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From: Zeke0238 | Posted: 3/10/2002 12:53:24 AM | Message Detail
101st messege.

Booyah
From: the turtle | Posted: 3/13/2002 10:53:58 PM | Message Detail
el bumpo

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From: JerrySpringerReturns | Posted: 3/19/2002 10:13:43 PM | Message Detail
This topic isn't going anywhere. It'll be around longer than my talk show! Just not as trashy...

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From: ABR | Posted: 3/24/2002 1:40:30 PM | Message Detail
They have one at my local KMART. I manage
to grab something so many times and it gets stuck in the crane. The prizes are too big. Maybe it's good that Kmart's closing.
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From: The Immortal Wombat | Posted: 3/29/2002 8:15:35 PM | Message Detail
Yeah, don't you just hate it when the plushies are too big to fit in the little slot for it to come out of? I hate that. I can never win at those crane games. I used to try and try when I was little but then my mom would shove me away and tell me that you could never win on those things.
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From: SaraAB | Posted: 3/30/2002 8:47:39 PM | Message Detail
dude, i used to win like every time i played a crane game when i was little, sometimes i used to win more than one prize on one play (the crane would pick up more than one thing by the strings), now it seems like you can never win anything from them, i had a whole big garbage bag of toys just from crane games when i was little
From: MaMaKiKay | Posted: 4/2/2002 5:58:33 AM | Message Detail
The best place to play this game is in restaurants where many ppl will see you.

1. If you actually get sumtin you everybody will more or less smile at your exceptional feat.
2. If you don't the manager will usually open the blasted thing and give you the stupid humped toy. Evervybody wins !!!
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From: Fate Storm | Posted: 4/5/2002 10:08:30 AM | Message Detail
Another super free topic.. that's changed.
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From: ohnoitschris | Posted: 4/8/2002 2:30:34 AM | Message Detail
My first post in this topic is almost legendary....

And that crane game that gave away free candy? Out of order now, but still in the same spot.

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From: SaraAB | Posted: 4/8/2002 11:03:04 AM | Message Detail
hmmm, just plug it in, turn it on and play, it will probably still give out free candy, but only do this if its in a location where no one will see you do it! (if someone catches you just be like, i wanted to see what was wrong with it, i love this game!)
From: SECRETB0ARDP0LICE | Posted: 4/13/2002 3:47:31 AM | Message Detail
I hate it.
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From: MegamanX | Posted: 4/14/2002 11:14:21 AM | Message Detail
Everyones good at the crane in my family except me. At a local Pizza joint I played it once and got lucky and won a plushie football helmet (strange). But mostly i just end up losing badly but those play to you win candy machines i'm sorta good at. I got the prize no one could get , a giant bag of whoppers =)
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From: Dee Jay Hydra | Posted: 4/16/2002 2:30:56 PM | Message Detail
I just brake the glass then take the stuff and run.
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From: SpatteR | Posted: 4/18/2002 3:49:25 AM | Message Detail
Tis a very sadistic machine and whoever invented should be punished.
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From: MegamanX | Posted: 4/21/2002 6:31:08 PM | Message Detail
hmmm good point. who did invent the crane game.
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From: Noozne | Posted: 4/21/2002 9:46:11 PM | Message Detail
i never actually won anything from a crane game. but they had this machine where you had to press the button to stop the moving light to land exactly on a red bulb. i played it only twice with my spare change and i actually won this mini baseball keychain with the florida marlins logo on it. i can never do it again.
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From: Neozombie | Posted: 4/22/2002 8:05:46 PM | Message Detail
HISTORY OF COIN OPERATED DIGGER GAMES IN AMERICA

The first digger was built in 1896 from a child’s toy and was intended to be a 1-cent candy vendor. It was a totally mechanical, hand-cranked machine.

It was named ‘ The Erie Digger’ in the early 1900’s to capitalize on the excitement created by the digging of the Erie Canal.

By the middle 1920’s it was in full production and offered 1-cent or 5-cent coin acceptors. It was encased in a fine solid oak cabinet with glass windows on three sides and continued to be all mechanical, using no electricity; not even an electric light.

During the 1920’s and 1930’s many other manufacturers produced their own version of a crane or digger game, and most of these were electrically operated, and had virtually no element of skill. Some of the most popular were those manufactured by Exhibit Supply Co. and International Mutoscope Co. But there were many other manufacturers.

With the proliferation of Slot Machines the Digger machines also became gambling devices. Clever operators learned to offer Silver Dollars, paper currency, and little bundles of coins wrapped in cellophane as the reward for lucky play.

During the 1920’s, through the 1930’s and beyond, these games were very profitable for their operators, usually operating for 5 cents per play. They were found in every arcade at amusement parks, boardwalks, and city parks. They could be seen in Drug Stores, Casinos, and in great numbers at State, County, and World’s Fairs, and with traveling carnivals.

After World War II diggers used large quantities of Japanese novelty items in the prize field to continue to cover up for the coin and currency which was still used as the real lure to play. The innocent looking, child’s toy crane was still actually a gambling device.

By the end of the 1940’s most diggers were working for 10 ¢ per play and a number of large traveling operators owned many machines operating at multiple locations in units of 10 or 12 games each. Bob Parker, Lee Moss, and Tommy Wells were well known for conducting this style of operation.

The operation of diggers changed forever in 1951 with the implementation of the Johnson Interstate Transportation Act. This law made it a Federal offence to transport gambling devices across state lines and all diggers were automatically placed in this category. Overnight the business of operating diggers ended.

Lee Moss, of Hot Springs, Arkansas who purchased the Erie Manufacturing Corp. in 1946 had been operating over 40 traveling units of 12 diggers each and was now out of business. He immediately brought all of his equipment into home base. The FBI quickly raided operators who did not cease their operations and their machines were seized and destroyed. Lee Moss lead a small group of former digger operators in a lobbying campaign which went on for 2 years but was finally successful in changing the classification of certain types of digger games from "Gambling Devices" to "Amusement Devices". Diggers could operate again, but only under specific guidelines. All electrically operated types were not allowed past 1951.

Starting in 1953 diggers began their life as carnival games exclusively, and only the mechanical (Erie type) were allowed under Federal laws. Gone were the coin slots. The player must now pay over the counter top and the operator activated the machine. No money could be offered as prizes, and no prize could have a value of over $1. The charge to play could not exceed 10c and they were only legal to operate at agricultural fairs and celebrations.

From 1953 through the late 1970’s the business of operating diggers was lead by a few shrewd carnival gypsy businessmen who made it into a legitimate enterprise. They had great success by giving out high percentages of merchandise, and by finding many new ways to make the diggers even more fun to play.

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From: Neozombie | Posted: 4/22/2002 8:06:34 PM | Message Detail
CONTINUED

With the relaxation of Federal laws, mechanical coin slots began to reappear on digger games in 1974, and shortly thereafter the cost to play was raised to 25c. A twenty-year moratorium on coin activated diggers was over. But, by the early 1980’s a new type of crane game invaded the U.S. from Europe and virtually ended the old-time digger game business.

Large crane games, controlled by solid state circuit boards, and able to pick up plushtoys swept the country. They could be seen in every truck stop and Wal-Mart vestibule from coast-to-coast. Many operators who put these games in operation did not understand the value of making sure that there were a lot of winners, and the public rebelled when they visited carnivals and fairs. Once again, people believed that no one could win when playing a digger.

By the mid 1980’s the old time digger business was a thing of the past, but the better plush crane operators learned to dispense a high percentage of merchandise and have now turned their crane operations into very successful profit centers thriving on repeat business and die-hard crane players. There are currently many modern operators with routes of several hundred crane machines, and there are two publicly held corporations operating 8,000 to 10,000 crane games each.

It’s the year 2000 and there are still "diggers", but they have come a long way.
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From: Noozne | Posted: 4/23/2002 9:57:07 PM | Message Detail
i have an urge to BUMP!
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From: Ceddan | Posted: 4/23/2002 10:03:05 PM | Message Detail
ive played the crane game....
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From: Noozne | Posted: 4/25/2002 9:19:06 PM | Message Detail
who hasn't?
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From: Noozne | Posted: 4/27/2002 10:14:25 PM | Message Detail
this topic is gonna die
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 5/5/2002 3:28:00 AM | Message Detail
no its not!
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From: Noozne | Posted: 5/6/2002 9:14:15 PM | Message Detail
from now on this will be my karma posts topic.
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From: the turtle | Posted: 5/7/2002 1:29:40 AM | Message Detail

Cjayc is killing these topics soon.
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From: Noozne | Posted: 5/8/2002 9:39:08 PM | Message Detail
but i will make sure this topic will LIVE!!!
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 5/12/2002 7:06:27 PM | Message Detail
happy mothers day
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From: misterbum | Posted: 5/18/2002 9:37:29 AM | Message Detail
Best. Topic. Ever?
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From: Noozne | Posted: 6/5/2002 9:39:25 PM | Message Detail
hiiiideeey-hooooo!
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 6/6/2002 3:14:38 PM | Message Detail
anyone else have any crane game stories? i have one.

well, its not really a story, just about a guy who is obsessed about them.

usually, he puts about 40 bucks a night into the little plush toy/beanie baby ones! he wins about 10 things (just think- thats 1 toy for every 8 tries) for the night. and he doesnt even keep them! he gave them all to this old lady who he thought was 'smokin'.

i try not to get by those things too often, cause they always hook me. ill try, and come so close, i have to pop another dollar in there. and what do i get? some university of missouri bulldog plushdoll. ooh, 3 bucks that could have gone towards a new game or some food.

well, thats my story.
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 6/12/2002 10:21:20 AM | Message Detail
bump
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 6/18/2002 4:26:39 AM | Message Detail
yuppers
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From: Gaming Master | Posted: 6/20/2002 12:26:32 PM | Message Detail
Man, i posted here over a year ago and this thing is still around. well, time to disappear for another year.
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From: cheesenipsjoe | Posted: 6/21/2002 8:33:29 AM | Message Detail
I've never won anything from the crane game. At least in real life... Legend of Zelda, Links Awakening, had a fun crane game. It also had shoplifting but whatever...
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From: MegamanX | Posted: 6/21/2002 9:39:51 AM | Message Detail
if you took marin into the crane game she'd play and choose the owner with the crane. that is hilarious to see.
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 6/22/2002 2:48:31 PM | Message Detail
kirbys adventure had a crane game, too
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From: Swordofjudgement | Posted: 6/23/2002 2:32:25 AM | Message Detail
I got a cool teddy bear once.
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From: Whocares | Posted: 6/23/2002 2:44:20 AM | Message Detail
Someone I know bumped one of those machines and 2 dinosaurs came out. And one time I shook one and an alarm went off. Uh oh
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From: Up in Smoke 2001 | Posted: 6/25/2002 7:34:44 AM | Message Detail
The only ones that are decent are the older model<s>.
Back then it was about fun not profit.
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From: Zombie Eater | Posted: 6/28/2002 1:21:46 AM | Message Detail
Crane game sucks. I know from experience.
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From: BlueGroundBeef | Posted: 6/28/2002 3:04:08 PM | Message Detail
I want a crane... *drools*

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From: The reborn one | Posted: 7/6/2002 3:26:26 AM | Message Detail
Uuuhh.....hey. Nice topic, likely the oldest in existence.
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From: JerrySpringerReturns | Posted: 7/13/2002 11:32:08 PM | Message Detail
Bump
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From: thebestporter | Posted: 7/14/2002 6:19:43 PM | Message Detail
clunk.
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From: Noozne | Posted: 7/16/2002 3:09:11 PM | Message Detail
this topic is over 2 years old.
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I got arrested by twenty cops once...
I guess that's what I get for robbing a donut store.
From: BlueGroundBeef | Posted: 7/16/2002 4:44:01 PM | Message Detail
helloooo last time i checked this was 2002 not 2003.

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From: ChaosZ3RO | Posted: 7/24/2002 11:30:54 AM | Message Detail
hahahaha, this is the longest running topic I have ever seen. Comon people! keep messaging! this topic ownz joo!! oh and for the topic, I hate the crane game! the thing freaking takes all your money! DAMN THING! ^V^
From: thebestporter | Posted: 7/25/2002 1:54:25 PM | Message Detail
crane games are addicting.
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From: Up in Smoke 2001 | Posted: 7/26/2002 10:25:05 PM | Message Detail
!this is not a bump!
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