[Jords]

I remember when I was 7/8 for my birthday we went to Skeggy and on my first 20p I won a dog on a lead but it got stuck on the lead and I had to go get somebody to unhook it for me

[Z]

I once won sweets in a smaller version but I've never won anything otherwise. Always wanted to!

[Kate!]

Horrendously bad at these. I'd be as well putting my money in the gutter. Never won anything on one.

[Redway]

I was actually quite good at these in terms of getting out something but never got out what I actually wanted.

They are designed and made so that no one can be good at them. Otherwise they'd have to be filling them up on a weekly basis. They're like games at carnivals - heavily stacked against the player.

[Josy]

Terrible.

I actually won a teddy out of one for my neice a couple of weeks ago and was all proud of myself then my oh pointed out that it was a kids one and a there was a sign that said everyone will win something

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

They are designed and made so that no one can be good at them. Otherwise they'd have to be filling them up on a weekly basis. They're like games at carnivals - heavily stacked against the player.

Absolutely agree, but there is always that something inside telling us we might just beat those odds so sometimes we tend to throw money in them like we have an endless supply in an attempt to win a sh***y little toy, that could end up costing some quite a few sterling

[MTVN]

Yeah they make it pretty much impossible to win, remember on one of them I got it pretty much perfect and the clamp picked up the teddy, but then it went and opened itself slightly and the thing slipped out

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

They are designed and made so that no one can be good at them. Otherwise they'd have to be filling them up on a weekly basis. They're like games at carnivals - heavily stacked against the player.

So much truth!

Often the prizes are too heavy for the grabbers to hold onto.

Often they will NEVER fit through the opening and will jam

The grabbers are designed in a way that they are so smooth and not of a design that will retain the 'hold' during any sharp or sudden movment (ie: the left/right/back/ forward) movement - and will slip from grasp.

[InOne]

Once won two Pokemons teddy things on the same day. So I class myself as 'master'.

Originally Posted by InOne

Once won two Pokemons teddy things on the same day. So I class myself as 'master'.

[Jordan.]

Most of them have a setting that controls the strength of the grip, you just have to be lucky enough to be playing at the point it tightens.

[Niall]

I've always been terrible at these.

[Black Dagger]

They have this thing, where it has so many go's where somebody won't win, so I prayed on people all day, and then snuck at the chance, and stole the teddy's.

So I was good.

[Tom4784]

I was always really good at these, When I was little and we used to go on Haven Holidays I'd pretty much mine those machines dry. My parents stopped me playing on them since we didn't have any room to put the prizes.

[King Gizzard]

You can't be good at them really, they make the forks so loose even if you position it perfectly you'll probably lose

[Tom4784]

I just had insane luck as a child, I used to always win at games and raffles and stuff. I remember one time when I was little and I was at Asda with my mom and there was like a Fun Day of some sort going on and there was a Tombola in which the grand prize was this huge kangeroo teddy that was bigger then me.

My mom let me have a go but would only pay for a single ticket since she knew that I was stupidly lucky and I played it while she went to look at the next stand, next time she turned around she was faced with the sight of me carrying a gigantic kangeroo.

We looked a right sight on the bus

[Marsh.]

I think the days of them being as cheap as 20p are long gone. lol

It's £1 and up. But, the grabbers are so weak and loosely fitted it will never hold onto some of the ginormous toys they put in them.