Claw Machines in Taipei. 🤷🏻♂️ 🇹🇼 Though I was rooting for a Luffy, this claw machine allowed me to own my Dracule Mihawk and Jinbe miniature (characters from OnePiece). For a minimum of TW$10, you get to have a chance to own mostly soft toys, miniature collectibles, a phone accessory, electronic gadgets and fashion accessories using the many claw machines spread within and outside of Taipei. By inserting the coin, customers manually lower a metal claw into a pile of prizes using a controller. According to studies, there is one claw crane (a total of 8,000 claw machine arcades) for every two convenience stores in Taiwan, with the number more than doubling last year to become the fourth largest tax income source in the entertainment industry. The toy claw evolved from "digger" machines in 1930s America. The early versions were purely mechanical in design and picked up candy. A more sophisticated electric version quickly spread to Asia in the late 1970s and the last few years have seen a surge in popularity in Taiwan and South Korea. With salaries failing to keep up with the cost of living in Taiwan, players see the machines as inexpensive entertainment while operators consider them an effective investment. .
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