A friend of a friend has one that he might be willing to part with.  He is trying to get me some pictures.  By the description, it is in the original brown finish and has the "script" cigarettes sign in the window above the vending area.  It is supposed to be a complete machine but it may need new locks.  Assuming the condition is good, unrestored--what is a good offer?  I would likely use it to vend candy cigarettes!

I believe it is the model depicted in the following link.

http://www.artomat.org/machine.php?site=66

Thanks for any input.

Tim

My friend thinks that I can get the one here in Michigan for under $200.  does that seem like a good deal?

Thanks!

Tim

Tim,

I paid $250.00 for mine a few years ago.   I bought it for the same reason, for dispensing candy, gum, and chocolate cigarettes.  The chocolate packs were a bit too wide.  You would have to manipulate the pack a bit so it would dispense.  The gum and candy fit perfectly.

I had a friend of mine photoshop the labels off the pack and then transfered them to a mylar sheet.  The images off of the pack are larger than the images used for the display window, so he had to shrink the image, but that made the image a little warped.  Not too bad though.  Here is a picture of my machine an the images that he made.  You can see that the Target brand of smokes has an oblong circle instead of a normal circle.

If you would like me to send you the images that he made, send me a P.M. and I will send the images.

Larry

The PC police are already pounding on my door.  I only had one girl tell me that she took a pack of candy cigarettes home and placed it under her pillow for her mom to find.  I wasn't to pleased with that, well, O.K. I thought it was hysterical,  :laugh:but I kept my poker face on and told her that she shouldn't do that.

Actually, it is one of the most popular machines down in my basement.  Especially when I made the mistake of showing my kids that if you blow through the gum cigarette, smoke will come out.

The candy cigs are dirt cheap, but the gum ones are expensive.

Larry,
where do you get your candy cigarettes... I would like to put some in my stoner Jr.