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Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 5th, 2013, 10:35 pm
by Cyrix9445
FYI: Just noticed this today while at the store, Barbasol has changed the style of their cans. Might want to grab a few if you can find the old style :)

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Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 6th, 2013, 6:20 am
by fantomas
Oh my. What's the shelf life on shaving cream?

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 6th, 2013, 12:48 pm
by COBrian
Buy em while you can. I wonder if the can safes will get the new art as well.. I bought the last 2 they had at the local grocery store. So I have 2 shaving creme cans and 1 can safe. From the looks of my can safe they got the can straight from the manufacturer so I bet they change as well.. depending on current stock levels of course.

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 6th, 2013, 10:36 pm
by DrewSmith007
It was just a matter of time. Sure am glad I picked up one of Rylo's cans already!

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 6th, 2013, 10:58 pm
by ImperialTrooper
DrewSmith007 wrote:It was just a matter of time. Sure am glad I picked up one of Rylo's cans already!
Did you get the night vision goggles as well? I'm wondering how those turned out.

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 7th, 2013, 12:17 am
by DrewSmith007
He just posted another progress shot on the rpf. They're looking great, but I didn't get them. I'm building my own though, but I dont work on them much.

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 12th, 2013, 2:25 am
by Side FX
Easy with those can safes; they are not the correct size. Something about the weld makes them too tight. The UPC code is also the same with the new can as the old. Couple this with the fact that most on-line sources are using stock photos of the old can make buying the correct style on the net almost impossible. The stores are pretty much out of the old stock, too.

This means that unless a prop maker stocked up, there will be no more runs of cryocans. Even then, they will be limited. There is a high rate of loss when cutting the cans. I lose 1 in 3.

In the future, people can of course still make replicas but they'll be using new cans (if those are still the proper size) or cans with wraps. They will be poor imitations.

I suggest getting a replica with the proper can while you can. Once people realize what's happening they'll notice sales have dried up, too. This will boost the secondary market pretty fast and send prices up.

Simply put. Buy now, save later!

-Rylo

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 12th, 2013, 8:29 am
by cpltony
I've got a small stash of cans as I use it to shave and I'm still on my first can from over a year ago.

Re: Style Change for Barbasol

Posted: September 21st, 2013, 6:07 pm
by derrrrr456
Found these at the market on campus at my school, I got the last two! :)