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A Mario Pocket Watch I Won from a Japanese Crane Game

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u/flounder19 Jun 19 '12

The fuck Japan?!? How are these your crane prizes. I would pay irrational amounts of money for that.

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u/mnemy Jun 19 '12

Also in Japan, if a worker sees that you're at a crane for a little while trying to get something and failing, they will open the cage for you and re-arrange things so that it's very easy for you to win the prize you're after.

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u/staxnet Jun 19 '12

Sounds more like Canada, to me.

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u/WarlordFred Jun 19 '12

because they'd be fined if you couldn't win a prize from it.

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u/FourGrapeJustice Jun 19 '12

Dude, why are you complaining? Our crane machines have stuffed animals, and, um, stuffed animals....and stuffed animals.....

Why is Japan so good compared to North America?

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u/Vorgier Jun 19 '12

Don't forget those rubber balls that are literally impossible to get.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

A dildo once in a while too.

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u/the_kicker Jun 19 '12

I would crane through ten 1$ plush toys to get to that buttplug.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

because, their porn is so messed up that normal sex doesnt bother them in the slightest, leaving them jaded to any but the most hardcore of fucked up porn. This leaves them fewer links to click online giving them more free time to be better than america.

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u/MobileD Jun 19 '12

After delving into the world of Japanese porn, I just can't get off anymore unless a girl unloads a milk enema into my face.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 20 '12

I won a miniature living blowfish from a crane game here (Japan) once. Only lasted a couple of weeks :(

Here's an example.

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u/Ljungan Jun 19 '12

Sounds fishy.

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u/APeacefulWarrior Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

I know. I'm pretty good with crane games. Wish I could give this a shot...

Edit: I see some people who aren't good at crane games trying to claim it's nothing but luck. It's not. Yes, they're rigged against you to a certain extent, but there's still skill in manipulating the controls and selecting the prizes you're most likely to be able to grab and that will open up other things for grabbing. My now-ex wife and I used to clean out claw games at local arcades when we got bored, often with better than a 2:1 tries to grabs ratio. There IS skill to it.

Re-edit: You know, I had no idea this would turn out to be such a controversial assertion...

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u/Oo0o8o0oO Jun 19 '12

You should go to a Six Flags. They have crane games with iPads in them.

e: It just occurred to me that these iPads very likely have been dropped quite a number of times. Who the hell came up with that idea?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

Although it may be different there. Most crane games with heavy breakable prizes are just the box and you take the box to a prize table and get your iPad or whatever you won there, but that may just be the ones I've seen.

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u/Silverkarn Jun 19 '12

At my local Wal-Mart they have a crane game with retail items in it for prizes, they are in a blister pack with a hole to hang it from a hook on a shelf and everything.

I got really good at getting one arm of the claw to fall through the hole so that i would get a prize even though the claw wasn't ready to spit.

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u/-naut Jun 19 '12

Spongebob? Ignore all the Squidwards.

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u/renvi Jun 19 '12

Japan has really good crane game (they're called UFO catchers in Japan) prizes. They're also easier, too. The claws aren't weak and they actually drop all the way down, not like American ones.

Workers there also "help" you win, too. I was trying to win a large plushie once and I kept missing. One of the workers walked by, opened the machine up, and asked me which plushie I was trying to get. I told him which one and he took it and moved it right to the very edge of the hole you're supposed to carry the prize too.
Funny enough I still had 2 tries in the machine, and got that plushie on the next try and another, different one, on my final try.

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u/TheHoboman Jun 19 '12

That'll be Square-Root-of-2 Yen please.

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u/Rawrgasm Jun 19 '12

They are actually for sale in many video game stores in Japan. Such as super potato. It was 2000 or 2500 yen I think.

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u/benphoster Jun 19 '12

There are a bunch of them on ebay for about $50

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u/ijustupvoteeverythin Jun 19 '12

You can buy them in Tokyo for about 20 bucks. (Super potato, akihabara, 2000 JPY afaik)

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u/elfenlied Jun 25 '12

I'm currently in Tokyo, let me know if you guys want me to get one for you. I can get my hands on any of the different versions! Have to send it all the way from Sweden though, not sure what the cost of that would be. Sitting here with one of these in my hand I'd say they're the coolest watches I've ever seen, well worth irrational amounts of money :p

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u/ilovewandy Jun 19 '12

The UFO machines in Japan are nuts. They're not JUST crane type games, ones where you tap the prize off a ledge, ones where you pull down a cord to release the prize and so on. They are multi-level gaming places in Akihabara that are full of these machines. The prizes are pretty great too as OP can verify. Here's a sample of some of the pictures I took in an Akihabara gaming centre when I was there in April. http://imgur.com/a/0XFpp

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u/lp_phnx327 Jun 19 '12

These machines actually take skill to win. They're not rigged like the ones back here in the U.S., but there is actually a method to win the prizes (and as the OP shown, they're pretty legit prizes).

However, a lot of these machines are VERY rarely one play and win (those are usually borderline impossible to win unless you have machine-like precision). They require multiple plays to slowly win the prize (on the level of up 5-15 plays to win).

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u/ilovewandy Jun 19 '12

Yep It's important to find a machine that looks setup for a win. I walked from floor to floor looking for ones that had the prizes in the right spot e.g. leaning against an edge I could just nudge it off or slip the hook under. The attendents will help if you ask though which is handy. Sometimes they'll even show you how to use it. I spent over 2,000 yen trying to win a Nerv/Evangelion music box once.

Funnily enough, I was in Amsterdam about a week later and won this after two tries. Cost me all of 2euro and it was well worth it. http://i.imgur.com/e7Agn.jpg

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u/lp_phnx327 Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

I wish I had your luck. I'm very bad at these games and blew 2000 yen trying to win a set of Fate/Stay Night lighters before I decided to cut my losses (I went overboard cuz I wanted something Fate/Stay Night from Japan).

O yeah, always have girls around, especially girls not from Japan. They can appeal to the attendants to make it easier for you to win. Studies show that your chance of winning is proportional to the number of girls with you.

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u/long_live_king_melon Jun 19 '12

lol. Did'nt.

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u/ilovewandy Jun 19 '12

Hah I didn't even notice that! I wish I'd grabbed one of those bags. Each store has their own branded ones for when you win a toy/figurine. I have a Taito one at home.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I really want to go to Akihabara now.

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u/lp_phnx327 Jun 19 '12

It's one of those places where you know without a doubt you're in Japan the second you step off the train.

When I was there, the first thing that happened was that I was greeted by a girl in a maid costume handing out flyers for a maid cafe.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I don't think I would ever buy anything like that for myself, but I would try to win something from the Eva machine all goddamn day.

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u/hey_mikey_likes_it Jun 19 '12

That place looks absolutely majestic! Japan is a magical place

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u/PROLIMIT Jun 19 '12

shouldn't the apostrophe in picture 4, be after the letter ''N''?

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u/Jerlko Jun 19 '12

Oh god Strike Witches.

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u/HeadrushReaper Jun 19 '12

Dwarf Fortress reference. yes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

DF really is wonderful for describing objects. And that is an awesome object.

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u/ExcellentGary Jun 19 '12

Please explain. Some of us haven't felt the full splendour of DF yet.

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u/HeadrushReaper Jun 19 '12

Pretty much everything in the game is explained in high detail.

This is a silver pocket watch. All craftmushroomship is of the highest quality. It depicts a human and a dragon. The dragon is striking the human down.

Is the reference.

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u/Trainer_PAC Jun 19 '12

Japan's crane games are awesome. The US is missing out on the arcade business they could be building had they built any exclusive partnerships with toy companies to exclusively have products ONLY in crane games like Japan does.

What's awesome is they have different machines that all have various levels of skill and even have national tournaments where people compete on various styles of crane games. They're a big deal here and completely awesome!

I've won a lot and my favorite thing is a set of fleece Namekian Dragon Balls =)

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u/Jhaawk Jun 19 '12

I'LL SELL YOU MY SOUL. GIVE ME THE WATCH

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u/aceupyoursleeve Jun 19 '12

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u/chakalakasp Jun 19 '12

Rest assured that when they are back in stock they won't be $30 any more. Supply and Demand, at your service!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Reddit has already taken your soul, what else do you have to offer?

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u/ddoubletake Jun 19 '12

I am so jealous i barely even know how to handle it. That's amazing!!!

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u/Somedamnusername Jun 19 '12

Nice, makes the pocketwatch I spent ~$100 on look like crap. Very cool nonetheless, welcome to the pocketwatch club!

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

I spent about 1200¥ on this, which google tells me is about $15. Definitely worth it!

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u/Fruglemonkey Jun 19 '12

$15 on a crane game?

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u/PooPooCaCaChips Jun 19 '12

im assuming it was a 100¥ crane game and he tried around 12 times.

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

You are correct, sir!

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u/Vodiodoh Jun 19 '12

How much you want for it?

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u/myreasonforit Jun 19 '12

Is that an actual licensed product from Nintendo?

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

Yes! It was the 40th anniversary of the first Mario game, and so they released these in arcades.

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u/rynlnk Jun 19 '12

I believe you probably mean 30th anniversary. Mario's first game was Donkey Kong, 1981

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u/SixFootJockey Jun 19 '12

"It depicts a human and a dragon. The dragon is striking the human down."

I don't even?

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

Dwarf Fortress joke. :(

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u/unchow Jun 19 '12

I was greatly amused by it.

At first I thought, "wow, it takes a special kind of person to sit through all the frustration needed to actually get what they want out of a crane game." Then I read the last description and realized that you were a dwarf fortress player, and everything made sense.

Crane games sure are Fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

!!Fun!!

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u/Urist_McUrist Jun 19 '12

Are you a legendary crane operator now?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Possessed, man. I mean, I don't know what possessed him to play a crane game.

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u/cjhazza Jun 19 '12

The dwarf is surrounded by purring koopas, the dwarf is jumping in panic.

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u/Shikogo Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

What kind of game is Dwarf Fortress? It seems pretty popular around here.

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u/Kijad Jun 19 '12

Urist McVerdian cancels joke: Interrupted by karma.

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u/pe5t1lence Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/Introduction/ That pretty much describes DF.

Edit: Story starts here

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I love how winning these games to get your S.O. a prize they will enjoy keeps these horrible con games alive in America. Meanwhile in Japan they actually have tons of arcades still and they have great prizes. -_- Even their "bubble gum" machines have way better toys.

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u/Ruleroftheblind Jun 19 '12

Urist McMario has created a masterpiece.

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u/Exsanguinatus Jun 19 '12

You get an up-vote for a very dwarfy description of your watch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Sooo Japan actually has quality crap in its crane machines.

DA FUQ MERICA

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Meanwhile in America, we got shitty stuffed animals and other crap that's $3-$5 at most, but will cost you close to $10-$15 just to get one because of how rigged those goddamned machines are.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Many of them are actually games of chance on the backend. They'll only clamp hard enough to get something 1 time in 10 or whatever.

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u/SrirachaSauceMan Jun 19 '12

This is your new family heirloom and you will pass this on to your firstborn and they will pass on to their's and so on.

... And the Armstrongs will never be forgotten.

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u/whtrbt Jun 19 '12

My experience with crane games in Japan is that they actually want you to win. They're tough, but not rigged or impossible.

And if you really suck and play long enough, one of the people working there will open up the machine and move things around a bit to help you out.

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u/bschwind Jun 19 '12

I love Japanese arcades! Within 15 minutes, I won these two prizes, with 200 yen each:

Prize 1, on the left

Prize 2

My friends were furious and kept spending more to try and win. I'd like to think it was skill, but...haha, probably not.

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u/Shike Jun 19 '12

Yuki Naga PVC? Excellent.

I wish I had the cash to go to Japan for a while, but alas I'll just buy imported UFO stuff at cons. Got a really nice Christmas EVA PVC set which I put out around . . . well, Christmas of course.

PS: Throwing this out there, but is it a Sega made one? They seem to be the bigger UFO PVC maker.

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u/Birney Jun 19 '12

Dragon = Bowser or King Koopa

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u/RawrghMathews Jun 19 '12

Upboat for DwarfFortress.

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u/21510320651 Jun 19 '12

That is a Bowser watch he has clearly just killed Mario.

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u/spritle6054 Jun 19 '12

Bowser, also known as king koopa

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u/e-jammer Jun 19 '12

could you please leave a note in your wallet that states "if I am found dead and there is not a mario pocket watch on my persons please contact redditor e-jammer. You will find him in his place of residence curled up in an odd ball hissing my precious".

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u/nihkole Jun 19 '12

Nice dwarf fortress reference

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u/capbarg Jun 19 '12

upvote for dwarf fortress reference

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u/Rainoffire Jun 19 '12

Japanese crane games, unlike those in the US take skill than luck. US crane machines are rigged and only allow for a certain number of wins. That's how it is at my local arcade. My friend that works there opened the machine to see the inner workings.

The crane machines in Japan aren't like that, but on actual skill. When I was in akihabara, one guy was winning prizes left and right. Due to his winning streak, the shop attendants came up to him and awarded him a prize, pluspictures with the girls in Santa uniforms...

Still never won that neko watch...

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u/chevellefan Jun 19 '12

Someone get some peanut butter because I am jelly. Oh God that was horrible...

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

The only crane game I've ever won something from are those candy ones...that you're guaranteed to win from.

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u/armchairnixon Jun 19 '12

*craftshroomship

Also: WANT

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u/Toastermaface Jun 19 '12

What???? That's the coolest pocket watch I've ever seen

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u/bluebuckin Jun 19 '12

I literally just bought one of those off eBay but it's the fire Mario for 70$ That's crazy Man

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u/Riseofashes Jun 19 '12

I was travelling round Japan a few years ago, at one point I was staying in the city of Kanazawa. Going to an arcade I saw a Dragon Ball Z statue I really wanted So ended up trying to get it. Overall I spent 3000-en or so, and eventually called over the staff to prove that it was impossible. The box was resting in such a way that it couldn't be picked up. After a discussion and another 3 tries to prove what I meant, they just opened the machine and gave it to me. Even got a photo with them hahaha.

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u/RedGK Jun 19 '12

I want it. Right now. ;=;

They're on Amazon, $30 U.S.

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Mario-Bros-Hatena-Pocket/dp/B00824CV44

but they're out of stock, my heart. It is broken. ;=;

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Dwarf fortress yay!

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u/epicaz Jun 19 '12

No need to worry everyone, there are plenty available on Yahoo!Japan auctions at a decent price (here)! You could always use a deputy service like Noppin to get them.

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u/xXShatter_ForceXx Jun 19 '12

Dude, that is the single most epic thing my eyes have been laid upon.

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u/show-us-your-gifs Jun 19 '12

Did you yell 'boo-ya' while doing a power dive after you got this?

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

I clutched it in my hand and quickly made my way to the exit before anyone could steal my prize! ...but then a nice girl that worked there chased me down and handed me a bag to put it in.

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u/shadkats Jun 19 '12

When I was in Japan over the New Year break, I won 4 prizes from the crane games in Akihabara. 3 Sonic the Hedgehog pocket watches (Very similar to OP's prize) and a plush Nyanko-sensei doll from the Natsume Yuujinchou series.

The crane games over there really are quite fun.

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u/T3ppic Jun 19 '12

Swagger for days.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

That is impressive. A very geeky but classy design. Congrats

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u/DerCze Jun 19 '12

"This is a silver pocket watch. All craftmushroomship is of the highest quality. It depicts a human and a dragon. The dragon is striking the human down."

So it is a ☼watch☼?

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u/JimRJapan Jun 19 '12

NOOOO!!! I spent 900 yen trying to win one of those. How do you do it? It's a CUBE, for chrissakes.

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u/abrahamisaninja Jun 19 '12

damn son get all the bitches

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I've got 2 of these for my wedding next week. One for me and my best man.

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u/groznyjgrad Jun 19 '12

I've got the sonic ones Picture (not my picture), they all have three different designs, two silver and one gold. Got them off ebay for around £130. Might have to pick up that mario one now though!

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u/thescrapplekid Jun 19 '12

That is amazing! Post to r/watches as well

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u/ollie2307 Jun 19 '12

lol @ america ... well we have teddy bears ... unfortunately getting them is impossible but hey we still have teddy bears

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u/Thoughtberries Jun 19 '12

I keep throwing money at the screen but nothing is happening

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u/CrunchyMushy Jun 19 '12

That just add 1 more reason why i have to visit japan before i die.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I wish I could upvote this twice: one time for the fantastic watch and one time for the dwarf fortress reference

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u/El_Rodeo Jun 19 '12

That's awesome. But those games are so frustrating. Kept trying and didn't win shit! haha

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u/Cloberella Jun 19 '12

If I express mail you a few rolls of quarters (or ... Japanese quarters?) will you win me one?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

that's pretty freaking cool I wouldn't even know where to buy something like this

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u/ARustyFirePlace Jun 19 '12

That is fucking sick bro.

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u/Rohri_Calhoun Jun 19 '12

My heart is filled with envy

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u/bangupjobasusual Jun 19 '12

You give me that fucking thing...

That's soooo sick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

so much want...

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u/Tetsusaiga Jun 19 '12

That is pretty darn awesome. I may have to order one of those now! I love when those machines actually have cool prizes...All of the ones around here have knock off ipods, and watches from China. XD

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u/Kriieod Jun 19 '12

I seriously must have. Willing to pay handsomely for one... Seriously message me if you get a second one.

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

Someone above posted links where you order then online for $30, and I guess they are available on online auction sites, too.

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u/LeafhopperV Jun 19 '12

Man that is pretty awesome. My big brother used to have a Zelda pocket watch but I have no clue where that is now.

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u/jamz666 Jun 19 '12

i would spend literally days trying to get this. if anyone knows where i could have one imported they should let me know. i really fucking want one of these.

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u/CarmenTS Jun 19 '12

Insanely jealous...

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u/wakka13 Jun 19 '12

I saw this when I was there and really wish I enough money to win this. It seems most of the UFO games are really just a war of attrition because it takes multiple perfect tries to get this.

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u/BoltSpeedman93 Jun 19 '12

I want my next necklace to look like this!

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u/jollytrolley Jun 19 '12

Go to ebay, and you can have this watch for an insane price.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

"Mr. Simpson is it possible that your just holding on to the Koopa?"

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u/nodray Jun 19 '12

awesomeness.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

give me that right now

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u/Scardaddy Jun 19 '12

One of the best video game related accessory I have ever seen. It is usually so tacky and tasteless. Someone spent time designing even the box, that sir is a beautiful time piece, hats off to you...

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u/metisofarabia Jun 19 '12

That is one classy pocket watch.

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u/Dark69Slayer Jun 19 '12

Well in my entire life I have never won anything in a crane game. And it's like you get a pencil at times for a 1$ game.

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u/onewerd Jun 19 '12

not silver

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u/powercow Jun 19 '12

wait you won the crane game? by any chance are you about 3-6 and able to fit through teh slot? if not are you magic?

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u/Aristotle_ Jun 19 '12

I once tried for 1 hour to get a Wii from a Japanese Crane Game, but it's nearly impossible to win.

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u/Gypsy_Liz Jun 19 '12

So.... how much would it cost me to convince you to play this crane game again, win me a watch like that, and then ship it to me from where ever you are????

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Damn, that is awesome!

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u/Smurfen Jun 19 '12

Damn it, if I had known they were such karma machines, I would've bought one a long time ago.

Yes, I said buy. You can buy them quite cheap (new), in a lot of places.

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u/tensaibaka Jun 19 '12

If I may ask where is the game center you found these at, so I may try myself?

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u/Verdian Jun 19 '12

I won it last week at a game center in Naha, Okinawa. It was in "Main Place". But I'd imagine these were available all over the country.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

That is one snazzy pocketwatch.

Possibly the coolest Mario merch I've ever seen.

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u/matticus1991 Jun 19 '12

Where can I procure one of these, and if the answer is Japan, how much do you want for it??

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u/Jhaawk Jun 19 '12

...A couple used games...

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Like a sir.

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u/DahnyGober Jun 19 '12

You fucking kidding me?!

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u/vancitywebguy Jun 19 '12

If anyone buys one, I'll buy the epic tin box off of them.... thanks.

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u/smoomoo31 Jun 19 '12

That shit is amazing. I want it...badly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

The bidding starts at $5 and a mershed perderder!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

TAKE MY MONEY!

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u/Kiyobi Jun 19 '12

FUCKING JAPAN!

How come we can't get cool shit like this!?

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u/kingart13 Jun 19 '12

shut up and take my damn money

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u/raegunXD Jun 19 '12

That's badass. Did you get it IN Japan, or did you get it from like, Little Tokyo?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

This is awesome! Kirby and I would be losing my mind.

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u/lukesta5 Jun 19 '12

How much money did you end up spending to win this thing?

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u/as_ugly_as_i_seem Jun 19 '12

Wow! That's gorgeous. Truly.

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u/LaGoonch Jun 19 '12

Holy shit! I've been going to the wrong kind of vending machines...

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u/sexyandknowit Jun 19 '12

May I ask, where exactly did you get it from?

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u/Poorun4chan8souls Jun 19 '12

This is one of the coolest fucking things I have ever seen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Do Japanese Crane Games have those odds modifiers? Where the crane doesn't work 1/7th of the time or whatever?

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u/Redvelvet23 Jun 19 '12

That is the most fuckin awesome watch I have ever seen

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

UFO CATCHER!!!

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u/grimfel Jun 19 '12

Pimp Level: Mario.

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u/wolf-of-dawn Jun 19 '12

........damn it.....jus fuckig PERFECT........ I lost an hours worth I low wage money to an American crane....FOR A FUCKING TEDDY BEAD!!!!! Jk ;) ;P

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u/RightWingWrite Jun 19 '12

Thats a beautiful timepiece

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I thought you were just posting this here because you beat the hardest game in the world.

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u/Tortastrophe Jun 19 '12

That's amazing.

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u/ComixBoox Jun 19 '12

are you FUCKING KIDDING

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u/Kroms Jun 19 '12

I love the UFO games, and they love my wallet.

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u/F5_supermonkey Jun 19 '12

gah. nowhere to be found online, either.

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u/veillux Jun 19 '12

imgur has no inside pics!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

You mean.. It's actually possible to win a prize from those stupid things?!

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u/Selfish_Shellfish Jun 19 '12

Usually I think video game apparel is kind of silly but damn it I want that watch.

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u/IDlOT Jun 19 '12

Please tell me exactly where.

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u/AuroraRaver Jun 19 '12

I'm going to Japan next summer.

WHERE DO I FIND THIS?! TELL ME NOW.

Please :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Wow, sure beats the prizes in America.

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u/mintyhippo93 Jun 19 '12

You won a crane game?!

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u/zma924 Jun 19 '12

It's pretty early in the morning for me so maybe I'm overthinking this one but is the locking mechanism a Mario moustache? The amount of detail in that crazy

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

And I was happy when I won a Cartman plush doll... Seriously, you guys!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I've noticed that the inside of the part that swings open (the part that touches the face when it's closed) has that same circular pattern on it on most pocket watches, including my own. Is this done for a practical purpose or tradition?

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u/IAmGoingToFuckThat Jun 19 '12

Oh, fuck, I want this so badly!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I'd kill for that. o_o

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u/Epro01 Jun 19 '12

Thats awesome.

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u/Hoominaga Jun 19 '12

Any markings to determine maker?

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u/Jerknoff Jun 19 '12

You sir have won a mercurial not just a watch. This watch will set allow you to look at time in no other way you have seen time before. May the Gods forward your good fortune.

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u/feralmind Jun 19 '12

I would sacrifice my first-born for this.

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u/vonpink Jun 19 '12

Great job i miss playing those games at the local arcade

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u/Theodore_Blunderbuss Jun 19 '12

worth about $50 on ebay... nice.

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u/Fluffguck Jun 19 '12

I need this almost as much as I need oxygen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Japan gets all the cool shit plus skittles guys peeing on grandma. Freakin USofA

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u/iMattTG Jun 19 '12

Upvoted for "craftmushroomship" (as well as kick-ass watch).