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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: USSEnterprise on February 22, 2006, 12:48:34 am

Title: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: USSEnterprise on February 22, 2006, 12:48:34 am

I'm considering building a popcorn vending machine, kinda like this one.
(http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6144/popcorn1iv.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Really basic. really not much to it. A box, enclosing a heating coil, motor, and chute. On top would be a glass bowl, where the popcorn would stay. I know they used to sell similar machines at Coinopwarehouse. What do you think?

Title: Re: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: RayB on February 22, 2006, 12:15:41 pm

Stale popcorn. ICK

Not to mention the cleaning requirements...

But good luck!
 ;D

Title: Re: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: USSEnterprise on February 22, 2006, 08:33:40 pm

wouldn't be that bad. Use an air popper as opposed to oil. Only pop whenI would use the popcorn

Title: Re: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: Necro on February 23, 2006, 04:28:14 pm

In a house, I could see that...would anyone EVER actually BUY something from one of those things?  good god.
 :P

Title: Re: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: USSEnterprise on February 23, 2006, 06:36:38 pm

neither would I, unless it was the kind that pops it when you order

Title: Re: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: Necro on February 24, 2006, 05:57:11 pm

I would like to see a close up high res image of whatever the hell is on the machine though.  That cartoon thingey.

Title: Re: An odd project I'm considering.
Post by: clanggedin on February 24, 2006, 06:00:20 pm

I bet that thing doesn't pop its own corn. They probably use the bulk pre-popped corn you get from Sam's Club or Costco.