I may have to change my BT name

lol, ooooh, the claaaaw.

I always thought (don't ask me why) it was a riff on "It's the Craw, not the craw"

(let's see if any of you younguns get that obscure reference)

Here's the real claw:

+! that! The Baron Von Raschke.

That's what I was thinking.  Toy Story is my daughter's favorite movie.  

Some games can be set up to auto-percentage, some always run at the same grip strength. They don't "pay out" like slot machines, but the sweet spots for timing or tension adjust over time.  The machines never operate on a "every X play wins." 

Just do some math when you walk up.  If the play price is 50 cents and the prize is an iPad you can figure that you won't be able to win over and over. But you it should be possible to win.  Machine owners that never give away the prizes don't keep getting players.  Those operators are out there, but are really rare. 

The old capsule machine aren't any better. You gambled on whether you'd get the prize you want and each machine might only have one or two of the good ones in them and dozens or hundreds more of the cheaper less desired slum. The difference is that prize machines today often have very valuable goodies in them.

Some operators are greedy. If you think a machine is set too hard don't play it. People vote with their dollars!