It seemed that 2008 gave us a bum-ton of vintage product promotions and the return of many games, toys and shows from our childhood.
Off the top of my head, I can tell you that Moon Shoes, Nickelodeon Slime, and handheld electronic versions of Press Your Luck and Password made it to store shelves last year. The small, two-tone LCD games came back in style, with Connect 4, Hangman, and other Milton Bradley classics given the treatment.
Also, it was a pleasant surprise to see some of the General Mills line of cereals re-issue some classic packaging to the delight of nostalgia enthuiasts such as moi. It made for some nice, memorable moments, and gave me the excuse to write up a sketch where I got to throw raw meat around in my kitchen. (Go to FwankTV now if you don’t know what I’m talking about).
Anyway. Here’s the problem. So much stuff got revived in 2008 that I can’t possibly remember it all. This is where I’m going to use this blog as a tool. Here’s the rules, hopefully Josh and I can abide by them.. Anytime we come across a “new” revival or vintage-style product, we’re gonna do a quick little blurb about it here on the blog. We’ll categorize it as ‘Vintage ‘09′ and at the end of the year, we’ll compile the definitive list of all the revivals and vintage promotions we’ve come across in 2009.
It should be fun to see if this year brings us back any more fond memories than 2008 did. To start off with, let me tell you about some neat vintage-style Pepsi bottles I came across at Walmart * .. You’ll notice that I like to be as verbally correct as possible. Their new logo is one word and has an asterisk-style logo that can be easily typed. I shall do that whenever I mention Walmart * . But I digress.
Pepsi bottles. They’re actually this new aluminum bottle thing manufacturers have been keen on implementing this past year. It looks like a glass bottle with plastic shrinkwrap labelling, but its actually a very sleek aluminum can. That in itself its impressive, but for these Pepsi bottles, they rolled out four vintage-style designs! Two are from the original Pepsi-Cola era. The third looks like the 80s-era white label with logo near the top–it even advertises the Pepsi Challenge–remember that? The last goes back even further, to the 60s style ‘Have a Pepsi’ promotion.
