Got a claw machine? Which type?

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Many times I've thought about a claw machine, nothing too big, ideally something I could perch on top of my mini fridge. For the adults I always wanted to put mini liquor bottles in it, so for anyone that wants a shot, they gotta earn it. 😆

Do you have a claw machine, if so what size, make and what's in it?
 
I picked up a claw machine a couple of months ago off of Facebook, for $100. I believe it's a "Clean Sweep". Its not little. 36" wide and 30" deep. It was pretty plain, but my son had the idea to make it a Doctor Claw... Machine, so thats what we did.
 

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I have just enough space for one of the mini ones that you see the rubber ducks in. I have yet to find a deal on one, you can buy them new for like 500 bucks, and have yet to see a used one for sale.


I have one neighbor who loves claw machines, almost got his wife to get him one for Xmas. My other neighbor has one and they put toys that the kids leave out in it and extra socks. So if the kid can't find their socks they have to win it!

I wanted to fill it with random trinkets and stuff. Put it in those plastic dome caps.
 
Here's one that a toy if you want it on top of a mini fridge, but it won't handle the small bottles I'd suspect: ($42.95)


This one here is more of what I think you're looking for, but has a heftier price tag (and may take some time as it's a pre-order system) ($430):

 
I have just enough space for one of the mini ones that you see the rubber ducks in. I have yet to find a deal on one, you can buy them new for like 500 bucks, and have yet to see a used one for sale.


I have one neighbor who loves claw machines, almost got his wife to get him one for Xmas. My other neighbor has one and they put toys that the kids leave out in it and extra socks. So if the kid can't find their socks they have to win it!

I wanted to fill it with random trinkets and stuff. Put it in those plastic dome caps.

The lost socks idea is brilliant!
 
When I got mine, my kids were little. They ran and grabbed all of the stuffed animals from their rooms and threw them in there to "win". They are still in there almost 20 yrs later. 😀
 
I like the idea of putting everything in there that my teen girls leave on the floor of their room. Want your IPad back? Yeah it's in the claw machine.
 
I've had two, a Big Choice and a treasure Chest, I don't have a pic of the Big Choice, picked up the Treasure Chest for $300 working all the way, fun games to have.

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Here's one that a toy if you want it on top of a mini fridge, but it won't handle the small bottles I'd suspect: ($42.95)


This one here is more of what I think you're looking for, but has a heftier price tag (and may take some time as it's a pre-order system) ($430):

Someone gave my kids that first one as a gift, i couldn't wait until it broke so i could throw it out.
It was given to us because it was annoying and they were sure right.
 
This is my first one. It was huge. It was originally from Hollywood Video. Probably fit better in a video store.
 

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