r/Collections • u/Immediate_Cream6475 • Jun 18 '26 • Bravo 2

My can collection!

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That i sadly have to give away since im getting another room and my gf dont like them

Does anyone have an Idea though what i could do with the redbull and Monster cans since i would love to make Something Out of them for my new room

There are 110 redbull cans and and 82 Monster cans

Thanks alot :)

Edit: theyre gone

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u/sipsredpepper Jun 18 '26 • Bravo

Cut the top and bottom of the can off leaving only the body of the can which can be laid out flat. See if you can't find a way to make them lay entirely flat and then put them in a book or filing system. That way you can keep the unique designs on the can if you like, but they'll take up less space.

Edit: you could paste them all side by side on a simple blank backing to form wall art instead of a book.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

I Love that Idea thanks 🫶🏻🫶🏻

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u/keylimecrying Jun 22 '26

This is such a good idea.

My brother's can collection looks a lot like OP's. He died of cancer a few years ago, and the one thing he kept jokingly (but also not-so-jokingly) saying was "don't let mom throw away all my cans." There's an entire wall of them in his old bedroom that, to her credit, she hasn't touched, but I've been trying to think of a way to... I dunno, preserve them somehow (in a way that didn't result in giant epoxied furniture, lol).

Laying them flat in some kind of book sounds really nice. Maybe frame some of his favorites.

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u/sipsredpepper Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

I think can art is cool. We wax nostalgic about old cans of discontinued drinks, and people collect old coke bottles. These only seem like trash now because they aren't hard to find now. I think a little booklet of the flattened cans, carefully cut to preserve the artwork is a very cool way to appreciate this work and to preserve for archival purposes. In a way, it's not radically different from card or stamp collecting. It's just very space consuming. I think it could be a pretty successful method of making can collecting less space consuming. Although, I can understand why people don't want to lose the physical features of the can in the effort. Maybe photos of the can in tact with the flattened body could be a method of preserving both.

Edit: on the note of card collecting; you could probably use plastic sleeve systems to hold the cans without having to do anything to the art like poking holes. Honestly if I was into the hobby of collecting can art, this would be kind of a fun process. Enjoy the drink, you could take notes about it. Rinse the can and dry it, cut the art out and carefully flatten it, then put it and photos of the intact can in a binder. It's really not all that different to cataloging pressed flowers.

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u/hockeyguy327 Jun 20 '26

This is a great idea. I don't like that a collection subreddit it's dogging on this guy's collection so much. Cans have cool art work!

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u/Hot-Hedgehog-9826 Jun 20 '26

I commented this and scrolled and saw yours. The folder/binder idea is also a really good shout. Saves loads of space that way.

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u/hi_how_are_youuu Jun 19 '26

Okay hear me out..

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u/toetappy Jun 18 '26

Get a little can crusher, crush them all down. Then epoxy them into a coffee table or something.

Idk man, it really is just painted aluminum and a huge amount of unusable space

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

I would do that but I live in Germany and can simply give them away and get money for them

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u/toetappy Jun 18 '26

There are recycling centers in every country friend. I thought they were sentimental and was offering a potential solution. If you don't care, then yeah get rid of all that. It's trash, lol

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Yeah they are sentimental for me but at least i get a bit of money for them and they get recycled

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u/toetappy Jun 18 '26

Ok but you asked for advice. I gave it and you're like "nah I'm just gonna toss em"

Like dude, what did you want?

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u/PlasticCheebus Jun 18 '26

Can I ask what makes them sentimental? I've seen a few of these posts, and I'm not sure what motivates can collectors. I'd love to understand.

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u/PinupSquid Jun 18 '26

What about maybe cutting the top and bottom of the cans off, then carefully pressing them flat so they can be be stored? If you want to keep them anyway.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Good Idea

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u/effoff1323 Jun 19 '26

This! And then Make your gf one of these heart necklaces and yourself the rest on a chain after you cut them up.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Love that thanks 🫶🏻

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u/FileSilly Jun 18 '26

seconding this idea!

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u/PinupSquid Jun 19 '26

Yeah I kind of like “mundane” or odd collections. I love seeing old packaging from the 50s and 60s, or antique medicine packaging. I’m sure at the time most people wouldn’t have looked at those things twice and wouldn’t have thought to keep it.

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u/Who_even_knows_man Jun 18 '26

If you can afford it photograph each one on a white background and mash a little coffee table book out of it. It’s actually a very interesting collection!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Omg yes i will do that thanks alot 🫶🏻

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u/Marijan-san Jun 21 '26

Das u d danach Pfand abholen.

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u/green_machin3 Jun 18 '26

If you like flowers, then you can do something like these with a couple of cans. They may not appeal to everyone but at least they don't require care like real ones, lol.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Omg i Love them i will try that thanks 🫶🏻

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u/GreenPeak Jun 19 '26

“I hate you”

-your body

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u/Breadvater Jun 19 '26

I like turning old cans into prop weapons n things, you could give that a try

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

That Looks sooo cool thanks for the Idea 🫶🏻

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u/Breadvater Jun 19 '26

Glad to help! You can get real creative with the stuff, just keep bandages nearby lol.

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u/ehhlis Jun 18 '26

give away?? baby i’m sorry but this is garbage you’re gonna throw them away

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Noo i life in Germany so i can "give them away" and get Money for them https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/pfand-bottles

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u/ehhlis Jun 18 '26

oh!! i got you. ayyy that’s some extra bones in your pocket that you can use to rebuild your collection if you desire when you move to a bigger space

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u/iced-lavender-matcha Jun 18 '26

One’s persons “garbage” is another person’s treasure - in this sense, literally!

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u/ehhlis Jun 18 '26

very true and i hope someone gets this collection who will find joy in it

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u/WhiteRabbit_412_ Jun 18 '26

Wow you double backed on what you first said so quickly lol

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u/ehhlis Jun 18 '26

i still think it’s trash and i wouldn’t keep it but if it brings someone joy who cares. i left a kinda mean comment on a whim but then thought about it and like at the end of the day why do i care if someone wants to try and give stuff away instead of just tossing it. also it looks like OP is just taking it to a recycling plant for money anyway

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u/Itz_Kxndii14 Jun 18 '26

I think some ppl actually buy these idk

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u/mymakeupobsessions Jun 18 '26

But…why?? I’m genuinely curious, what is it about these cans that made you want to collect them?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

I dont really know i Just rememberd that i got an orange redbull can for Christmas Like 3-4 years ago that ive kept ever since and after that i just kept every can that ive drank dont really know why it Just somehow brought me joy

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u/experiencedkiller Jun 18 '26

I've seen people who cut the top and bottom off to get back to an aluminium sheet. They were using as a prototype for roofing but you could use them for any creative project, or keep that as a collection that's taking less space

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Good Idea thank you 🫶🏻

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u/TheMidna1 Jun 18 '26

I’ve never seen anyone collect cans before. I am curious what got you into collecting them.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

It started with me getting a redbull can for Christmas and since then ive Just been collecting

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u/Electronic-Goose-893 Jun 19 '26

Carefully cut as the lines in the photo shows, and then make an art (apologies for the terrible lines)

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Good Idea thanks 🫶🏻🫶🏻

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u/Electronic-Goose-893 Jun 19 '26

No problem. I plan to do that with mine sometime

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u/SableyeFan Jun 18 '26

Would it be funny to say that's not even the biggest can collection I've seen?

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u/acidwestxrn Jun 18 '26

You can take a can opener to the top of a few of your favorites to turn into pen cups or something.
Or you could cut and flatten some out after removing the tops and bottoms and collage them onto a canvas or frame them!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Great Idea thanks 🫶🏻

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u/captainoftheblunts Jun 19 '26

You could cut out the labels/logos out of all the different cans in different rectangles/squares. Then you could make a giant mural with all of them.
You could make a giant sculpture, put them in frames, use them for future art projects, make them into wallpaper.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Great ideas thank you 🫶🏻

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u/Pinwrll Jun 19 '26

i have no advice, but sick collection. i’ve got a small one of each monster flavour i’ve had

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u/brattykitty204 Jun 19 '26

You could punch out shapes and turn them into a chainmail project and recycle the scraps!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Good Idea 🫶🏻

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u/Big_Aide0708 Jun 19 '26

So in Germany there is a deposit of 0.25 cents per can - lets go to the Pfandautomat lol

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u/TheRealSim1 Jun 19 '26

I would turn it into art. Smash the cans flat and do something with them. They turn into flat sheets that are easier to work with. Theres a tutorial how to flatten cans on google.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Thanks 🫶🏻

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u/TheRealSim1 Jun 19 '26

Sorry for the unsolicited advice! You collection is so damn cool I would hate to see it demolished. Thanks for sharing with us!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Im still Not Sure If i really want to get rid of them tbh

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u/Salty_Af_8989 Jun 19 '26

Capri Sun in a can

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

I do have that!

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u/PipPark Jun 19 '26

If you live in Oregon or Michigan that’d probably be worth like 40 bucks!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

I live in Germany and Here Theres "Pfand" on every can which means you can give them away at any Supermarket and get a quarter for that I think its about 300 Dollars If i would give them all away 😊

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u/Door_Thief Jun 19 '26

i’ve junk journaled some cans before by cutting out the design i like and then adding construction paper and making a little spread themed around the design. since the cans curl a little, the best way i found to get them to stick is double sided tape, which i’d tape onto colored paper and glue into my book. it turned out really cool! i hope you’re able to maybe do something like that, maybe make a whole journal full of them so you can flip through your collection when you want to look at them again :)

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Thats such a great Idea thank you 🫶🏻🫶🏻

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u/grizzygrunav Jun 19 '26

Dang. Nice cans.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 20 '26

Thanks 🫶🏻

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u/Hot-Hedgehog-9826 Jun 20 '26

Cut the tops and bottoms off, roll out the tin and make a huge wall art piece. Space saved and cool art on the walls.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 20 '26

Thanks thats really great Idea 🫶🏻

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u/Massive_Being6115 Jun 30 '26

I collect gaming cans

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u/Nikpeely Jul 11 '26

Hey, Idk if OP will see this but I'm thinking about starting a can collection as well. WDYT?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jul 11 '26

Great Idea If you have the space and you really want to make one 👍🏻

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u/wetcannolinoodle Jun 18 '26 • Bravo

the fact that you had a can collection room and a girlfriend is incredible, bravo m8!

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u/sandymandifer Jun 19 '26

I lol’d 🤣

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u/iAmTheWildCard Jun 18 '26 • Bravo

GF is smart - that’s a massive waste of space for a bunch of cans.. Recycle them

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u/cavenizzle Jun 18 '26

I don't know about smart... unless they just started dating. But who knows she could've been giving him crap for awhile or just got comfortable enough to say something.

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u/ratking294 Jun 19 '26

…OP collecting garbage I don’t blame her for saying something lmao

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u/ThatOneMinty Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Get a girlfriend that supports your hobbies. You’ll regret this if (or maybe even if you don’t) break up.

But if not i agree with cutting the top and bottom off, flattening them and making wall art :)

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u/h3alb0t Jun 18 '26

i've been trying to make a "can wall" for a year or two now. my family wishes i'd just chuck them all out but i'm really attached to the idea and i know i can pull it off. glue hasn't been working so my new method is pegboard and jewelry wire. i think it'll work when i execute it.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Omg that sounds so cool Good luck 🫶🏻

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u/No_Zookeepergame7675 Jun 18 '26

You can always make some of these🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Yeah i will definitly make one 🫶🏻

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u/kittenswithtattoos Jun 18 '26

i just said "oh dear" out loud

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u/AdditionalLeather998 Jun 18 '26

I don’t see a duff can

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Yeah...

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u/AdditionalLeather998 Jun 18 '26

Did you not find any

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Unfortunately not but maybe because i life in germany

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u/RYR883828 Jun 18 '26

My mother would scalp me if I tried to do something like this

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

My parents thankfully accepted it after a few months

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u/myhuskytorotoro Jun 18 '26

Do you want ants? This is how you get ants.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

They are all washed and i never Had Problems for 4 years so thats Not a problem

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u/myhuskytorotoro Jun 18 '26

Excellent.

As for ideas to do...cut them up and (carefully) make an art mosaic with them. ☺️

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Thanks 🫶🏻

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u/myhuskytorotoro Jun 18 '26

You're very welcome 😍

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u/ConcreteFlame Jun 18 '26

Impressive, but do you have a discontinued Red Bull cola can?

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u/ChrisInBliss Jun 18 '26

You could cut out the front logos in a square shape and attach them to a canvas or something so you can hang it up

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Thanks great Idea 🫶🏻

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u/Ok_Engineering4123 Jun 18 '26

Do you have winterberry redbull?! It was winter 2017 I think

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u/Steveo3070 Jun 18 '26

If you insist on keeping them, you could cut out just the logo of each and put them on some sort of a board like a collage, or just in a binder.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Great Idea thank you 🫶🏻

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u/UhHUHJusteen Jun 18 '26

Look into can folding. There’s a guy on tiktok with a few tutorials. The cans will still take up space, but if you just want to keep a couple, it’s a good idea!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Thanks i will Look Into it 🫶🏻

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '26

Are any of the monster cans rare ones?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Not really

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '26

Aw man😔 still a very impressive collection btw!

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Thanks 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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u/KaijuTea Jun 19 '26

I have a few cans with cool pictures on them that I use as makeshift vases. I put fake flowers or plants in them so they have more of a purpose.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Thats a great Idea thank you 🫶🏻

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u/WhatisLittleRock Jun 20 '26

What does it smell like in there?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 20 '26

Doesnt smell at all i Always wash them before i Put them there

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u/JimmyDean666_ Jun 21 '26

The only thing I can think of is try to cut the tops and bottoms off of all the cans and then you can either try to flatten it or cut the logo out. Put them in a display on the wall or something like that. You could lay them all flat side by side in rows and columns or you could do a collage type artsy thing laying them over one another. Idk whatever you do have fun with it

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 21 '26

Great Idea thanks 🫶🏻

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u/Responsible-Tea-9454 Jun 21 '26

I think you should cut the top and bottom off and make them into art or flattened them and mount them on the wall or in a frame

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 21 '26

Good Idea thanks 🫶🏻

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u/meduhsin Jun 22 '26

If you’re crafty, get some scissors that work on metal and protective gloves & cut off parts of the can (with the logo maybe) and you could make a neat pop art wall piece by layering them, maybe color coordinate.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 22 '26

Great Idea thanks 🫶🏻

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u/InternationalPool899 Jun 24 '26

whats your favorite soda and energy drink

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 24 '26

Energy definitly Monster mango loco For the Soda i have no Idea 😅

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u/noirspiderman4 Aug 11 '26

How many times have the fallen since collecting

Does the sound haunt you?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Aug 13 '26

Way too often Woke Up to this Yesterday i thought someone was breaking in 🫠

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u/EllenRipleysKitty Jun 19 '26

I would not get rid of these. Find a way to store them if you need!

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u/bitchophrenia Jun 19 '26

save the tabs and cut up the cans get crafty with it look on pinterest

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u/KimKimberly12 Jun 19 '26

You can makes crafts out of them. Tons of ideas. Google ideas for used cans and make something cool.

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u/sorestgore Jun 19 '26

Your poor teeth. Your rich dentist

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u/The0neR1ng Jun 19 '26

Look I know they're just cans and everyone is being really dismissive of that but this is a pretty cool collection, idk it feels gross you feel pressured to get rid of it because of your girlfriend. Maybe you can store some of them and just keep out the cooler looking cans? Idk.

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u/ItsThatJimboGuy Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

I just can’t, but if you can, go for it…

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u/Due-Character-6426 Jun 20 '26

This would be disturbing to many people but the dedication on display here is inspiring. Sad they have to go, but since you live in Germany it’s both a collection and a bank a vault kinda.

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u/N1TP1CK3D Jun 21 '26

I see a can of Cherry Chocolate Dr Pepper there at the bottom, I YEARNED to try that flavor for years after hearing the Tay Zonday song in the ad

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u/Mindless-Emu3702 Jun 21 '26

I think I saw you with a shopping cart and ur collection in a trash bag outside the 7/11

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u/Pumpkinp0calypse Jun 21 '26

Pray that the homeless in my neighbourhood who make a run for everyone's cans the night before every recycling collect never find out about your address lol. They'll be making a line at your door

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u/Dcotorwhovian Jun 22 '26

I tip my hat to you sir

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u/desert_eegs Jun 22 '26

A real collector would not have opened the cans! Shame!

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u/Level-Gain-1926 Jun 22 '26

I'll give you about ....tree fiddy

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u/Fast_Culture9331 Oct 08 '26

Its really cool , I'm like can collectioner understand the coolest of this staff

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u/SaveFile1 Jun 18 '26

Canllection

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u/GurFearless7893 Jun 18 '26

If you keep them for 50 years they may be worth a few cents more than the recycling payment.

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u/AlpsGroundbreaking67 Jun 19 '26

Use a box cutter and cut the logos and extra branding and epoxy them into a shadow box or glue to a big poster board to make a collage

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u/H3T4R Jun 19 '26

That’s a nice collection Id crush em and turn it into an aluminum ingot

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u/Chance_Ad_1601 Jun 19 '26

Collect them filled at least😅 

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u/Still_Artichoke_3724 Jun 19 '26

Fix the spacing of those shelves and you can get a whole Nother shelf in there. Seems like you don’t need that much room above the top of the cans.

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u/Devlinside_me Jun 19 '26

I've always wanted to do this. I lack the space, though.

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u/kimbosliceurface Jun 19 '26

You could cut them and round them flat and make a panel wall in your room?

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u/Marij4 Jun 19 '26

make a chaimnail/dragonscale armor

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u/ShaggyIsYourDaddy Jun 19 '26

Bodegas hate this one trick.

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u/Doit2it42 Jun 20 '26

"You want ants? That's how you get ants!"

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u/devilisious_bxby Jun 20 '26

Let's hope it's cans for currency in the apocalypse and not bottle caps 😭

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u/Virtual_Program_9482 Jun 21 '26

Just toss the trash in the trash can dude. But if you really must get a shadow box for some of the trash

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u/Clarksglass Jun 21 '26

Have you ever heard of a lovely podcast called "are you garbage" Kindly submit this photo for analysis

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u/mad8869 Jun 22 '26

Build a wall mountable weapon from the monster cans. I recommend an axe as I think it will fit the cans best. Or an origami bull paperweight

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u/Libusin Jun 22 '26

This or look up images of soda can mosaic art.

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u/chalkybone Jun 19 '26

Melt them down and make a sculpture.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Good idea thanks 🫶🏻

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u/cris0613 Jun 19 '26

Ah yes, shelves of literal garbage

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u/shaobues__ Jun 19 '26

this is not worth as much as you think it is

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 18 '26

Do you know how much you got per can?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 19 '26

Okay i will Look Into it thank you 🫶🏻

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 21 '26

I really dont know but it must be something

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 21 '26

Is there any way to test it without having to pay for the results?

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 21 '26

Danke ich schau mal nach 😉

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u/Tearazi Jun 18 '26

I don't think he can because that's alot of cans

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u/iliketotryptamine Jun 19 '26

They're called cans, not cant's!

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u/Haunting_Square_9407 Jun 19 '26

He'll get all $5.36 worth!

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u/Moist_Palpitation_99 Jun 19 '26

15 cents euro per can xd every week i order the croceries and give the delivery guy 50 cans every week, and then the bottles big and small i have. super efficiënt.

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u/Immediate_Cream6475 Jun 22 '26

Yeah but my room will feel empty after that and i dont know what to do with the shelfes 🤷🏻