Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love my nostalgia pop corn poper .my pop corn was theater good.

easy to use great tasting popcorn and it looks cool on my counter just wish it was a little bigger some times

The idea behind this little machine is great, and I was super excited when I initially pulled it out of the box and set it up. I turned on the light, which lit up the "Popcorn" marquee and the inside of the unit, and thought "this is awesome!!1". The thing looked very authentic. There were several downsides during actual use, however. The kettle size is 2oz - compare this to a bag of microwave popcorn being 3.3oz. To achieve a similar yield, you have to pop two cycles in this machine. The metal lid over the kettle doesn't stay up on it's own when filling with oil and popcorn, which is more annoying the second run after the thing is super hot. When the kernels start popping, several unpopped ones are propelled out of the kettle in the process (because the kettle is so small), dropping the actual popped amount to about 1.5oz. Somehow, a few of them also flew out the vents in the back. The light is listed as a "warming" light, but is about 25 watts and way at the top of the machine, and is ineffective for warming any popcorn not immediately taken out. All the walls are plexiglass, which is more difficult to clean than regular glass and will haze up over time. There's no good way to get the extra popcorn and kernels out of the bottom, short of shaking the entire machine over the garbage can. To remove the kettle for cleaning, you have to unscrew the side lever that tips the kettle entirely each time you want to take the kettle out. Combined with the small size of the metal lid on the kettle which is not easily removed, cleaning is kind of a pain. This machine is an awesome idea, but after using it a few times, I ended up returning it to purchase a higher end machine with a larger kettle, heating element under the bottom deck to adequately keep the popcorn warm, and a removable bottom tray and glass walls to be more easily cleaned. This machine is a cool novelty item, but to get one where everything works without hassle, you'll have to drop a little more money.

It's ok. Handle on doors useless. don't need anyways, Hard to clean, some areas almost impossible. Popping kettle way to small, have to make 3-4 batches for family of 3. BUT the popcorn does pop in about 1 minute once kettle gets hot so to do a family batch you're looking at 5min. Very cool looking especially with light on. Burned the 1st batch. I mean popcorn smoking! My fault, after clean up tried again- perfect! Popcorn directions were diff then instructions, use instructions! Be forewarned- I bought oil/popcorn/seasoning packs. Kettle so small I have to cut them into 4th's. Used to it now-no big deal. Once packs are gone I will go with sep flavored oil and bulk corn. For cost, it's ok, they had it in stock at the store. Had to do over again would wait and order bigger unit/kettle with glass doors and stand. But corn does taste great!

The machine itself is fun and easy to use, but could use more information about what oil to use. Found that it takes a little trial and error to get the flavor your looking for.

It makes great tasting popcorn just like at the movies and is very easy to us. The down side it is a little on the cheap side and is hard to clean.

This is a smaller, scaled down version of the popcorn makers that you see in movie theaters. It works great, is easy to assemble and my kids love it. I gave it four out of five stars though as they really should have thrown in some popcorn kernels and butter flavored oil just to get you started out. It is also a pain to to clean but not too bad considering how much fun the kids have with it.

Love our popcorn machine Its fun fast and looks great in our bar

I've used the Nostalgia Popcorn Machine twice now, and it was a big hit, especially with the kids. It is cute to look at in my new theater room.

I bought the popcorn maker to match my old foutain coke machine. It works well and cooks popcorn fairly quickly. However, it's pretty pricey and pretty messey. You'll have to thoroughly clean the inside after every couple of uses. Other than the cord being a little too short for my location, I've had no problems with it.

its so much fun to watch the popcorn bubble out of the pot and fill up the clear space below. the popcorn is of wonderful quality and never burns and is easy to add the flavoring or amount of oil to suit your taste.

I bought this popper for a movie night at a whim. Is a traditional kettle popper but is half the size of a standard popper, but at this price you can't complain. Works great and is more of a novelty then a commercial popper. Pops 2 oz of kernels and that yields about a half gallon container of popped corn. Popcorn, oil, salt and butter not included.

Bought this as a gift for my boyfriend cause he is a big popcorn eater. He loved the retro look to it. We both are fascinated with watching it pop. Only down fall is that its kinda hard to clean the pieces. It is very easy to use.

I am enjoying this retro popcorn maker. I've seen these in stores including local hardware stores and it ranks right up there with them. It makes great popcorn and adds a great touch to our movie room/den. thanks.

Excellent product fun to work with. Easy to load set up and work with if I had one complaint I would say I wish I had somewhere to melt butter for the popcorn but it did not sell with that advertised

The machine looks great, but there wasn't a hole in the side for handle.I had to carefully drill the hole through plastic myself Seemed to work okay

Using it now and love it! Super easy and quick. The only thing is the cleaning. I wish the bottom panel came out

For this for a birthday party. Easy to use. Not the easiest to clean and it only pops so much at a time. We got about 7 bags of popcorn each pop. Not bad for the price.

Great and easy to use and clean. My kids use it on a daily bases

Kids love this. The popcorn maker makes for fun family time and is easy to use and clean up. Compact enough to put in the trailer and take camping - made our trailer a popular kid spot.