My Collection

My name is Chris Free and I’ve been collecting Snapple bottle caps since 2002. I learned about the Snapple “Real Facts” from my friend Dan, who drank a Snapple at lunch every day our freshman year of high school. I saved Dan’s caps and asked other friends and family to start saving their caps for me too. My collection really took off when I started to loot our local recycling center for Snapple cap treasure. Before college, I’d amassed a collection of ~15,000 caps, having had fewer than 100 Snapples in my whole life.

In 2012, I met Skip Freet, another Snapple cap collector with an even more impressive collection. Over many years, Skip collected and meticulously organized ~60,000 Snapple caps. When Skip passed away, his family kindly left his collection to me, bringing my collection to ~75,000 Snapple caps. This is the largest collection in the world according to RecordSetter. In 2014, my collection was featured on NBC’s Today Show.

I hope to share this collection with other collectors so please get in touch!

Missing facts

I’m still missing many caps! Some are rare because they won contests, some were printed in the 1990s before I began collecting, and some were likely never printed.

I’d love to fill the gaps in my collection so please reach out if you have any of the following:

Older promotions

I am missing the following caps from the early Snapple promotions:

  • Any “NFL Helmets” caps
  • The Joke’s On Us (20 of 130): 7, 12, 14, 15, 19, 38, 62, 65, 67, 72, 75, 76, 78, 81, 97, 98, 105, 110, 113, 114
  • Twisted Cap Tricks (19 of 101): 13, 15, 24, 25, 26, 29, 34, 36, 38, 46, 54, 77, 82, 83, 91, 92, 98, 100, 100
  • Flip Your Lid (26 of 110): 6, 7, 10, 22, 25, 27, 32, 42, 48, 49, 51, 52, 64, 68, 69, 70, 77, 82, 85, 89, 95, 96, 99, 102, 105, 106

“Real Facts” promotion

I’m missing the following 138 “Real Facts” caps across all promotions:

  • 100s (2 caps): 189, 199
  • 200s (7 caps): 204, 205, 213, 222, 262, 268, 274
  • 300s (3 caps): 307, 351, 385
  • 400s (3 caps): 420*, 491*, 495*
  • 600s (17 caps): 651, 652*, 653*, 654, 655*, 656*, 657*, 659*, 662, 663, 665, 666*, 667, 668, 670, 671, 672
  • 1000s (10 caps): 1039, 1078, 1089, 1091, 1093, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099
  • 1100s (53 caps): 1101, 1102, 1103, 1106, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1114, 1115, 1117, 1118, 1120,  1122, 1123, 1125, 1126, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1134, 1135, 1140, 1142, 1143, 1145, 1149, 1150, 1154, 1155, 1158, 1162, 1165, 1167, 1171, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1180, 1182, 1184, 1185, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1192, 1193, 1195, 1197, 1198
  • 1200s (15 caps): 1200, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1208, 1211, 1212, 1214, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1233, 1266
  • 1300s (1 caps): 1308
  • 1400s (26 caps): 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1452, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1489, 1491, 1492, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1499
  • 1500s (1 cap): 1500

* Fact unknown and likely never printed

I am missing 128 caps when excluding 10 caps that I believe were never actually printed: 420, 491, 495, 652, 653, 655, 656, 657, 659, 666.

Specific “Real Facts” promotions

I am missing the following caps from specific “Real Facts” promotions:

  • Yellow Set 1: 1, 2, 9, 15, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 34, 36, 39, 40, 48, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85,  87, 88,  92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109
  • Yellow Set 2: 132, 133, 137, 146, 161, 174*, 177, 183, 189*
  • Yellow Yard Sale: 112, 129, 174*, 187, 189*
  • Yellow Snaffle: 342
  • Lemons ‘R Lucky:  250, 258, 285, 357, 368, 373, 379
  • VW Beetle: 233, 236, 238, 241, 242, 245, 247, 250, 251, 253, 258, 260, 262, 263, 268, 269, 274, 275, 277, 280, 282, 285, 287, 289, 293, 295, 298, 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 311, 315, 317, 319, 321, 322, 323, 327, 329, 332, 335, 336, 337, 342, 343, 346, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353, 355, 357, 358, 359, 361, 364, 366, 368, 373, 376, 379, 385, 391, 393, 394
  • Win A Favor: 402, 409, 420*, 427, 491*, 495*
  • Win Nothing Instantly: 673, 677, 678, 682, 683, 684, 687, 695, 697, 698, 699, 701-710, 712, 715, 716, 721, 726, 731, 736, 742, 748, 750, 756, 761, 766, 768, 769, 771-775, 781, 786, 788, 791, 793, 794, 796, 803, 806, 810, 815, 817, 820, 821, 825, 830, 834, 836, 837, 841, 843, 844, 845, 851, 855, 857, 862, 863, 864, 868, 872, 884, 888, 897, 900, 902, 903, 904, 911, 914, 915, 921, 925, 932, 971, 973, 975
  • Chicago Bears (2 caps): 1039, 1078
  • For a Limited Time Only: 1134, 1135, 1140, 1142, 1143, 1145, 1149, 1150, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1158, 1162, 1165, 1167, 1171, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1200, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1208, 1211, 1212, 1214, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220
  • BSOE 700s (28 caps): 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 721, 723, 726, 736, 738, 739, 742, 761, 765, 772, 775, 781, 788, 789, 792, 793, 794, 796
  • BSOE 1200s (2 caps): 1233, 1266
  • BSOE 1300s (1 caps): 1308
  • BSOE 1400s (26 caps): 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422,  1452, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1489, 1491, 1492, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1499
  • BSOE 1500s (1 cap): 1500

* Fact unknown and likely never printed