The Monster Vending Machine (怪獣自動販売機 Kaijū Jidō Hanbaiki?) is a machine that dispenses monsters created by Toho that first appears in episode 235 of the 1998 tokusatsu kaiju series, Godzilla Island titled Landes is Dismissed.
Name[]
The top of the front side of the vending machine has "怪獣自動販売機?" written on it, which translates to "Monster Vending Machine," giving it its name.
Appearance[]
The Monster Vending Machine is mostly red with silver-colored metal. The top of the front side of the machine has "怪獣自動販売機?" written on it, and it has one to three rows of panels which show silhouettes of monsters the machine is selling. The uppermost row of panels has one giant panel, the middle row has three panels, and the lowest row has four panels. The machine also has a green button on the right side, as well as a black vending hole at the bottom of the front side. The monsters the machine was selling at the time Zaguresu came there include:
- Hyper Mecha-King Ghidorah
- Battra Larva
- King Ghidorah
- Proto-Moguera
- Fire Rodan
- Dogora
- Mecha-King Ghidorah
- Two other indistinguishable monsters
History[]
Godzilla Island[]
Landes is Dismissed[]
The Monster Vending Machine was first seen by Zaguresu, floating in space. She used it once and got Hyper Mecha-King Ghidorah. After Zaguresu bought Hyper Mecha-King Ghidorah, the machine said, in an automatic and female voice, "thank you very much!", and dispensed the monster.
Trivia[]
- The Monster Vending Machine is a reference to how there are vending machines for many things that can be found in almost every corner of cities in Japan.