
I slinked off with a bad feeling and came back to see him gleefully grabbing the toy from the chute. Of the prize but there was a lone man watching me like a hawk. It happened to me yesterday in Tsuen Wan. Watch out for creepy grabber stalkers! They hang back at a distance waiting for you to give up or scurry off to get more coins while they are silently counting the rotations on your machine. You don't want to run out at the good bit. You just need to dig in.ĭon't be too stingy with your coins. The claw will pick up the toy, transport it a certain distance then drop it, again and again. Some machines only muster enough gripping power every five or more cycles. Press the button then remove your finger immediately. It should be as near to the chute as possible. Try doing a circuit of the machines and get a feel for handle resistance and the time allocated before the claw starts dives.Ĭhoose the toy carefully. There is always one machine that is easier to handle. The machines do tend to have their own personalities. Here some of them are good quality Beanie toys or Disney characters. I'm from HK and I regularly manage to win toys. Next time you pass a claw machine, you may be armed with enough knowledge to beat it. And the results? Well, check them out in this cool video below. So I searched deeper, and found a show on G4 called Brainiac had done the hard research for me.

Don't spend $15 on a $5 stuffed toy.Īll that is all well and good, but I knew most of it from the experience I'd had over the years I spent in front of claw machines. Spend most of your time controlling the claw, and the last few seconds to grab. There are two POVs, and lining up your claw perfectly is easier with a guide at your side.

The machine stockers will try to tuck most toys tightly together. The claws aren't coated in it, but they are very shiny and polished. They are supposedly a little kinder to you than 4-pronged claws. So, first here's a little advice from all over the WWW: I'm not entirely sure how much of this is based on hardcore scientific proof, and how much is just observation, but I'm willing to learn anything I can to beat the crane game system.

I did a little research and found several places offering some basic advice. And seeing as how I've spent some time warning you away from a lot of fairground cons recently, I thought I'd try and be positive about at least one of them. One time I got six out in a row, then I've gone years with no success. How many times have you passed one of these annoying things and thrown 50 cents away? I'm hugely guilty of it.
