Hastings, Nebraska just installed a six-foot statue of the KOOL-AID MAN. A guy from Hastings named Edwin Perkins came up with Kool-Aid in 1927 after messing around in his mom’s kitchen.
If you happen to be swinging through southeast Nebraska anytime soon, it’s outside the Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural History. (Here’s a photo.)
New! A six foot tall Kool-Aid man statue is being installed at Hastings Museum. pic.twitter.com/zQMWPixDu8
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A recent survey looked at the top brands that remind us of our childhood, and Kool-Aid made the list. Here are the top ten:
1. Nintendo
2. LEGO
3. Play-Doh
4. Hot Wheels
5. Monopoly
6. Disney
7. Kool-Aid
8. Mattel
9. Nerf
10. Hasbro
Here are a few more that made the top 25: Slinky, Toys “R” Us, Silly Putty, McDonald’s, Ice Pops, Big Wheels, Fruit Roll-Ups, Milton Bradley, Lincoln Logs, and Super Soakers.
