QUICK "POPEYE SODA" QUESTION

[SODAPOPBOB]

If I post this cap again someone is going to shoot me. But I for one hate scrolling back to compare. (My apologies).

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This page jumping stuff and I are going to tangle one of these days. There's no way I'm going to let it get the best of me. So take this! (Remember : I'm obsessed! ) Lol []

 

[bottleaddict]

Since I found the cap in Maine I wonder if it might have been from north of the border and was a Canadian soda?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

bot ~

Very possible. I looked into that somewhat but still didn't find anything. If you saw the Hoppy Cola bottle I posted, it was from Australia. Plus some other "American celebrity" brands I saw were also from foreign countries. But you would think something would pop up no matter what part of the world it originated in. After accidently finding the Hoppy bottle, I did a little test and found absoloutely no other reference to it. So I think a lot of these types of bottles slipped through the cracks with collectors. Especially if most of them had paper labels as I suspect. Check out this relatively common, but still hard to find in the flesh, Mickey Mouse bottle from the 1920s. Do a quick search and see how many of them you can find. It won't be very many I assure you.

Thanks,

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

And just to "cap" it off here's the cap. []

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

bottleaddict ~

As long as we are on the subject, here's another one of Popeye's buddies that "may" have slipped through the cracks as well. I'm not even sure if it's a real deal or a fantasy brand. But one thing is for sure, there are not any of these around either. (At least not that I could find). Plus, I think it's foreign. Sorry, no cap! That's your job. You're the "cap man." Lol []

SPBOB

 

[fishnuts]

I cannot let this 'oops' pass without a word.
This Mickey Mouse bottle is not from the 20's...sorry.
Mickey's first appearance in Plane Crazy was May of 1928 and it was a flop.
Fame and fortune began after the release of Steamboat Willie in Nov of 1928.
That doesn't leave much time to get licensed items into the general publics mainstream...and, in fact most Mickey items from the earliest period are knock-offs, that is un-authorized versions that don't often come close to really looking like Mickey. Additionally. the Mickey image on that label is not the Mickey image from the late 20's but a version of Mickey from the early-mid 30's.
George Borgfeldt began, and is responsible for the authorized mass licensing of Mickey and Minnie imagry sometime in 1933, so the bottle has to be at or after that date. The label will show a copywrite 'bug' noting W. D. E. for Walt Disney Enterprises and that stayed consistent with all licensed operations until 1938 when the more common WDP(Walt Disney Productions) replaced it.
Hope this is helpful.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

fishnuts ~

You're right! Correction appreciated. And it was an oops. I actually knew that. But my typing skills are faster than my brain skills. In fact, there is still a bit of controversy among some whether Steamboat Willie (Mickey's first sound cartoon) was created in 1928 or 1929. Some say late 1928 because that was when it was on the drawing board. And some say early 1929 because that was when it was released in theatres. I say 1928/1929 (Both). Initially Walt Disney wanted to name him Mortimore Mouse, but it was Walt's wife who came up with Mickey. (Hmmm ... or was it Mortimere? I'm not 100% sure).

Please feel free to correct me any time. I am all about accuracy whenever possible.

Thanks,

SPBOB

Mickey Mouse deco bottle ... 1920s/30s (Just about as rare as a soda bottle gets).

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I'm correcting my own oops this time ... I meant to say drawing board 1927 ... release 1928. Sorry 'bout that. And part of the controversy I mentioned also involves which talkie came first "The Jazz Singer" or "Steamboat Willie." ?

Steamboat Willie (1928) is an animated short released on November 18, 1928. It was the third Mickey Mouse cartoon, behind Plane Crazy (released six months earlier) and The Gallopin' Gaucho (made earlier, but released after). It was also the first cartoon to feature synchronized sound.[2]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Since Popeye is currently "out to sea" I thought while we were waiting for his return I would do a little research on the Boopsi Cola and see what I could find. Well, the answer is "not much." It seems to be as elusive as the Popeye bottle. There is a ton of stuff on the retro tin sign I posted, but as yet no confirmation as to it being a genuine reproduction or a total fantasy fake.

However, I did find the following from a Betty Boop chat forum. But the weird part is that no one replied to it. At least not that I could find. But it clearly suggest that Boopsi Cola was real. But why in the heck can't I find a photo of a real bottle?

Here's the chat forum question copy/pasted ... (I intentionally left out the members name).

Boopsie Cola
I have a 1950's Boopsie Cola Sign made out of some kind of cardboard. I'm just curious as to how much it could be worth?

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