Comments on: Claw Vending Machine / UFO Catcher Secrets Revealed

By: Occidentalism 2007 » Blog Archive » 3 tips to claim your UFO catcher prize(s)

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:15:13 +0000

[...] Here are some tips on how to pwn the claw vending machines! Thanks to JapanProbe: [...]

By: UFO Catcher « Media, Marketing and Culture

UFO Catcher « Media, Marketing and Culture — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:29:16 +0000

[...] culture in Japan is very strong, some people develop techniques, as you can see in the post on the Japan Probe. This is one of the reasons I love marketing in Japan many of the brand strategies use [...]

By: UFO Catching « Japan Q&A

UFO Catching « Japan Q&A — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:49:26 +0000

[...] collects Disney dolls from UFO Catchers. She and her husband play all the time. They seem to have mastered the technique of playing, since they have a collection of over 300 [...]

By: blanks

blanks — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:49:37 +0000

That kid! “Super Size Me”.

By: robertson1285

robertson1285 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:07:34 +0000

Koichi did this a few months back!!!

They probably stole it.

Look up koichiben on youtube.

By: yeeliberto

yeeliberto — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:18:24 +0000

Really helful. Thanks.

By: Claw Vending Machine Pros Video

Claw Vending Machine Pros Video — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:38:43 +0000

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By: Jacqui

Jacqui — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:07:04 +0000

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.

By: toratora

toratora — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:15:29 +0000

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…

By: Marz

Marz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:11:44 +0000

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!

By: Ghettocities

Ghettocities — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:00:47 +0000

Someone needs to reveal to them the secrets of dieting! I know cameras add an extra 10lbs. They must’ve had 20 cameras!

By: Ian Horner

Ian Horner — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:36:16 +0000

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…

By: /r/

/r/ — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:56:50 +0000

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.

By: Darien Shields

Darien Shields — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:23:16 +0000

:/ 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.