{"id":1252,"date":"2007-01-27T09:54:12","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T09:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/27\/takatoku-vending-machine-dx\/"},"modified":"2007-01-27T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2007-01-27T09:54:12","slug":"takatoku-vending-machine-dx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=1252","title":{"rendered":"Takatoku Vending Machine DX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small 11.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%2011.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1243\" height=\"96\" alt=\"PS Vending small 11.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%2011.jpg?fit=525%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><script language=\"javascript\">geovisit();<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Review: Not really a toy, more of a gadget<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small 1.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%201.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1244\" height=\"96\" alt=\"PS Vending small 1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%201.jpg?fit=525%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small 2.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%202.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1245\" height=\"96\" alt=\"PS Vending small 2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%202.jpg?fit=525%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Packaging &#038; Extras: (4\/5)<\/strong><br \/>\nOverall the box is nicely decorated although it&#8217;s not quite as nice as the boxes that come with the valkyries.\u00a0 This box doesn&#8217;t have that same sturdy feel and textured appearance (although it&#8217;s still flat, not glossy).\u00a0 The vending machine portion of the box lacks any support for the machine itself, it&#8217;s more like the machine is supporting the box.\u00a0 Three extra pieces are included with the vending machine.\u00a0 Those extras are any of the various main mecha from the show ranging from Glaugs to Destroids (Mine came with a VF-1J Battroid and two Destroids).\u00a0 These extra pieces are essentially much larger and nicer versions of the toys that are in the plastic bubbles available for dispensing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small 5.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%205.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1246\" height=\"96\" alt=\"PS Vending small 5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%205.jpg?fit=525%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charm &#038; Collectibility: (3\/5)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis thing has charm and collectibility really only because it is licensed Macross merchandise and it&#8217;s so odd.\u00a0 On it&#8217;s own, there&#8217;s not a whole lot you can do with it.\u00a0 It does have a high &#8220;Wow, that&#8217;s funky&#8221; factor but there&#8217;s not much more than that going on here.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small 12.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%2012.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1247\" height=\"83\" alt=\"PS Vending small 12.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%2012.jpg?fit=525%2C83&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sculpt, Detail, and Paint: (4\/10)<\/strong><br \/>\nOkay, the toy itself is a miniaturized Gumball-Style vending machine much like you&#8217;d see at any supermarket.\u00a0 It does a very nice job of emulating said machines.\u00a0 The toys inside the machine are another matter entirely.\u00a0 They are rubber-eraser style (I can&#8217;t say for sure that they actually are erasers), each piece is molded from one color and then crammed into a plastic bubble.\u00a0 After spending 20+ years in their little bubbles you are guaranteed that these toys will never adjust back into their natural positions.\u00a0 Being eraser-style toys, even if they did, there&#8217;s not a whole lot of room for anything that would resemble detail and Takatoku isn&#8217;t exactly known for nailing the proportions on their rubber or vinyl toys.\u00a0 The larger toys provided as a supplement are obviously better than the tiny toys in the bubbles.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small 9.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%209.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1248\" height=\"96\" alt=\"PS Vending small 9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%209.jpg?fit=525%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design: (6\/10)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Okay, you put a little coin in the machine, turn the wheel, and a bubble toy drops out.\u00a0 Not exactly revolutionary but it&#8217;s efficient and it does what it&#8217;s supposed to.\u00a0 So, the vending machine is cool enough but the little figures are all absolutley immobile chunks which is a bit of a let down.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small CT2.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%20CT2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1249\" height=\"80\" alt=\"PS Vending small CT2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%20CT2.jpg?fit=525%2C80&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Durability &#038; Build: (9\/10)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe rubber toys that are packaged with the vending machine may be the first toy I have ever handled that can literally withstand a hammer blow without any negative effects!\u00a0 I wouldn&#8217;t try the same with the vending machine itself though.\u00a0 The real problem here has to do with all the toys morphing into the shape of the bubble they are imprisoned in.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small CT1.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%20CT1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1250\" height=\"92\" alt=\"PS Vending small CT1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%20CT1.jpg?fit=525%2C92&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articulation: (2\/10)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe vending machine has a mechanism for dispensing plastic bubbles.\u00a0 The plastic bubbles open to reveal a toy that does not move.\u00a0 The larger toys provided with the vending machine do not move.\u00a0 No cool poses here, not much movement here at all.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PS Vending small CT3.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%20CT3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"525\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1251\" height=\"94\" alt=\"PS Vending small CT3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anymoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/PS%20Vending%20small%20CT3.jpg?fit=525%2C94&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Score: (28\/50)<\/strong><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s be honest, this isn&#8217;t really a toy and it&#8217;s not something you&#8217;re going to play with.\u00a0 If this were 20 years ago it&#8217;d be kinda cool &#8217;cause little kids could open all the balls and have a small army of tiny toys.\u00a0 Now-a-days it&#8217;s just kind of a funky embodiment of Gashapon&#8230; which is kind of cool in its own right.\u00a0 As far as Macross merchandise goes this has to be one of the more unique items I&#8217;ve come across.\u00a0 It may not have the allure of a super-deformed plush valkyrie or the style of the Basara Sunglass replications but it&#8217;s still kind of neat to have on a shelf some where&#8230; if only for that &#8220;Wow, that&#8217;s funky!&#8221; moment it inspires occasionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review: Not really a toy, more of a gadget<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,36,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-macrossthe-macross-saga","category-oddball","category-takatoku"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}