Choice of a New Generation

Samsung Galaxy vs. Apple iPhone?  Republican vs. Democrat?  Marvel vs. DC?  Target vs. Walmart?  Topps vs. Panini?  Pepsi vs. Coke?

We are forced to make a lot of tough choices in our lifetime... some earlier than others.  And out of all of the ones I made from the above list... the oldest was which soft drink brand I enjoyed more.

However before I reveal my pick, I wanted to show off a cool collectible that Gregory over at Nine Pockets sent me over the summer:

This is the packaging for a twelve pack of Pepsi from 1991 that contains photographs of Rickey Henderson:

Each of these specially marked twelve packs contained a Rickey Henderson card.  Based on the prices people are asking on COMC and how many they have in their inventory, these are tougher to find than your average 90's food issue.

I don't own any of the cards from this set, but I do have this card with a similar design:

1991 Pepsi Rickey Henderson #NNO

This card was sitting in my Henderson binder, but it's not numbered and it's not listed on Beckett's checklist.  TCDB has it listed on their checklist though.

I also have these three Pepsi discs that were produced the same year:

1991 Pepsi Rickey Henderson Disc #NNO

1991 Pepsi Rickey Henderson Disc #NNO

1991 Pepsi Rickey Henderson Disc #NNO

These are much more common than the cards... and all feature the same back:

It's part of a four disc set... but I couldn't find any information on how these were distributed.

Here are two other Pepsi cards I had sitting in my collection:

1990 Pepsi Jose Canseco #4-10

The year before Rickey represented the Choice of a New Generation... Jose did.

1998 UD Pepsi Seattle Mariners #PM13

Later in the decade, Pepsi teamed up with Upper Deck to produce fifteen cards for the Seattle Mariners.

I might have a few more Pepsi cards laying around in my collection, but this was what I was able to scrape together and scan on a Sunday afternoon.

As for whether or not, I prefer Pepsi or Coke, I actually prefer Sprite over any cola product.  However... if I have to pick one, my loyalty resides with Coca-Cola:

1982 Topps Coca-Cola Reds #1

But lately (the past few months), I've been on a Squirt kick: 

1981 Topps Squirt #9

And since this post has been focusing on liquid sugar, I couldn't leave out my childhood favorite:

1984 7-11 Slurpee Discs West Region #VK

Nothing like riding my bike over to the local 7-11 right after baseball practice for a large refreshing Slurpee.  Good times.

What about you...

What's your favorite soft drink brand?

Thank you Gregory for hooking me up with this very unique Rickey Henderson collectible.  I ended up cutting out the two panels with Rickey on it and added it to the binder.  I know that's probably a little taboo to some collectors, but that was the best storage solution I had.

Happy Sunday and sayonara!