4271. Soccer Defender 1

Soccer Defender 1 is a Soccer/Football player, released for a Coca-Cola promotion in 2002 to coincide with the soccer world cup.

4250. Penguin Coke Claymation

3387. Coke Polar Bear Cheerer No 3

Happy birthday to the Coca-Cola Polar Bear!

Coke's beloved bear was introduced in December 3, 1993, and turns 18 this year 2011.

In 1993, Coke introduced the “Always Coca-Cola” ad campaign. The ads included a variety of innovative technical approaches, such as computer animation. (Remember: 18 years ago, computers were quite different from today!)

One of these innovative commercials was “Northern Lights,” which introduced what would become one of the most popular symbols of our advertising: the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.

The creator of the “Northern Lights” ad, Ken Stewart, thought about going to a movie and having a Coke. Mr. Stewart saw his dog (which had resembled a polar bear when it was a puppy), thought about polar bears and how they would go to the movies. And the idea for "Northern Lights" was born. In the commercial, the polar bears watch the aurora borealis (the "movie") and drink from bottles of Coke.

Coke's Polar Bear has gone on to star in a variety of Coca-Cola commercials, including those showing winter sports (sliding down a luge and soaring off a ski jump). For the holidays, bear cubs helped the bear select its Christmas tree and later played ball with a seal cub. And for the past few years the bear cub has made friends with a group of penguins, while a Beach Boys song played in the background!

Please join me in wishing a Happy Birthday to Coke Polar bear, who I think doesn’t look a day over 10!

3065. Coke Seal

Coca-Cola Grey Seal (Sea Lion) Holding Coke Bottle.

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944). Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.
The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores and vending machines. Such bottlers include Coca-Cola Enterprises, which is the largest single Coca-Cola bottler in North America and western Europe. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.
The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the Coke brand name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime or coffee.
Based on Interbrand's best global brand 2011, Coca-Cola was the world's most valuable brand.

2999. Coke Penguin

Coca Cola has a polar bear theme going in its advertising. Their most recent ad, however, has the polar bears interacting with penguins. Penguins, of course, live in the Antarctic, not the Arctic where the polar bears live. Still -- why let geography get in the way of a good party?

A bear family is woken by the sounds of a party accompanied by the Beach Boys tune, “Little Saint Nick”. A cub slips down the hill into a group of dancing Emperor penguins enjoying the domino effect. There’s an icy standoff until a small penguin appears and offers the cub a bottle of Coca Cola. The text: “Give. Live. Love.”