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I've been in Japan for about two weeks now.
I've been to most of the popular places near Tokyo like:
Shinjuku, Shibuya, Akihabara, Harajuku, Ikebukuro, Akasaka, Yokohama (Chinatown LOL).
I was going to go to Osaka but realized that costed a fortune.
Anyway, besides shopping and sightseeing, I do not really know what there is to do.
I went to a maid cafe, checked out Shibuya 109, saw the famous dog statue, went to Imperial Palace, karaoke'd twice..
So for most of my free time, I have been going to UFO CATCHERS!
In America, these are called crane games.. and they basically consist of like 3-4 claws that are uber uber weak and really have no strategy to it.
However in Japan, it actually takes skill, patience, and money management.
They mostly consist of two claws, usually weak, with a fairly big body. Sometimes you have to grab the object, push it with the body, or move it a certain way to finally edge it off.
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It is SOOOOOOOOO fun. I spent about $200USD on the following items on the left:
The ones on the right, my girlfriend won them.
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I'm planning on selling most of them, so I'll make profit.. haha.
Has anyone ever played or is as addicted as I am?!
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This is not what I expected...
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i'm sorry, this blog has nothing to do with aliens or actual UFO's :x
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What kind of prizes can you win?
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There are many many prizes, usually anime-related.
The prizes in Japan's UFO Catchers are usually ONLY made to be caught.
That means they are not sold (unless a store buys them from a winner) retail.
The different types include figures, towels, blanket and pillow covers, mugs, plushies, wallets, cards, cosplay costumes, and much more!!
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How much is it per a go? and how often do you win?
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i guess nobody believed the blog was about this.. but holy hell thats a lot of stuffed animals.... of course you will get your money back..
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They are usually:
100YEN = 1 Try
500YEN = 6 Try
or..
200YEN = 1 Try
500YEN = 3 Try
The cheaper ones are usually for harder prizes.
The more expensive one is usually for easier prizes.
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On June 25 2010 02:24 Dance.jhu wrote:
This is not what I expected...
Seconded, lol.
Congrats on finding a pro strategy to beat that machine. I've personally never had much luck (or skill) with those machines.
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What are you gonna sell that VF-25 model for? :o
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United States4126 Posts
Oh you otaku ;D How was Akiba?
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On June 25 2010 03:02 Zilver wrote:
What are you gonna sell that VF-25 model for? :o
I think around 20USD? I'll have to get back to you on that; it's my gf's prize and she is asleep now. :x
On June 25 2010 03:08 Kinky wrote:
Oh you otaku ;D How was Akiba?
Oh, it is soooo fun! The maids are actually pretty cute and game centers are so addicting!
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Is that really $200+ worth of stuff?
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Yeah dude, in Korea, they have so many of those. In one summer, when I visited, I got like 5 gun lighters, a wallet and almost a PSP. The great thing about the crane games in Korea is that they don't just have dolls. I found a Nintendo DS, a PSP, and MP3 player, shoes, and a lot of lighters there. They are way better than dolls as they are more useful. In one, there was just money there.
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Oh wow, time to visit Japan/Korea...
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$200 USD really? Um ... okaaay. I'd say that all the stuff in that picture is worth about $5 (probably how much it cost them to make it too), but whatever, I guess it's your money.
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Hahah 200$ spent on stuffed animals and barbies. You da man.
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This sounds like fun. I'm actually really good at those games, but I never see anything I want. they always put things like stuffed animals in to win, so unless im trying to use my uber perception micro to impress a date theres no point. I'd like it if there were better prizes. Some of those action figures you won are pretty badass but I can't really tell. If the games provided prizes like Squall and Cloud I'd be all over it!
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On June 25 2010 05:03 FortuneSyn wrote:
Hahah 200$ spent on stuffed animals and barbies. You da man.
hahaha :D exactly my thoughts.
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I am really bad at those type of games.
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I have that exact Clannad figure, I think.
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Those are a lot of cat. What are you going to do with them?
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Dude I'll buy the Rei figurine on the bottom left ^^
PM me 
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I will take nekomimi Maria off your hands.
You have so many anyways.
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I read the title, no problem, aliens
I read the description, no problem, crane games
I read $200 and saw the picture, :O :O :O
that's aLOT of money spent, hopefully u can break even!!
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Canada8031 Posts
On June 25 2010 04:58 pash1k wrote:
$200 USD really? Um ... okaaay. I'd say that all the stuff in that picture is worth about $5 (probably how much it cost them to make it too), but whatever, I guess it's your money.
You'd be surprised how expensive figures can get. I don't know how much the ones scyper got are, but I expect they're not that cheap.
On June 25 2010 03:31 scyper wrote:Show nested quote +On June 25 2010 03:02 Zilver wrote:
What are you gonna sell that VF-25 model for? :o I think around 20USD? I'll have to get back to you on that; it's my gf's prize and she is asleep now. :x Oh, it is soooo fun! The maids are actually pretty cute and game centers are so addicting!
I plan on visiting a maid cafe someday, just to see what it's like.
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Those cat dolls are from a very popular brand in harajuku called h.Naoto... and they're like $20 each. haha.
The figurines are maybe 30~ ish..
But yeah, they're so fun  I wanna get more.. haha but no more space in my luggage T_T
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On June 25 2010 14:12 scyper wrote:Those cat dolls are from a very popular brand in harajuku called h.Naoto... and they're like $20 each. haha. The figurines are maybe 30~ ish.. But yeah, they're so fun I wanna get more.. haha but no more space in my luggage T_T
Save some space and sell me the Rei figurine in the bottom left then
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Yeah man, if you're willing to sell some stuff, I'd be down to take
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