Pure Energy

As I've stated here before, I see a lot of energy drink cans at work.

Here are three of my recent acquisitions.  C4 strawberry blast, V8 strawberry kiwi sparkling energy drink, and Gorilla Mind bombsicle.  I was told that last one was very good, tasted just like the famous bomb pops.

Maybe my co-workers just need to get more sleep at night?  

80's Crush

No, I'm not talking about Alyssa Milano or Daryl Hannah, I'm talking about this can.

The first cans I ever collected were the four retro Pepsi cans as they were released in the 1980's.

(I borrowed this pic from Google, my set is buried in a box somewhere)

But those were the only four I collected for a long time.  This current found of collecting started in April, 2011, with my very first post here.

But enough about me, this Electric Blue Razz Crush can is very rad.  Some might even say righteous.

Summer Monsters

I see a lot of energy drinks at work.  And these two cans caught my eye.

I featured an Ultra Peachy Keen in a previous post, but this is a variation of the other can.  Notice the Zero Sugar at the top of the can.  The other post had a red stripe around the top of the can, this one doesn't.

And this is my first Ultra Paradise can.  I love the muted green color of it.  Monster Energy certainly has some of the best looking cans out there.

If the green can is Frankstein's monster, what monster would the pink can be?

Bubbl'R

Yeah, weird name.

Earlier this summer I went to swim at my sister's house.  She had a pack of this all-natural, sparkling water energy drink.  I told her to save one of the cans for me.  She told me to just take one.  So I did.

It was just a week or two ago that I finally drank it.  I felt I needed a little extra energy, not to mention antioxidant and a little balance restoration.  And it was surprisingly good.  It wasn't the bland no-taste sparkling water, but had a surprising dash of wild cherry flavor.

Even with the weird name and a can that looks like it was designed in a kindergarten classroom, I highly recommend it.  After all, who couldn't use a little restoration to their balance?

Star Wars Collection

Someone sent an article to me a month ago or so.  It was an ad showing a new 30-can Star Wars set coming from Coca-Cola, each featuring a different character.

Pepsi did this in 1999 when The Phantom Menace came out.  You can read about my adventure with that here in this post.

There have been other Star Wars tie-ins also.  But these cans look really good, especially being red and black.

My first can is Kylo Ren.  I would love to have the whole collection, but I just don't have the time or patience for that kind of collecting now.  And I don't drink soda, so I can't just go out and buy a bunch of packs.

So I'll sit back and use the Force to will some more of them to come to me.  I wonder what a midi-chlorian flavored soda would taste like.

Ice Cream Sundae

I was surprised to see this can when my son brought it home one evening.

It's the first Ice Cream Sundae flavored soda in my collection.  I think.  And I love how the top of the can looks like it's dripping with chocolate.  I asked if it was good, he said it's ok.  Maybe not as good as a root beer float.

Definitely a neat idea.  And a neat can.

Newest Ski

Ski doesn't change their can design very often, so it's always exciting when I see a new one.

And that's what happened this week when I saw this can at someone's house.  I asked if I could have the can when they were done, received the usual confused looked from them, and then my collection was one can bigger.

It may be a while, but I'll be watching for their next design.