Slime Soda

On Christmas morning my kids set me on a treasure hunt for various presents hidden around the house.  After finding all ten wrapped presents it was time to open them.  And after starting to unwrap this little fella, I wondered what it could be...

It turned out to be a small, plastic "can" with blue raspberry-scented slime inside.

And to make it even more "real", they included small "ice cubes" for a crunchy slime.

This goes on the shelf with the other novelty cans I've collected over the years.  Next week, back to the real cans...

Veteran's Memorial

Last summer I featured the first Pepsi can in a long time that I found showing an ad for a local attraction.

Recently at work I rescued a Pepsi can from the trash that showed another point of interest.

This one is for the Veteran's Memorial in Perryville, Missouri.

It just opened this year.  I've been thru Perryville a few times this year, but wasn't aware of this place.  

So the next time I'm in Perryville I think I'll swing by to check out the memorial.  If so, I'll update this post with a couple pics from there.

WoW, Yet Another New Can

I went to my son's Christmas program for band at school last weekend and someone brought this little gem to me...

It's the second can in the new Mtn Dew Game Fuel World of Warcraft series.

Last month I featured the other WoW can, and now I have both of them.  This one is citrus blackberry flavored and I was told it was really good.

So let's keep the video game cans coming.  Probably my biggest hobby, second to can collecting of course, would be video games.  So let's keep combining them!

A Racoon?

I got this can from someone recently.  They thought it'd be a good breakfast drink.  Lots to unpack...

• First, this is my first Chamberlain Coffee brand can.  I'm not even sure where it's sold.  
• Second, it's cinnamon bun-flavored latte.  Doesn't sound like it could be any sweeter.  But...
• Third, in the red circle it says this has a "sweeter recipe".  Ouch.
• Fourth, it's made with oatmilk.  I can't knock it since I haven't had it.  But nah.
• Fifth, a racoon playing with a cinnamon roll?

And no, they didn't like the taste of this.  But it sure is an interesting can to have anyway.

Shirley Temple

At a Thanksgiving gathering a few days ago I noticed a new can.

This Shirley Temple 7UP.  I asked what's in a Shirley Temple and was told it's usually just a white soda with grenadine.  My next question was what is grenadine?  I was told just a sweeter version of a cherry syrup, but after Googling it I found out most people mistake it for cherry but it's actually pomegranate.  Who knew I'd fall down a Shirley Temple rabbit hole on Thanksgiving!  

This year I give thanks for my many new cans.

WoW, Another New Can

Someone at work brought this new Mtn Dew Game Fuel can to me last week.

They said the citrus cherry flavor was pretty good.  But for me the main attraction is World of Warcraft.  The game came out in November 2004 and I started playing it in January 2005.  I've played on and off for the last 20 years.  Btw, the game is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary.

I love the Game Fuel cans!  Mostly because I'm a gamer.  But does this can give a hint as to something coming in the future?   World of Warcraft.  Xbox.  I doubt it.

OREO

Someone brought this can to me at work.

It's a limited time Coca-Cola flavor or OREO!  A small 7.5 oz can, assumedly because one can't handle the taste in servings larger than that, haha.  A few people I know tried this one and none of them cared for it.  But the can does have a very interesting design; the black, white, and red and the stack of cookies down the front.

A fizzy cookie flavor.  Think I'll pass on this one...

Even More Poppi's

A visit from my daughter this weekend brought two new Poppi cans to my collection.

This time it's Orange Cream and Wild Berry.

What started her down the Poppi Road?  The can on the right.  She saw it in the store and liked the can design so much she bought it to try.  Liking it, she started buying other flavors.  And Poppi has a LOT of them.  

I like to encourage my kids to pursue their interests.  Especially when it means more cans for me :)

Another Poppi

I visited my daughter at college yesterday and she had a gift for me.

This is my fifth Poppi can and there are plenty more to collect.  I featured my first four in a post a couple of months ago.

This is the standard grape flavor, which she said is good but standard.

The exciting news is she has 5 more flavors in her dorm ready to try!  So those cans will be coming to me soon...

hAlloWeen (A&W)

Maybe my "Can Collector Card" should be revoked.  This year, I didn't chase any Halloween cans.  I'm sure they were out there, but I didn't see any of them.  Instead...

I think this from last year.  Or the year before?  It's been in my pantry a LONG time.  Regardless, the ONE time a year I can feature it is now.  

I've made it a point to collect Halloween cans in the past, but this year snuck up on me.  So I'll feature a can from the past I haven't shown yet.

With Halloween coming later this week, remember with A&W, it's "No tricks, all treats".

Red Bull Green

This week I made another trash can find at work.

It's been a while since I've found a new Red Bull.  But this one is Green Edition.  And the flavor is Dragon Fruit.

I'm sure I've missed some of these special editions in the last few years, which makes me green with envy for the collectors who've kept up.

Birthday Haul

Last week I had another birthday.  And this year I got a few cans from my kids...

And this wasn't just a quick trip to the local Casey's.  Nope, these consist of steel cans and older aluminum cans.  Let's look at each one.

Wild West Sarsaparilla - I have a few of these already, but they're all variants.  This steel can (bottom-opened to preserve the pull-tab top) promotes it as the "First soft drink of the Old West".  And to be honest, I've always pronounced this flavor as "sassparilla".  Is it just me?  The first time I saw this can I wondered why they had all the extra letters in that word.

Graf's Cola - I didn't show the front of this steel can, but the back reveals the "Great American Inventors" of the Wright Brothers.  There's a nice pic with a great description of what made them famous.  They sure don't make cans like this anymore.

Pepsi-Cola - Next is an aluminum can featuring the Chicago's Navy Pier.  The can is from 1995.  It notes "Come join in the celebration of this Chicago landmark reborn.  Opening this summer."  I had no idea it had re-opened that year.  It was only a couple years later that I would make my one and only trip (so far) to Chicago and visit the Navy Pier.

G. Willikers - Well, the name says it all.  This aluminum can is the first of this brand in my collection.  It's grape.  Gee willikers, that's a boring flavor.

And that's my birthday haul.  Overall, it was a great year.  Thanks, kids.

The Pepsi Three

I featured the newest can design for Wild Cherry Pepsi a year ago and Diet Caffeine Free Pepsi earlier this year, but now I want to get caught up with three other cans.

This is the regular Pepsi flavor, the black can of Pepsi Zero Sugar, and the Zero Sugar version of Wild Cherry.

I'm sure there are other flavors with this design, so keep watching here to see them when I get my hands on them!

Mule

A new week, a new can.

Someone gave this to me at work.  They needed a pick-me-up to get them going one morning.  I'm assuming it's a coffee, I didn't ask.  But ginger brew sounds like a coffee.

Nice, artistic can.  Who couldn't use a mule?

New VooDew

And here's the 2024 version of the Mtn Dew VooDew can:

Just in time for Halloween.  I know a couple people who've tried this.  One said it was a cherry flavor, another said more like strawberry.  I'm not sure which it is, but it does sound good!  And Mtn Dew continues their awesome, colorful can designs.

Instead of candy this year, consider handing this out to Trick-or-Treaters.  The parents will love that...

Saving the Standards

Last week I saved two cans from the recycle bin at work.

What's so special about them?  Nothing.  In fact, I had to doublecheck when I got home that I didn't have them yet.  These are the newest designs of just the regular Coca-Cola and Dr Pepper cans.  And seeing them so often I had just assumed I had them already.  But something told me to check.  And I'm glad it told me because I didn't have them yet.

It's kind of the same idea of procrastinating to watch that movie on a streaming service because "it'll always be there".  And then the movie gets removed and you missed your chance.  Grab the standards before they're gone!

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

A movie came out this weekend called "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice".

I went to a birthday party yesterday and was given this Fanta can featuring Beetlejuice from the new movie.  I loved the old movie and cannot wait to see this sequel.

The flavor is Haunted Apple.  I was told it tastes very good!  I sure hope the movie's just as good as this soda review, haha.

So here's to hoping in other 36 years we see the finale of this movie trilogy, "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice".

Peach Waterloo

Waterloo sparkling water has been featured on this blog before.  Here's the newest can in my collection.

This can came from work.  Someone brought in a case of this peach flavored water and to be honest, it lasted quite a while.  It turns out a lot of people don't care for the bland taste of sparkling water.  But that's ok, it means more for me.

And to be honest, I also think it's bland.  But I like it.

Monster Variants

In February of this year I featured a Monster Energy Ultra Rosa can.  It had a red/pink top which matched the color of the rest of the can.  But recently I ended up with this silver-topped version pictured below.

In January of this year I featured a Monster Energy Ultra Sunshine can.  The words "Zero Sugar" were printed in white.  Recently I ended up with this "Zero Sugar" can with the words printed in black.

So it depends on how far you want to take your collection.  Are you happy with just having one can for each flavor?  Or do you feel the need to find every version of that flavor, all color differences and variations of text?

I've gotta collect them all!

A Short Week

This week I'm showing two short cans.  

I recently got this newer 7.5oz Coca-Cola Zero Sugar can.  Nothing too fancy about it other than its nice red/black contrast.

I also found this 8oz can of Shasta ginger ale in my pantry.  Not sure where I got it or how long it's been in there, but it's time to move it to the collection with the rest of the cans.

And I just noticed the red and green colors of the cans.  This could have been a "Christmas in July" post had I written it a few weeks ago.