Arcade1Up is known for making semi-affordable, smaller scale reproductions of classic arcade cabinets, but they’re shifting ...

‘Make Room for Play,’ and features a giant arcade claw that pulls people from routine settings, such as their apartments or the grocery store, and drops them into a dynamic, arcade-like environmen ...

At least four claw (or crane) machine-only businesses have opened in the past year, drawing kids and adults alike in search of entertainment and Japanese prizes, like Hello Kitty or Pokémon plushies.

Toyota recently tapped into humanity's bizarre fascination with robotics, oversize stuffed animals and, of course, the claw game in a promotion for the company's tiny Ractis.Using a scaled-up ...