Claw machines, or crane games, are a common feature in any respectable arcade. Despite being incredibly entertaining, they're notoriously difficult to win. Typically coin-operated, these machines are ...
Most people follow Katie Clark (@clarkatie) on TikTok to watch her home renovation stories — from the time she built her own shed to the time she installed her own bathroom tile. After buying an old ...
Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” Claw machines, also known as crane machines, dot arcades, malls, even grocery ...
KATY, Texas -- The claw machine craze has hit southeast Texas. The Japanese-inspired arcades, featuring prizes such as anime figurines and plush toys, have become increasingly popular over the past ...
Christopher Salazar could not stop with the plush round Kool-Aid Man. The 11-year-old claw machine master had to have more. So, outside a South Side strip mall on a recent early evening, he and his ...
I love taking my son to the arcade, sharing with him the games I grew up playing and the workarounds that can help improve his odds of winning. On one such trip, we spent too much time and money ...
The crane machine—also known as claw machines, crane games and, in Japan, as “UFO catchers” due to their proclivity for aerial abductions—first gripped the public imagination in the early 1900s. Even ...
Redondo Beach resident Christina Moat never planned on becoming a claw machine tycoon. But divorce, single motherhood — and the guts to take a chance on something “crazy” — can lead a person to all ...