Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images Before you could order food from across town and get it delivered right to your school ...

If you're of a certain age, you probably remember your first clunky metal lunch box. Emblazoned with everything from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Barbie, these tin containers were a required ...

You may think the time of collectible, metal lunch boxes is behind us, but the resale market certainly isn't. You may be ...

There was a time in American history when the lights went out. Children pouted, collectors cursed, and nostalgiaholics wept. Schoolchildren never again would know the pure joy of toting their ham ...

Back when we were kids, metal was in — at least in our lunch boxes. Often branded with the iconic characters of our time, they traipsed back and forth to school with us and became sturdy, constant ...

Lunch boxes made of metal have been collectible for several years, but now even those made of plastic and vinyl are becoming a collectible. The first lunch boxes weren't actually for kids at all. They ...

Stanley quietly released an upgrade to its always sold-out Classic Metal Lunch Box, and these new looks have a softer side. Both Comeback Lunch Box designs have the same shape as Stanley’s Classic ...

This domed, tin lunch box was made by Thermos in 1968. It has two metal snaps for a hinged lid and a collapsible, red plastic handle. The box has a yellow design and is in the shape of Snoopy’s ...

This tin lunch box was made by Thermos in 1963. It has a metal snap for a hinged lid and a collapsible red, plastic handle. The front side of the box shows a cross section of the Mercury manned space ...