Retsy Series 1 · Card 0413 · 90-DRK

Rocket Straws

Plain milk? Not on our watch.

Fat plastic straws packed with flavor beads that turned plain milk into chocolate or strawberry as you sipped.

Card no.: 0413 of 1,280
Set: 90s Drinks · 90-DRK
Year: 1995
Type: Flavor-bead milk straws
Found at: Grocery store milk aisle
Cost back then: $1.79 for 10

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness7/10

Trade value6/10

The story · 1995

The story of Rocket Straws

Rocket Straws were fat plastic tubes stuffed with tiny flavor beads, sealed at both ends with paper caps. You popped one into plain milk and sipped, and the milk turned chocolate on the way up. When the beads ran out, the straw was officially done, and kids raced to finish before that happened. They rattled like maracas in the box.

Fun fact

Kids sometimes tipped the beads straight into their mouths, which tasted amazing and defeated the whole purpose.

Six finishes

187 copies of Rocket Straws exist

Rocket Straws comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Rocket Straws, Retsy card 0413 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Rocket Straws, Retsy card 0413 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Rocket Straws, Retsy card 0413 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Rocket Straws, Retsy card 0413 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Rocket Straws, Retsy card 0413 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Rocket Straws, Retsy card 0413 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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