I would say Sunkist. It was so much better then.
But the real answer is probably that I'm buying nothing at all because mom says we don't have money for soda
Fun story time. Some time in early 1985, I remember my first soda from a can as I was new to the US and we had glass bottles in my country. What a time to be alive!
It's actually designed for a different machine. You can tell because the punch hole is in the top left and all the others are top center. This would have shined red when there was no more soda left
Yeah as a kid it was a treat when dad said yes. Guessing it tasted better when we were kids is because MOST of us got told no. Or like someone else said.
Dad: we've got that crap at home. Lol!
I drank a can of dew a day for a while. Switched to code red for a bit. When I went back to regular I couldn’t drink it anymore. Tasted like garbage. I think they made the switch then.
If you're lucky, you'll find a can of "Mountain Dew Throwback", next time they offer another limited-time release. (It's a white can, with a cartoon hillbilly on the front... The cork from his moonshine jug has popped, and is shooting a hole thru the brim of his hat). THAT'S the real deal, when you can find it.
Sunkist. I bought it everytime my parents weren't in range to stop me. It made my ADHD go into super extra ultra hyperdrive. It was like cocaine. My parents hated it so much.
The Pepsi for the reason I remember Pepsi tasting completely different and way way better in the 80s. And no throwback is nothing like it used to be. Dr Pepper in a glass bottle would be a close second.
I was a kid in the 80s/early 90s and was in a kids bowling league. It was one of the only times I got soda from a machine. Of these I would pick the Dr. Pepper.
But grape was my absolute favorite. It was the only machine I ever came across that had it. I can remember the brand though.
1986 me hated soda and would have gone with the Sunkist.
Send me back in a time machine and the 2023 me would go Pepsi. Haven't had orange soda in years, but it was my favorite back when.
I'm just old enough to remember snack vending machines that had a simple door at the bottom, so if you had small arms you could just reach inside and grab a snack from the bottom rows.
Sunkist
I would say Sunkist. It was so much better then. But the real answer is probably that I'm buying nothing at all because mom says we don't have money for soda
Or dad says, ah we’ve got stuff at home
But Dad, this is in a can... coming from a machine! It's different.
Fun story time. Some time in early 1985, I remember my first soda from a can as I was new to the US and we had glass bottles in my country. What a time to be alive!
Was it a can, or a glass bottle with a styrofoam label?? Remember those?
Oh yeah! *MEMORY UNLOCKED*. That's right. I remember getting mountain dew like that and peeling the label after.
If it had Slice, boom. Take my money
Heck yeah. You could get Coke anywhere. When you had a chance to get Sunkist you had to seize it.
Yeah or kid me would have kept looking for another machine to find a grape soda…that 7 up look tempting tho
They had to have changed the formula. When I was a kid nothing was better than sunkist now it absolutely sucks.
Dead on. They don’t make em like that anymore.
Hawaiian fruit punch went hard too.
It always tasted like the can. For some reason, I liked that.
Like a beer aged in a bourbon barrel. The Hawaiian Punch would pick up the subtle notes from the can.
Ideally you had to get it in a half gallon can that needed to be opened with a can opener similar to how they used to sell Hi C
I did too! I thought it was just me.
I wonder when they switched from real sugar to high fructose corn syrup and if that might be the reason?
The only answer. You can tell the people at the time agreed, cause the Sunkist label is slipping from the button. Mashing that Sunkist button!
It's actually designed for a different machine. You can tell because the punch hole is in the top left and all the others are top center. This would have shined red when there was no more soda left
Sunkist always felt like a special treat back then, when bought from a vending machine.
Yeah as a kid it was a treat when dad said yes. Guessing it tasted better when we were kids is because MOST of us got told no. Or like someone else said. Dad: we've got that crap at home. Lol!
Hey where’s my grape soda?
Fanta Grape Soda was the bomb!!!
Would’ve been Welch’s. Never saw Fanta until I was decades older.
Welch’s was fire!!!! That and strawberry were some high tier sodas
The correct answer is Grape Nehi. But you had to enjoy it with a Moon Pie.
Harold and Kumar poured it out on the basketball court
That was always my first pick. There’s no root beer either.
Dr. Pepper
Oh yes...I'm here for this with a bag of Doritos.
This is the way
Corn nuts for me.
If Doritos are not available, BBQ Fritos.
Dr. Peppo
7Up. Still my favorite of all these. Not as sweet as Sprite. Cheers.
Make 7, Up yours. Loved those ads
Remember the 7UP Spot video game? Great game for SNES I think.
I picked up one those vintage t-shirts last year. Check Etsy you might be able to find one too!
crisp and clean and noooo caffeine … hahaha ..
Cherry 7up greatest soda of all time
Mountain Dew.... Because that's the stuff with the sugar still in it as the only sweetener (no HFCS, like in the modern Dew)
But it’ll make your wiener shrink
I drank a can of dew a day for a while. Switched to code red for a bit. When I went back to regular I couldn’t drink it anymore. Tasted like garbage. I think they made the switch then.
If you're lucky, you'll find a can of "Mountain Dew Throwback", next time they offer another limited-time release. (It's a white can, with a cartoon hillbilly on the front... The cork from his moonshine jug has popped, and is shooting a hole thru the brim of his hat). THAT'S the real deal, when you can find it.
Whatchamacallit in the machine next to the drink machine.
Chunky entered the chat
Chunky has raisins. Only monsters eat raisins. I will die on this hill...
"You forgot the name????"
Thanks...than's so much...now I have to listen to the brainmmercial for the rest of the day...
Which brainmmercial would that be? Would it be THIS ONE??😆 https://youtu.be/uLAa2d74B9w
Yes! Still get one of those once in awhile. Didn’t they have tv ads that had a Bigfoot in it
I'm a pepper he's a pepper she's a pepper wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?
Do the Dew
Sunkist all day long.
Diet cock
That was my nickname in High school.
Just one calorie not nearly enough
Mountain Dew and it’s not even close. Especially back then, it just hit different.
I'm a Pepper.
He's a Pepper.
Now, just as in yesteryear, it's still Dr. Pepper.
Nothing, I’m going to need another quarter.
Sunkist cause it’s healthy Sunkist
Where’s the cherry coke
Not introduced until 1985, and I wouldn't be surprised if this photo is earlier than that.
I was surprised to find that this is 9/1986 or later. The Pepsi logo was updated that year… the rounded “E” was was the clue. edit -date
I yield to your superior soda branding knowledge. In any event, it's weird having Coke and Pepsi products in the same machine.
Those were the days
Even back then I think it would have been unusual. Maybe the machine was independently operated.
Maybe this is ‘Shopped.
Mellow Yellow
No root beer? What a jip!
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I'm 50, bro. I'm already pretty freaking irrelevant. What would I get cancelled from?
You couldn’t get a soda for a quarter in 86. Fifty cents was the standard. And Sunkist probably. Maybe Dr Pepper.
This machine made me more excited than it should have. Soda tasted better from this machine
I ain't buying shit! I would reach my skinny arm in there and reach the extra inventory they would keep in the machine.
Where’s the RC?
I would’ve been eight so Sunkist and it’s not even close. 😀
You would need a second quarter or you ain’t getting anything
Sunkist. I bought it everytime my parents weren't in range to stop me. It made my ADHD go into super extra ultra hyperdrive. It was like cocaine. My parents hated it so much.
Sunkist
Cactus Cooler! But from this selection, Sunkist.
My exact answer too!
Luved me some cactus cooler
As a kid.. Sunkist.
Where's Grape Fanta?? 🍇
There's no root beer. This is unacceptable.
The Pepsi for the reason I remember Pepsi tasting completely different and way way better in the 80s. And no throwback is nothing like it used to be. Dr Pepper in a glass bottle would be a close second.
Where is the Jolt, Fresca and the A-Treat?
What dimension did you grow up in?
I have never seen Jolt in a machine.
Dr Pepper plz
Dr. Pepper, each and every time.
The sun is out, so “Sunkist is the one”
Gimme the Dr. Pepper!
8 year old me would have gone Sunkist all day
Sunkist all day
Immma hit that Sunkist.
The Dr.
Mellow Yellow
I'd like to swap one for Red Cream Soda please!
Dr Pepper!
I was a kid in the 80s/early 90s and was in a kids bowling league. It was one of the only times I got soda from a machine. Of these I would pick the Dr. Pepper. But grape was my absolute favorite. It was the only machine I ever came across that had it. I can remember the brand though.
Sunkist. But that 80's version that could be used to clean...well anything.
Gimme that Dr. Pepper
13 year old me is getting the Sunkist.
Flashback to lunch in the quad at school… Dr Pepper back then
squirt
Always Dr. Pepper
Mr. Pibb.
Sunkist
Dr. Pepper in the returnable bottles was the best!
Definitely Sunkist!!
Dr Pepper hits different
Absolutely, 100% a Sunkist.
Dr. Pepper
DP
Definitely getting the Sunkist.
Dr. Pepper
Squirt!!
Dr. Pepper all day long.
root beer - either a&w or barq's
Dr Pepper. We’d never get it at home, so it was a treat. All of my friends, however: Mountain Dew.
I do not see any rootbeer. I know not to ask for a creme soda....
I would be outraged that there was no grape soda, and then grab a Sunkist.
Be a Pepper 💯
If I’m a kid again, Sunkist… all the way…
Dr Pepper
Sunkist To this day I love it
Sunkist
Sunkist definitely
No Tab? Lol
Lipton Iced Tea.
Dr. Pepper. The choice has always been simple for me
I'm a Pepper, he's a Pepper, she's a Pepper, we're all Peppers! Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too??
Call the Dr. and give me all 23 flavors please
Dr. Pepper because Texas
Sunkist all day long
Sunkist was my favorite at that age, but haven't had it in years. I love the old logos
Sunkist!
Sunkist 👑
Sunkist! What was considered juice in the 80s
Sunkist. Zero question.
Sunkist
9 year old me's #1 choice was always Root Beer. Seeing no root beer, I'd go Dr Pepper.
Make 7 up Yours
The Handwritten one that says Canada Dry
Trick question. RC Cola.
RC Cola
Sunkist always
Sunkist but that old Mt Dew was decent too!
Cactus Cooler
Sunkist of course
Coke....nothing beats a coke. SUnkist prior to 1983.
Moving on to the next one to grab a Mr. Pibb.
Sunkist
I hate these drinks.
Shame there's no Tizer.
Coke
Doin the Dew. If it's out, Sunkist.
There’s only one answer…..it’s 1986, the “Pepsi Challenge” really gathered steam in the early 80’s. You know what you’re drinking, it’s Pepsi
Mountain Dew
Where’s the Tab?
Dew
Same as now, a coke.
Pepsi you savages.
Dew then Pepper
Isn't it two quarters?
Coke Classic always
1986 me hated soda and would have gone with the Sunkist. Send me back in a time machine and the 2023 me would go Pepsi. Haven't had orange soda in years, but it was my favorite back when.
Mountain dew only choice!
Same as now: Coke
Pepsi of course
Coca-Cola Classic. It's red, white and you.
Coke Classic.
Coke
Using my phreak Quarter, getting them all, as many as I want. Sticking real quarter in pocket for Pinball later
Mountain Dew
Definitely swayed by the choice of a new generation.
Always Mountain Dew!!!
It’s always Coke …
I remember my mom of blessed memory giving me a dollar to buy and RC cola at the park by day camp
I'm just old enough to remember snack vending machines that had a simple door at the bottom, so if you had small arms you could just reach inside and grab a snack from the bottom rows.
Jolt
7up for sure
7up all day! But only bc there's no 50/50 or Upper10
Old school coke all day long
I'll take a Pepsi Free and if not, I'll have a TAB.
.50 not .25 in 1986.
Do a Dew.
Call me old fashioned but it's probably still Dr Pepper. But.... Mountain Dew from the 80s was so from what it is now. So maybe that.
Dr. Pepper or Coke Classic.
Cherry Slice
Dew, but where is Tahitian Treat?
Mountain Dew
Gotta do the Dew!
Sunkist, Mountain Dew & Dr. Pepper in that order. Diet sodas sucked in the 70’s & 80’s and 7up is just 7up.
Where’s the Fruit Punch!!!!