Top 7 Weirdest Vending Machines
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Folks everywhere have long enjoyed the convenience of vending machines - whether to grab a refreshing
soda or midday snack, these pay-and-select devices are pretty cut and dry.
However, what happens when the products inside start thinking outside the box?
Today, let's take a look at the weirdest vending machines.
Number seven - Pizza
Referred to as a "Pizza ATM", this contraption is one of those ideas that pretty much everyone
says, "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT".
Invented by a French company - this ridiculous but brilliant idea has actually been around
France for over 14 years already.
Stocked with supplies for about 70 pizzas at a time and an internal convection oven,
it serves up 12" pies 24 hours a day - customized to order.
After the user selects the toppings they'd like on a touchscreen and hits a button - the
machine gets to work - preparing, cooking and delivering the order (complete with a
pizza box) in only three minutes.
In August 2016, it officially made its US debut at Ohio's Xavier University.
Number six - Live Crabs
Maybe you're not in the mood for pizza (and happen to be in China)?
No problem - just walk down to the local corner and hit up the ol' crab machine for a delicious,
live seafood treat.
Stocked with live hairy crabs, customers can select the specific one they'd like to eat
from the same way you can grab a bag of chips.
The machine maintains a temperature that basically keeps the crabs in a waking coma (and trapped
inside a container that shackles their movement).
First appearing in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province - it sells these hairy-tendrilled
critters for around 20 RMB (or about $3 and change), complete with some crab vinegar and
two bags of ginger tea.
Number five - Caviar
While we're on the subject of seafood - let's take a trip to the OTHER hemisphere (specifically,
three different Los Angeles malls).
Invented by Kelly Stern, a co-owner of Beverly Hills Caviar (a gourmet Californian food supplier),
she purchased parts from seven different countries to manufacture the perfect device that could
keep the caviar cold, be touchscreen-enabled, be able to connect to the internet AND look
inviting and attractive to passerby's.
Costing about $85,000 each, they stock fifty grand's worth of merchandise inside and sell
items that start at $5 and top off around $500 for an ounce of their premium caviar.
See?
People are insane all over the world.
Number four - Bananas
Yep.
That's it.
One giant machine - packed to the brim with the bright yellow fruit.
You might think it's kind of a dumb idea, but you certainly can't argue with the sales
numbers.
First introduced by Dole in 2010 - a test machine was installed inside of a Tokyo train
station and became a huge hit with morning commuters looking to grab a bite to eat on
the way to work.
It's a silly looking unit - rows and rows of bagged bananas, just waiting to drop (and
probably bruise) into the retrieval chamber below - but people go, well, bananas over
it.
An Australian company recently followed suit - installing their own versions all over Melbourne
and marketed as "smart bananas".
Number three - Holy Water
Don't expect to find this one at your local church - we're going WAY back to the 1st Century
for this one.
Touted as one of the world's oldest vending inventions ever - the same guy who invented
syringes and an archaic version of the modern steam engine came up with a way to meter out
a specific amount of blessed water into a container after the user inserted some coins.
Similar to flushing a toilet, the unit was designed to deter people from taking more
holy water than they actually paid for - an actual problem faced by civilization back
then (hey, things were a little different).
Number two - Recycled Art
Clark Whittington, the artist and creator behind the "Art-O-Mat", had a novel idea - take
unused (and let's face it, largely abandoned) cigarette vending machines, whip up a bunch
of cool paintings and sell THOSE instead.
Mounted on small wood blocks, he began selling his art for $1.00 a piece in these retro,
steel containers back in 1997 for a solo art.
However - when the machine ran dry of paintings and was scheduled to be removed, the cafe
owner insisted it be refilled and carried on.
Thus began a 20 year run and multiple other Art-O-Mats that have been dispensing not food
- but pretty clever creativity.
Number one - Underwear
Most of you probably knew this one was coming the moment you read "weirdest vending machines".
We don't blame you - today's number one is just as baffling as it is insane.
Long treated as part truth / part urban legend, vending machines that sell women's panties
DO exist in Japan (who coincidentally have the highest ratio of vending machines to landmass).
Although most of these weird devices dispense factory-fresh underwear that's simply artificially
scented and printed to mimic a used pair, certain seedier devices distribute legitimately
soiled underoos for the price equivalent to a combo meal.
Although those remain illegal (for obvious reasons), it doesn't stop them from popping
up JUST long enough to blast through their inventory.
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