In my garage...
...I have a case of unopened "Derek Jeter Flakes" cereal that was produced in the late 1990's. Each box is encapsulated in a plastic cereal box case. But I am still nervous about opening it up. I believe there is also a box or two of 1998 Wheaties, with either the Yankees championship or David Wells' perfect game on them, too. Unopened.
I was inspired by a friend who kept the original Drakes Cakes boxes with Mattingly and McGwire unopened in his house in the 1980s. No idea where those are now, and what state they're in. Probably have a shelf life of 500 years.
When the new Star Wars movies came out, I bought a Pepsi can with each character at the local grocery store. Had the whole collection on a shelf. One day I thought my radiator had a leak because I heard a hissing noise and saw a fine mist near it. Turns out, if you keep a can of mountain dew long enough, it will eat the can that's holding it. The first hole was on the bottom ring, and was just big enough to let a mist of dew out and cover my floor with its sticky awful goodness. I threw the whole collection out.
Fun with food collectibles!
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