Vending Machines

[azraelwings]

So I keep seeing Knuckles and Tails plushes in those stupid ripoff 'get-the-toy-with-the-claw-despite-the-fact-that-the-claw-has-absolutely-no-gripping-power-whatsoever' machines. (I swear Hell is lined with those things) and I can NEVER EVER get them! I wasted five dollars on one of those once trying to get a Tails plush. I even PICKED IT UP with

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[wyngaed]

I'm a crane lift game enthusiast! Good claws tend to be hard to come by. Generally when they're first shipped out and set up they work wonders but soon the business starts losing money and often times they have the claw purposefully loosened so that it can't grip. Some are even built to have a sharp jarring when the claw comes up from the pick so that it shakes any possible toy lose. It's cheap. D:

You'd probably have better luck acquiring a Knuckles plush off of Ebay for that price.

[silly_otter]

Most modern machines will vary the grip based on how much they've raked in since the last win- Most are set at about 200$ or so, so you're so stupid to even try when you could buy the same plush from some Chinese whole seller on the internet for a buck.

[wyngaed]

Half the fun is playing the game.

[silly_otter]

I know I love to sink my hard earned dollars into a machine to hopefully get a prize worth maybe one or two dollars back out.

It's like gambling, with none of the hope of winning 8x what you put in!

[atara]

Study up before you play. :)

[atomicat]

The ONLY thing I ever got out of one of those things happens to be one of my absolute faves... that leather-clad football tiggy with the St. Pauli slogan on the back. Nastiest football team in Germany!!!

I hassled this gal who was filling one of those machines up once, offered her a few bucks for this Bugs Bunny after ranting about how wimpy the machine was. She ended up just giving him to me. Ha! The power of positive hasling.

I got my matched Pinky and Brain in the lab coats from this machine with a broken lock on it. Actually a friend of mine did. Looted the machine slowly over a week while at this union negotiation seminar at one of these retreat lodges.

Yep, total scam!

[neverville]

Oh dear, I think Knux gave me my first homo experience :P lol

[silly_otter]

Uhhhhhh.

[neverville]

My childhood died -before- the Internet. This is not a recent thing

[megabuzz101]

I still can't believe my friend's dad got an iPod mini on his first try EVER playing a claw game.