1000 Apollo Candy Bars From TV Show "LOST" Art supply

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APOLLO Candy Bars 10 Cases Apollo Bars! From the TV Series âeoeLOSTâe You canâe(tm)t buy these just anyw!This could be your only opportunity toacquire such a HUGE STASH of Apollo bars! These candy bars are all in excellent condition albeitoutdated as they are on the show. This auction is for 10 cases!Thats 1000 Apollo Bars!at an incredibly LOW Price! This is a NO RESERVE Auction! Background Originally, the Apollo Bars appear in episode two, season two of "Lost," w Kate is tied up inside a room in the hatch that turns out to be a pantry. She unties herself, notices a box of chocolate bars, rips open the box and eats one. It's an Apollo. Never heard of Apollo? According to a press release, the Apollo bar was created by "M. David Benson" in the 1960s, and is now manufactured by the Apollo Candy Co., a subsidiary of The Hanso Group. The same company that conducted psychological experiments in the 1960s w people were put on deserted islands to--among other things--push a computer button every 108 minutes. A Comprehensive History The Beginning Never in his wildest dreams could M. David Benson have imagined how this moment would change everything. It was 1964.He had just delivered, from the back of his beast-to-the-bolts 1959 Jeep FC-150, the very first crate of Apollo Bars to San Francisco ́s legendary J.Pickersweet ́s Five and Dime. Benson knew this was the moment of truth. If Pickersweet liked what you had to sell, profit and prosperity would most certainly follow. But if he took issue with your product.. Benson held his breath as Pickersweet bit into the impossibly rich, unimaginably creamy Apollo Bar . A full, heart-wrenching ten seconds passed. And then, the miraculous happened. Pickersweet ́s mustache curled up above a grin that stretched from ear to ear. The Apollo Bar had landed in the Golden Gate City. The Company Starting with only the milk chocolate recipe given to him by his grandfather, Oskar Benson , M. David Benson began the Apollo Candy Company in 1962, out of a one-room factory in San Francisco ́s legendary Cow Hollow district. By 1964, Benson had perfected the recipe for his affordable, yet exceptionally delicious, Apollo Bars, and began distributing them citywide. By 1968, the fledgling company had secured distribution outlets nationwide. Sadly, in the early 1970s, the Apollo Candy Company fell into dire straits. However, due to the considerable financial intervention of Alvar Hanso, founder of the worldwide philanthropic organization, The Hanso Foundation, the company was saved from bankruptcy... and infused with new life. Today, the Apollo Candy Company is alive and well as the private purveyor of chocolates for Alvar Hanso and his many companies. The Apollo Bar After his tour ended, Benson knew what he had to do. He would bring the Benson Bar to America, but with a change. He would make it affordable, but with no sacrifice to quality, so that every American, regardless of class, creed or station could come together through the simple delight of the world ́s richest, creamiest, milk chocolate. Bringing this proposal to his grandfather, a man he barely knew, Benson was devastated to learn Benson Chocolatiers had gone under, the brand sold to a British candy manufacturer. However, Oskar Benson had a surprise for his grandson. Having missed out on his childhood, hoping only to reconnect after so many regretful years, Oskar Benson offered his grandson the most valuable of family secrets: the original, secret recipe for Benson Milk Chocolate. Working from this recipe, it was only a matter of time before M. David Benson concocted the recipe for "The Apollo Bar", a confection fit for even the Greek god of light himself. The Jeep Once he ́d Perfected the Apollo Bar ́s recipe, M. David Benson found himself in a predicament: he ́d spent all but his last cent on starting the company--which l... read more

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