AriZona Alita

My son was drinking one of his favorite drinks yesterday, an AriZona green tea, and I noticed the side of the can... Alita.

Alita: Battle Angel is a sci-fi/thriller movie that released in February 2019.  It looked really good but I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters. 

The can shows a silhouette of Alita in a jump/fight pose and the movie title across the side of the can.  It also says "Only in Theaters" and at the bottom says "Limited Edition - Collectible Can."







After a quick Google search, this is the only can made for the movie, so I finally have a complete series in my collection!!!

Summer and Six Flags

Summer is almost here and in these parts that means it's time to get sunburned from a day at Six Flags!!!

I've started seeing the ads for Six Flags on Coca-Cola cans.  This year one can save $15 on a ticket by taking this can to the gate or save $21 when ordering tickets online.

Either way, many people will enjoy the original taste of an ice cold Coca-Cola as the temperatures heat up outside.  But not me.  I haven't had a Coca-Cola in many years.  I remember feeling it burn all the way down to my stomach.  It has too many calories.  It can clean the acid off the posts of my car battery.

What?  Did I just kill the mood?


6/1/2019 UPDATE

A couple more summer ad cans came to me this week.  The first is another Six Flags discount can, this one on Coke Zero.

And the other is for a local water park, Raging Rivers, on a Pepsi can. 

I suppose it's time to get out and have some fun!!!

Dr. Spider-Man

A new movie, a new soda can movie tie-in.  This one is for the upcoming Spider-Man movie Far From Home.

Someone brought these two cans to me this week.  So I jumped online to see how many there are in the series.  There are five.  But for now these two will have to do.

Each design is for a different flavor, as usual.  The ones I am missing are for Dr Pepper Cherry, Diet Dr Pepper Cherry, and a limited edition flavor called Dr Pepper Dark Berry.  I think I'll put some effort into finding all of them this time.  The limited edition flavor got my attention.

6/1/2019 UPDATE

Another Dr. Spider-Man can found me this week.  It's the limited edition flavor, Dark Berry.

So this is my third of five in the set.

Now, where are those other two cans?

Michigan Coca-Cola

It was time to hit the road for a sweep of local flea markets and antique stores yesterday.  I don't only look for soda cans, I also look for books and board/card games and a few other things. 

The first thing I found was a set of Coca-Cola salt and pepper shakers.  Only about 2" high, their $12 price tag was a bit much for me.

At the same shop I saw a shelf full of cans... beer cans.

Except for one soda can near the upper right corner in the picture.  It was a Coca-Cola can.  And it didn't look like one I had. 

It's made of aluminum and the bottom is different than aluminum cans now.  So this must have been an earlier aluminum can design (around 1979 according to a CanMuseum.com entry). 

But what I haven't figured out yet is the "Michigan" printed around the top of the can.

I'm not sure if it was an entire 50-state set or a special can because it was canned in Detroit or if it was ad-related (although there's nothing else ad-related on the can) or sports related.

There was enough mystery to justify the discounted price from $5 to $2.50.  Now it's been cleaned up and given a new home... in a box in my basement.