

The only source available for these ads are from You Tube, which I'm sure I added when I made the section. Im trying to do a bit of 'pioneering' here as the internet sources are often very poor - hence the need for wikipedia! The evidence is all on YouTube anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hulk77 (talk • contribs) 09:53, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Which is not encyclopedic. End of story. MSJapan (talk) 12:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic

Do we need something like that: The original "Peanut Butter Twix" was packaged in a amazing wrapper (US) whereas the current version has a ugly wrapper labeled "Twix PB".141.84.69.20 (talk) 17:23, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Name

Can it be included in the article why Twix is called Twix? Because that could be very helpful.— Preceding unsigned comment added by BlazeTheMovieFan (talk • contribs) 03:28, 25 August 2008‎

When I was at school, one of our teachers claimed to be friends with the person who named both Twix and Smarties. Both were apparently named after people / characters found or influenced by regular train journeys they took at some point in their lives. Twix was named after a couple they nicknamed "Twix and twain", and "the Smarties" were the well-dressed gentlemen on their way to work. I've no idea whether these stories are true, though the teacher didn't have a reputation for being a liar, and the timings may be about right (he was in his 40s/50s in the early 80s so could conceivably known someone who in 1937 coined "Smarties"). I felt it worth recording the information however, in case anyone can add further weight to the claim. This same text is on the Smarties Talk page. Redpola (talk) 16:17, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Raider to Twix

Why did they ever give this product two names, anyway? Captain Jackson 05:59, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Probably due to individual countries' marketing and market research, which gave the UK Marathon where Europe had Snickers and Opel Fruits where Europe had Starburst.
LewisR 22:34, 30 June 2007 (UTC). Furthermore, by unifying product names it means that bars can be made more efficiently as many markets can have one wrapper.

I find this 'explanation' highly unsatisfactory. According to my conjecture, either the re-branding into Raider was a marketing error or (at least inofficially) Raider was in fact a separate business at the time of its creation that later fell more under Twix management. 37.201.227.30 (talk) 18:26, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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Seinfeld

A Twix bar has a supporting role in the season 9 episode The Dealership of Seinfeld. Regards, Paradoctor (talk) 00:41, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Hilarious. Cutting a twix-bar / snickers with a fork and knife. Majinsnake (talk) 21:39, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

twix contest

There was a twix contest in the early 1990s where you had to get all the letters from twix wrappers to match a word. Send in the wrappers for the word to try to grab the contest prize. Majinsnake (talk) 21:41, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Twix retailing

I recently (August 2020) found (in a country lane) a Twix wrapper on which the price was given as 3p. When was Twix retailed at 3p? and what does a bar cost now? And why does all the information in the website and Wikipedia entry contain no mention of price or retailing history? That's an interesting aspect of the subject no one seems to have bothered about. Andrew 2A00:23C4:EE81:8700:B540:6278:CF42:4410 (talk) 15:19, 4 August 2020 (UTC)