Giant Vending Machine? More Like Giant Disappointment.

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor November 19 at 3:22 | Comments | TWEET THIS

Talk about over-exaggeration. I made my way uptown to Times Square yesterday to check out what I thought was going to be thousands of people crowded around dozens of astronaut-esque Uniqlo employees at the HeatTech human vending machine to get their free merchandise. Well, lets just say the invitation was more exciting then the actual event. There were probably only 100 people in line, the heat scanner (which Uniqlo made a big deal about) was barely used, the silver suit-wearing dudes were few and far between. the actual vending machines were barely larger than a handicapped port-o-potty, and the “robots” inside the machines were simply amateur dancers waiting for their paycheck. It’s nice that they gave everyone free merchandise, but when I looked at my HeatTech, I had to laugh…it was a HeatTech camisole. I don’t know anyone whose torso gets cold but not their arms! All in all, I would have rather taken that $4 I wasted on the subway trip and used it to buy four bottles of White Rain hairspray.