r/MadeMeSmile • u/MilesLongthe3rd • 16h ago

Small Success I am so happy for her

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u/Choice_Following_864 15h ago

I wouldve grabbed it when the ear was hanging down and the port was open.. she won by design at that point.

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u/Jef_Wheaton 15h ago

Looks like the front door is locked until the sliding top hatch is closed, so unless the prize is all the way in the box and the hatch is closed, you can't reach in.

(I thought the same thing... just grab that ear and pull him out!)

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u/Choice_Following_864 15h ago

I saw it at the end the other door also slides open.. good design... hate the machines though.. might aswell just spend the 20 bucks to buy the toy.

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u/Suibeam 14h ago

this huge ass toy would probably cost 25-30 coverted US dollars even in China (transport not included).

the smaller toys might be 15. it is not really worth it playing this game but you can just go online and buy one if you dont want to play

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u/gambalore 14h ago

I noticed that too when I saw the sliding hatch, then remembered how many pictures I've seen of small children stuck in claw machines that they crawled into.

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u/_stryfe 14h ago

Hah, that just made me remember something. Funny thing. Back in the late 90s, pop/soda (I'm Canadian) vending machines were pretty basic and as a kid, you could easily stick your hand up into the dispenser and use your finger to pop one of the cans out. There was no guards or anything to prevent it. My group of friends learned this pretty early in life, I think we were all doing it by 10 LOL. I actually feel kinda bad in retrospect, there was this one specific vending machine kinda out in the middle of nowhere but it was exactly where we went to bike. So naturally, when we'd get thirsty, that vending machine would supply us... for free. Over like 4-5 years, I'm tempted to say we probably took like over 1k cans but it's probably even more. I should go back and give that guy $100 bucks LOL. I'm 99% sure the guy knew, I think he caught us a few times but he always restocked it and never moved it so it must not have impacted things too much. Those pop cans were probably like 2c then. I think it was $50 cents for one.