Does anyone here remember the early 1980's 7-11 promotion involving rock bands?

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My memory is foggy, but I remember if you bought a Big Gulp or Slurpee you'd get some little gewgaw that featured a band - it was like a pog or one of those things where the picture changes when you adjust the angle.

ANYWAY, I recall a commercial for it where one kid had gotten Sting and Co. on his cup, and he turns around and yells "FREEZE! It's the POLICE!"

I of course had to have one. Guess what band I got?

DIO. I swear.

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Thursday, 20 April 2006 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Wow, Dio. I would only vaguely have known who they were. I remember similar coin-things featuring baseball players, but not these. As I recall, the Slurpee cup would have kind of a false bottom, and the little round whatnot would be up in there.

When I was 11 I found a $10 bill on the floor at 7-11 and tried to turn it in. The guy working the counter told me to keep it. I bought WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #2 with it, I think.

― Jason Toon (Jason Toon), Thursday, 20 April 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

That sure was an expensive comic book.

― Matt Carlson (mattsoncarlhew), Thursday, 20 April 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

If only Neil Hamburger had been active when this was happening!

― mike a, Thursday, 20 April 2006 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Well, duh-WEST COAST AVENGERS-quality don't come cheap.

x-post

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 April 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

i had TWO billy squier ones

this must have been 1985 or 6.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 20 April 2006 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Ha! I remember the Dio one!

That was a little circular thing that came on the bottom of the Slurpee if i recall correctly. I think it was in 3D too! Or it had two images that you would see if you moved it.

I found this with a Google search:

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Thursday, 20 April 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Ha! I remember the Dio one!

That was a little circular thing that came on the bottom of the Slurpee if i recall correctly. I think it was in 3D too! Or it had two images that you would see if you moved it.

I found this with a Google search:

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/celebrity/images/Rock/cup-supremes.JPG

A Superemes Slurpee Cup from 1976! According to this link they also made these cups for CANNED HEAT, 5th DIMENSION, DAVID ESSEX, DONNY OSMOND, BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE, SMOKEY ROBINSON, YES, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, BILLY PRESTON, KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND and CHARLIE RICH!

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Thursday, 20 April 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

not as rad as Marshall Tucker Band Slurpee cups, but

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/7-eleven-wine-coming-soon_n_347174.html

though it's a major bummer to realize that the bottle design will probably not be generic 7-11 logo with "WINE" written underneath.

― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 5 November 2009 20:56 (sixteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/301819436_c1e5d4398c_b.jpg

― luol deng (am0n), Thursday, 5 November 2009 20:57 (sixteen years ago)

RATT is back...in pog form

― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 5 November 2009 20:59 (sixteen years ago)

who the fuck is.. actually never mind

http://www.gowestforum.co.uk/images/covers/bangsandcrashes.jpg

― luol deng (am0n), Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:02 (sixteen years ago)

anybody remember chu-bops?

http://www.chu-bops.com/

A bit about Amurol Products Company, located in Illinois. They introduced Chu-Bops in the early 80's. These were mini albums with a piece of bubble gum shapped like an album inside. Each came with lyrics to a hit song.

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:35 (sixteen years ago)

Yep, we sold Chu-Bops at the mall music store I worked at. Still have sealed "Autoamerican" ones in my Blondie ephemera collection.

― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:39 (sixteen years ago)

oh man i was OBSESSED with the baseball coins in slurpee cups. i perfected this method of tapping them all to see which coin was in which cup without actually removing anything

― 69, Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:40 (sixteen years ago)

I remember having these chu-bops

Blue Oyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus
Gary Numan - Telekon
KISS - KISS Unmasked

the gary numan one had the lyrics to "I die: you die" inside O_O

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:41 (sixteen years ago)

enjoy yr bubblegum kidh

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:47 (sixteen years ago)

I held onto that dio pog for years without knowing who dio was. I liked the sound it made when i rubbed it with my fingernail .

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:55 (sixteen years ago)

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