You Can Get What in a Vending Machine?

by Jennifer Lawinski, Posted May 12th 2010 @ 4:00PM

Vending machines aren't just for Kit-Kats and Cokes anymore. You can find everything from fresh-baked pizza (made from scratch!) to live lobsters in vending machines around the world, Travel + Leisure reported.

Want a fresh pizza? In Italy, the "Let's Pizza" vending machine makes four types of pizza from scratch. The machine kneads the dough, spreads on sauce and cheese and toppings, and then bakes your pie in less than three minutes and has taken up residence in shopping malls and airports.

Got a craving for french fries? In Australia, there's a vending machine for that -- Hot Fresh Fries.

The Maine Lobster Game vending machine mixes tasty crustaceans with carnival game, letting "players" catch their own lobsters in a tank. For $3 you get 15 seconds to try and grab a lobster that you can either have cooked up in the restaurant or take to go.

In both California and Japan you can get fresh eggs from a vending machine, Travel + Leisure reported.

In the beer-loving Czech Republic local brew Pilsner Urquell developed a vending machine that scans your ID (or your U.S. passport) before dolling out a cold can of pilsner.

For those trying to keep kosher, a New York company makes vending machines -- called Hot Nosh 24/6 -- that can create hot kosher meals in 90 seconds including vegetable cutlets, kosher mozzarella sticks, cheese pizza and onion rings.

And for the truly adventurous, PA Live Bait Vending sells night crawlers by the dozen, crayfish, leeches and live minnows in addition to chilled soft drinks.

Filed Under: Gadgets
Tags: maine lobster, MaineLobster, vending machines, VendingMachines

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5-12-2010 @9:05PM kaszeta said... I've seen the French Fry vending machines plenty of times (including France!). For several years it seemed that most PX/BX stores in the military had these in the entryway...
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5-13-2010 @2:18PM beltrand said... here's a neat book all about the subject matter at hand:

http://markbattypublisher.com/books/vending-machines/
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5-13-2010 @2:51PM newfangled voice said... Today, on Good Morning America i discovered you can also buy gold, yeah GOLD, in vending machines.

Gonna need a lot of quarters.
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5-13-2010 @4:22PM megan said... wow thats crazy i want the pizza one and the french fries one ok but i live in california my entire life i i have yet to see a vending machine for fresh eggs

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5-13-2010 @4:20PM Tom said... The japanese sell worn panties in vending machines. I think i'd rather have night crawlers
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5-13-2010 @5:36PM GOOD GOD!!!! said... PLEASE SHIP THAT VENDING MACHINE HERE TO THE STATES!!!
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5-13-2010 @6:05PM Sunday said... A vending machine that makes pizza from scratch? I would love to try that! My daughter and son-in-law are going to Italy this summer for vacation - I'm going to ask them to keep an eye out for one and take a video of it if they see one! lol.
I'm from PA and I've used the Live Bait machines early in the morning when we went fishing. Very convenient!
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