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The first modern coin-operated vending machines were born in London in the early 1880s, dispensing postcards. Thanks to their inventor Percival Everitt, vending machines became a quintessential feature of post offices and railway stations. But some believe that vending machines date back to ancient Greece, when the engineer Hero Of Alexandria made an invention that took coins and dispensed holy water.
The rest is history and today the world is full of vending machines, each one ingenious and crazier than the last. From very on-demand face covering gumball dispensers and a colorful cake vending machine for your late-night sweet tooth cravings to a salmon ATM that dispenses… you guessed it, a piece of salmon, to a biblio-mat that hands out a totally random book for $2, it seems like everything on this planet deserves its very own vending machine.
So get your coins ready, ‘cause Bored Panda compiled this collection of the coolest and most unusual vending machines ready to dispense… you name it!
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#1
I Found A Vending Machine In Japan That Puts Your Face On Figurines. I Always Wanted To Be A Ninja
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
I think in Japan they have vending machines that vend vending machines
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#2
Refillable Detergent In Prague, Czech
Strahd Ivarius 4 years ago
The only perhaps bio version of Persil I ever saw was a cake I ate at the Düsseldorf plant restaurant for the 100th anniversary of the brand
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GirlFriday 4 years ago
We have a supermarket here that does this. They also have dispensers for shampoo, conditioner, body wash and another one for olive oil.
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
"Oh, maybe i have an answer for why my hair have been so greasy lately!" Just a joke, in France we have this too, and with honey too at Biocoop stores.
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#3
This Vending Machine Dispenses A Random Book For $2.00
ilikeplants 4 years ago
Oh wow. It's called "Monkey's Paw" Biblio-Mat! Seeing that name gives it a whole different feel!!
Miss Cris 4 years ago (edited)
Thank you, troufaki13. Biblioteca, biblioteque, etc. We often use Greek words to make words in other languages :)
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Am i the only one that loves that it's random? It's a surprise book every time!!!
Miss Cris 4 years ago (edited)
I love the book machine but I hate that it's random ;)
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Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
112 million. I'm gonna need a bigger house. Maybe I can build one from the books.
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Lisa Yaszek, a professor of science fiction studies in the school of literature, media, and communication at Georgia Tech, told Bored Panda about the history and cultural significance of vending machines that we have grown so accustomed to, we rarely give them a second thought.
“Vending machines often feel like symbols of modernity—after all, they embody the efficiency, convenience, affordability, and novelty that consumers crave and merchants want to provide,” Lisa said and added that they are actually as old as civilization itself, “popping up in some form or another whenever large groups of people gather in urban spaces.”
#4
My School Just Installed A CVS Vending Machine Full Of Medicine And Hygiene Products
Lytha 4 years ago
THIS ! should be everywhere. When you need drugs (pain head, periods, back injuries or something) in the middle of the night, and have to wait for a pharmacy to open, you feel like hell.
Terry Reauxper 4 years ago
I really want to know if that's a college or High school. I see Trojan vibrators and lubricant in there and Zzz-Quil. Both are items I'd be surprised to see a high-school allow. Not that I would care! I would gave spent my lunch money there every week! Also, wouldn't it be cool if the feminine hygiene products in there were free?
Night Owl 4 years ago
Feminine hygiene products should definitely be free, that would be so great
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tiari 4 years ago (edited)
Vending machines with hygiene products are pretty common in restrooms, at least in (some parts of?) Europe.
Terry Reauxper 4 years ago
They are still all over the US in ladies restrooms, but are rarely free. It's starting to change now, though, albeit slowly.
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Cassie 4 years ago
My schools all had policies of no OTC meds at all and only the nurse could dispense prescription meds, so you had to go to the nurse every time you needed to take it. If you needed pain reliever like for bad period cramps, you had to get it as a prescription and go to the nurse for it.
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
Some CVS locations are 24 hours, but this is also convenient regardless because you might not be too close for one to be accessible.
#5
Train Station In Paris Had A Machine That Printed Out Short Stories To Read While You Wait
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
It was an experiment in some french stations, you had to choose between 1min, 3min or 5 min story.
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Valley Girl 4 years ago
You mean, I have to read off my phone, whatever I want, and you get to read a Walgreen's receipt? Not fair!
#6
My College Has A Vending Machine For Violin Strings And Woodwind Reeds
Rae Reyn 4 years ago
The trade school I went to had a vending machine that sold ear plugs, safety glasses, the thinnest, cheapest leather gloves I've ever seen, and about 20 types of beef jerky
Catherine Green 4 years ago
We had one at my elementary school that sold sheets of paper, pencils and erasers. Not very cost effective but good in a pinch
“People often credit Hero of Alexandria with inventing the first vending machine (for holy water!) in first-century Roman Egypt, and by the 1600s, English tavern patrons could expect to find portable, coin-operated tobacco dispensers at their local watering hole.”
But automated vending machines like the ones we use today really took off in the 1800s with the rise of industrial cities that were crowded with young people eager to spend some of the money they were earning in factories and department stores, Lisa explained. “While inventors tinkered with everything from machines that sold banned books to machines that offered stamps, the modern vending craze really took off when Englishman Percival Everitt introduced a machine for selling postcards in 1883—and when the Sweetmeat Automatic Delivery Company was founded just 4 years later to install and maintain such machines!”
And they weren’t popular just in England. Lisa said that vending machines were a global phenomenon: “the first American and Japanese vending machines (for gum and tobacco, respectively) were introduced in 1888, the first French machines (for beer, wine, and liquor) appeared in 1890, and the first German vending machine (for chocolate) debuted in 1893.”
#7
I Found A Cake Vending Machine
Bernadette white 4 years ago
Everywhere... and bringing sprinkles and rainbows wherever it goes
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Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
This would be empty if it were near me. 9 o clock in the evening, ahh cake time . Wake up at 2 am ahh cake time . I’d waddle
Springy boi 4 years ago
In Ottawa Ontario Canada at the Rideau Centre there's one but apparently the cake isn't that great and yes it is made by the cake boss Buddy Valastro I think that's how you spell his last name.
Kayla Zavarella 4 years ago
They have the same vending machine at Limeridge mall in Hamilton Ontario
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#8
A Sock Vending Machine
Joyce Deering 4 years ago
How do you run out of socks in the middle of the day? I'd rather have cake. *perk*
#9
Here In Switzerland, We Have Vending Machines Just For Selling Cheese
Aisling Raye 4 years ago
How did I not see these when I was there? I feel like I missed out on an important cultural experience! One more reason to go back though, so that's awesome.
Zedrapazia 4 years ago
They are actually rather rare here, but there's at least one in the city of Zürich
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Sheila Schaefer 4 years ago
A thing of beauty!! I want this in my front room with someone to restock at least once a week
Turns out, “Business people loved vending machines because they could sell bulk goods efficiently, without having to train and depend on another human, and consumers enjoyed the ability to purchase everyday necessities and small, trendy luxuries at their convenience and often at a reasonable price point.”
According to Lisa, twentieth-century vending machines sold all the same things as their nineteenth-century predecessors while adding new offerings that included newspapers, “mailing supplies, photographs, and even condoms and other forms of birth control! I think the strangest vending machines were those that sold life insurance in airports from the 1950s to the 1970s—it really takes the glamour out of flying to worry about your possible death while doing so! But maybe that felt glamorous in its own strange way….”
#10
Cat Hat Vending Machines In Japan
Beverly 4 years ago
There's a notice below the pictures that says "These products do not include a cat."
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 4 years ago
I’ve never met a cat who enjoyed hats. But the comment translating that products do not include a cat made my day.
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
When I was in Japan, I spent far too much on these kinda things for my cats that were extremely ungrateful upon my return home. Luckily my Sphinx, who is my newest addition is ok with clothes/hats so she wears them sometimes lol.
Eucritta 4 years ago
Yeah, my naked boy is ok with clothing so long as it's cold. I've not tried hats though, just sweaters & shirts.
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Claire 4 years ago
Yes, spend ages trying to find them in Japan. The capsule vending machines are called Gashapon, and they have all sorts of cute little toys in them.
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The Hotel I Am Staying At Has A Vending Machine Strictly For Champagne
CatWoman312 4 years ago
I just watched a tiktok with a rich guy and he had this same vending machine in his penthouse
#12
Found This Yarn / Crochet Hook Vending Machine At The Mall Today. Because You Never Know When You Might Need An Emergency Ball Of Yarn
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
There have been MANY occasions on which I've needed emergency yarn
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Remi Flynne 4 years ago
Is it easier to learn or quicker to do? Genuinely curious! 😀
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Joyce Deering 4 years ago
Doesn't anyone pack their knitting bag with extras anymore when planning a mall trip? :P
CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago
I want this locally so bad!! I would be shoving so many dollars in this!
These specialized vending machines that dispense all these particular and sometimes odd items emerged sometime about the turn of the millennium. They started selling “very specific products to niche markets (dog toys for pet owners, marijuana for recreational drug enthusiasts, bait supplies for fishing aficionados, original art and stories for culture buffs).”
The way they interacted with consumers was also way more specialized: “digital vending machines can track purchases across machines and offer consumers targeted goods based on past purchases, and they gamify consumption by tapping into buyers’ social networks.”
#13
35-Cent Surprise Soda Machine
Mazer 4 years ago
A guy used to work with had one of these in his office in every single person in the building learned about it and he said it had to be refilled every day as a result
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Did he get fired for running a business on company time? I'd love to do that in my office but I'd get fired for sure
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Arthur Waite 4 years ago
There used to be one like this in a shopping-centre in my home town, back when I was a kid, and right after pop-in-cans was invented. The maintenance staff would collect odd cans from the stores that had shelf-space problems, and mix 'em into the slots in this one machine. It came to notice and some problems when it turned out that about one in a hundred was Beer!
JD Dion 4 years ago
There should be one or two slots for diet or zero sugar sodas. Unfair to diabetics!
María Hermida 4 years ago
I knew someone was going to complain about something idiotic. Honestly, if you have any kind of dietary requirements you can't get random drinks or food from a machine. You should go to a normal machine or get a bottle of water from a regular shop. Life is not fair. Learn to live with it.
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Rob Chapman 4 years ago
This is either an old pic, or you just bought a really old soda. The name "Mist Twist" was only used between 2016 & 2018, it's now known as Sierra Mist (as it was before 2016).
Monday 4 years ago
Pick was posted 2 years ago which still puts it in "old soda" range unless they were holding on to it for a while
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A Vending Machine Inside A School
Zephyr Anthem 4 years ago
Better have tenager have protection at hand than let them have teenage pregnancies or STDs
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Karin 4 years ago
Most 9f these products should be FREE! Condoms, menstrual products, deodorant (Think: teen boys!)
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
Why only boys,lol...I worked in a school and there were two girls in the class that smelled pretty badly
Load More Replies... Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
3.99 for sanitary pads , that’s disgusting. Oh and they sell a cheap lighter if you’re interested
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Honestly i can buy the same package from the market with 2.5€! That's too expensive!
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Ellie Human 3 years ago
I understand the condoms but a lighter in a school? Wouldn’t that be considered a weapon? For what reason other than smoking would you need a lighter?
Joyce Deering 4 years ago
"Sorry, Suzie. They're out of condoms. How 'bout we postpone it?" said no guy ever.
Banana Rama 4 years ago
35 is deodorant for $1.99, 18 is lighters for $1.30. You can catch a felony for the low price of $3.29!
Wonderful 4 years ago
Now some kids are going to ruin it for everybody and there will be a assembly about it and there will be no more vending machines. Then everyone will blame the strange kid who put a dead squirrel on a leash and dragged it through the school to first period. He seems like the guy who likes to start fires but it wasn’t actually him it was a bunch of marching band kids bored and waiting for their moms to pick them up after marching practice. It’s always the marching kids.
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There Is A Cigarette Vending Machine In Las Vegas That Now Sells Art Instead Of Cigarettes. For $5, You Can Have One Of Several Original Pocket-Sized Pieces Of Art
Lilian 4 years ago
these aren't only in Vegas, I've seen them a few times traveling to different art museums
Al Christensen 4 years ago
San Francisco in the '80s, a shop had converted an ice cream sandwich machine—the kind with a little elevator and a door—into an art dispenser.
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Terry Reauxper 4 years ago
Love these machines. The first one I saw in Vegas was in the Cosmopolitan.
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
I've seen these in Tennessee, too! Rock City in Chattanooga has this in one of its buildings.
“And of course, vending machines can be a tool for public health and creativity as well! Vending machines in schools, public bathrooms, and outside pharmacies empower customers to acquire food and medicine when they need it, even if shops are not open, and they enable people to anonymously purchase items that they might be too embarrassed to buy from another human being.”
Lisa also explained that they “allow groups of people who have often been the targets of uncomfortable and unfair economic practices to exert greater authority as consumers. For example, as a woman, I hate being talked down to by men at car dealerships (I know this happens to men too—it’s really a people problem). But recently Carvana opened the first full-service car vending machine here in Atlanta, Georgia, where I live and I am already dreaming about how much fun it will be to go pick out a car without salesmen hovering over my shoulder!”
The professor concluded that it really does feel like the future that vending machines have always promised us.
#16
A Book Vending Machine I Found In Romania
Tiny Dancer 4 years ago
Confusing image for me. As a book lover, I adore the idea, but I've seen too many candy bars mangled by those metal loops to trust them near my precious book's cover!
Jennie-Lind Normand 4 years ago
The community centre across the street from me (I'm in Ottawa Canada) has two of these, one with kids/young adults books and the other with adult books, they also have a few movies, CD's and museum passes. It's part of our library's effort to make the library more accessible as not everyone can get to a branch of the library (we also have a book mobile that's a bus that has set locations it visits every weekday)
#17
Vending Machine At Work Made An Error And Distributed Everything All At Once
#18
I'm From The Netherlands And We Have Vending Machines For Eggs
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
Fun fact for those who don't know: European eggs are not refrigerated. In the US they are washed before being sold. This removes the natural protective layer and thats why US eggs have to be refrigerated and European eggs might have feathers sticking to them. Lol
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
And bits of chicken poo - ALWAYS wash your eggs before using them! (in Europe anyway ;)
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Phil DeBlanc 4 years ago
We have those in Belgium, too. Ours is right next to the strawberry and the bread vending machines.
Ozacoter 4 years ago (edited)
I love those! I hate talking so i often go to the bread machine outside of the bakery instead of inside. I have even seen in Belgium a meat vending machine outside of a farm so people can buy when they arent open.
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Vicky Zar 4 years ago
That vending machine is not like your typical ones. There are little doors to every compartment. They open individually.
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María Hermida 4 years ago
Just a stupid question: why eggs? Do Dutch people eat so many eggs? I mean, I'd understand a vending machine with basic stuff, such as milk, sugar, flour, coffee, butter... and eggs. But only eggs?
#19
Walking Japanese Robot Vending Machine
Dan Buczynski 4 years ago
What we're gonna need here is a Pepsi Robot to fight. Go ahead and build it. I'll wait.
Diandra “Mss Didi” Blackthorn 4 years ago (edited)
I'd like this if it offered fruit instead of poison
Joyce Deering 4 years ago
Tempting the kiddies as they leave school hungry, hot, and thirsty. Way to go Coca Cola!
#20
Best Candy Vending Machine Ever
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
plot twist: the candy is the ball- the winner gets it once it has been kicked about
Monday 4 years ago
That's not a plot twist, that's just how the machine works.
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Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
Well, it looks like the game is covered, so no one is touching the field or the players. The only thing touching it would be the candy so yeah I’d say so
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HammerzToe 4 years ago
That's awesome. I wish I'd had something like that when my kids were little. Make them pay for their candy AND keep them entertained. Who could ask for more?!LOL!
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
I've seen these at my local Goodwill, but it was one of those "flipper" games.
#21
An Umbrella Vending Machine In Japan
Cassie 4 years ago
Especially since umbrellas are the one thing that gets stolen in Japan.
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Telmo Belo 4 years ago
I think most of these machines are not to satisfy an emergent need. It's most likely to replace the costly store, labor, licenses and other expenses. Most machines owners don't even pay the electricity they use.
#22
This Marijuana Vending Machine In Vancouver BC
Kabuki Kitsune 4 years ago
That wouldn't last long here in the US. Someone would have busted the front window and cleaned it out already.
Honu 4 years ago
I don't know what all the states are like, but in mine this could only be in a dispensary, so it wouldn't be unattended and you'd have to go through security to get to it. It would make sense to have something like that in a dispensary so people wouldn't have to wait in line for the budtender.
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#23
Skittles Vending Machine That Lets You Mix Your Own Ratio
Rukkia 4 years ago
My hubby found all lime bags of skittles and bought both of us a bag. Then we proceeded to have the 30 minute conversation about how green apple messes up the mix and they never should have changed it. Maybe skittles will listen eventually.
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Jozef Becker 4 years ago
Apple candy is awful and watermelon. They taste like perfume and cleanser, respectively.
#24
This Rest Stop Has A Vending Machine For Dogs
Arthur Waite 4 years ago
As I'm scrolling down through this article, I saw the title of this item before the picture, and I honestly thought I was going to see a machine with a lot of dogs for sale...
Karin 4 years ago
Yup. Made me pause too. Especially after the Cat Hat one refused to sell me a cat!
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Cold Contagious 4 years ago
Fabulous, as long as you are knowledgeable about the brands that are good for your pets and stay up to speed on what you may not want to risk feeding them.
Zephyr Anthem 4 years ago
Probably used mostly by people with low income or even homeless people, so instant satiation is of the essence. If you put high quality food it might not be affordable... for example a 15kg/33lb of dry dog food (no cereals, real meat, high quality ingredients eatable by human,...) cost me more than 80€/94$
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#25
Orlando International Airport Has LEGO Set Vending Machines
Helwin 4 years ago
What do you mean kids ? I would 100% buy it for myself :o.
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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
I saw one of these at the Newark Airport. It’s just some cute little sets to keep you busy while you wait, but it’s a cool idea.
murphy's law affected one 4 years ago
Good idea. There will be always anyone on the need to step into a lego block (the red one, of course!).
#26
So, My College Has A Pizza Vending Machine Now
AzKhaleesi 4 years ago
Wait Whaaaat? This has to be NY because Salvatore's is my FAVE pizza and I get it every time I get to NY. omg. I need this
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
There is one near my mother's place and they are really good, it's made daily by a renowned local caterer with fresh ingredients. It was very useful during curfew while we were renovating an old beach cabin, we make 2 meals with one. It must depend on the cook, like every pizza i guess.
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Cynthia Souza 4 years ago
I watched an episode of How It's Made that showed how these machines work. It was so cool.
#27
A Vegetable Vending Machine Near My Hometown In The Netherlands
Sheila Schaefer 4 years ago
Me too! It looks yummy and again eggs so if I have some meat from one of these machines I've got breakfast, lunch or dinner. These are brilliant!!
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Belle Miles 4 years ago
That's the one needed in the Food Deserts in the big cities. Regular groceries.
#28
Japan Has Vending Machines For Nearly Everything
J. F. 4 years ago
I bet they even have a vending machine for the vending machines that sell vending machines
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HammerzToe 4 years ago
Not only do they have vending machines for everything, they have them everywhere you could possible think/need them. I went to the Philippines to visit my husband when he was stationed there. We went to visit the pineapple growing fields. We were on dirt roads in the middle of nowhere and at a crossroads with another dirt road. And there they were about 3 vending machines with lunch, drinks and desert. Awesome!
María Hermida 4 years ago
I know it's useful and convenient, but I think this is also a bit depressing. Human interaction may be frustrating or annoying, but dealing exclusively with machines can't be good for our mental health.
#29
My University Has A Vending Machine That Gives Free Coke If You Hug It
Pink Floydian Panda 4 years ago
And what do I get if I am willing to take our relationship to the next level? You do not want to know what I would do for free Coke.
Otter 4 years ago
If it dispensed Diet Coke, it'd have to put a restraining order on me.
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Bob Eckert 4 years ago
Coca-Cola doesn't give anything away for free. Trust that the school is charged.
#30
A Meat Vending Machine Near My Hometown In Germany
Natalie Bohrteller 4 years ago
In the meantime you can find them all over the place. And I don't get why some people think it's eww. It's just normal, packaged meat. Probably better than what you can buy in supermarkets.
Aisling Raye 4 years ago
So road trip? Get your meats from the machine in Germany and head down to Switzerland for your cheese from a vending machine. :) Sounds worth doing to me!
Remi Flynne 4 years ago
Haven't seen the alcohol vending machine yet... need to get all the necessities!
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Martha Higgins 4 years ago
Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Kielbasa, and it looks like Deprecziner. YES!
Richard Abato 4 years ago
Not only in Germany, also Warrensburg New York! https://saratogaliving.com/oscars-smokehouse-bacon-vending-machine/
Lisa Chambers 4 years ago
Ya this is good. I spent an hour at the meat counter in a grocery in Germany.
#31
A Vending Machine In Japan That Sells Solder And Resistors, For Your Late-Night Circuitry Cravings
Sara Rodrigues 4 years ago (edited)
I think that this is a machine selling stuff that you might need in case of an earthquake (or a tsunami). I've seen them all over Japan
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
I don’t know how a soldering sponge and an assortment of resistors is going to help you in a tsunami. Unless you’re SO close to finishing your Gundam robot, and a quick solder job is all you need for it to carry your house to safety.
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Scagsy 4 years ago
I like that this company had the capacitor to do this and soldered on with it despite some resistors.
Jo Davies 4 years ago
I know watt you mean, when consider considering the current situation. I can't resist, I'm ex-static.
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DC 4 years ago
I'd totally use thse! Imagine, you have an idea for some cool overdrive pedal or whatever, when it's late at night and you just cannot get it outta your head that, if you throw in this filter here, this one there, and then the sound just explodes in your ears, not by sherr volume, but by retaining a few frequencies unmolested, while some others are deeply saturated, ... I was lucky enough to have scavenged quite a few electronic devices to usually be able to find what I'm looking for, but sometimes, I'm less lucky than that. When needing something more special, like adjustable caps or values out of the usual range or so, ...
#32
Plant Vending Machine, Seen At Clampham Station In London
#33
My Doctor's Office Has A Salad Vending Machine
Joyce Deering 4 years ago
Geeze...how long do you have to wait to see the doctor? Beyond your last meal?
#34
Need This In Our Lives Asap
Al Christensen 4 years ago
There is/was a similar thing in Beverly Hills.
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Don't Look 4 years ago
Did this in Las Vegas. Cute idea, cupcake tasted… not particularly good.
Neil Bidle 4 years ago
I feel like this is an ordering screen and two shutters, and still controlled by a person. You can see the internal shutter if you look. It's still cool though!
Justina Palinavičiūtė 4 years ago
It is, I tried it, someone just puts the cupcake in behind the shutter :(
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Shannon Murdock 4 years ago
We have one here at Disney Springs in Florida. They're okay cupcakes.
Sue Mullen Andersen 4 years ago
There is one in Orlando at Disney Springs. Not an actual vending machine though. It is an order screen and someone inside boxes and puts your order in it. A bit of a gimmick for the chain that keeps people stopping by.
Terry Reauxper 4 years ago
Oh, and it's near the Miracle Mile, stocked twice daily by a store about 6-8 blocks away.
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#35
Just Saw This Giant Vending Machine In An Apartment Complex. It Has Everything
Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
I heard about these. Neat little thing to have when you're on a weird schedule.
Purple Panda Rae'n 4 years ago
I can see a need for these vending machines growing, becoming a "new norm" for indoor use as the rate of theft rises- as it is in San Francisco.
#36
This Vending Machine Squeezes You Fresh Orange Juice
tiari 4 years ago
These are really common in supermarkets, at least in Germany and the Netherlands.
mulk 4 years ago
These one are hell: must be clean up and disinfect EVERY DAY. Some people told me stories about living larva inside those machine.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Yeah my father used to do heth inspections and he always told me to never drink from those
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Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Ooh, I wonder if it's the same one I found in Sydney? The juice was really good.
Jeffrey Pang 2 years ago
in Hong Kong, we have them in ferry pier in central, kowloon city pier and discovery bay pier
Stuart Beatty 4 years ago
There's one in my local supermarket. I love it, except it constantly breaks down.
Lisa Chambers 4 years ago
We have one that peels and cuts a pineapple up for you. In the supermarket.
#37
This Vending Machine In Greece Filled With Seeds For Growing Herbs, Vegetables And Flowers
Vicky Z 4 years ago (edited)
Where the hell is that? I'm Greek and never seen it! Would be useful to know
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
more seedy than a Japanese vending machine in one way. Less seedy in another...
#38
A Mask Gumball Machine At The Dollar Store
Red rockin lobster 4 years ago
After two weeks you make a huge installation out of plastic balls
Bernadette white 4 years ago
Better if they were made first of chocolate. Like a kinder surprise !
#39
My Town Has A Baguette Vending Machine
Flabuless-Jaye 4 years ago
Can you imagine walking last the smell of freshly baked bread. Hmmmm
#40
Jacket Vending Machine In Airport
TTorrest Author 4 years ago
I have a UNIQLO jacket. I love it for everyday wear but it's also great for travel because it squishes so small. Highly recommend.
Marie Fogli 4 years ago
I'll tell you what, I've had a Uniqlo ultra lightweight jacket for eons. Washable and very warm.
I'm Not Your Panda 4 years ago
This is very useful. I once left my jacket at home on my way to the airport. Luckily a friend came to the rescue.
Pirate Captain 4 years ago
They have a store of this brand in Disney Springs and it’s amazing! I would love to have one of these near me
#41
This Flower Vending Machine In Seoul, South Korea
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
These are gorgeous, and for only about £10/$7 too! (if my conversion is done correctly. xD)
Joyce Deering 4 years ago
No excuse not to bring the hostess, or wife, or girlfriend, or other flowers.
#42
Vending Machine For Game Boy Games
Mademoiselle Mirage 4 years ago
I need this as far away from me possible, knowing myself I'd buy them all
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Vermillion Ace #443 4 years ago
XD GBA DOOM! Probably not a good port, but everything can run Doom these days!
That Spoony Bard 4 years ago
As an avid collector, I must say: WHERE IS THIS?! PLEASE TELL ME NOW!
#43
This Driverless Roving Sales Vehicle In China
Apachebathmat 4 years ago
If this was in Britain, within 15 minutes the windows would be out, chicken stolen and hitched up on bricks, after 20 minutes it would be in flames and on Instagram and the daily Mail
Robert T 4 years ago
Actually, they're fairly decent looking alloy wheels. You can keep the Kentucky Fried Sickbucket.
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Sawdust 4 years ago
At least it explains HOW the chicken crossed the road.
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good we'll get those communist back with giving them heart attacks and harden arteries lol
Joyce Deering 4 years ago
This is in China. Are these people too busy to sit down to a nice dinner? Are they at work?
#44
My IT Department Has A Vending Machine For Computer Parts Which Charges The Cost To The Correct Department
#45
This Machine That Dispenses Short Stories
#46
This Vending Machine Outside A Guitar Store Sells Strings And Picks
Satirical Duchess 4 years ago
follow up to this: I did my hw and wrote a song about a nordic puffin <3
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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
I go to guitar stores to look at guitars. Generally, I buy picks or strings as a token purchase because I was in the store for an hour. This would be good for after store hours, though.
#47
Soccer Ball Vending Machine In South Africa
Remi Flynne 4 years ago
Not necessary for me - our neighbour's small children send 2 or 3 balls over the fence virtually daily!
Diandra “Mss Didi” Blackthorn 4 years ago
These should be near playgrounds - get these kids moving more than just their thumbs...
#48
The Vending Machine In The Engineering Department Of My School Offers Fuses
#49
This At The Mall: Cassette Tape Vending Machine
Kristy P 4 years ago
By the ones I can identify, they are at least 20 years old. Maybe remakes?
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murphy's law affected one 4 years ago
Ahh, cassettes! A primitive device capable of storing data and songs! Still enjoyable; the nostalgia hits hard! Great ol' days !! 👍
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 4 years ago
Does anyone have a cassette player? I haven’t had one in maybe a decade.
T J R 4 years ago
My last car had a tape deck and CD player which was great because I still have all of my cassette tapes and CDs from the 80s and 90s - I'm a sentimental hoarder - but now I have nothing to play my tapes on.
Donald Pack 4 years ago
...My current car, a RAV4, has both cassette and CD... I have ALL the music I need and only add to the collection when I find a good one! ✌
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A Tasty Piece Of Salmon From This Salmon ATM In Singapore
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago (edited)
"ATM"? That suggests that you must have an account full of salmon, and that you can deposit salmon into your account as well...
Haunting Spirit 4 years ago
We have this one in our town in The Netherlands. It contains smoked salmon pieces.
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago
Need a bagel vending machine next to it, and a cream cheese vending machine next to that one...
Klas Klättermus 4 years ago (edited)
You should not eat Norweigan salmon. They are usualy from fish farms and very poisonous and disgusting with tons of diseases and parasites. Not to mention the environmental impact and spreading their diseases to wild fish
#51
There’s A Vending Machine For Milk Freshly Filled In Glass Bottles At My Local Dairy Farm (Salisbury, UK)
Karin Lange 4 years ago
This fresh milk tastes so much better than the milk, you can usually buy in a grocery store. The only bad part is, that you have to drink it fast
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Honestly when we had these in Greece we had tourists asking if there was a cow back there😅😅
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This Graveyard Has A Candle Vending Machine
Ezalibeth 4 years ago
In my country it's very important to set a light on the grave - we do this every time we visit the graveyard. You can buy them in cemetery shop's but they not open all the time - I think that would work here. Especially on those smaller or nearly forgotten graveyards - I would use them
k Wetherbee 4 years ago
...I have to agree with comments. This is pretty terrible. They already charge so much, how can they be this petty. :(
#53
This Is A Pizza Vending Machine I Saw In Croatia. You Pick The Toppings And It Actually Bakes It For You Right There
Grant Barke 4 years ago
Imagine the poor guy working inside of that inferno, especially on a hot summers day.
#54
This Floppy Disk Vending Machine. The Future Is Here
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 4 years ago
This vending machine must be right next to the cassette tape machine… in the 90’s
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
50p for a floppy? not even at the height of their cost, omg!
#55
This Vending Machine Sells Thongs
JennyLaRue 4 years ago
There's probably a vending machine for those types of thongs somewhere too
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Amanita Virosa 4 years ago
Yes thongs are something different in the USA. We call these flip flops.
Lytha 4 years ago
In some contries, it's named "Thongs" (maybe it's the wrong name, but we deal with it !) ;)
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
I've heard those called thongs before (and often, to be honest), but that's not the first thing that came to mind when I read the title.
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 4 years ago
When you scroll slowly, you may get the wrong type of thong sales. Oops
#56
Vending Machine In Germany
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
Ein Proooosit, ein Proooooosit der Gemütlichkeit! Eins, twei, drei Gsuffa! (No, no, no i was actually STUDIING in München, absolutely never puked while laughing alone in the bathroom because my puke was foamy during Maifeste, underage. It wasn't me!)
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#57
Bike Tube Vending Machine Seen In Luxembourg On One Of The Main Inter City Bike Paths
#58
A Vending Machine That Time Forgot
#59
A Meat Vending Machine Found In Rosenheim, Germany
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Indeed. It is nasty being such an extremist like you
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#60
Spare Part Vending Machines At IKEA
Monday 4 years ago
It might still be, the buttons are a bit small to make out but it doesn't look like there's a money slot
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Saw This All-Mustard Vending Machine Yesterday
Gemini 4 years ago
All the other vending machines should ketchup quickly because this is amayozing
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Rachel Callies 4 years ago
This is near Madison, Wisconsin at the mustard museum. I don’t think it actually works but you can buy hundreds of different mustards in the gift shop
#62
This Cheese Vending Machine In The Netherlands
#63
Mask And Disinfectant Vending Machine In Bucharest
#64
Saw This Vending Machine At An Audio Recording Studio In LA. They Have All The Essentials
#65
Sriracha Vending Machine
Satirical Duchess 4 years ago
you say one more hipster thing and I'll shove you in your vintage bassoon case
#67
My Computer Science University Has Vending Machines For Spare Parts
#68
In France, To Reduce The Number Of Customers In Bakeries, We Now Have Baguette Vending Machines
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
But that's not very new, i know bread vending machine since the 90's or 80's. There is an old one near my place.
Mimi M 4 years ago (edited)
I don't think I like this idea. People need the human interaction. Yes, that's theoretically true of all vending machines and automatic checkouts, but there is something about going to one's local bakery every day....
Kerri Russ 4 years ago
It's just for the baguettes because they are big sellers. You can still get all the rest of the bread inside. Not everything needs human interaction.
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My City Has An Egg Vending Machine
Phil DeBlanc 4 years ago
It more than likely uses a lift system. The bread machine in our village has one. A tray moves up/down and parks in front of the selected product. The product is forced forward to the tray and the tray moves to the slot for you to retrieve your selection from.
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My Son's School Has A Vending Machine For School Supplies. Great Idea
#71
This Flower Vending Machine In Taiwan
#72
This Vending Machine In Germany Sells WiFi Codes Valid For One Day
#73
In Switzerland, You Can Buy Cheese 24/7 - From Vending Machines
Cain Hargreaves 4 years ago
I went to Switzerland but I didn't see these. I need to go back!
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A Vending Machine For Umbrellas
#75
Covid-19 Test Vending Machine In Japan
#76
Vending Machine In A Small Iowa Town That Sells Steaks, Bacon, Meat Sticks Etc
#77
This Vending Machine At My Office Sells Keyboards For $10
Kayla J 4 years ago
I have seen some people who have had this kind of thing in their office say instead of supply closets which could be stolen from, they have these where you need your work ID. As Little Wonder noted, they are not charged specifically, but the department they are in.
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Hi Internet, This Is A Cupcake Vending Machine I Found Today In Chicago
#79
Have You All Seen These Cool Vending Machines Popping Up By Farmers Fridge? I'm Loving The Options For Fresh Salads And Clean Protein
#81
This Old Cigarette Machine At The Local Library Has Been Repurposed To Dispense Artwork
Cain Hargreaves 4 years ago
We have one of these in the performing arts center in my hometown. It's a stocked with all local artists and it's super cool.
#82
A Seed Vending Machine In Vienna
#83
There Exists A Vending Machine The Munich Train Station Just For Legos
#84
This Vending Machine In This Russian Mall Is For Buying Likes On Your Instagram Pics
#85
This Vending Machine At A Mall Near Me That Sells Masks, Hand Sanitizer, And Other Things Of The Sort
#87
Vending Machine For Live Fishing Bait. What A Time To Be Alive
M O'Connell 4 years ago
These have been around a LONG time. Especially since the prime hours for fishing rarely coincide with normal business hours.
#88
A Vending Machine That Sells Camera Film
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Wow, film has gotten pricey! I think it's awesome they've included 120 for us large-format aficionados.
#90
Vending Machine For Hair Extensions At The Mall
#92
You Can Buy Cheese From A Vending 'Machine'/Wall When The Shop Is Closed At This Farm In The Netherlands
#93
Baguette Vending Machine. Spotted While Walking In France. Sadly, No Cheese And Wine Ones Close By, So We Carried On Walking
#94
Pizza Vending Machine Cooks Pizza For You In 3 Mins
#95
This Vending Machine Only Sells Bananas
Sue Hazlewood 4 years ago
The bottom plastic holders are handy to keep for taking bananas to work etc. Stops it getting squashed or bruised in your bag.
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#96
This Vending Machine That Organizes Its Selections According To Health Recommendations
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
ah good, I can still drink plenty of coffee then, considering I drink it black with no sugar most of the time. (unless I have iced coffee, but then I found a sugar free coffee syrup so yay)
#97
This Cologne Machine In The Men’s Room At A Truck Stop
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Someone needs to write a C&W song about a trucker who squirts himself with a kind of cologne he doesn't normally use, gets home to find his wife busy in the kitchen, sneaks up behind her, covers her eyes and whispers "Guess who's home?" , only to be mistaken for her boyfriend
Tim Douglass 4 years ago
These have been common in truck-stop type places at least since the 1960s and probably earlier, that's just when I first noticed them. Normally found right next to another vending machine where you could get such useful items as "French ticklers". Although an optimistic man might expect that if the cologne works he's going to need the condoms!
#99
Welcome To The Future. Coconut Vending Machines
#100
This Vending Machine With Protective Products In
#101
Awesome Vending Machine At The Local Hospital
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Not in our hospital they built a new wing with a beautiful cafeteria open 1 hour a day at noon with lousy food be better with a vending machine.
#103
A Salmon Vending Machine
Vic 4 years ago
"premium"... Norwegian farmed salmon is destroying our nature, it's torture for the animals, and it's utterly disgusting.
Uber Mensch 4 years ago
Unless the salmon are actually communicating with people, you're pretty much talking out your nether regions regarding what they're _actually_ experiencing. They're fish. They have a brain the size of a small pea. No 'culture', 'society', or other indication of intelligence.
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A Banana Vending Machine In An Underground Subway Station In Tokyo. The Trash Can To The Right Is For Only The Plastic Wrappers And Banana Peels
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
stop putting bananas in plastic packaging! it does NOT extend their shelf life! it's been debunked.
#105
This Seed Vending Machine At Crete Airport
#108
There Is A Worm Vending Machine At This Gas Station
#109
A Sausage Vending Machine. Welcome To Germany
Dagnirath 4 years ago
If they added cheese that would be the WURST KÄSE scenario.
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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago
I live in a rather smal city in eastern France and we have vending machines for cheese, eggs and bread.... In Germany, where I work there is a machine where you ca buy potatoes
Sanne H. 4 years ago
Surprised not seeing any Dutch fried snacks machines here. Maybe they have become too regular for this list?
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
my Jr high school had an apple vending machine...$0.35 got you a cold granny smith apple. It rolled down a chute and dispensed at the bottom. That thing was awesome....this was 20+ years ago
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
One of the best posts lately bp...I wish there was more of such good stuff here like it used to be😕
Helwin 4 years ago
I'm disappointed I didn't see any machines with plushies in it, I case of an emergency need for something cute and fluffy :/.
T J R 4 years ago
That would be really great for when you have a baby or child that's scared or bored or whatever. Let them pick out a new plushie and yay all better!! I think you just found your new business opportunity!!
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Chris Yuen 4 years ago
Disappointed, 100 entries and i still miss the dutch fried snack vending ma chine and the crab machine e09fb273c6...cbe2e8.jpg 
Sam Kunz 4 years ago
I want a vending machine that sells vending machines....but it'd have to be really big! - Mitch Hedberg
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
I want a space shuttle selling vending machine,don't judge me
Load More Replies... cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
Since it's not on the list, let me present to you the OYSTER VENDING MACHINE from a friend who is an oysterfarmer. (yes it is paté on the left, of course we eat oyster with paté, it's the best thing to do: raw oyster and a bite on good bread with paté) distri-hui...ea000b.jpg 
ADHORTATOR 4 years ago
I live in a rather smal city in eastern France and we have vending machines for cheese, eggs and bread.... In Germany, where I work there is a machine where you ca buy potatoes
Sanne H. 4 years ago
Surprised not seeing any Dutch fried snacks machines here. Maybe they have become too regular for this list?
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
my Jr high school had an apple vending machine...$0.35 got you a cold granny smith apple. It rolled down a chute and dispensed at the bottom. That thing was awesome....this was 20+ years ago
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
One of the best posts lately bp...I wish there was more of such good stuff here like it used to be😕
Helwin 4 years ago
I'm disappointed I didn't see any machines with plushies in it, I case of an emergency need for something cute and fluffy :/.
T J R 4 years ago
That would be really great for when you have a baby or child that's scared or bored or whatever. Let them pick out a new plushie and yay all better!! I think you just found your new business opportunity!!
Load More Replies... Chris Yuen 4 years ago
Disappointed, 100 entries and i still miss the dutch fried snack vending ma chine and the crab machine e09fb273c6...cbe2e8.jpg
Sam Kunz 4 years ago
I want a vending machine that sells vending machines....but it'd have to be really big! - Mitch Hedberg
ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
I want a space shuttle selling vending machine,don't judge me
Load More Replies... cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
Since it's not on the list, let me present to you the OYSTER VENDING MACHINE from a friend who is an oysterfarmer. (yes it is paté on the left, of course we eat oyster with paté, it's the best thing to do: raw oyster and a bite on good bread with paté) distri-hui...ea000b.jpg
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