Claw Vending Machine / UFO Catcher Secrets Revealed
February 9th, 2008 by James
Frustrated by those dumb Claw Vending Machine (UFO Catcher) things you see at video game arcades? Here are a couple clips from Japanese TV in which experts explain how to win prizes!
Techniques shown in video clip #1:
- Targeting an object close to the pit and using one side of the claw to push the object sideways instead of picking it up.
- Other objects close to the pit can be pushed into eachother to create a slide effect.
- Stuffed animals that are too large to simply slide into the pit should be gripped by the claw at a specific point, which is often the neck.
- Prizes that are inside boxes usually have an area on the box that is easily gripped by the claws. The figure shown in the video can only be properly picked up when it’s container is facing upright and the indentations on its side are targeted.
Technique shown in video clip #2:
- Certain types of UFO Catcher claws open and close in a way that is well suited for gripping cardboard boxes. If you encounter a machine with a claw like the one shown in the video, you can use it to pick up boxes by targeting the intentations or gaps in the box. The technique can even be used to pick up two boxes at once!
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:/ I’ve never seen a machine with a claw like that in the UK (or with prizes like that!) All we seem to get are these utterly pathetic flimsy three claw machines that can’t grasp anything.
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Yeah most western countries have the three claw machines…which require no skill at all. The arm is set to randomly grab with different strenghts, so it is more luck than skill.
Another effective way to win on the japanese arcades is to use the outside edge of the arm to push….that got my girlfriend a lovely domo-kun.
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Heh, it’s just my luck that after I figure out some of these secrets for myself, they show up online. Well, off to akiba again for more ¥100 Pinky dolls…
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Someone needs to reveal to them the secrets of dieting! I know cameras add an extra 10lbs. They must’ve had 20 cameras!
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It takes some of the challenge out of the game, but you can also ask a Game Centre employee to open the game and reposition the toy to a different location. They’ll put it in a better spot making it easier for you to use the above techniques to get the thing you want.
I once went to a Game Centre here in Kichijoji with a “professional” Japanese UFO catcher user. He had an almost 100% success rate! It was funny!
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that is a laugh and a half….in the us they push em in so tight its impossible to get one…couldn’t imagine asking for a repositioning…
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Gawd-how I love these things. I live in California. There a UFO catcher by my house called “sega UFO Catcher”. It’s pretty awsome. I’m ok at them and have gotten several lovely disney prizes.
But my quesion is, it sais my Youtube video was linked to this sight and I’m looking for it because I think thats the neatist thing ever.
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Really helful. Thanks.
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Koichi did this a few months back!!!
They probably stole it.
Look up koichiben on youtube.
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That kid! “Super Size Me”.
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