I found this: http://coin-op.org/fair-play-pledge/ Companies part of the American Amusement Machine Association can no longer sell arcade games with an "auto-lose" feature (I think this includes Sega, so KeyMaster will likely no longer be sold unless a more skill based version is made). It looks lik...

I had an idea (note that I have not tested this idea) on how to beat a rigged claw machine. A good strategy on rigged claw machines is to go for a prize as close to the prize chute as possible. If the claw drops the prize, there is a chance it could fall into the prize chute. However, I had an idea ...

I found a strange crane machine recently. It was an ICE "Yellow Submarine" crane machine. It was a round machine. But was very odd is that the gantry moved in a circle, instead of left and right. This was not like one of those Elaut machines where the gantry moves partly around 1 point, on this mach...

Is the 24 inch "Toy Story" crane machine you are looking at new or used? Can you post a link to the machine so I can see what it looks like?

Coney Island used to have many crane machines. I think most of them were older, up & across machines. There was even an overhead view up & across claw machine (similar to a Lucky Crane), though the string was too short to grab any of the prizes. Since Hurricane Sandy, how many of these old machines ...

I found a Holly Crane schematic for sale: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-HOLLY-CRAN ... 3ab0a9c548

I think it might be for the same type of machine as the machines you have.

Does your crane machine look like the machine pictured on this website? http://www.playmarket.hr/en/katalog/pregled/22

Does your crane machine look like this machine? https://rowleyauctions.hibid.com/lot/17 ... p-machine-

I think your machine might be made by SMS Manufacturing, do you see any company names on your machine?

What does it look like? Do you know what company made the machine? Do you have a picture of it? Does it look exactly like this machine? http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detai ... e_id=18520

Can some crane machines only be rigged, and not able to be set to fixed strength? And if so, are all rigged crane machines like this? (I don't think so).