Actualy there were a couple of companies that made Vending machines, Westinghouse for example sold units that did not have glass doors Because thoes used slightly more electricity to stay cold, Cavalire made a unit that used a conveyr belt type system to move cylinders of bottled coke to a vending hatch, (some of thoes were retrofited with glass doors but usualy just had a coin unlockable plate) then there were the Honor system Ice chests (some of which also used a conveyor system)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1950s-CAVALIER-COCA-COLA-MACHINE-WOW-10-56-MINI-GLASS-COKE-BOTTLE/301505596053?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Da478d3ccb626488f87094e81d99cc972%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D161577971859

Others used a "Ice chest" or simple cool box with a rotating turntable type arangment, The Ice chest type used a cooler and very cold water to keep bottles chiled

Turntable type

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coca-Cola-Machine-Restored/271866183111?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D45babedd92b14bd8944d8b96823a6462%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D161087628667

Ice cold water chest type

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coca-Cola-Coke-Machine-Vendo-spintop-159-1940s/161770370913?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Db585f84f99454a85bedc28a1c89b0397%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D161087628667

there were also signs that said things like "We let you see the bottle!" back then. Apparently the company that put that sign on their machines thought that people were out to rip off people by leaving the coke machine empty and swindeling there customers a nickle at a time.

I also found it a bit amusing that the machines often had a tray for the empty coke bottles, just stick em in when your done (and given that the usual size was 6 oz back then. . .. Seriously disapointing to find out that corperations back then cared more about recycling than they do now. . .

(Just to clarify one of thoes turntables was strictly on top, the other... well it was complicated

preferred the old coca cola style bottles but Its easy to just see the new shape as some pre war marketing campaign they were testing out in boston before the bombs dropped.

i like them.. They look fun. If I was in a store and saw soda in bottles like that.. I'd buy it just for the bottle.

Looking at images of old coca cola bottles from the 50's you can see that they were actually much more bubble shaped than the traditional bottle we're used to seeing now.

Some of these might have been promotional but you can see that there actually was a more rocket shipy looking coke bottle at some point. http://cf.ltkcdn.net/antiques/images/std/162034-375x268-Classic-Coke-bottles.jpg

I had seen the changed bottles, and didn't much care for it ~but it's plausible. Companies do promotions, and can have product differences in different regions.

I'd like to see them put up some nice http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/Gizmojunk/Advert.jpg for it. They probably have.

It's not like they don't exist in the real world...

http://www.packworld.com/sites/default/files/images/issues/07_10/jb_fuzzee-zun-(3).jpg

page does not exist. . .

It was the forum slapping an extra http in there...

I agree with you, the design for most of the things in Fallout should look bizarre instead of normal since the setting of Fallout is retrofuture.

I was wondering if all the posters/adds and such were going to reflect the new bottle design.

lol I bet but at least the bottle won't fall over.

It's literally a beverage that sits in a container, don't be so enthusiastic about its appearance lol

Heh.

That looks pretty good, actually.

I think in my case, it's just a mostly-subconscious thing, possibly due to my background in product design (form/function, human factors, etc)... kind of like the Uncanny Valley effect with not-quite-human (or a little-too-human) characters, I look at the Nuka bottle and something just feels off about it. That real one you linked, isn't the same thing - same concept, sure, but the proportions work better, it's more "balanced" visually & spacially, etc.

But, yeah - it's not really that big a deal. In-game, I'm not going to be stopping and staring at the bottles like this. Someone just asked "what do you think about the new bottles", and I looked right at them in a way I won't when I'm looting away, and gave an answer.

There is hardly any difference except the real one has a plastic base and fins while the Nuke Cola one in F4 is made out of glass so really would be chunky like they are.

The ironic thing is I seem to remember something like them back in the 60's but I can't remember where from.

They do. I buy it at the grocery store all the time. It tastes like what Coke tasted like in the 80s (good).

What I'd like to see done with Nuka Cola is... More competition.

There should be way more types and brands of soda. Where's the Graqe? Where's the orange?

Yeah, there are even older versions too.

http://antiques.lovetoknow.com/Old_Coca_Cola_Bottle

I thought it was neat. Specifically because it explains that little titbit in Fallout: New Vegas, with the kids breaking open RepConn rockets on the assumption there was Nuka-Cola in them.

Ok cool.

Now I see why they added the fins on the Nukas besides being Nuka but to avoid any potential copyrights or lawsuits from that company.

Thats my opinion.

I wonder if it will taste different. That's MY biggest concern.

It would be cool if Beth had a deal with coca-cola,to make Nuka cola in real life.

I would buy that

People who have nothing else to talk about in anticipation of release date, mostly =)

I really like the new design as it is different and interesting, I'd probably buy a bottle solely due to design and I don't even drink colas (because f Phosphoric Acid).

As for the vending machines I'm not sure why they never fashioned them after the 50's types ---> http://gallery.antiquevending.com/spritev81d14.jpg