Super Random: Does Anybody Else Remember These?

"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi) 04/29/2015 at 17:57 • Filed to: None

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I honestly don’t even have the slightest notion of why this specific promotional soda can from 1999 popped into my head, but it did. I remember my older brother found at least one of these Yoda cans and kept it on his bedroom dresser for some time. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! about the promotion, from which I got this image.

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ranwhenparked > E. Julius 04/29/2015 at 19:56

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I don’t remember ever having one (other than a brief experiment with Pepsi Kona, we were more of a Coke and A-Treat household growing up), but I believe I remember seeing the commercials.

E. Julius > ranwhenparked 04/29/2015 at 20:01

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Of the three things you listed in this comment, Coke is the only one I’ve even heard of.

ranwhenparked > E. Julius 04/29/2015 at 20:12

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Pepsi Kona was a coffee flavored cola they test marketed in the Philadelphia area (and maybe some other places) back in the ‘90s. I remember it left a really strong coffee aftertaste, especially when you burped. We seemed to buy a lot of it while it was available, and I remember finding a forgotten two liter bottle in a corner of the basement, like years after it was discontinued, and it still tasted OK.

A-Treat is/was a regional soda brand out of Allentown, we also drank a lot of that - mostly their birch beer and black cherry.

Agrajag > E. Julius 04/29/2015 at 23:40

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I remember this. I also remember being pissed at Star Wars for making me want to buy Pepsi.

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TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > E. Julius 04/30/2015 at 00:02

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Remember this?

E. Julius > ranwhenparked 04/30/2015 at 03:18

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Ah ok. Black cherry sodas are awesome, it’s surprising that none of the “mainstream” companies offer one. Being from Michigan, I always had access to Faygo (not sure if you’ve heard of it), which I just thought was cool because of their wide variety of flavors. Now whenever I drink it people just make jokes about juggalos haha

E. Julius > Agrajag 04/30/2015 at 03:19

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I’ve always enjoyed both. As I grow up, I’m finding more and more that people don’t care for those how lack “conviction” like myself : P

E. Julius > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 04/30/2015 at 03:20

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Hahaha yes! After I made this post, I looked up one of those yoda cans on ebay. Ended up reliving my life through limited–time and promotional sodas.

Agrajag > E. Julius 04/30/2015 at 09:12

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I was fine with Pepsi until I tried Pepsodent tooth paste and was like “this is Pepsi.” Pepsin being a key ingredient. I couldn’t cope with the contradiction.

E. Julius > Agrajag 04/30/2015 at 09:13

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I wasn’t aware of the connection. Weird.