Do you collect unopened Soda?

Included with each SODA can is a 4.25” vinyl figure and a collectible disc both with a 1 in 6 chase variant!
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby El_PANDA » Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:51 am

Mawhonic7 wrote:I open my Sodas and save the cans. I can’t stand the suspense. lol

Share the same hype. So much fun seeing what surprise is within

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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby disneyfunkoaddict » Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:09 am

My husband has some unopened sodas but mainly all opened. All my sodas are opened though.
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby JRJones92 » Fri May 12, 2023 9:20 pm

Optimistic wrote:I've seen a number of people show off their Soda collections online and seen that not one of their Soda cans were opened :eek: Didn't even know people did that until I was seeing it.

Do you resist the urge open a Soda to see if there's a chase and keep at least some unopened Soda as part of your collection?


Most of mine are opened, there's only some exceptions I keep them sealed.
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby duncansg76 » Tue May 16, 2023 5:48 am

Optimistic wrote:I've seen a number of people show off their Soda collections online and seen that not one of their Soda cans were opened :eek: Didn't even know people did that until I was seeing it.

Do you resist the urge open a Soda to see if there's a chase and keep at least some unopened Soda as part of your collection?


i keep some unopened for sure. if i find the chase early and have a few left i tend to keep them unopened to trade or sell because there is a chance it could be another chase for another collector.

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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby mrodr110 » Tue May 16, 2023 12:08 pm

I can't help myself. I open everything. I try and try but can't help myself. Cards, sodas, nft packs, if there is a mystery to it I want to see what that is.

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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby kdmlvr » Sat May 20, 2023 12:50 pm

El_PANDA wrote:
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I have an extra set that I left unopened but definitely opened one of each! Sodas, not unlike pops, are best enjoyed out of the package!


I tend to open them all.

Me too


If I get six and I open the first two and one is the chase and one the non chase, then I do not open the rest.
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby Stragon » Sat May 20, 2023 2:03 pm

kdmlvr wrote:
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I tend to open them all.

Me too


If I get six and I open the first two and one is the chase and one the non chase, then I do not open the rest.


I stopped buying the pop cases when I would open all 6 and not get a chase, so the sodas are still coming with a chase when you buy the case?
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Postby FlinksPoppinPics » Sat May 20, 2023 2:43 pm

I don't think I'd be able to stand not opening it. Who knows, could be the chaser
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby Ronnie18 » Sat May 20, 2023 9:46 pm

Wow, I didn’t know anyone did that. I always open mine, but I do put some back in the can to display.

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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby funkopopfanatic » Sat May 20, 2023 11:48 pm

mrodr110 wrote:I can't help myself. I open everything. I try and try but can't help myself. Cards, sodas, nft packs, if there is a mystery to it I want to see what that is.

Same. I have got to know what’s in there. I used to not open sodas but I recently started and found a bunch of old chases. But yeah, the curiosity always gets me haha
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby FuegoGlorious » Sun May 21, 2023 9:41 am

for sodas I like being able to see the can, figure, and pog all in one so not really something I would want to keep sealed. For pops I only keep them "sealed" (in box) because I can have the figure on display while in the box. all about how I can have the best display. For those that collect black series, thats why I was so frustrated with their package change
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby kdmlvr » Mon May 22, 2023 10:38 am

Stragon wrote:
kdmlvr wrote:
El_PANDA wrote:Me too


If I get six and I open the first two and one is the chase and one the non chase, then I do not open the rest.


I stopped buying the pop cases when I would open all 6 and not get a chase, so the sodas are still coming with a chase when you buy the case?

The sodas supposed to come with the chase in a six pack but I hear sometimes they have issues and do not.
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby FerrisGuy3 » Mon May 22, 2023 11:57 am

I open the sodas and keep the cans and pogs. May not display the pog itself but try to line the cans up with the soda figure in front of them
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby JRJones92 » Mon May 22, 2023 12:00 pm

We have a mixture of opened and unopened, just depends on if we get duplicates of the soda and how early we open the chase.
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Postby Stragon » Mon May 22, 2023 12:18 pm

FerrisGuy3 wrote:I open the sodas and keep the cans and pogs. May not display the pog itself but try to line the cans up with the soda figure in front of them


That is how I mostly display mine too. Really like the way it looks
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Postby islander671 » Mon May 22, 2023 2:09 pm

Personally I cannot help myself and I open every soda, and thats because of the chance of a chase. I will admit that I have purchased 4-6 of some characters when I really want the chase, and once I open the chase I dont bother opening the rest so they sit in a box in storage.
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Postby PickyFunkos » Mon May 22, 2023 9:44 pm

I've got a large collection of unopened sodas. All my 3L are sealed. I buy one and throw it on the shelf.

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Postby dolphinax2 » Mon May 22, 2023 9:50 pm

PickyFunkos wrote:I've got a large collection of unopened sodas. All my 3L are sealed. I buy one and throw it on the shelf.


So you may have a 3L Baymax chase and not even know it. You have more self control than me :roflmao:
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Postby PickyFunkos » Mon May 22, 2023 9:57 pm

dolphinax2 wrote:
PickyFunkos wrote:I've got a large collection of unopened sodas. All my 3L are sealed. I buy one and throw it on the shelf.


So you may have a 3L Baymax chase and not even know it. You have more self control than me :roflmao:


2 unopened Baymax, I bought one for the kid too, and she decided she didn't want to open hers either.

So many sealed gems! Every soda from every con last year. Sealed Sleestak, Sealed Kaboom, a couple Sealed ECCC Batmans.

Every once in awhile I get an itch to open one, I end up letting my kid chose the one we open.

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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby MisterJ85 » Tue May 23, 2023 7:39 pm

Opened or bust for me. Unless I open one of each common and chase. Then I stop and say I'm gonna give them to friends and they end up in a bin.

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Postby mastakimchi » Tue May 23, 2023 8:21 pm

I open all my sodas.. just to chase the chase!

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Postby NCDS » Tue May 23, 2023 9:15 pm

MisterJ85 wrote:Opened or bust for me. Unless I open one of each common and chase. Then I stop and say I'm gonna give them to friends and they end up in a bin.



I still laugh at you opening the ones bought for me because she who shall not me named forgot to tell you they were for someone else :roflmao:
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Postby MisterJ85 » Tue May 23, 2023 9:37 pm

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MisterJ85 wrote:Opened or bust for me. Unless I open one of each common and chase. Then I stop and say I'm gonna give them to friends and they end up in a bin.



I still laugh at you opening the ones bought for me because she who shall not me named forgot to tell you they were for someone else :roflmao:

I can't be held responsible for opening mail that shows up at my house. Plus I have pretty good chase luck so that should count for something heh

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Postby NCDS » Tue May 23, 2023 9:52 pm

MisterJ85 wrote:
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MisterJ85 wrote:Opened or bust for me. Unless I open one of each common and chase. Then I stop and say I'm gonna give them to friends and they end up in a bin.



I still laugh at you opening the ones bought for me because she who shall not me named forgot to tell you they were for someone else :roflmao:

I can't be held responsible for opening mail that shows up at my house. Plus I have pretty good chase luck so that should count for something heh



Since they were both chases, I guess I can let this one slide. Clearly, if they were remailed to me unopened they would have been commons.
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Postby dolphinax2 » Wed May 24, 2023 12:12 am

PickyFunkos wrote:
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PickyFunkos wrote:I've got a large collection of unopened sodas. All my 3L are sealed. I buy one and throw it on the shelf.


So you may have a 3L Baymax chase and not even know it. You have more self control than me :roflmao:


2 unopened Baymax, I bought one for the kid too, and she decided she didn't want to open hers either.

So many sealed gems! Every soda from every con last year. Sealed Sleestak, Sealed Kaboom, a couple Sealed ECCC Batmans.

Every once in awhile I get an itch to open one, I end up letting my kid chose the one we open.


How cool. Well the best of luck when you and your child decide to open them.
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Postby nightbodega » Wed May 24, 2023 12:14 am

I still have about 15 Sodas that I haven't opened. But they were from different cases I purchased.

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Postby Vertigo813 » Wed May 24, 2023 12:17 am

Most of my sodas I open but there are a select few I keep sealed (usually the ones I am saving to display at a later time).
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Postby runtodere » Wed May 24, 2023 12:46 am

Most of my sodas are unopened. It's a scar from opening all of those star wars toys when I was little and now seeing how rare the unopoened ones are

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Postby MisterJ85 » Wed May 24, 2023 9:14 am

NCDS wrote:
MisterJ85 wrote:
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I still laugh at you opening the ones bought for me because she who shall not me named forgot to tell you they were for someone else :roflmao:

I can't be held responsible for opening mail that shows up at my house. Plus I have pretty good chase luck so that should count for something heh



Since they were both chases, I guess I can let this one slide. Clearly, if they were remailed to me unopened they would have been commons.

That is in fact the soda law, written and passed down through generations.

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Postby NCDS » Wed May 24, 2023 12:31 pm

MisterJ85 wrote:
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MisterJ85 wrote:I can't be held responsible for opening mail that shows up at my house. Plus I have pretty good chase luck so that should count for something heh



Since they were both chases, I guess I can let this one slide. Clearly, if they were remailed to me unopened they would have been commons.

That is in fact the soda law, written and passed down through generations.


Interesting, non of my Sodas came with a Soda Law Book.
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Postby PickyFunkos » Wed May 24, 2023 2:00 pm

dolphinax2 wrote:
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So you may have a 3L Baymax chase and not even know it. You have more self control than me :roflmao:


2 unopened Baymax, I bought one for the kid too, and she decided she didn't want to open hers either.

So many sealed gems! Every soda from every con last year. Sealed Sleestak, Sealed Kaboom, a couple Sealed ECCC Batmans.

Every once in awhile I get an itch to open one, I end up letting my kid chose the one we open.


How cool. Well the best of luck when you and your child decide to open them.


Thank you! Happy soda hunting!

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Postby lilbologna » Wed May 24, 2023 2:15 pm

maybe i'm crazy, but sometimes i don't even keep the can, just the figure. FULL out of boxing it
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Postby MaxFMusic » Wed May 24, 2023 3:15 pm

I personally prefer to display my soda inside the can, but I always open them and occasionally display the figure outside of the can in a special protector for certain cases.
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Postby MissKitty » Thu May 25, 2023 9:35 am

Brian even said to take the sodas out of the can. I open them. I don't have the space to display the cans. I'm not one to buy a case in hopes to get a chase. I just cross my fingers and hope for the best. I did buy one chase, Frankenstein. I mean, I had to. He's my guy. I'm not as lucky as some, but when I get that chase, it's been magical!

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Postby FunkoBurro3 » Thu May 25, 2023 10:47 am

MissKitty wrote:Brian even said to take the sodas out of the can. I open them. I don't have the space to display the cans. I'm not one to buy a case in hopes to get a chase. I just cross my fingers and hope for the best. I did buy one chase, Frankenstein. I mean, I had to. He's my guy. I'm not as lucky as some, but when I get that chase, it's been magical!


Right, sodas go flat if we don’t open them.
Or they become commons if you keep ‘em sealed lol
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Postby mattytreks » Thu May 25, 2023 11:53 am

The only unopened Sodas I have are the Brian/Mike from Fundays last year since I already know what's in side, but anything else I rip in hopes of landing a chase -- which I have not yet lol
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Postby MisterJ85 » Thu May 25, 2023 12:22 pm

NCDS wrote:
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Since they were both chases, I guess I can let this one slide. Clearly, if they were remailed to me unopened they would have been commons.

That is in fact the soda law, written and passed down through generations.


Interesting, non of my Sodas came with a Soda Law Book.

I would write and complain.

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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby dolphinax2 » Thu May 25, 2023 7:31 pm

lilbologna wrote:maybe i'm crazy, but sometimes i don't even keep the can, just the figure. FULL out of boxing it


I like the can, but then I'm an inbox collector. ;-)
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Re: Do you collect unopened Soda?

Postby stucho2090 » Thu May 25, 2023 8:43 pm

I have a friend who has a sealed soda only because there isn't a chance and the soda is limited to 500 so he figures keep it sealed until he wants to sell it.

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Postby Shalee04 » Thu May 25, 2023 8:48 pm

Nope, nope, nope, I open them all and throw almost all the cans away. \:D/
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