{"id":1321,"date":"2015-10-19T06:22:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2015-10-19T06:22:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:22:20","slug":"pepsi-perfect-is-now-a-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1321","title":{"rendered":"PEPSI PERFECT IS NOW A REAL THING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41fukuXAFEL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yo, McFly! \u00a0Of course you knew Pepsi would take advantage of this and create a limited edition of Pepsi Perfect, and of course you knew that it will probably become a huge seller. \u00a0 The hoverboards predicted in BTTF:\u00a0Part 2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HoverBoost-HoverBoard-Balancing-ELCECTRONIC-CHARGABLE\/dp\/B015NEMYFG\" target=\"_blank\">are getting close,<\/a>\u00a0although we&#8217;re still a ways away from flying cars.<\/p>\n<p>And in case you&#8217;re one of the 3 people I know that haven&#8217;t told me &#8220;Hey, did you know that the Cubs are predicted to win the World Series in BBTF 2?&#8221; \u00a0please be aware that along with most Cubs fans, we have been aware of this for 30 years, at least those that have been alive that long. \u00a0But here&#8217;s hoping.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-meta no-credit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nodeContent\" class=\"node-content\">\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper clicked\">\n<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"slide1\" class=\"slide main show-fullscreen slide default-item\" data-index=\"1\" data-image-id=\"1576941\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Where we&#8217;re going, we won&#8217;t need bottle openers&#8230; because Pepsi&#8217;s new, Back To The Future-themed Pepsi Perfect will naturally come with a futuristic, twist-off cap.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Despite what the Internet would have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/inboxer\/hoaxes\/bttf.asp\" target=\"_blank\">bi-annually believe<\/a>, the actual date that Marty McFly traveled to the then-future in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II\" target=\"_blank\">Back To The Future: Part Two<\/a> is October 21st, 2015. This means two things: the Cubs are due to win the World Series, and you can expect a slew of promotional tie-in&#8217;s to the classic sequel coming down the nostalgia pipeline in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no word on a hoverboard &#8212; but we do have Pepsi&#8217;s real life take on the &#8220;Pepsi Perfect&#8221; soda that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=11BwLs3pHF4\" target=\"_blank\">Marty McFly guzzled on celluloid<\/a>, just before Biff&#8217;s son tries to rough him up, to no avail (like father, like son).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The soda giants even whipped up an ad for their limited edition product, loaded with in-jokes and nods to the original film.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"slide2\" class=\"slide show-fullscreen slide video youtube default-item\" data-index=\"2\" data-video-id=\"XrwRdzFP-fY\" data-video-type=\"youtube\">\n<div class=\"slide-media\">\n<div class=\"showcase\">\n<div class=\"fullscreen-slideshow\"><\/div>\n<p><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"XrwRdzFP-fY\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XrwRdzFP-fY?enablejsapi=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-no-credit\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><em>Only 6,500 bottles of Pepsi Perfect will be sold, at a price point of\u00a0$20.15 (get it?), and will be available exclusively online. Pepsi recommends flocking to its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PepsiUS?brand_redir=339150749455906\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a> sites closer to the 21st for further purchasing instructions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s worth noting that Pepsi Perfect won&#8217;t be a totally new product on the inside, as the dark-brown contents will be nothing more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopfoodex.com\/pepsi-made-with-real-sugar-glass-bottle-p-55169.html?utm_source=Google&amp;utm_medium=Merchant%2BCenter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed&amp;gclid=CJrG48L5q8gCFZCRHwod92oHwA\" target=\"_blank\">Pepsi with Real Sugar<\/a>, which is itself a throwback to the way they used to make the soda. So, it&#8217;s a throwback soda, inside a faux-futuristic bottle, based on what Pepsi bottles would look like in the year 2015, which is now actually the present.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is more confusing than <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Back_to_the_Future_Part_III\" target=\"_blank\">Back to the Future: Part Three<\/a>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Yo, McFly! \u00a0Of course you knew Pepsi would take advantage of this and create a limited edition of Pepsi Perfect, and of course you knew that it will probably become a huge seller. \u00a0 The hoverboards predicted in BTTF:\u00a0Part 2\u00a0are getting close,\u00a0although we&#8217;re still a ways away from flying cars. And in case you&#8217;re <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1321\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-companies","category-retail-humor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1325,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions\/1325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}