A popular Derby tattoo parlour has introduced a dare-devil gumball machine - but it isn't for the faint-hearted.

Octopus Tattoo is set to launch the "Get What You Get" gumball machine next month in April, aimed at people who want a tattoo but don't know what to get.

Each try costs £50 and the machine dispenses a small tattoo design entirely at random.

Staff at the Osmaston Road shop revealed that when clients choose to play, there are no refunds and no exchanges, even if they decide not to go ahead with the random design they are given.

Fearless customers can choose not to get their tattoo if they dislike it but another go would cost them £50.

The dispenser chooses a design entirely at random
The dispenser chooses a design entirely at random

Owners say they are trying to "bring back a bit of fun" into the art of tattooing and the idea of not knowing that your design will be when you turn the knob is "exciting".

Gerry Carnelly, joint owner of Octopus Tattoo, said: "We get a lot of people who aren't quite sure about what they want to get.

"They know they want a tattoo but they're not exactly sure what to get.

"We saw this idea on the Internet, I wish we thought of it first but we decided to go ahead with it and get the gumball machine.

"It's just as you do when you use a gumball machine, you give your money to the desk staff and turn it and you get your capsule out and there's no going back.

Octopus Tattoo Studio on Osmaston Road, Derby
Octopus Tattoo Studio on Osmaston Road, Derby

"Once you get one of these designs that's what you have.

"It solves all your decision making problems, we thought it would be a bit of fun and quite unusual."

The launch of the new gumball machine will take place on Wednesday, April 10 from 10am at Octopus Tattoo.