Monday, February 04, 2008

Mini Drink Jidouhanbaiki - Preorder, Ships May 2008

The Japanese are enamored with the miniaturization of things such as scaled replicas of food, Van Gogh paintings, animals, candy, and pretty much everything else under the sun. Epoch's Mini Drink Jidouhanbaiki toy miniaturizes soda vending machines.

Five different vending machines (colored yellow, red, white, blue, and orange) are featured in the set and three replica cans are soda may be loaded into the machine for proper dispensing. If you want a can of soda, insert one of the three plastic coins into the machine, press the button, and a can of soft drink slides out from the bowels of the dispenser.

The Mini Drink Jidouhanbaiki is usually sold randomly via gashapon machines in Japan but we'll gather together them into complete sets of five. Preorders are welcome to ship in mid-late May 2008 at US$20/set.

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