Wehrenberg Prize Game

After checking out the Acme Crane Machine I traveled upstairs to see what other great prizes I would have won.  And since I had wasted a quarter trying to play turned off machine I decided to just play some arcade games with my 75 cents.

Still at the same location

 But the disappointing thing nowadays is that it costs a full dollar to play time crisis, also what fun is time crisis alone.  Not that I was alone or seeing a movie alone, that would be lame.   But I digress.

Space Ship Prizes!

I've always been intrigued by these games, how exactly do you win them.  It's a pretty simple concept, there is an arm with a post at the end that will swing out and hit the prizes which are rotating around in a circle.  So all you have to do is hit one prize on the sweet spot and it will push it to the prize slot.  Should be easy.

Prizes Moving at Warp Speed

So I give it a try with my first quarter, not really caring what I get out of it.  I just want something, so I see a cluster of prizes, but the arm doesn't move.  What's the deal!  I keep hitting the button, but it takes me awhile to figure out that first, this is a game where you have to hold the button, and second this is a game where the arm has a weird delay that you have to add into your timing.

The arm also moves slow, which adds to the trouble of timing this thing.  First quarter was a complete bust.  Second one I think I have figured this out, and I learned a cheat move of you can go about halfway and stop and wait from that position until your prize comes along.  I get my post in position, I push a prize to the hole but can't hit the sweet spot, so now I'm mad.

Third and last quarter time, I really am feeling it, mostly because that Hannah Montana key chain or dog tag that I so desperately need is so close after pushing it to the hole.  I set everything up, think I'm ready to go, and it spins it around the post and holds it in the prize door but then the post moves away and the prize goes back in the circle.

I honestly don't know what to do to win this game anymore, you have it where you think it's dead on and you are pushing the prize to the hole and it just spins itself away when you get to the hole.  Where is the actual prize hole?  So frustrating.  Anyway it was a fun change of pace but I'm sticking to my claw machines.

Acme Crane Company -Wehrenberg

This review takes place at the Wehrenberg Galaxy 16 Theaters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

5340 Council Street NE Cedar Rapids IA  

This place had lots of claw machines to choose from but this was a rather disappointing outing.  Mostly because the HUGE claw machine was turned off and yet I still put in quarters like a dummy when it wouldn't take my dollar.  There is 50 cents wasted.  So that might be a nice tip, make sure the machine is on.  Anyway there was a wide variety and so I decided to pace myself with games and posts.  Since I do imagine that movies aren't something I'll stop watching anytime soon.

Acme Claw Machine worked for me like Acme products work for Wile E. Coyote

This time I took a ride with the Acme Crane Machine.  This machine had a decent amount of solid stuffed animals inside, nothing SUPER exciting or special, but solid quality animals.  Nothing you would be really disappointed with if you followed the tip to avoid nice things and go for reasonable things.  The interesting thing about this machine though was the claw.





Featuring Timer LED lights

The timer LED lights aside since those don't really affect the game at all, this game came with a rotating panel so you could spin the claw around.  This might help you get into that perfect spot between the arms of some bear, but really it seemed like just an added feature that in the long run won't help you.  This was also one of those annoying games that will yell at you to make sure you know what you are doing.  10 Seconds left! Crap I better hit the button now before I'm good and ready.  Take your time and ignore the yellings of a machine.

Claw Grip	3
Stocking Qty	6
Stocking Qlty	5
Price	6
Overall	5

Overall this wasn't a terrible machine, but I'd avoid it unless there was something really good in the perfect spot there.  The grip just wasn't there to get you a win to impress your lady friend.