A Box of Dr. Clones

I recently received an email from a fellow collector (specializing in Dr. Pepper clones) who was thinning his collection a bit.  He sent a pic of some cans that were available.  I compared it to my collection and saw several I didn't have.

I got home from work yesterday and what was on my porch?

A box.  It was brought into the house and opened.

Very well packed.  And after each can was removed from the packaging, I had eight new cans for my collection.

He and I have traded for a few years.  I'm always on the lookout for cans he may need and he's always offering cans he doesn't need, haha.  A well-oiled machine.

Thanks again, G!

My Destiny 2

Destiny 2 launched on September 6, 2017.  Destiny 2 is a futuristic first-person shooter video game set in our solar system.  It has a single-player campaign, but the meat and potatoes is the Player vs Player mode where players are thrown on a map and have to shoot at each other.  Trust me, it can be fun.  And frustrating.

To celebrate its release, Rockstar Energy Drink released a 3-can set featuring the three classes you can play in the game.  And after all these months, I still only have two of the three cans.

Each can comes with a code that you can redeem for in-game gear.  I redeemed some Destiny 1 codes and it wasn't really worth it.  So I'm collecting these cans for the designs, not the codes.

The first can I had was this blue one for the Hunter class.  

The second can was this gold one for the Titan class.

The third and final can, which is red, is for the Warlock class.

With each can you are also entered to win one of three Husqvarna motorcycles, each designed after one of the same three classes mentioned above.

We'll have to wait and see if it's my destiny to add the Warlock can to my collection...

Star Wars Space Punch

Last week a couple people alerted me to a new can series... Star Wars Space Punch.

There are twelve cans in the set featuring characters from the prequel trilogy, the original trilogy, and even from the new trilogy.  So what's the problem?

The problem is they are $3 each!  Even if someone liked to drink punch every day, there are many much cheaper alternatives.

But these certainly have a nice look to them.  I was given can #9 in the set, Boba Fett, everyone's favorite bounty hunter.  I'm glad this is the can they got me.

And I can't wait to drink it to see if the taste is worth $3.  It has only 20 calories, there's no caffeine, and it sounds pretty flavorful after looking through the ingredients (grapefruit, pear, orange, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry).

This set is certainly aimed at collectors.  But after giving George Lucas so much of my money for books, comics, figures, napkins, shampoo, and all the other Star Wars-branded merchandise, I rarely buy anything Star Wars now.  Disney certainly doesn't need my money and I don't really need more boxes of stuff in the basement. 

But after all that, it doesn't take someone with the Force to know a few more of these cans may eventually end up in my collection...

CLICK

A few years ago I purchased a lot of cans on eBay.  In addition to what was listed, the seller "threw in" a few extras.  And this six pack of Click root beer was one of the extras.

This bonus item was awesome for a few reasons.  First, this is a 6-pack still connected with the old plastic rings!  The rings were outlawed years ago because they would end up in lakes where fish swam through them and got tangled up.  That's the reason I'd heard.

Second, a little research showed these steel cans with pop tops are from the mid 1970's.

Third, the funky 70's swirly design and the brown/green color scheme are very retro.  It reminds me of some of the animated Sesame Street shorts from when I was a kid.  Pre-Elmo, of course!!!

This was the first connected 6-pack of cans in my collection. And I love that it's so old.  Definitely a piece for my Museum de Cans.