Thread: Old Spice "Classic" No Longer Available in Australia

I heard a few days ago that Solvol is no longer available, just to mention something more relevant to Landrovers! (And don't let me get started on the decease of lattice biscuits!)

In the early 80s I worked for Cyanamid Aust, who were based in Seven Hills NSW. The company produced all the Old Spice products and Blue Stratos to name a few in house. Baz

Originally Posted by Hogarthde

Dunlop Volleys??

The Best.... hay carting , roofing, 4 laps of the Rec. ,underhand woodchopping , tree climbing., and you collared the market! 😩

Too right and they stay on with the laces removed, for easy donning and shedding.

DV's are the Swiss Army Knives of footwear.


On topic a bit: Sales of Dior's "Sauvage", advertised using Johnny Depp, have really taken off since his court cases began. Another company dropped him like a hot spud. They may be ruing that?

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,

I was not going to suggest that Land Rover make a personal hygiene product like a deodorant because they have already ignored customer loyalty by discontinuing the Defender. A "First World problem" - how many pages of forums were devoted to the abhorrent act of no new Defenders? Plus, the deodorant product would leak out of the container and leave territorial marks everywhere, especially if it was sold as a "Classic" (Series) product.

Kind regards
Lionel

It would probably leak any way

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Johnno,

No not exactly terrible news - Old Spice have not left the scene entirely. They replaced the "Classic" with a new product "Swagger' as pictured. I am sure you will sleep easier now.

Kind regards
Lionel

Hey Lionel,

Thanks for letting me know. At least that gives me an option. Mind you, I am always a little wary of what might be cynical re-branding in the smoke and wreckage of the fall of a treasured and venerable institution. Like the Tsarist Empire or Hey Hey It's Saturday.

Am I, could I be, a "Swagger Man"?? I'll have to give it some thought. Maybe practice a bit.

Maybe ask myself "Is This The Best A Man Can Get......?"

Johnno

Originally Posted by Hogarthde

Dunlop Volleys??

The Best.... hay carting , roofing, 4 laps of the Rec. ,underhand woodchopping , tree climbing., and you collared the market! 😩

Yeah, absolutely. Never been another shoe like it.

I was lucky, actually. I got a hot tip-off from a fellow in-the-know at Iggulden's Menswear in Tully sometime in the mid-late 90s that changes were coming in the Dunlop Volley Universe. Factories moving offshore, different materials for the sole (which in a Dunlop Volley also amounts to soul)....all sorts of argmageddon scenarios.

So, I decided "Armageddon as many pairs of the old ones as I can right now...!"

I bought about 8-10 pairs and stashed them in an old US Mail sack*. I just wish I'd bought more. I should have bought twenty pairs, as I guess I could have still managed to eat. Over the years, I have had to ration myself carefully (Volleys, that is - not food).

Meanwhile, the One True Volley disappeared from the landscape, only to be succeeded by a pale imitation. Cries of outrage over the new, less-grippy composite soles could only just be heard over the din of roofers everywhere crashing earthward.

As I understand it, there was/is a "Classic" Volley rebranding sold alongside the much-devalued and debased base-model. Something that (I seem to remember) may have restored the glory of a decent all-rubber sole....but they were expensive, the Old Reliable was gone and the damage was done....

John

*I'm not making any of this up.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I heard a few days ago that Solvol is no longer available, just to mention something more relevant to Landrovers! (And don't let me get started on the decease of lattice biscuits!)

The Solvol bar was discontinued some time back ... I made the move to 'liquid' solvol (big pump pack at Bunnings and I'm sure other places) ... and while I was initially sceptical, I've found it to be an adequate replacement - it's still 'gritty'. I'll be getting through a bit of it as I replace the front rotors this weekend!

I'm saving all remaining 'bar' supplies for my camping stash - yes I take it camping too.

Originally Posted by towe0609

The Solvol bar was discontinued some time back ... I made the move to 'liquid' solvol (big pump pack at Bunnings and I'm sure other places) ... and while I was initially sceptical, I've found it to be an adequate replacement - it's still 'gritty'. I'll be getting through a bit of it as I replace the front rotors this weekend!

I'm saving all remaining 'bar' supplies for my camping stash - yes I take it camping too.

It must be a bit rugged on the....uh....delicate areas.