The Coca-Cola phenomenon has been ongoing for a very long time. People started saving up old bottles, and cases, flyers, advertisements, pins, buttons and toys that have the Coca-Cola logo on them for as long as I can remember.
Sometimes you wonder what causes such a flurry of collecting in people. It's partly because that soda has been a popular drink for eons, and has a pretty long history behind it, but it has to be more than that. Let's face it, Dr. Pepper came into existence a year before Coca-Cola, and while it's still a popular drink in the US, it hasn't created the same interest in collectors that Coca Cola has (for soda histories see "
The Origins of Soda"). There are many other soda brands with historical collectibles (see
The Value of Vintage Soda Collectibles) , but the sheer volume of availability of the Coca-Cola collectibles seems to outweigh most other brands (also of interest to collectors will be
Coca-Cola's History & Collectibles).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8BDuMi6GLRu13UAEda_vPnqpd0HWWtgKlMNVhqqVqfF3AQJk1KnGcPiRZ3zvIAF-iv67ysKg1rRnmSy_Dg43JKKE_vhE3Mx2eGp4bkBGZqa3hB-by7KT6GWHB5h22DIYBI2jCA4GmXWb/s640/CocaColaPenHolder.jpg)
My personal opinion is the recognizable logo and the red colour makes it an appealing collectible to almost anyone - I've seen many kitchens and family rooms bearing a Coca-Cola theme.
Like other collectors, The Toyman has his share of Coca-Cola related items. Some are the vehicles he loves to collect, but there are others too ... a small stuffed polar bear toting a bottle of soda; a metal Santa bank with Santa drinking a Coca-Cola, several other non-truck or car items as well - a pen holder for the desk, for example.
Most of the Coca-Cola vehicles will (I think) be sold once they are gathered together out of the multitude of basement boxes. The first few I ran across I have taken pictures of (included below), but there is a lot more to photograph in the coming weeks (maybe months since at least one of the items is stored in my Christmas bin), although I think he might already have sold a few pieces that I won't get photos for.
It's just ... I hate to move the stuff from one place to another because I'm afraid I'll mess up his sorting. Even though it looks like a disorganized pile of junk to me, he seems to know what the piles mean, even if I don't.
The first little truck is a tractor trailer in a small size (like a Hot Wheels or Matchbox size) with a plastic trailer, and a metal cab. I suspect he might actually keep this one for himself. He seems to like the smaller tractor trailers, regardless of what's on them, and this one I had to pinch off a shelf in his office to sneak a fast photo of it (sorry, it's also just a cell phone photo).
![Coca-Cola Transport A small transport trailer toy with a plastic trailer and the Coca-Cola trademark, and a metal cab.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyxztiON3RrEInb5BPTXx9uan4nur3oQtrrsqgI6slqxd2Y5hH8KtLUJSPcg5Q2PBqSU3Y8PL3yawQWGMcgEQvXklRU-kVO93sCgpMdTu3jeWOPbA6vMOeahUHM6PcXcR5uKByEt-3zO7/s640/CocaColaTransport.jpg) |
Coca-Cola Transport Trailer |
![Coca-Cola Tanker A collectible truck bank from Ertl with the Coca-Cola logo.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDIUKqGs-z836cw9FX5ta9fbWUKX_ZA6o1YeoysNGw2Q91W-zFvsZjz7StONfnVhvUAFMQYU0t1AxPYYPM3iflJwvKkHx8fYGtUkmIQ22TRJUhbgCap5Izcl_x1wtPB4t5mZa_dxe9n1R/s640/CocaColaLiquidTanker.png) |
Coca-Cola Dispensing Tanker |
![Coca-Cola Collectible Truck A collectible truck bank from Erl with Coca-Cola's red logo on the side.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfA-58fcCYMpOyIFAZlJF-dQTFHXJEDs-x2XyWOH-zpJYP1pwQyPhCZQ2naBfyC1LgOHDHbnKuQ5slCsSJjTsqSn2fqTT6kPMcbibkgJM0yWkcA4yfOZZhAIWjO-s05Crst0N9kFSdbR4/s640/CocaColaDeliveryTruck.png) |
Coca-Cola Delivery Truck |
![Coca-Cola Christmas Truck A Coca-Cola collectible truck issued in 1993 for the Christmas Season with a Christmas tableaux on the side.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzz8Gf2z-pJuPNz6ii7YpyRzvXYrd1JhR6zOgHizt72cRc_Frnk28RQhSyHkLi07s2Qoh7PdE_WvWL6DHpPiw_gKS1rkkAf0CRJYBv-8JEV8pl-VVRIMkEayUFdHI3TOJutL0qaPRC2gE/s640/CocaColaChristmasTruck.png) |
Coca-Cola Collectible Truck issued in 1993 |
![Coca-Cola Marchbox Collectible A 1998 Ford Expedition from Matchbox with the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBimCQ4G-OrsotjL6AZ06rih9RFM2H9dQm18Qd2py-1sEgKcDbYQ-Zm9Y45mLpvaHFGLLjxJ2MSmSPblJSnS9aHULjQP8WUlyjOIzWmkGIMT76alXMS1ugOr5OcPHsRMA9gfQacGikJaq/s640/CocaColaBearTruck.png) |
From Coca-Cola's Polar Bear Fantasy Edition |
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