"For a while that was all there was--there was no 'Classic Coke,'" Kuo says. "New Coke was bad. It was more like sugar water."
In 1985, Coca-Cola replaced its traditional cola with a sweeter, Pepsi-like alternative. Sales plummeted, and the product was yanked.
"At the pool I went to during the summer they had a soda machine, and all it had was New Coke," Needleman says. "I was forced to drink it, but not happily."
But other product innovations were more popular.
Few first-years were aware of Cabbage Patch Kids when they caused a frenzy in 1983, selling out right before Christmas Day.
"I went to the place where they make them in Georgia and got one just before they were mainstream," Harrington says.
And remember when personal computers were nothing more than a novelty?
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