Gizmodo: crane game

The Beef Jerky Crane Game

Mark Wilson — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:40:00 EDT

In the Beef Jerky crane game, there are three things you can win. One is a t-shirt. The second is beef jerky. And the third...the third is unparalleled satisfaction.

We spotted this little gem at the All Candy Expo in Chicago. Sponsored by Jack Link's, it wins points not only because it's filled with salty, dried meat, but because it required no quarters and the crane was actually capable of grasping at prizes.

We'll be posting a few more sights from the expo over the next week, as soon as we get this I Got My Mind Set On You parody video idea out of our heads.

Moron Kid Gets Trapped Inside a Crane Game, Still Doesn't Get a Prize

matt buchanan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:30:00 EDT

I'm pretty sure when I was young, kids this dumb were sent out into the wild and only allowed back into society after they'd done battle with rabid wolves and survived, to ensure accordance with Darwin's law. Anyways, look kid, the crappy, Chinese-made stuffed toys inside, they're not actually worth it—not the quarter you conned out of your parents to play, and not the years of therapy you're going to have undergo to get over this. If it had been one of the ones where you can win like a Wii, okay, 'cause they can still be kind of hard to come by. But it totally wasn't. [YouTube via Geekologie]

Japanese Robo Crane Game Takes It Up a Notch

Jason Chen — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:30:16 EDT

If you're looking for another reason why Japan looks upon us like we look upon third world countries, take crane games. We have a robotic crane we control with a joystick, but Japan has a robotic ROBOT that they control with buttons. Players move the robot around to collect one of many cute dolls—one of which is a deformed Shrek—and take the winnings home. Too bad you can't have the robot grab itself, since that's what we really want. [Stinger Report via Arcade Heroes via Gear fuse via Uber Gizmo]

The iPhone Crane Game

Jason Chen — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:30:45 EDT

Those you who didn't get an iPhone in our Eureka contest earlier this month can head down to Point Pleasant, NJ, and try your luck there. Instead of coming up with a cool invention, all you have to do is master the forbidden art of pulling crap out of a glass box with a crane. There are at least two arcade-style claw-grabber boxes with the iPhone as the "grand prize," but we all know how difficult it is to grab anything with those atrophied mitts. Even Bender couldn't do it with his own arm. [Joeygadget via ArcadeHeroes via Kotaku]