The Unexpected (and Unnecessary?) Return of Crystal Pepsi

Great, now that Van Halen song is going to be stuck in my head again.


Pepsi announced yesterday that starting August 8th in the US (and July 7th in Canada) retailers nationwide will start carrying 20 OZ bottles of Crystal Pepsi for a limited time.
Last year, Pepsi gave away a very limited amount of this clear failed soda from the early 90's as a giveaway, but this will be the first time in over 20 years you will see it on the shelves. It will only be available for 8 weeks, so stock up before it goes away forever.
Again.
Or until Pepsi wants to make another cash grab like this.

Because really, it's all this is. Pepsi is cashing in the success of all the retro products that have found new life recently. Ecto Cooler......Hostess Suzi-Q's.....even the awesome 80's candy Bonkers is poised to make a return.

But the limited release is nothing but a cash register sound to resellers/scalpers, who will buy up all the stock and resell it online for huge profit. Heck, I saw cases of the recently re-released Ecto Cooler selling for staggering amounts on eBay, and I fear that unless Pepsi really makes sure the Crystal Pepsi is available in large quantities throughout the nation, we will see a similar thing happen. Which sucks.

Well, it sucks for people who actually liked this stuff.
I wasn't a fan in the early 90's, but I'd give it another chance. In the name of science•.


*I was just contacted by science, and it told me to leave it's name out of it.

From the Beverage Aisle: Pepsi Wild Bunch

Pepsi Wild Bunch Sodas
Company: Pepsi Cola
Year: 1991


Cherry Pepsi. OK. Pepsi Lime. Sure. Strawberry Pepsi. Wait what? Raging Razzberry Pepsi. Hold on for a minute now........Tropical Chill Pepsi. OK, seriously, get the !$@% out.

In 1991, Pepsi got bored. They got bored with boring old Pepsi and boring old Cherry Pepsi. They got sick of having all that money and wanted to waste it, so they got together to come up with a surefire way to create the worst sodas on the market and create an epic pile of fail. And they did.

They came up with 3 new flavors that would be sold together as the "Pepsi Wild Bunch". It consisted of 3 new horrific flavors: Tropical Chill, Raging Razzberry, and Strawberry Burst.
If you blinked, you missed them, as they made it through a few test markets but never fully made it to the mainstream. I've heard some people claim that these new flavors "Weren't bad",
but to them I say "Well if they weren't so bad, then where are they now, Mr. Know-it-all?", only I wouldn't say know-it-all, I'd say something meaner in hopes of making them cry.
Oh, Boo Hoo......Clean-up, aisle 7.
Bring a mop.

Pepsi Wild Bunch is gone, and it's not really a remembered soda, but it is an extinct one, so it's going up on the shelves here at GBNF Groceries.