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Ed Provencher
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 Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:53 am Post subject: What can you get in your local "claw game"? |
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| You know the game where you use a mechanical claw to pick up prizes, right? Have you seen or won any interesting prizes? The new machine near my home has real lobsters crawling around in water. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Ours has plastic bottles of Xylotol gum. I think lobsters are better, if pinchier. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: Re: What can you get in your local "claw game"? |
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| Ed Provencher wrote: |
| You know the game where you use a mechanical claw to pick up prizes, right? Have you seen or won any interesting prizes? |
Not in Korea. The claw machines in Japan have decent prizes: mp3 players, electronic dictionaries, other computer-y type stuff, ... |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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I got a stuffed animal cat in one at Lotte World a couple days ago. Later saw it for sale at a gift shop for 8,000won.
The key is to go after things close to the trap door, because the claw purposely has a loose grip and it jerks around a lot. |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| Back years ago some of the machines were stocked with live hamsters. |
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Ed Provencher
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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oldtactics
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:20 am Post subject: Re: What can you get in your local "claw game"? |
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| Ed Provencher wrote: |
| You know the game where you use a mechanical claw to pick up prizes, right? Have you seen or won any interesting prizes? The new machine near my home has real lobsters crawling around in water. |
That's awesome!
Where can I find these machines? |
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Ed Provencher
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: Re: What can you get in your local "claw game"? |
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| samd wrote: |
That's awesome!
Where can I find these machines? |
Samjoen-dong (삼전동), Samjeon Sagoeri (삼전사거리)
On one corner is a KB bank. The game is on the street behind KB Bank. Most Seoul cab drivers should know the intersection. |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:33 am Post subject: Re: What can you get in your local "claw game"? |
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| Ed Provencher wrote: |
| samd wrote: |
That's awesome!
Where can I find these machines? |
Samjoen-dong (삼전동), Samjeon Sagoeri (삼전사거리)
On one corner is a KB bank. The game is on the street behind KB Bank. Most Seoul cab drivers should know the intersection. |
Thanks! I'm gonna head over there and check it out before they get removed! |
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Ed Provencher
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:34 am Post subject: Re: What can you get in your local "claw game"? |
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| To give you an idea of where in Seoul that is, it is between Jamsil Station and Sincheon Station. Good luck. |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| When I lived in Cheong-ju, I knew this shady pottery teacher/store owner who hobnobbed with various people. One time, I was out drinking with him and one of his rich friends. Later on, I asked him how this guy made his money. Apparently, he was "the guy" who introduced those little claw games to Korea. Yep, he's probably rolling in the dough. |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: |
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This one had a dildo lighter.
(Ouch!) |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:02 am Post subject: |
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They're usually rigged.....the crane is either too weak(usually) or the items are just big enough to be knocked now on the way to the drop basket...
I was bored one evening and I think I blew $30 on crane machines....I'm a sucker for these types of things...Probaly spent $70 so far.
The most rigged on them all are the gold statues. I figured if I got one of them in a death grip, I'd win....acomplished that...watched as it was too damn big to clear the other statues to make it to the exit.
BTW, anybody know where I can buy one of those machines....they look like good money makers....maybe I can put one in the english class room  |
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