• LNH: Classic LNH Adventures #398: Ven-Dorr the Soda Machine That Walked, er Rolled Like A Man!

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    And we're back in the past and can check the eyrie archive
    once again.


    Here's where you can find this and more Misc LNH Story
    Action!:

    https://archives.eyrie.org/racc/lnh/Misc/


    And here we have Ven-Dorr the Soda Machine That Walked,
    er Rolled Like A Man! by Dave Van Domelen!

    Is Captain Cleanup getting sloppy with all the
    blood stains on the floor?! Will anyone
    appreciate all the Ultimate Ninja's effort in
    pushing a Slurpee Machine with a cart?!!
    And can a Soda Machine shed a tear and would
    that tear have a lime taste to it?! (Or maybe
    more of a Crystal Clear Mr. Paprika taste to it?!)

    Find out in...



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    ADVENTURES #398



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    Ven-Dorr the Soda Machine That Walked, er Rolled Like A Man!
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    From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dave Van Domelen)
    Subject: Ven-Dorr the Soda Machine That Walked, er Rolled Like A Man!
    Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 17:59:09 GMT

    In the LNHQ lobby sat an abandoned Coke machine, left behind by
    Ultimate
    Ninja as he sought out Doc Stomper to tend to his wounds (see Tales of the
    LNH
    #286). Panta lay curled up asleep in the background. Blood stained the
    floor,
    and a close pan shows that some splattered the Coke Machine.
    Suddenly there was a flash of light and everything froze for several
    hours
    while the extradimensional villain Doublecross took over the news.group, halting all processes he didn't deem essential (see Paper Tigers TEB).
    Later....
    Everything had returned to normal, such as that could be determined,
    and
    everyone returned to their proper storylines. But not everything done by Doublecross and the Raiders was undone....
    A strange glow, faintly perceptible to the naked eye, surrounded the abandoned Coke Machine. The blood was somehow absorbed into the surface of
    the
    machine, darkening its hue to a brownish red. The plug came out of the
    wall
    and was sucked into the body of the machine, which silently rolled away.
    A few minutes later, Ultimate Ninja re-entered the room with a Slurpee Machine on a cart.
    "Hmmm. Captain Cleanup must have already taken away the machine.
    Yet,
    there are still bloodstains on the floor..." UN mused as he plugged in the Slurpee Machine. He was about to make a not to get someone to investigate
    the
    missing machine, but just then another crisis came up and he forgot about
    it.
    Lurking in the shadows, the Coke Machine fumed. "Am I that easily replaced?" he thought. He was not surprised that he could think, since
    after
    all, being in a dimensional nexus like the LNHQ during an interdimensional invasion can imbue consciousness on almost anything.
    "I'll teach them to replace me! They'll rue the day they cast aside VEN-DORR!"

    Panta stirred uneasily in her sleep from the noise of the soliloquy,
    but
    then all was quiet again....


    Ven-Dorr
    Character class: NWC
    Type: Hero or Villain? Uncertain as yet. Will he reform and join the LNH,
    or
    will he suffer humlating defeat in his attempt at vengeance and swear to destroy the LNH?
    Power: Can fire soda cans at high speed, cans which he gets from the Saneez Dimension. Any flavor is possible, and even some of the more toxic ones,
    which
    he sprays in liquid form. His powercord can be used as a manipulator limb
    to
    grab things, or as a whip. He can also plug into a socket to get a boost
    of
    energy. He rolls along at high speed, but, like Daleks, has trouble with stairs.
    Origin: See above.
    Appearance: A brownish red Coke Machine in normal form, he will soon master
    the
    art of disguise and will be able to appear as any type of soda machine.

    Dave Van Domelen, heh....



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    Next Week: And that's it for Classic LNH Tales in 2025!
    Have a Happy Holiday! See you next year!

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    Arthur "Same Classic Channel. But Same Time? Probably not." Spitzer

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    n, heh....<br><br><br><br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>Next Week: = =C2=A0And that&#39;s it for Classic LNH Tales in 2025!<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Have a Happy Holiday!=C2=A0 See you next yea= r!<br><br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br><br>Arthur &quot;Same Classic C= hannel.=C2=A0 But Same Time?=C2=A0 Probably not.&quot; Spitzer <br></div>

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  • From dvandom@dvandom@eyrie.org (Dave Van Domelen) to rec.arts.comics.creative on Mon Dec 22 18:41:56 2025
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    Of course, if I tried to pick up on this character again, it'd come
    across as Reborn As A Vending Machine, I Now Wander The Dungeon fanfic.

    Dave Van Domelen, wondering if the shift to anime is what caused the
    manga to grind to a halt. Poor Boxxo.
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