Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” Claw machines, also known as crane machines, dot arcades, malls, even grocery ...

How did a group of cats end up being grabbed at by a metal arm in a "claw machine" at an arcade? That is the bizarre question that many viewers contemplated in the spring of 2017, when video footage ...

Claw machines are notoriously frustrating. You start with a spark in your eye thinking you’ll be able to win that one prize that you’re eyeing. “It can’t be that hard, it’s right there,” you think to ...

Claw Haven, a new Asian-style claw arcade, opened in Cedar Park on Dec. 6, according to co-owner Michael Lu. The background The arcade is owned by Lu, Bradley Wong, Vicky Lee and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- There are thousands of claw machine arcades throughout Asia and Japan, but none in Kentucky. Louisville businessman Jack Zheng told our partners at Louisville Business First ...

If you're tired of claw machines taking your money and not giving you anything in return, you might want to try this strategy. No trip to a seaside resort is complete without visiting an arcade on the ...

Kiddleton opened a new claw machine arcade at Marketplace at Merced in June 2025. The arcade features 20+ self-service machines with Anime and Kawaii prizes. Claw machines operate without staff and ...

A man allegedly used his daughter to steal prizes from a claw machine at a mall. Anthony Helinski, 34, has been charged with using his toddler to steal toys and prizes out of a game machine at a mall ...

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to ...