It Came From The Closet! PART III

Green Apple Spider-Man 3 Soda

While stuck home during quarantine, one of the things my wife asked me to do is to clean out the back basement closet. When we had our kids a lot of my things were packed up and stored in this closet to make room for their stuff. I gotta say, even though cleaning sucks, it was fun to uncover some of these items that I haven't seen in years. One such item was this box of Spider-Man 3 Green Apple Soda! Spider-Man 3 soda came in 3 flavors: Orange, Blue Raspberry & Green Apple. Each box contained 12 - 8oz cans. I actually remember liking these when I drank them back in 2007. The cans have all been emptied of their contents, but the memories will last forever!

 Schylling Tin Robot

I am a sucker for these types of wind up tin robots. I love the look, I love the simplicity and the price was pretty damn good on this one. I think I paid around $2 on clearance at our local Cracker Barrel Restaurant Country Store. 

 Retro Star Wars Plastic Cups

This purchase I remember vividly as it was my second to last trip to Toys R Us. Everything was being liquidated and the stock was picked over pretty good. But somehow these cups were still on the shelves. They feature images from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in a border that resembles the old Topps cards. The cups take me back to being a kid and drinking out of cups that had all sorts of popular characters on them from He-Man to X-Men. Of course the 90% off discount didn't hurt either.

X-Men Page Proof

I bought this on e-bay when I was in my original art phase back in the early 2000's. Yes, I know this is not original art, but it is a proof used by marvel comics to produce an issue of X-Men Unlimited in 1999. Also, it featured a shot of Wolverine. That was the clincher for me. Not sure what it's worth, but I'm glad it's part of my comic memorabilia collection. Who doesn't love 90s X-Men?

If you would like to see what was found in "It Came From The Closet! Part I" click HERE. How about Part II? Click HERE for that!

Voo Dew!!!

I finally found some of this Halloween season's big promotional carbonated drink known as VooDew!!! I had been looking for it for some time now, but just recently spotted some in the cold drinks coolers at the front of the checkout lines at Target.

I know I am a little late to the game on this one, but I am still excited to give this mystery flavor a try! I waited a few days to open this bottle up so my kids and wife could try it too. I wanted to get their thoughts on the flavor and this is what we came up with...

Upon tasting this ghostly white soda I felt that it tasted like vanilla with a hint of citrus to it. Overall not a bad flavor. I have heard some people saying that it tastes like candy corn. I didn't think so, but I can see how they would think that. 2 of my 3 kids tried it and they said vanilla, kind of like a orange creamsicle. My 3rd child doesn't like carbonation, but she smelled it and said it was like a minty flavor. I think she is way off! My wife was pretty adamant that she tasted the flavors of a caramel apple.

I researched online if Mountain Dew had revealed what the actual flavor of Voo Dew is, but as of this writing I have not seen any answers. I think it is a really fun idea to do these kinds of promotional foods/drinks because everyone has different taste buds and everyone has their own opinion on the flavors. It gives us something to talk about and debate until we ultimately find out what it truly is and we all see how wrong we were! Have you tried Voo Dew yet? If so, what do you think the mystery flavor is? Let us know in the comments below and let's discuss! In the spirit of the season, enjoy this commercial for another Halloween themed soda from Mountain Dew, Pitch Black from 2004!