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Other gaming developers have tried their own takes too.īut you're a real gamer. The UK's Liberty Games, for example, created an internet-connected version of the arcade claw, in which you can operate a real claw via your browser. Thankfully, technology has begun to embrace the old-style games in order to give them a modern aspect. And the hashtag #hewantedthattoy was born. Soon, though, Mason, his mom and friends were back to eating dinner, Sutton told me. It was a lot of attention, and for a moment I'm sure he didn't know how he was getting out," said Sutton. "When I spoke to him after I arrived, he appeared more embarrassed than anything. "By the look on his face, I'm certain he wanted out," Sutton told me.īut how did Mason feel once he was liberated? T-Mobile CEO says Verizon bills scarier than spider with tail.Google sent me junk mail to drum up ad business.Televangelist: Don't get flu shot, inject word of God instead.I wondered, though, whether Mason was happy among the toys. He and another firefighter managed to unjar Mason "with minimal damage to the machine." The boy is called Mason, and very soon it was clear he was trapped inside.Īs the Fire and Emergency Services described on Facebook, one of its own lieutenants happened to be there, off duty, and spotted Mason inside the machine. "He climbed through a small door in the machine and crawled his way up," Greg Sutton, battalion chief of the Titusville Fire and Emergency Services, told me. On Wednesday, a little boy in Titusville, Florida, decided there might be a more reliable way to get a toy: Get into the machine. You pick up a little teddy, but as you maneuver it toward the exit, it falls from the claw. Those machines seem to have been around since frustration was invented.

How many times have you been in an arcade or at the state fair and tried to pick up a toy with a claw?

Jordyn Noennig covers pop culture and entertainment in Milwaukee.Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Īs one clever Facebooker commented, How many quarters did it take to get him out? Schaefer said odds of getting something from the machine are one in eight, and winners can usually nab two claws at a time. There are also White Claw-themed water bottles, towels and other swag in the machine. The White Claw cans inside the machine are filled with foam and can be exchanged at the bar for any flavor of White Claw. "(It was a) joke turned into reality kind of thing," Schaefer said. He personally customized the machine with a friend who works at Lake State Vending. "People love playing it, and it's been a massive hit." It's one of the most popular drinks at pretty much every bar," Schaefer said. The bars, both owned by Scott Schaefer, had the machines installed Friday. The bars have installed a claw machine filled with White Claw cans and White Claw-themed swag.

Milwaukee bars Jack's American Pub and Milwaukee Brat House now have a fun way to win White Claw. 4-pronged claws are great for grabbing around the chest area of a stuffed animal. Although 4-pronged claws are pretty good at picking up stuffed animals, you’ll have the most luck with most prizes by using a 3-pronged claw. 3-pronged claws are generally easier to win with than 2-pronged and 4-pronged claws. White Claw summer might be over, but the popularity of the hard seltzer beverage has not waned much, if at all. Aim to use machines with 3-pronged claws for the best results.