beaker
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As anyone who knows about Japanese consumer culture knows, one of the most interesting aspects of life there is the advent of the vending machine. Oh yeah...folks you havent seen a vending machine til youve been to Japan. You think ciggarettes and Pepsi blue in vending machine stateside is ornate or weird? Try sushi,
goldfish in a gelatin cube, or a purple tentacle. Dont be surprised if Walter Cronkite or Lincoln's top hat pops out of one of those babies.
One of the cooler aspects of the Japanese vending machines is the Gachapon mini toy vending machines that are virtually everywhere there.
Well, now they are finally hitting stateside!
http://www.figures.com/databases/ac...tegory=actionfigures&topic=108&show_article=8
No cool anime robot figurines....though there are however Simpsons and...well Disney ones coming out. It would be interesting for a company to release pvcs to this style of vending machine(though I realize traditional quarter vending machines here have traditionally been the lowest form of
product this side of a $1 store)
goldfish in a gelatin cube, or a purple tentacle. Dont be surprised if Walter Cronkite or Lincoln's top hat pops out of one of those babies.
One of the cooler aspects of the Japanese vending machines is the Gachapon mini toy vending machines that are virtually everywhere there.
Well, now they are finally hitting stateside!
http://www.figures.com/databases/ac...tegory=actionfigures&topic=108&show_article=8
No cool anime robot figurines....though there are however Simpsons and...well Disney ones coming out. It would be interesting for a company to release pvcs to this style of vending machine(though I realize traditional quarter vending machines here have traditionally been the lowest form of
product this side of a $1 store)