Seoul is obsessed with street games and The Claw Game is the most popular one. Its so popular that someone actually invested money to engineer them to be waterproof. Claw machines are on every street corner and outside of every convenience store, I pass about 6 of them on my way to work. One would think that they would be aimed at kids, but I have never seen a kid actually playing one. Instead, its old men that stand at the machines at all hours of the day and night and play with the goal of winning some of the most random prizes ever. While The Claw Games you know are filled with stuffed animals, the ones in Korea are filled with appliances, tools, food, etc... So far, I have seen the following up for grabs:-Power Drill
-Vitamins
-Socks
-Lighter
-Pen
-Digital Scale
-Flashlight
-Calculator
-Pizza Cutter
-BB Gun
-$2 bill (seriously, see picture)
You get the idea, its pretty random. Apparently, people get addicted to playing (including a former teacher) because its so cheap, the equivalent of 50 cents gets you one play but $10 gets you 60.
3 comments:
what's the benefit of a $2 bill?
Lauren
have you ever tried it? any luck? Puts Dave & Busters to shame. mom
I loved the Cadburry claw games in Australia (those are in all the shopping centers) but this claw game sems more practical.. Though with tools like pizza cutters isn't there some sort of liability? Do you have to be over 18 to play??
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