Global Gizmos 50189 Candy Grabber/Claw Machine Arcade Game for Kids/Joystick Controls/Coins Included/Battery or USB Powered/Black Colour

Bought this and it is a good little machine and the kids loved it. Unfortunately it only lasted a day before the claw stopped working. It only went back and forth and wouldn't go side to side or up and down. So had to return and get a refund. Which is a shame because when it worked the kids loved it. The claw is quite strong, but i think it was the motor that let it down.

We have different arcade games at home and this coin pusher was a good addition. The only downside is that batteries don't last long. Considering you pay between £25-£30 for the game and requiere 4 x D batteries that can cost you £5 or more, it doesn't have a cheap maintenance.Despite this fact, still a good toy that offers a lot of entertainment. We made the most of this game, by adding little scrolls that content prizes you can get when the scrolls fall together with the plastic coins. We make them with pieces of paper rolled inside a cut porcion of a paper straw. This way you can play similarly like the real coin pushers you find in arcade places.A good thing is that has two points to insert coins, so it allows two people playing together. There is not much strategy to the game, as the coins path can be diverted by the mobile pivots at the top that are in constant movement.We prefer to play with music and lights (reason why our batteries don't last long) but is very convenient having the option to turn off these features.It has a setting to put an alarm if you try to cheat shaking the machine, which add fun to the game. Be sure you check this feature works properly. We had to return the first coin pusher we bought, because it was faulty and this feature wasn't working.In summary, is a great toy, perfect choice to play like in the arcade, there is not other product on the market as realistic as this one. But be ready to expend some cash in batteries if you play a lot.

Its a bit of fun but the music becomes a tad annoying and no volume control either. It works exactly like arcade versions in so much as it is near impossible to pick up anything that weights more then a knats chuff! Maybe the 'grabber' could be set so you could actually pick things up rather than be as equally frustrated by it as the real arcade versions! On a plus it came almost the day after I ordered it. 3 weeks in and only three sweets consumed. As a dietary aid it's a star choice.

My autistic boy is obsessed with pennies so was delighted to recieve this toy for his birthday. Anticipating that it would eat a lot of batteries, we bought 4 rechargeable D batteries and a charger for them (at a cost of £50). On the second day of use, the machines started to slow down, more so one one side of the pusher platform and make an awful grinding noise. We assumed the batteries were low so fully charged them for 5 hours and re-inserted. Same issue. By boy is devastated and keeps having meltdowns every time it stops. A hard thump will make it start again for a few seconds. Eventually we've had to take it away as its upsetting him so much. Infuriating as it would be such a cool toy if the quality was adequate. I've ordered another on the off chance we've recieved a faulty one but don't hold out much hope. If you don't have money to burn, or you have a child who is upset when things don't work, don't buy this.

My daughters love this! I must admit i have placed with this a couple of times with them, always keeps them entertained for a long time. We are still trying different sweets in it to get the right balance, dont want to make it to easy for them but also not to hard. It does have a little bit of cheapness to it but you can over look that when you see how much fun the kids have.It has a timer on it so once you place your money in you have a time limit to pick something up (so this isnt like a normal arcade machine were you get your go then its over) you can try as many times as you want as long as your in the time limit. We keep finding that the cover where you put the sweets in keeps being knocked off when the crane goes under it. the chain seems quite strong, im sure this give will last a long time.

This is a fun nostalgic toy, if you were a kid that lived the grabber machines at arcades as a child you will get as much job as your kid. It's a little noisy however and slow moving but still bring joy and fun. Great value for money you can fill it with pretty much anything that the grabber is able to pick up. Haven't needed batteries yet and we got it at Christmasso id say battery life was ok. It is a bit bulky which is slightly annoying if your limited for space but it could sit on drawers or a wardrobe.

Bought this for my granddaughter at Xmas, her and her dad loved it, bought a pack of small light weight fluffy toys to go in it, hours of fun

Nice little toy , I fitted a divider in the loot chute , that way you can do a 2 player type thingAs others have said it’s a bit battery hungry, but maybe a suitable power supply could be found on amazonOver all for 30 odd quid it’s good fun