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When supermarkets and dimestore soda companies need to genericize brand names, it’s easy enough to just call it ‘Cola’, or ‘Root Beer’. However, as seen in this extensive gallery, it’s when the brand bastardization involves Dr. Pepper that the creativity knows no bounds.
Well, not really — it’s as simple as adding ‘Dr.’ to any word. Especially if that word has nothing to do with brown carbonated sugar water.
[Gallery, via Consumerist]
Tang, the orange-like drink mix that will not die, continues to defy the odds in a saturated beverage market. It has even gotten a recent packaging overhaul to reintroduce the brand in North America.
Attention underage co-eds, prisoners, and hobos… Spike Your Juice is the product that you have been waiting for. The yeast-based kit ferments any fruit juice, so long as it has at least 20g of sugar per serving. No need to check the labels, as most juices easily reach that standard.
This seemingly throwaway scene from 1980’s The Blues Brothers, has since become nothing short of legendary—inspiring everything from band names, random paraphernalia, and golf training aids.
Coca-Cola. Is there anything that it can’t do? Well, a Japanese fashion designer believes that the beverage might also be helpful in warding off possible attackers.
Inspired by ninja assassins, Aya Tsukioka hopes that her design will ease the fear of crime by providing the option of disguising oneself as a vending machine… With feet.
Isn’t the purpose of a disguise to deflect attention? Is Coke—the most popular soft-drink on the planet—the correct choice? We cannot help but wonder if RC Cola would have made more sense in this situation.
Sorry Coke Ninja… Big FAIL.
[via neatorama]
