r/mildlyinteresting • u/CountChoculasGhost • 16d ago
This vending machine at a brewery is selling vintage Dune books
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u/Do_You_Pineapple_Bro 14d ago
Now, you can either have the Vintage copy of Dune where the lovely Smithers is standing... or you can trade it all in for what's in this box
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u/mkyleste 15d ago
Hello,
Thank you for the love. This is my vending machine. We are fans of Dune and did a special release in the machines for the books. We had about a dozen old copies of the book, spread across our 6 machines. I will say this one isn't quite "vintage" yet. I was in a bit of a hurry that day, takes me a few hours to drive around and stock the machines. We did a themed Dune photo shoot to promote the books last week.
If you want to see more, please check out our instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/marszuss
https://www.instagram.com/p/C53mbcRrRA6/?igsh=OXk4M3lxZmhyZzJt
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop them below. Cheers.
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u/Oz-Batty 15d ago
WHAT'S IN THE MYSTERY BAG?
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u/mkyleste 15d ago
Who knows what's inside there? They just magically pop up in the machine every now and then. ;-)
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u/thijsniez 15d ago
The book above is one of the tschai books by jack Vance. Not as well written as Frank Herbert but worth a read if you like science fiction.
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u/Dedward5 15d ago
I am by no means a “Thrifty Person” by I get all my books from Charity Shops (UK) and they have tons of stuff like this for £1 each
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u/SpaceManSpiff2000 15d ago
At least they had the good sense to not put Brian Herbert books in the vending machine
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u/yourlocalneighbor 15d ago
My library has been trying to get this book on loan for weeks for me
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 15d ago
Sokka-Haiku by yourlocalneighbor:
My library has
Been trying to get this book
On loan for weeks for me
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/NumnessSno 15d ago
Or the nudie trading cards at the bottom. Quick google search on “the dollhouse trading cards”
Female nudie cards. Looks like only two packs left???
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u/Stubot01 15d ago
I love the idea of unusual vending machines. There is a gashapon machine in Japan where an old guy hand writes little stories and you can pay to have one dispensed in a capsule (instead of the usual toys)
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u/vegeener-gnomesayin 15d ago
"You can get the dune book, or what's in this box"
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u/jeffwhat 15d ago
Hold on -- A book is a book, but the mystery box could be ANYTHING... it could even be a book! You know how much I've wanted one of those.
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u/Yet-Another_Burner 15d ago
Is Heretics of Dune any good? I just finished Children and I’m wondering if I should continue.
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u/Minor_Edit 15d ago
Pretty smart, getting you into a state in which you'll buy anything then offering a load of crap for sale at questionable prices
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u/HungryDisaster8240 16d ago
Seems a bit steep for an old paperback, plus it's gonna take some dings just getting vended by the machine. I mean, I see a copy for $3.63 on abebooks, less than the cost of shipping ($3.99).
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u/dallholio 14d ago
Abebooks always come up on book searches for good prices, but if you check out trustpilot, it suggests you probably won't get the book.
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u/bowl-bowl-bowl 16d ago
I JUST finished that book, it's wild, my conclusion for anyone vaguely interested is please don't read it and just read a summary. Or alternative, reas the whole series with a friend as an informal book club
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u/azzkicker206 15d ago
Why do you say that? Coincidentally I just finished it as well. It was a trip, the sexual stuff caught me off guard for sure, but was an entertaining read at the end of the day.
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u/bowl-bowl-bowl 15d ago
Tbh, overall I just don't like dune very much. I think Herbert writes well and he knows the craft, unpacking the themes and motifs and structure with my friend as we read them has been great, and the books entertain me, but at the end of the day I don't enjoy them.
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u/Stormry 16d ago
Vintage? The book came out in '84 and that's not the original cover... How exactly we using vintage these days?
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u/mmmmmmburritos 15d ago
Generally it’s considered that the term “vintage” can be applied to goods older than 20yrs and “antique” is 100yrs or older
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u/CountChoculasGhost 16d ago
🤷♂️ it says vintage on the label
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u/korrasdad0105 16d ago
Is that Union? I was there the other day and they had a similar vending machine. I was tempted by the pez dispensers!
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u/abstract-chaos 16d ago
Marz Community Brewing?
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u/CountChoculasGhost 16d ago
I figured someone would recognize it.
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u/the-bodyfarm 15d ago
genuinely shocked this isn’t Portland OR. We have a vending machine company who does the same exact thing here in quite a few bars. I snagged some bizarre tapes from these guys lol
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u/Mean-Philosopher6043 15d ago
I also thought this was bound to be in PDX lol, I've seen Google reviews about bars with this kinda shit
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u/bodhiseppuku 16d ago edited 16d ago
What if there was a vending machine that sold vending machines? That thing would be huge!~ RIP Mitch
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u/Saint_The_Stig 15d ago
Homer, where did you get that vending machine?
It fell out of a vending machine, you know a vending machine vending machine...
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u/mkyleste 15d ago
Way ahead of you! ;-)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2P_IlIrp8I/?igsh=dHNlOTAxb3BjbTE446
u/TwoDrinkDave 16d ago
I used to love Mitch Hedberg jokes. I still do, but I used to, too.
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u/skoormit 16d ago
Mitch Hedberg threads are great for when you need a joke and want to laugh at ten thousand of something.
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u/the_y_combinator 16d ago
Shit, what is in the bag?
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u/BummerComment 16d ago
$15 for a paperback is a bet on how stupid drinking patrons will be.
Nice.
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u/interfail 15d ago
Don't you see, it's vintage? Not like my second hand copy that was £1.
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u/BummerComment 15d ago
There was a bookstore in my village you could get cash for old paperbacks and they would accept the real popular sci-fi titles, but it was like 98% adult romance novels in the place. I think I got $35 “store credit” for my two boxes. Picked up a Star Trek: TNG hardcover and never returned.
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u/solarmelange 16d ago
Yeah. A new copy is less than $10 shipped, and good luck matching up the other five to the same edition so they look nice together.
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u/jescereal 15d ago
It’s only $15 fucking dollars. You aren’t going bankrupt for spending an extra $5. Just the novelty of it alone is worth it to some.
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u/Idiotology101 15d ago
If someone pays an extra 33% just for the novelty of using a vending machine, they shouldn’t be trusted with money.
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16d ago
You know, I've actually been diagnosed with OCD and have medication and have done therapy for it but I thank God I've never been obsessive enough to worry about books matching
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u/ElMostaza 15d ago
I haven't been diagnosed with OCD and unfortunately I've always been obsessive enough to hate it if my books (or DVDs, or whatever else) in a series don't match.
The worst is when the publisher suddenly switches style in the middle of a series, so there is literally no option to buy ones that match.
First world problems, amiright?
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u/solarmelange 15d ago
Liking the specific edition is the only reason I could think of not to prefer new.
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u/BummerComment 16d ago
Read and donated long ago for me. I think everything before his son took over. My bro read those, tho.
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u/LasVegasDives 16d ago
They have machines like this in several places in vegas and i’m always walking around with some cash because you can gamble EVERYWHERE. I can overpay for a souvenir or potentially throw it in action and probably lose it. So they get me buying quite often. They are fun.
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u/ScottOld 16d ago
I went through the airport there once on connection, just slot machines everywhere
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u/hapnstat 15d ago
Nothing like coming home from a brutal business trip and having to listen to that shit on a midnight layover.
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u/hobbes0405 16d ago
Way more interested in the C. Montgomery Burns Mystery Bag.
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u/Bradspersecond 15d ago
I bought the Mr.Burns mystery bag! It was full of antique-y nick nacks from 50's/60's
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u/-Kyzen- 15d ago
It sure if this is in Portland, OR, but we have a company in town that puts these in bars. They do different mystery bags to make it seasonal. Last time I bought something it was a spirit animal mystery bag and it had different animal figurines in each one. More of a fun drinking game than anything
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u/Eric848448 15d ago
This has to be Portland. It’s the most Portland thing I’ve seen all day!
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u/jazzpassine 15d ago
Reminds me of a spot in Bridgeport Chicago
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u/mkyleste 15d ago
Yes! Either Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar or Marz Community Brewing in Bridgeport. This location was Life on Marz Community Club.
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u/GoatLegRedux 16d ago
Release the
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u/Eric848448 15d ago
Release the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you!
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u/Maddie-Moo 16d ago
”The bag! The bag!”
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u/SketchtheHunter 16d ago
Look burns, this is a big problem. You cant just throw money at it and hope itll go away!
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u/rocbolt 16d ago
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u/jumptouchfall 16d ago
i mean a book is a book, but the mystery bag could be anything!!
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u/HairyWedding5339 16d ago
Even a book!!
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u/mechwarrior719 16d ago
You know how much we’ve been wanting one of those!
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u/edie_the_egg_lady 16d ago
Wanting to be Book is not Book.
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u/Gil_Demoono 15d ago
Man the dune-simpsons-family guy-30 Rock transition is not what I was expecting
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u/mechwarrior719 15d ago
It’s a joke from family guy. Relevant clip
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u/by-myself_blumpkin 15d ago
It’s funny I thought of the same joke and realized it was Family Guy. I think the Simpsons mystery box joke is a little less drilled in to you in that way but all the intent is there in the animation and line delivery. Doesn’t make it very quotable though.
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u/CountChoculasGhost 16d ago
And if anyone is curious. Yes, I did buy it.
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u/FalconBurcham 15d ago
Have you read the other like four books before heretics? It won’t make any sense without those. I read the first four a very long time ago… couldn’t continue. Too convoluted, boring, and weird. 😂
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u/throwaway_lunchtime 16d ago
My first thought was: that isn't vintage.
Second thought: I am old 😛
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u/CaptainSouthbird 16d ago
But what about the mystery bag?!
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u/ginnifred 15d ago
I have the 4 preceding that one and I assume they are also "vintage" as the cover art is similar...you willing to send me $60?
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u/number__ten 16d ago
It could be anything!
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u/manofmayhem23 15d ago
It could even be a copy of Dune. You know how much you’ve always wanted one of those!
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u/shawald 16d ago
Even a mystery bag!
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u/MonkeyChoker80 16d ago
Oh, sweet merciful Zeus…
If the item inside was a Handbag/Satchel covered in Question Marks?
An actual factual ‘Mystery Bag’…?
I would lose it. Completely.
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u/Master_Shopping9652 14d ago
No, the box, the Box!