Korean Poke Machines

Filed as: Living in Korea // Responses: 7

If you saw our post on Korean Claw Machines (or the Lobster Machine), you’d know that Korea is full of little money-gobbling-difficult-to-win-but-addictive toy machines. You can win anything from gum, golden turtle statues, lighters, or women’s underwear. Well, there is a new machine in town. The stick-poke-out-a-toy-machine. You can win a solar powered bobble head guy or an mp3 player that looks suspiciously like an iPod shuffle. When Simon sees these machines, he is determined to beat them. Luckily we have a huge box full of change that just grows bigger everyday, so we use our coins to fuel the toy machine industry in Korea. Unfortunately, these machines are rigged, as the stick used to poke the toy through the hole is too fat to fit into the hole itself. Honest! We have video proof of the stick going in, but getting jammed because of it’s cheating-outer-ring. If you don’t believe us, check it out:

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alee

wowaa mm its difficult. :( dont worry .. some day U GET UR IPOD! jaaj ..mm HELLOU! im from argentina , buenos aires, ilove EAT YOURKIMCHI!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH! :D. ajajaj anyway .. thnaks for uploading and shows them experiencie and every thing about themlife in Korea..
I love the country , mm , in argentina .. there is a KOREA TOWN! ..BUT her people.. its not very polit.ji ji ..( up down)..
BUT I STILL LOVE THEM PAGE ..GOOO -take care!! bye …
I SEE YOUU! jajajaaj

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Thanks Alee :D Glad you like our page!

Victoria

We have one (that i've seen im sure we have more) in Oregon. My man won me a little monkey on a log thingy.
http://mistresskitty.tumblr.com Ia Faye

I want to play this game. >:3
Tina2808

that is so weird…when i went to korea and whenever iÂ saw aÂ craneÂ machine or a toy machineÂ i would always win or i would stick my hand where the prize came out and took a toy. i remember like taking 3 small keychains or i could grab like 2 dolls from the machines…maybe its cuz this machine is different..?
Pronombre

This kind of machines are addictive! The first time I played one I felt like the machine had declared the war to me when I couldn’t poke the key chain, Then I spend like 10 bucks trying to win…At least I won, it was the addictive thing ever.
jessicamaylee

so did simon ever go back and win some thing?