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Anonymous !!NOUfnKW4r05 Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:07:00 No.2502162 View View Reply Original Report

I know this may not be exactly related to the majority of /toy/ things you guys discuss
but I am curious. Are the crane games rigged?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:09:00 No.2502165 Report

Quoted By: >>2502195

Yes. A thing controls the strength of the claw until a certain amount of goes. Google it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:21:00 No.2502183 Report

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In Japan....depends, but in general no

In Japan, the crane games = UFO catchers, which you probably know, but you can google it. The claw is not the 3 pronged piece of shit like in America, but a 2 armed thingy that is pretty rigid. You can read more about it elsewhere, but in general there are several elements that can be adjusted by a crane operator, including strength of the arm as it closes, the pressure exerted downwards by the crane "arm", the amount of pressure it takes for the arm to stop when it hits resistance..and a few other things I probably am forgetting about. The biggest difference is that the crane is very consistent within the machine...no dangling piece of shit claw that goes wherever the hell it wants. Therefore, in most reputable arcades, you can actually practice enough to get good at it, instead of half relying on luck. There are UFO catcher championship type things in Japan where the people can pretty much pick up whatever they want in 1 try. That said, some shadier UFO arcades will make their claws weak as fuck or put the items in really bad positions in an attempt to steal your money.

tl;dr
Japanese UFO cranes are typically not rigged and are pretty consistent in their behavior

American crane game is a wily game of chance

Also, I half assumed you meant Japan because you posted pokemon

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:32:00 No.2502195 Report

Quoted By: >>2502212

>>2502165
>until a certain amount of goes
Yeah, i think that's the same case with Stacker. I spent 5 bucks trying to make sure i get the blocks lined up. It's the same speed as the 2nd to last part but the block somehow slips. It's to be expected when the prizes were a Nintendo DSL, a PSP and some Skullcandy earbuds. I eventually bought a DS a year later. And it almost sounds as if the machine requires sufficient funds pitched in by its players in order to give you the major prizes, funds equal to how much the prizes are at retail.

That One Anon Who Smells Like Nelson Muntz

That One Anon Who Smells Like Nelson Muntz Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:48:00 No.2502212 Report

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>>2502195

The ratio depends but it is usually 1:400 or 1:800
all you got to do is be able to determine how many people have played it because it will automatically skip the space where you align the stack because the game knows you won but it is programmed to not let anyone win until that said amount of money has been passed. But lets say it did pass the amount but someone didnt win then it just means it will be fair game for anyone who can get to the top. There are even some cases that you can win twice within the same day assuming that the ratio is lets say 1:400 and there has been 800 people who played and not won yet so if you win once then there is a good chance due to the machine having to let you win because it passed the number of people twice as much you are entitled to another prize if you win again, also it is not difficult to determine if you can win or not. If you get to the last one and the machine is rigged to make you fail then dont bother trying again and wait a week or so to go for it again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:50:00 No.2502215 Report

Quoted By: >>2502239

I dont know about you but this guy won 5 prizes in one try

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXihUYUzJrU&feature=related

Jequin

Jequin Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:58:00 No.2502223 Report

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i fucking hate those machines

Wondanon !!NOUfnKW4r05

Wondanon !!NOUfnKW4r05 Sun 21 Aug 2011 10:59:00 No.2502226 Report

Quoted By: >>2502303 >>2502324

Japanese crane games will be the death of me. I don't want to imagine how much money i've spent on those. Hardly ever won. :(

Only things I ever won was something that was so cheap I'm sure it was a 100% chance payout, and also this Naruto figure I only got because it was on the very edge of the machine and was a shoe in.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 11:08:00 No.2502239 Report

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>>2502215

Psh thats nothing
now this fella here won double prizes in the stacker game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrPr2Z4iCus&feature=related

Clever if you think about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 11:14:00 No.2502249 Report

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This video made me lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQC5kZzJcc&feature=related

lol jumbo plush got stuck on machine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 11:47:00 No.2502295 Report

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-PB-aKPHQ&feature=related

Boy got trapped in a claw machine.

Runechan !/toy/sa4N2

Runechan !/toy/sa4N2 Sun 21 Aug 2011 11:52:00 No.2502299 Report

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>>2502162
At my city, we have an empty shop full of crane game machines.

They're rigged. They've taken the grippy pads off the end, and consequently the claw barely picks up anything. The idea is that it falls out once the claw gets to the top, and it's supposed to bounce into the prize hole, thus requiring 'skill'. They say this on a dozen signs put up around the place.
The problem is that half of the prizes are so large/heavy that the crane doesn't even pick them up. You can't tell until you play.

However, they're not total scum. If you spend more than $20 at a machine, you can play for free until you win something.

I played once, won once (by pure fluke), and never again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 11:53:00 No.2502301 Report

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Where I used to live, we had a claw machine at the local Wallyworld that had toys, plushes, and candy/snack items.

The problem was, the stuff had been in there for over a year, and there were flies and moths buzzing and flittering around inside the case. The candy was probably riddled with maggots. It was a horror show.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 11:55:00 No.2502303 Report

Quoted By: >>2502308

Japanese ones aren't really rigged because arcades get a huge income from them and big companies do special items just for them. Now that's not to say they aren't spaced and packed in a way to where it's more challenging for you to get a prize though.

>>2502226
Awwww, they're super fun but it sucks when you don't win anything. My prize usually ends up getting stuck most of the time so I would always have to bother a worker to get my prize out.

Runechan !/toy/sa4N2

Runechan !/toy/sa4N2 Sun 21 Aug 2011 12:00:00 No.2502308 Report

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>>2502303
Well, i'd actually want to play in Japan since it's not utter garbage and reject $2 store toys like they are here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 12:17:00 No.2502324 Report

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>>2502226
The trick to starting off is recognizing when you can win...not all elements of the UFO catcher is actually picking up your item. There are other things to think about as well:

1) Force of the claw downwards
2) Force of the claw as it closes (essentially pushing an item)

Using these 2 principles, you can effectively nudge your item towards the hole if the placement is correct. Most reputable UFO arcades will pile up the items...essentially making it very reasonable to roll your item into the hole. The shadier places will force you to actually pick up the item. You can tell those because the prize hole may be slightly higher than the actual objects

Anyways, I would recommend just playing with the claw to see what you can actually do with it, beyond just picking something up...then trying to spot placements you just can't win and games that seem reasonable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 13:14:00 No.2502363 Report

Quoted By: >>2502391 >>2502417 >>2522644

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj2udlrNths&feature=related

Gods among crane games

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 13:44:00 No.2502391 Report

Quoted By:

>>2502363

Fucking hacks!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 14:19:00 No.2502417 Report

Quoted By: >>2508542

>>2502363
Someone needs to make an anime series about a guy exploiting skill testers

Anon

Anon Sun 21 Aug 2011 14:27:00 No.2502425 Report

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I used to be a whiz at those claw machines. but lately, the jackass vendors are packing the toys so tightly, that there is no way to pick onr up with the claw. I just pass them by now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 21 Aug 2011 15:03:00 No.2502444 Report

Quoted By: >>2509217

>Shitty ass arcade has its skill tester set up so it's almost impossible to get toys in
>Stocks it full of Wall-e Plush toys with this little cord thing going from its body to its head at the back of the neck
>Easy as fuck to pick it up using that
>Get asked to leave when I have like 20 of these things and give them to random kids throughout the day

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2011 00:52:00 No.2502720 Report

Quoted By: >>2503550 >>2506372

I want to win something in Barbercut but I am to assume it is rigged but I dont know for sure. Anyone has any statistics on it or tips?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2011 02:46:00 No.2502831 Report

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I have never known anybody who ever won anything out of those machines. Finding out about anime UFO Catchers as a teen blew my mind.

I'm used to seeing claw machines full of "prizes" so old, they are discolored on the side that faces the store windows.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2011 14:06:00 No.2503550 Report

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>>2502720
> Barbercut

Fuck that game
fucking hate it

Unown on a Mawile

Unown on a Mawile Mon 22 Aug 2011 14:38:00 No.2503569 Report

Quoted By: >>2504655

On a Fair close to my Hometown I once managed to get out more than 7 Plushtoys from a Cranegame in a row.
Stuff like Yoshis, Sonic charakters and some Digimon...
Suddenly owner stand behind me and tells me to GTFO. Bet he forgot to rig that shit up~

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Aug 2011 07:52:00 No.2504655 Report

Quoted By:

>>2503569

Do you still got any of em ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Aug 2011 02:43:00 No.2506147 Report

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For those who need help with claw games. Wait around and tally up how many people lose at the same crane game until someone wins. Usually doing that will calculate how many people it takes for the claw to get a prize for someone. Like say you wait for 8 people to pass by then someone wins and then wait again for 8 more people and another winner just to be sure you have the right calculations. Then just go and reel up your prize.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 24 Aug 2011 02:49:00 No.2506159 Report

Quoted By: >>2506165

I used to work at an arcade. They're stupidly easy to rig if you know what you're doing. And sometimes even if you don't. On the models we had there was actually a dial to adjust the strength of the solenoid, from limp-wristed pansy to kung fu grip of steel, though using a lower power solenoid works just as well. (We used the same ones that go in pinball bumpers)

So yeah, sometimes you'll win with a place that doesn't know what the hell they're doing, or in a reasonably generous arcade like at a theme park where they WANT you to be carrying toys around, but if it's in a wal-mart or something where it's obviously on someone's moneymaking route, don't expect to get anything unless you're lucky as hell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Aug 2011 02:56:00 No.2506165 Report

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>>2506159
We were always instructed by management to pack the items down tightly, but if me and my pals thought it was too unfair watching some kid blew too much money at the thing, we'd usually just open it up and give it to them.

Now the jock types who just wanted to show off to their ladyfriend who obviously didn't want to be in there? Fuck those guys. Blow five bucks then yell at us that it's rigged, we don't give a fuck.

Had some good times at that place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Aug 2011 05:26:00 No.2506372 Report

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>>2502720
>barbercut
those scissor blades are blunt as fuck,and they also dont close fully, also some places use plastic innered strings to hold them on,
all the arcade machines in the uk are rigged to fuck, though thats mainly due to the arcades being owned by gypo's or mafioso style organisations

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2011 01:01:00 No.2507613 Report

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Gonna go for ipad in a few days at my mall wish me luck

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 25 Aug 2011 13:14:00 No.2508542 Report

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>>2502417

Sailor Moon Episode 25 (21 in the USA) "Jupiter Comes Thundering In" / "Jupiter, the Brawny Girl in Love"

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 00:34:00 No.2509144 Report

Quoted By: >>2509148

man, I was at a lock in once, and there was a crane machine in there. I won it 5 times, I felt like a god. But then just a bit ago there was this machine with huge, beautiful pac-men ghosts, blue, pink, red, orange, all them little fuckers.

They just would not come. I spent $10 on it, I wanted it so badly. Walking away from that machine was the hardest thing I ever did.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 00:39:00 No.2509148 Report

Quoted By: >>2509159

>>2509144
Did they look like this?

If so you could get them on eBay if you really wanted them

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 00:44:00 No.2509159 Report

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>>2509148
I don't know. I think it was a little better made than that. It was a while ago.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 01:41:00 No.2509217 Report

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>>2502444

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 07:35:00 No.2509743 Report

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> Pacman ghost plushes
> spongebobgetsrobbed.jpg

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 09:49:00 No.2509968 Report

Quoted By: >>2509977 >>2511511

>>2509757
The PS3 has no games.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 09:59:00 No.2509977 Report

Quoted By: >>2509984 >>2510174

>>2509968
Holy shit, it's a time traveler. How is 2007?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 10:02:00 No.2509984 Report

Quoted By:

>>2509977
Pretty awesome, actually.

Ron Paul '08 WHOO

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 13:57:00 No.2510174 Report

Quoted By: >>2511511

>>2509977
Until Dragon's Crown comes out, the PS3 has nothing worth playing. I don't see anything wrong with his statement at current.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Aug 2011 14:04:00 No.2510179 Report

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this is the one that always gets me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlpWWUUKoHE&feature=related

all those meidos

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Aug 2011 07:26:00 No.2511422 Report

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How are the odds for barber cut?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Aug 2011 08:19:00 No.2511511 Report

Quoted By:

>>2509968
>>2510174
You all buy your gaems too early and spend too much money in the process. You also experience the games too soon which means they end too soon leaving you no more games to play until the next cool one comes out. this is why "the PS3 has no games. "

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Aug 2011 12:17:00 No.2513377 Report

Quoted By: >>2514811

I check if the claws are weak or not

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2011 13:21:00 No.2514811 Report

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>>2513377

same

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Aug 2011 01:58:00 No.2516656 Report

Quoted By: >>2518191

beenie babies used to be easy as fuck to get back in the day
I got like 3 of them in the same machine in one day

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2011 03:26:00 No.2518191 Report

Quoted By:

>>2516656

yeah I remember how easy to grab they were back in the day

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Sep 2011 06:48:00 No.2519833 Report

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The chick in OP was in the Guinness Book lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Sep 2011 06:42:00 No.2521457 Report

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Im so pissed the other day I was gonna go to win that iPad I saw which was hanging by a thin string. It seemed to me it was wearing out good like almost about to snap off. When I went to the mall the ipad was already gone! So I were to assume either someone claimed it or the person who owns the machine got someone to remove it seeing how the string was ready to be cut off so no one can get it D:

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2011 06:01:00 No.2522628 Report

Quoted By: >>2524977

Why does OP's girl seem familiar to me.
Like I read her in some sort of article. Hmm

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2011 06:15:00 No.2522644 Report

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>>2502363
oh god what I'd do for those Nightmare plushies. SO CUTE.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2011 06:19:00 No.2522650 Report

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I remember when I was little a stranger won me a Beanie Baby out of one of these machines (or something like it). My dad had spent like $15 trying to get it for me but couldn't, so this guy eventually came up and said "Oh here, I got it." It was really nice of him. My dad was really determined because he's great at claw machines but this one he just couldn't get

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2011 07:37:00 No.2524972 Report

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These machines are non existant where I live...:(

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2011 07:39:00 No.2524977 Report

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>>2522628
She registered for the biggest Pokemon merchandise collection.

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