Comments on: How to Win at UFO Catchers

By: Bani

Bani — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:04:00 +0000

I asked an employee there to move the prize I wanted, and he did. It took me a lot of tries, but I managed to get it at the end.

By: Renee r

Renee r — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:48:00 +0000

hahaha you are so awesome

By: Kevin Holman

Kevin Holman — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:30:00 +0000

I just did five years after your post! got two things out of it!

By: Kevin Holman

Kevin Holman — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:28:00 +0000

I am betting I know where you went to. I think it is called the tilt arcade in the parks at Arlington mall in Arlington Texas and they have a ton of claws ranging from a big choice to a tilt bus, a ufo catcher, a claw machine that has cases the hold a card inside for redemption of tickets, a large claw machine, a small claw machine, and care bear claw machine! That place has 1 UFO catcher that is filled one side with Domo’s and the other side is filled with Puss in Boots toys. I won Puss in Boots, and Humpty Dumpty out of the UFO catcher with about $5 today. I does take a little bit of skill I first tried to win a domo and said heck why not try for a puss that was wedged and it pulled him out of the wedge and then he was on his side I won him on the second try and then I said what the heck I will try for Humpty Dumpty and got him too but he took about 3 or 4 tries and I think he fell out of the claw right over the prize chute just before the prize chute was to open :) the rest of the $5 I tried to win a second puss in boots. I also won some other stuff out of the big choice which surprisingly has a strong grip and is not rigged! I won two things that were at the front in a few tries got a pac-man of the first try and got two Kung Fu Panda toys out of the front row by just moving the claw to the right and not moving it forward! This claw machine does not have a joy stick you have to use arrows a right arrow to move the claw right and a forward arrow to move the claw forward so it truely is skill.

By: ms

ms — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:31:00 +0000

I’m from the Philippines and a newbie UFO catcher. I just started four months ago and has no plan of stopping yet :D. I posted the pictures of the stuffed toys I get (mostly plants vs zombies characters) in one of my blogs at http://www.cuddleski@blogspot.com. I love this game! Although playing this game is fun and sometimes addicting, I still have to limit myself in spending too much Peso (that’s what we call our currency here). Tips on how to win at the claw machine is not a guarantee of winning but it also helps so that next time you want to play, you will have a greater chance of getting those cute and cuddly toys.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Yes. Like the article and videos show, they are indeed much easier.. made to win… At least some of the prizes. Of course, there are a variety of machines, but you can most certainly win, often on your first try.

And, in case you didn’t see it mentioned, you can actually ask the staff to move the prize closer so you can win it!… I haven’t done this myself, but just the other day my Japanese friend was talking about it.