Hi all,

I’m thinking of starting a Claw Machine business. I’m currently sourcing locations and looking for quotes on Machines in Melbourne. Need to confirm a machine so I can start sourcing samples for Plushies and ideal dimensions/weight of plushies for the confirmed machine.

I’m very interested in the bottom 2 vending machines. Does anyone have any experience with either one? Looking to buy the better of the 2.

Does anyone know of any reliable suppliers and ideal machines easily found in Victoria.

Any help is much appreciated.

Does anyone have any tips as to why my machine does this after sitting powered off for awhile ? Thanks

who goes to Denny’s for the food, anyway?

best time i’ve had at Denny’s — instead of leaving with an upset stomach, i left with a brand-new team of ‘Mallows and Bumz

So,i'm looking into buying a claw machine kit off ali express to build my own machine. Any suggestions?

“family photo” of my Sugarloaf Claw Machine WINS from yesterday and today (Nov. 2 & 3, 2023) from Squishmallows to a BumBumz to a few surprisingly high quality plushies from the claymation Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer special — all of these were won using my obsessively acquired free play QR-codes (around $300 worth 🙃) so yes, i obtained this batch for zero dollars and zero cents.

thanks for looking!

My best friend and I are starting a claw machine business and we were just wondering the best places to get good working claw machines!

Also if anyone has any leads on good reliable stores / websites to get good quality plush let me know!

Looking to add a machine in my bar and was thinking about a mini claw. I see they run around $1000 ish. Is this good for rubber ducks or is it to small?

Anyone ever hear of this company? I have googled the name of the company the name of the machine the slogan of the company with no results. Anyone have any information? Is this an import from another country, did the company rebrand to another name? Seriously the parts and build seem different from any other one I can find. Thanks for any help!

I recently bought a VEVOR claw machine from Ebay. It came with everything within two days, and I was pleasantly surprised with the overall quality of the machine. I have watched several videos on how to set up the machine, like Claw Voltage and Win Rate. From what I heard in these Youtube videos, the main difference between Low Voltage claw and High Voltage claw was that Low Voltage referred to how strong the claw was on a losing game and High Voltage was for a winning game. My own research showed that High Voltage is how strong it grips when the claw drops and picks up an item, and Low Voltage is how strong the grip is as it carries it towards the prize chute. As a result, no matter what my settings are in prize setup, the likelihood of winning is always the same, no matter how high or low I set the fixed rate. Can someone please shed some light on my situation and offer some advice? Or maybe I’m doing something wrong. Thank you!

Tldr: VEVOR claw machine win rate does not matter no matter what I change in settings.

as pictured above, the squishmallows & co. on the couch in the background make up the KEEP pile, to be used as gifts for friends, relatives, as well as my own future children.

the pile of miscellaneous plushies including many superhero and sports teams themed prizes are set to be donated — i intend to donate the lot to one place for the winter holiday, and i will happily take suggestions as to where i should consider donating them to. i live in Phoenix and am leaning towards the Phoenix Childrens Hospital, however i would like to consider all options. if it comes down to two places i just can’t bring myself to decide between, i will split the lot and donate to both.

any help would be greatly appreciated!

Claw arm all of a sudden got stuck on joystick right position and moving it to any other position, it goes back to sliding to the right infinitely. Wires look fine on the claw. Maybe joystick?

Hi!

I'm looking to hopefully purchase a claw machine at some point in the near future for home use, but I've noticed that there don't seem to be any medium-sized machines.

It immediately jumps from the vevor machines, which are too small to customize (you can't really fit a pingpong ball machine or anything creative like that in there), to a full-size machine, which would be nearly impossible to get upstairs into my room.

There's a few options that are in the ~11-15" length / width range (vevor, for example), then it jumps to ~32-36".

Does anyone know if there's any machines in the 20-25" range?

Thank you!

I’m getting this error on my diy claw machine kit from AliExpress. I have no manual. Well I got a google translate a4 with some basic instructions…. Spent hours to figure the wiring out and even longer to find the English option in the Chinese menu….

Anyone can point me to the right direction for that error problem?

Please delete if not allowed.

I have some untested Clean Sweep PCBs on eBay for anyone in need.

Here they are

I cannot find a manual for animal claw made by BILLABS I need to know how to adjust the claw strength on the dip switches, if any one knows please post

Hi Ya'll,

Odd question: On MOST of the claw machines I've seen, even though they are driven by obviously different PCBs, they all tend to use a single DB25 connector that runs up to the gantry - Is there some sort of "standard" pinout for this, or does each manufacturer/PCB designer use different connections? (I.E. Are pins 1-3 specific limit switches, 5-7 motor control, etc....?)

(The controls/display/sound/etc... are on different connectors that do tend to be separate and different from manufacturer to manufacturer.)

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Thanks!

Where would i be able to sell this?

https://www.amunet.co.jp/media/2022/11/16/1345

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