Pepsi Figures
Pepsi figures were released in South East Asia; there are a few countries in this area including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, Myamar and Vietnam. At the moment I am unaware of what countries these figures were available in. They were available in a promotion by Pepsi/KFC and I do know the promotion ran around the time of the 1998 World Cup. At this moment it is difficult to find out how many of these type of figures there are or were available. I know there are at least six as I have pictures of them here. They are Asprilla, Beckham, Blanc, Del Piero, Denilson & Roberto Carlos. I have also heard of the possibility of a Maldini Model. In their original state they would be in a clear sachet.
These figures all came in the same purple kit the little footballs on the base just like regular Corinthian Figures. On the shirts they have a Pepsi logo and the words GenerationNEXT. This purple jersey appeared on MTV in a World Cup song that goes “Here we go …ole ...ole ..ole..”, it was sung by Ricky Martin. The models of these figures are different from the models of Corinthian. It is also possible different models of the same player differ, depending in what country you got it in. Have a look at both Del Piero models in the pictures.
Usually a good guide to the rarity of figures is the amount being offered between collectors or has been advertised in the last year, that’s not a lot. So I’m thinking why have these figures not been discussed and the only answer I can come up with is that there are almost none around. What I will also say is that promotional figures like these are made in very low quantities.
I have very limited amount of these available for sale.
Here are what must be the rarest figures around. I have very limited amount of these available for sale.
