Of course, there is a Coors/Coops connection, but the early bottles don't look anything like Coors branding (except the italic script
Coops).
Romer's
comments come in response to a question from Magnum Mania forum member
Selleck Lover (sadly not around here much any more). It gives a bit of info, but not too much.
SelleckLover says: Thanks for clarifying regarding using logos and brand names. There has been much discussion about this on the Magnum-Mania web site, i.e. "Coops" beer, etc. There has also been much discussion about the music, along those same lines.
Romer responds: Because the actors touched the beer bottles (I didn't make up these rules!), they were considered props so Rick Dineri took care of these. Fake brand names usually had to run by the legal / clearance department. I doubt that they would allow "Coops" beer today or they could expect a lawsuit from Coors. I mean did anyone look at Coops Beer and not think Coors? That's just the way it was.
So it looks like Rick Dineri is your man for further information. Not much info on him on the 'net. but it seems he may be working in Hawaii:
http://magnumdecorator.blogspot.ch/2009 ... orgot.html
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