American vending machines seem pale by comparison to Asian/Japanese ones. The only unique "American" vending machine that is worth mentioning is the ginormous Carvana auto dispenser. Those are very far and very few between (and might disappear soon due the parent company having financial woes.) Safe Travels, Eric!
i believe japan and maybe south korea but mostly japan, are the only countries with awesome and exotic vending machines... one of my motives to visit japan is trying all vending machines😂 i hope some day i do it🤞😊
American vending machines don't come close to the vending machines on Japan, they seem very similar to the type we have here in the UK. Really nice to see the US in your videos :)
@@aaronweiser5421 Yeah they are pretty limited here, mostly in hospitals, leisure centres, and sometimes in gyms. Sometimes you get them at railway stations but those rarely work lol.
I know that Japan has a cotton candy vending machine; I saw a video showcasing it. I can't remember who did the video though. Nice bonus with you Eric. I wish I had been paying attention to my phone instead of hunting down okonomiyaki mix again. Seems the store I bought it from isn't getting any more because it wasn't a big seller. Had I known that, I would have bought a few bags of the mix. Not sure how authentic it was, but it did come from Japan.
I used to watch your content absolutely Years ago. Like the pencil trick kinda times. Loved watching all the vending machines videos. Thank you for the content sir 🙏
Gumballs are addictive lol. Love the blue kicks 😊 Wish you had time to visit Indianapolis. Great restaurants and lots of vending machines 😊 take care, be safe, and looking forward to the next one. ❤
I absolutely enjoy watching your videos so much I’ve been watching them for years and years ❤ It’s so cool you came to California!! Hopefully you had a blast in Mexico 🇲🇽
yeah, I doubt the kinds of vending machines like in Japan would catch on here - I think our closest version of that would be our frozen foods section in our grocery stores - lots of small, frozen packaged foods.
When we were kids in the 60's, we would visit Ciudad Juarez, across the boarder from El Paso, for "popcorn". This was fried grasshopper or crickets, with chili and lime salt, try some if they have it in Tijuana. Pro tip, skip the crickets, too earthy, go for the grasshoppers, take off the legs, (They stick in the throat) and take off the head,(It's bitter).
I loved this video Eric. That car vending machine was unique! How did you rate the US vending machines in comparison to the Japanese ones? Hope to see more of the Dude’s got it in future videos.
Well there's no comparison really cuz you don't have the amount of food items that are offered in Japan in vending machines. It's all just snacks and candy in America. But the car vending machine and the cotton candy vending machine are both definitely lit
@@ericsurf6 yea the machine are like that here in England, mainly drinks and snacks. There was once a pizza vending machine near me but in typical British style it got vandalised by youths 🙄🙄
Welcome back to the states 🙂 the last time I seen a gumball vending machine it was not a $1 for it or $1.50 for a can soda my last visit to the fort Lauderdale they had credit cards wifi wireless transfer an digital screen. where I live now they charge $2 for a 16oz soda but other places in the area say no the digital machine 😟✌️❤️
The American Vending Machine Walk of Shame...sigh.... Cotton Candy machine looked like something you would find in Japan. How weird is it back in the States again......like going Old School again. Great espisode.
Loved the Zoltar machine! Whenever I see one of those, always reminds me of the movie Big, lolol And that car and cotton candy vending machines looked really cool! So happy that you finally got to visit your son! Hope you’ve been awesome and thanks, Eric! 😃😎
Ok, who else saw the Zoltar machine and immediately thought of the film "Big"? Its my birthday today, so I was already feeling old.... but I think that observation has confirmed it lol!
Way back, UCLA had like a vending machine central. They had hot foods, like canned spaghetti and stuff. I don't remember exactly what they had, but it was all sorts of food and drinks. I would imagine US universities would have even more and better vending machines by now.
Interesting trip! I liked the key machiine as well. I can't believe a gumball is .50¢. I remember back to a penny. Gumballs were smaller then, but wow, has the prices gone up! I guess we're too old to remember so long ago the prices in our childhood(s)!
Thanks for the video Eric. As a proud US citizen oh, I was depressed to see us fall so short on vending machines. We did go big or go home with the car vending machine though!
I love Gumball machines so much I collect them, that Cherry gumball was probably a bit old as they go harder with age although I've noticed the flavour with Dubble Bubble tends to be just in the shell.
@@ericsurf6 8 I thnk as only a few are on display, ones actually converted into a Sea Monkey tank, being a Brit I grew up on Angelo Bubbly and Bubaloo but it's hard to pick favourites now as I've bought all sorts to try out, quite partial to Sour Blue Raspeberry or Cherry myself.
I'm in Ontario Canada and have used a key cutting machine. Worked great! Have you ever been to Canada? We have chips here that you can't get in the states, possibly not in Japan
To be fair, both are fairly generic Captains with raincoat characters. But it is kinda funny, just imagine instead of flattening penny's it'd dispense fishsticks! LOL! You know, I joke but I actually wouldn't mind some fresh hot fishsticks from a vending machine, if done properly. I mean, it definitely beat boring over-priced snacks or if you're "lucky" sandwiches where you can never tell how fresh/old it really is, that you find in US vending machines.
Another great video Eric!!!!! I truly love your videos my friend thanks for the entertainment and we'll see you in the next one!!!!! Go team get some!!!!!!!! 🍺🤗
@@ericsurf6 they dont seem nearly as interesting or enjoyable as the ones you find in Japan, but the car one was really cool! Love seeing you guys review together
Eric I think it would be great if you had a po box for your subs and patrons to send you gifts maybe even food ,not to follow trend but there a few tubers who sample food from other countries which is great content unbound and trying for your subs .would love to see this in the future .
Being from the UK, I found this really interesting, not necessarily for the variety but it was fun to see the different brands in the US :)
Thanks so much Ashlee~!
American vending machines seem pale by comparison to Asian/Japanese ones. The only unique "American" vending machine that is worth mentioning is the ginormous Carvana auto dispenser. Those are very far and very few between (and might disappear soon due the parent company having financial woes.)
Safe Travels, Eric!
i believe japan and maybe south korea but mostly japan, are the only countries with awesome and exotic vending machines... one of my motives to visit japan is trying all vending machines😂 i hope some day i do it🤞😊
WOOOO HOOOO the Vending Machine King strikes in America.
Woohoo - I have been wanting to make this video for a long time~!
@ericsurf6 awesome job as always Eric.
American vending machines are pale in comparison to Japan. Chilicheese fritos are the best. Another great video.
hell yeah i love the chili cheese fritos have you tried the twisted barbeque ones
@@theabelone882 yes I have, there great too
American vending machines don't come close to the vending machines on Japan, they seem very similar to the type we have here in the UK.
Really nice to see the US in your videos :)
True the machines here in US are somilar to the UKS But when i was there in UK in 2017 i didnt come across any exept For Heathrow Airport......
@@aaronweiser5421 Yeah they are pretty limited here, mostly in hospitals, leisure centres, and sometimes in gyms.
Sometimes you get them at railway stations but those rarely work lol.
We are being spoiled with all these videos, I love it! 🙌
I know that Japan has a cotton candy vending machine; I saw a video showcasing it. I can't remember who did the video though.
Nice bonus with you Eric. I wish I had been paying attention to my phone instead of hunting down okonomiyaki mix again. Seems the store I bought it from isn't getting any more because it wasn't a big seller. Had I known that, I would have bought a few bags of the mix. Not sure how authentic it was, but it did come from Japan.
It's probably legit.
0:28 Eric: Whaat??! Bargaaainn, it's got some weight... and you get 8 of them, woohooo!!! Greatest day everrrr!!!! 🤣
It's sad what we have available in our vending machines vs what other countries offer.
England isn’t any better 😢
Those car parks have always amazed me😊
Oh wow! Japadog is a Vancouver company
Nice. Great to see the fam time!!
Yeah this trip was more about family time than anything else
@@ericsurf6 well thanks for taking the time to give the viewers what they want! I hope you enjoy your special time
Only Eric could find a unique vending machine here is the US - nice!
Bonus episode! I came just at the tail end of it!
Bonus episode exactly!
I used to watch your content absolutely Years ago. Like the pencil trick kinda times. Loved watching all the vending machines videos. Thank you for the content sir 🙏
Gumballs are addictive lol. Love the blue kicks 😊 Wish you had time to visit Indianapolis. Great restaurants and lots of vending machines 😊 take care, be safe, and looking forward to the next one. ❤
Hey, remember the pay toilets of years ago. In a way they were vending machines; but instead of a product they provided a service. 🤪
I used to do the limbo under the door to beat the dime it cost to open it.
Makes me so happy seeing you adn your son together after all these years.
That cotton candy vending machine was pretty cool. 😎👍
I missed the premiere tonight.🥺 There are a lot of interesting vending machines in America! 🇺🇸😃 Yay!
There really aren't. it's all garbage overpriced candy
I'll try to keep doing the Premiere 's!
A Zoltar fortune teller machine was in the movie Big with Tom Hanks if I am not mistaken.
Now I'm going to have to go back and watch that movie again~!
Bonus video?!?!? Awesome.
Yep! Bonus video. Maybe have another one next Sunday!
I absolutely enjoy watching your videos so much I’ve been watching them for years and years ❤ It’s so cool you came to California!! Hopefully you had a blast in Mexico 🇲🇽
I live in Santa Monica, 9th & Broadway!
Eric, I was just watching old videos from you. Like 10-14 years ago. You are not aging 😮😅 Whats the secret?😎
Forest fire flavored cotton candy, they call it the california special
The California Special nice~!
Looks like about the same products we get in our vending machines in Canada
Yeah the snacks and candy definitely rule the vending machines food in America. Can't compete with all the fast food drive-thru on every corner
yeah, I doubt the kinds of vending machines like in Japan would catch on here - I think our closest version of that would be our frozen foods section in our grocery stores - lots of small, frozen packaged foods.
Zoltar!!!!
Thats the machine from BIG where Tom Hanks brought a ticket 🎟 🎥 🔮 🤣
When we were kids in the 60's, we would visit Ciudad Juarez, across the boarder from El Paso, for "popcorn". This was fried grasshopper or crickets, with chili and lime salt, try some if they have it in Tijuana. Pro tip, skip the crickets, too earthy, go for the grasshoppers, take off the legs, (They stick in the throat) and take off the head,(It's bitter).
I loved this video Eric. That car vending machine was unique! How did you rate the US vending machines in comparison to the Japanese ones?
Hope to see more of the Dude’s got it in future videos.
Well there's no comparison really cuz you don't have the amount of food items that are offered in Japan in vending machines. It's all just snacks and candy in America. But the car vending machine and the cotton candy vending machine are both definitely lit
@@ericsurf6 yea the machine are like that here in England, mainly drinks and snacks. There was once a pizza vending machine near me but in typical British style it got vandalised by youths 🙄🙄
🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Awesome stuff dude
Thanks so much Fish Dude!
The dude’s got it has returned on TH-cam yay 😁.
Yeah it was great to see him~! He'll be in a few more videos coming up
Welcome back to the states 🙂 the last time I seen a gumball vending machine it was not a $1 for it or $1.50 for a can soda my last visit to the fort Lauderdale they had credit cards wifi wireless transfer an digital screen. where I live now they charge $2 for a 16oz soda but other places in the area say no the digital machine 😟✌️❤️
Holy crap! Zoltar!
So sorry I missed this, but was being sociable with people outside for once. And you went to a California Wal-Mart.
Love the vids Eric and this one was great love the American treats have fun look forward to the next vids
The American Vending Machine Walk of Shame...sigh.... Cotton Candy machine looked like something you would find in Japan. How weird is it back in the States again......like going Old School again. Great espisode.
Eric,
If you’re ever in NYC, you gotta check out the vending machines at Rockefeller Center.
Loved the Zoltar machine! Whenever I see one of those, always reminds me of the movie Big, lolol And that car and cotton candy vending machines looked really cool! So happy that you finally got to visit your son! Hope you’ve been awesome and thanks, Eric! 😃😎
Great to see my son after 3.5 years! Plus he's coming to Japan next month for a visit. ✔💯😇
Ok, who else saw the Zoltar machine and immediately thought of the film "Big"? Its my birthday today, so I was already feeling old.... but I think that observation has confirmed it lol!
Yeah the Zoltar machine is a classic
Wow you found some hidden gems with those vending machines it's rare to find them in us now a days
Way back, UCLA had like a vending machine central. They had hot foods, like canned spaghetti and stuff. I don't remember exactly what they had, but it was all sorts of food and drinks. I would imagine US universities would have even more and better vending machines by now.
That would be worth looking into~! I'll ask my son to check his university there
Super fresh vans man!!!! Love em.
Hope you enjoyed the holiday in the US, vending machines in the US very similar to the UK and both seem years behind those in Japan
All the vending machines here are the same .... no matter where you go. Reeses, Cheez-its and Grandma's cookies are requirements 🤣
That is so true
Oh yeah Eric in the states! Woohoo 🎉
Interesting trip! I liked the key machiine as well. I can't believe a gumball is .50¢. I remember back to a penny. Gumballs were smaller then, but wow, has the prices gone up! I guess we're too old to remember so long ago the prices in our childhood(s)!
That key machine seems quite useful
Good God @ all the carbs and sugar. Just watching this raised my blood sugar.
I love the penny squisher machine. Its a great souvenir. I have them from all over.
Another fun video, a nice Sunday surprise.
Awesome vid! 😂A little fuller. 😊😉
awesome videos lately eric!
Thanks for the video Eric. As a proud US citizen oh, I was depressed to see us fall so short on vending machines. We did go big or go home with the car vending machine though!
I love Gumball machines so much I collect them, that Cherry gumball was probably a bit old as they go harder with age although I've noticed the flavour with Dubble Bubble tends to be just in the shell.
I love me some double bubble and bazooka~! How many gumball machines do you have?
@@ericsurf6 8 I thnk as only a few are on display, ones actually converted into a Sea Monkey tank, being a Brit I grew up on Angelo Bubbly and Bubaloo but it's hard to pick favourites now as I've bought all sorts to try out, quite partial to Sour Blue Raspeberry or Cherry myself.
I'm in Ontario Canada and have used a key cutting machine. Worked great! Have you ever been to Canada? We have chips here that you can't get in the states, possibly not in Japan
Like a peer into the dark ages of vending - no gentle delivery, just gravity :)
The penny souvenir character is straight off the Gordon’s Fishsticks box
To be fair, both are fairly generic Captains with raincoat characters. But it is kinda funny, just imagine instead of flattening penny's it'd dispense fishsticks! LOL!
You know, I joke but I actually wouldn't mind some fresh hot fishsticks from a vending machine, if done properly. I mean, it definitely beat boring over-priced snacks or if you're "lucky" sandwiches where you can never tell how fresh/old it really is, that you find in US vending machines.
Vans are da best. Yep that was a new thing about 10 years back
A Zoltar Fortune Teller machine was in the movie called Big with Tom Hanks?
Regards, Jas.
Rocky Qld
Another great video Eric!!!!! I truly love your videos my friend thanks for the entertainment and we'll see you in the next one!!!!! Go team get some!!!!!!!! 🍺🤗
Lemme get one of those snack packs my guy.
Peanut butter grandmas cookies are the best!
I heard there are some really rare balloon and mint vending machines in some restrooms around the nation.
Aww yeah, fun times in the US(and mexico!) we love to see it 😊
Cheers April. It was interesting to see the Vending machines in America, and give them a try
@@ericsurf6 they dont seem nearly as interesting or enjoyable as the ones you find in Japan, but the car one was really cool! Love seeing you guys review together
My hometown :) miss that place!!!!
Nice sneakers 👟 have a nice day injoying all the food 😀😋be safe
The key machine is awesome. I wish I had that where I live.
Glad you made it over to hang out with your other son!. Can't wait to see more US videos. #TeamGetSome
Media mod sound is meh. I wonder if it sounds better without it and a foam cover if windy? Or actually put an external mic to the media mod?
You're right...Adding an external mic is better. I was vlogging and being lazy.
You have the same cotton candy machine in japan
Have a Blast
Great video again.
Vans rock! Best skate shoes
Eric do you know the song Fritos corn chips
Eric unloaded all of America's vending machines and is now headed back to Japan
My credit union lets us use the coin counter and deposit the $ in our account for no fee
Ive heard bad news about carvana, so i wouldnt buy from them but the vending machine is neat.
Those shoes are sweet!
You should try allbirds
Welcome and enjoy🎉🎉🎉🎉
I had high hopes for the Mexican coconut candy😅
Yeah me too that was disappointing! But we had lots of delicious tacos in Mexico to make up for it. Video coming soon
Green grows the lilies.
welcome to HB!
Eric I think it would be great if you had a po box for your subs and patrons to send you gifts maybe even food ,not to follow trend but there a few tubers who sample food from other countries which is great content unbound and trying for your subs .would love to see this in the future .
The 1st 1😮😮😮😮
Can't top the Carvana vending machine
Vending Machines hype!
DUDE! You were at my bowling alley. Westminster lanes, I bowl in a league there. No way.
Woohoo! Too cool for school. ✔💯🤣
Nice video , waiting on the next .
More to come! Eric Meal Time in America coming next
Whoa usa vendos ....meruica !!!!
Wowsers These No way I will be seeing Vending machines like those One's in My Australia But Who knows it Might happen one day soon?🤔
Crazy Thumbnail 🤪
Not quite as exciting as Japanese vending machines but you found an interesting collection.
Can tell you’ve been out of the state side for awhile…. ENJOY
Yeah, I was so pumped!
hey eric im also In US but in california
That's where Eric is from , he's from grew up in California and eventually moved to Japan.
@@josephbennett3482 wait really? Is that why he speaks English so fluently
Bowling alley since you were a kid😮. What's changed?
Awww America must do better with our vending machine
Steer clear of CARVANA!!
😆 Im in Washington state.... Pretty cool vending machines down there but not a fan of California. Anyways hope everyone's having a great day. 🖤💜💛💚💙🌞
I'd like to visit Washington State someday
@@ericsurf6 It's beautiful when you get out into the woods and by the coast.