claw crane / claw machine / teddy picker
◈ 中國(廈門)的一名35歲男子單在去年就從娃娃機(也稱夾公仔機)抓到15000隻娃娃(也稱公仔)。
▣ A 35-year-old man from China won 15,000 stuffed animals from 「claw」 machines last year alone. (New York Daily, 31 March, 2017)
How to play:
The player inserts money or tokens (代幣) into the machine, which then allows the player to manipulate a joystick (操縱杆) that controls the claw (爪) for a variable amount of time, (controlled by the operator) usually 30 seconds, and rarely, even a minute. The player is able to move the claw back, forth, and sideways.
At the end of the play time (or earlier if the player presses a trigger button 觸發按鈕 on the joystick), the claw descends and makes an attempt to grip. After making the gripping attempt, the claw then moves over an opening in the corner of the case and releases its contents. If the player is successful, then the prize the claw is holding is dropped into the opening and dispensed through a chute (斜槽) into a hatch (艙口,開口) for collection.
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