Japan’s undeserved reputation for being a nation where anything and everything can bought from its omnipresent vending machines might be slightly less undeserved than previously thought if 2ch’s collection of vending machine aberrations is anything to go by:
Detergents.
Phones.
“Natural water.”
“At present nothing is chilled!”
A vending machine dedicated exclusively to “tare” sauce for yakiniku.
Udon.
Sushi.
Natto.
Bait.
“Who knows what’ll come out if you order this.”
Adult goods vending machines housed in suitably creepy surroundings:
Dutch wives and costumes feature alongside erotic DVDs…
Customers apparently unwrap them on the “premises.”
Below is a special bin for “materials harmful to minors,” shaped like a friendly ladybird.
The bins variously admonish users “No rubbish!” and “This is not a postbox!”, giving some clue as to what people have been using them for.
Just why this “committee for purifying the youth environment” is so interested in soliciting pornography in place of municipal waste disposal services is something of a mystery.
Vending machine fans should of course be warned that 95% of nation’s machines sell nothing but drinks, tobacco and contraceptives, a winning combination if ever there were one.
sorry forgot to add also, why not just toss the porn in the trash, is there a problem there of kids going though trash cans? Also who keeps porn on them… well yes manga does show nudes but as said before is there such a problem a kids in trash cans just for porn?
Not sure if its a english thing, but what the hell is a ladybird…. Here in canada its called a ladybug.
I know that calling it a ladybug is odd sounding but it is a bug not a bird, how the hell does it look like a bird. Whatever you call it it is still a bug not bird so would not ladybug just sound better
Very interesting…
The Smart Car vending machine doesn’t really offer a direct sale, but functions as a cleverly thought promotional stunt. Looks like a giant microwave oven though…
I went on a fishing trip to Toledo Bend (LA side) many years ago, i remember seeing a live bait machine. Crickets and worms do have a fairly long shelf life, but they can’t be too lively after being in a vending machine as opposed to the bait shop. However, with the advent of vendors that take credit/debit cards, a machine that hands out Rat L Traps, Strike King buzzers and Culprits might do pretty good. You’d prbly have to install some sort of climate control stop the soft plastic baits from melting, though.
This list fails, because it needs a vending machine that can vend, other vending machines.