Tab-Dock: Zippo meets Pez

Jeshii points out Tab-Dock, the Japan-only “mint dispenser that replaces the lighter assembly in a Zippo. Seems silly and not something that is going to win you friends, but might be a funny way to be a total dick to your smoking friends.”

1. [GTMoogle]

   Excuse to carry around zippo shell to play around with? I’ve honestly heard “I smoke so I can carry around a lighter” from a real person before.

   Although it looks like the mint dispensing mechanism is bound to the lid flipping and not to a strike wheel, so if you try to do zippo tricks you’re going to have a flying mint barrage.

2. [wastrel]

   It’s cooler than a tictac box.

   I wonder if it rattles.

3. [Anonymous]

   Jeez, 6800 yen = ~$70 for that? Thats a lot of packs of altoids.

4. [ZoopyFunk]

   Too late for Disco Biscuits to apply for entry?

5. [Anonymous]

   The disco biscuit comment prompted me to look at prices.

   $70.

   That’s seventy.

   Or £50 to me.

   Without shipping or anything…

   Fuck.

6. [Anonymous]

   Replace mints with smoking cessation gum for moralistic asshole++ points.

7. [Downpressor]

   Zippos are incredibly popular here in Japan as collectors items even amongst non smokers. There was even a series of Zippos for Metal Gear Solid & Policenauts and probably man other video games as well.