The Sweet Machine

by Innovage Inc.

Product Features

• Fairground-style Desktop Candy Grabber Machine.
• A claw that you maneuver around to grab your sweet treats.
• Keeping candy on your desk is more fun with this carnival-inspired treat dispenser
• Three joystick style controls, moving the grabber-forwards and backwards, up and down
• Requires 3 D" Battesries not included

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 7.8 x 10 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B000B1QP20
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,064 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

Product Description

Fill with candy, gum or small toys and test your skills at grabbing a prize using the three joy stick controls and dropping it down the chute before the music stops. It's so much fun! Once you start you just can't stop. The Claw! is a fully functional prize crane that provides hours of fun for people of all ages. The user friendly controls allow for a full range of motions left, right, back, forth up and down. Players enjoy giddy excitement as they command the crane and try to obtain. Just line the fairground, use the controls to move the claw...fill it with treats...and feel the frustration as you try to extract one from this irritatingly difficult machine...all before the music runs out!!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good implementation of a great idea for a desktop game, July 9, 2006

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David W (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sweet Machine (Toy)

A tabletop version of the classic carnival crank machines. Use levers to move the crank around. Grab candy & prizes and drop them in the exit chute to win. A lot of fun for children or adults.

Works with 3 "D" batteries. It doesn't accept a power cord. The slot by which you insert the prizes is 2" x 2", which keeps you from inserting prizes that won't fit into the prize exit chute. You must purchase the batteries and the candy or other prizes yourself. The game comes with a protective plastic bag surrounding the crank, which is awkward to remove because you must cut it off through the 2" opening.

The game has a Power on/off switch, a Music on/off switch, and a Game Start button. The point of the game is to win a prize within a limited amount of time (before the music stops). The only negative to the game is that there are 3 levers - Claw forward/backward, Claw left/right, and Claw up/down, which is a little more awkward than the single lever carnival style games. You must hold the Claw up/down lever until the crank drops & attempts to grab the prize, and you must hold the up/down lever to move the claw down to the exit chute to release the prize. It doesn't just drop on its own or with a button press.

You run into some of the same challenges as in the full sized crank machines. Prizes close to the outer edges of the machine can be extremely difficult to get. Some prizes might block others, and sometimes you think you have the prize won, but end up dropping it. However, in this version, you get to keep trying until your time runs out, unlike the full sized versions which normally only let you drop the hook once per game.

I filled mine with Lindt Lindor Truffles (round wrapped chocolates), Ferrero Rocher Fine Hazelnut Chocolates (round wrapped chocolates with nuts), a Hot Wheels style car, Party Poppers (those little bottles that "explode" releasing confetti when you pull the string), and a couple of tiny toy dolls (Littlest Pet Shop "Pet Pairs" and a Dora the Explorer "Boots Squisher"). I can't verify that it handles all these because I haven't won them all yet. :) Round items (must be under 2"x2") seem to be the easiest to win.

I really enjoy the game. It was well worth the price.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Frankly, it's pretty darn cute and a good value for the dollar, March 12, 2007

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Donald P. Martin Jr. "d_p_m_j" (Concord, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sweet Machine (Toy)

I received my "Sweet Machine" last week for my office. I must admit that for the price, it really is quite a sturdy little machine. I can't tell how many times co-workers have come into my office to try it (I also have a miniature soda machine, a gumball machine, and a full-size 4-ounce carnival-style popcorn machine in my office).

The machine fits anything under 2" by 2" (that's the size of the chute and the limit of what the little crane will carry). Right now, I have gumballs in there, but I'm looking for other goodies everytime I go to the store. Miniature wrapped candies will probably be perfect, and my own boss is ordering stuff to in there as well. It certainly breaks up the monotony of the day.

Great thing; you can shut the music off. Kids would love the music, but it will drive everyone else nuts within minutes. The music off button is a good thing!

My boss's son (who is turning two in a few weeks) visited and with the help of his dad managed to get a gumball on his second try (unfortunately he had to put it back... he's still too young for gumballs!) and so far, everyone has managed to grab prizes without too much frustration. A little, but not too much.

The controls are easy enough to use; you could probably do the same thing with one joystick rather than three, but there have been no complaints.

It takes three D-cell batteries and there is no option to plug-in to an outlet, but if anything, this makes the machine more portable so that the boss can bring it into his office and play with it for a while without fear of embarrassment. :^)

So far, I'm torn about giving this a 5-star rating... more like a 4.45, which makes me round down to four. But I do really like the machine and I'm very happy I got it! It's a fun thing to have when the kids of co-workers are visiting.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, January 2, 2006

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Jakestu4u - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sweet Machine (Toy)

This sweet machine is really cool! its alot of fun, but if you get it, be carful to not overfill it, or it will be harder to get your prize. Double bubble works the best, but you can tape a ribbion loop on the prize to make it eaiser to pick up. remember, the less candy you have inside, the eaiser. this is well worth the money and i recomend it to anyone.