{"id":453269,"date":"2026-09-04T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453269\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:40:27","slug":"pop-mart-vending-machine-replaces-sprinkles-cupcakes-atm-near-usc-bookstore-annenberg-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453269\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Mart vending machine replaces Sprinkles Cupcakes ATM near USC Bookstore \u2013 Annenberg Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pop Mart, a Chinese-based company that sells designer toys and figurines worldwide, opened its first vending-machine style \u201cRobo Shop\u201d on a college campus outside the USC Bookstore on Thursday afternoon, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc1J2DkhWN0\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc1J2DkhWN0\/?hl=en\">Instagram Reel from USC Bookstore<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The vending machine replaced the Sprinkles Cupcakes ATM, which <a href=\"https:\/\/dailytrojan.com\/2016\/08\/22\/usc-hospitality-opens-sprinkles-atm-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dailytrojan.com\/2016\/08\/22\/usc-hospitality-opens-sprinkles-atm-campus\/\">opened in 2016<\/a> but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscannenbergmedia.com\/2026\/04\/13\/sweet-stop-closes-sprinkles-cupcakes-atm-leaves-usc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.uscannenbergmedia.com\/2026\/04\/13\/sweet-stop-closes-sprinkles-cupcakes-atm-leaves-usc\/\">hadn\u2019t been operational<\/a> after the nationwide company closed all its locations in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pop Mart has over 500 stores across more than 30 countries and sells products such as Labubus, viral plush monster toys made as collectible figures and keychains, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popmart.com\/us\/store-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.popmart.com\/us\/store-list\">store\u2019s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The company has more than 60 locations in California and over 30 locations in the Los Angeles area, including brick-and-mortar stores and Robo Shops. Some of the nearest locations include a store in Culver City and Robo Shops in Downey, Long Beach and Montebello.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prices for the figurines range from $16.99 to $36.99 at the new dispensing machine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Natalie Nim, a freshman studying biomedical engineering, said she was surprised to see Pop Mart replace Sprinkles, although she heard that the quality of the vending machine\u2019s cupcakes was subpar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGen Z really likes Pop Mart,\u201d Nim said. \u201cI personally like Sprinkles, but now USC is updating what is more with the times.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Emma Sun, a freshman majoring in business administration, ran up to the vending machine when she saw it had been installed Thursday. Sun said she is a big fan of Pop Mart products and regularly buys the collectibles for her mom and aunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Though she didn\u2019t purchase anything Thursday, Sun said she was excited to see multiple figures she didn\u2019t recognize and was excited to return to buy from the machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI have a feeling my money in my wallet is gonna be gone soon,\u201d Sun said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscannenbergmedia.com\/author\/caitlin-roehmholdt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.uscannenbergmedia.com\/author\/caitlin-roehmholdt\/\">Caitlin Roehmholdt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pop Mart, a Chinese-based company that sells designer toys and figurines worldwide, opened its first vending-machine style \u201cRobo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5705,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-453269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-homepage","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}