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toffifee the game
[edit]hi, some vandal keeps on removing the old german game from the page. i have the full rules in a book but cannot find a citation on the internet. This is quite an important part of toffifee culture around the globe and to be frank makes toffifee's current cult popularity possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.168.66.210 (talk) 14:49, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
15 piece box
[edit]In the article it's incorrectly claimed
- "Sold in 12, 24 and 48 piece boxes, Toffifee are caramel cups containing nougat and a hazelnut, topped with a chocolate button."
I am currently eating from a 15 piece box, so the above must obviously be a false statement. This picture should be proof enough that there's a 15 piece box. The 15 piece box even seems to be the de facto standard, at least here. I have only seen the 48 pieve box a few times and never the 12 and 24 piece boxes. // Jens Persson (213.67.64.22 21:34, 10 August 2007 (UTC))
- Look at the picture on the front page.--195.249.182.252 11:05, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I bought a 4-pieces package today in Maryland, United States. And it says "Also Try Our 15 Piece Box!" --71.178.134.234 (talk) 23:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Reason for US change?
[edit]Anyone know why the name was changed in the US? It's stated in the article that Toffifee are called Toffifay in the US - just wondered if anyone knew the reason? IndieSinger (talk) 22:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Probably to preserve the correct pronunciation. In most European languages (other than English) the digraph "ee" is pronounced "ay", and presumably the anglophone EU market is not sufficiently large to warrant the design of specially printed packaging, unlike the US market. I suspect that people might associate "Toffifee" with the negative connotations of a fee, and since the word "toffee" itself is rare in the US the whole word would seem alien. "Toffifay" at least ensures consistency of pronunciation in major markets other than the UK and Ireland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.72.149.199 (talk) 00:08, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
Not sure, but the German name has connotations of "Toffee Fairy" (from "Toffi", which is pronounced like "Toffee" and "Fee", which is the German word for fairy). So, "Toffee Fairy" or "Toffee Faery" would've been a better name, IMO. ;) 79.227.154.219 (talk) 01:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Toffifee origin
[edit]Toffifay was introduced to the United States in 1977. It's a little more than just a year old.82.110.109.213 (talk) 12:05, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[1]
Still sold?
[edit]Recently I realised that the local supermarkets no longer offer Toffifee here in Europe/Vienna at the least, or not the ones I go to regularly. So they may still be sold, but I have noticed a decrease in Toffifees. But perhaps I am wrong. Could someone research a little bit and determine whether they are producing less than they used to compared to a couple years ago? I almost thought they went extinct already. I had that impression after watching one of the first ads recently on youtube in this regard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJer_G7bT-0 may also add it to the links of the wikipedia article, but since I may be biased I will simply put the link here rather than modify the main article as-is. 2A02:8388:1600:A200:3AD5:47FF:FE18:CC7F (talk) 17:58, 24 April 2022 (UTC)