Sometimes people love collecting gashapon so much that they would  go to the extend of stealing the entire machine.

The Mamoyama police station in the central Japanese prefecture of Shiga have arrested a man and two teenagers on October 22 on suspicion of stealing Dragon Ball gashapon figures, together with the vending machine!! LOL

There were reportedly about 20 figures in the machine which were sold for 200 yen (about US$2) each. The vending machine itself is worth about 14,000 yen (US$140).

Even though the bookstore had more than ten vending machines stacked side-by-side, the suspects reportedly took just the machine with the Dragon Ball figures “because they sell for high prices.”

Source: Sports Nippon via ANN

LOL even though the criminals were smart enough to realise that Dragon Ball gashapons sold for more money, they were still too dumb to avoid being caught by the police.

Its interesting how they managed to remove the entire gashapon machine though.