They typically contain stuffed toys or other cheap prizes, and sometimes contain more expensive items like electronic devices and fashion accessories. Modern claw machines are upright cabinets with glass boxes that are lit from the inside and have a joystick-controlled claw at the top, which is coin-operated and positioned over a pile of prizes, dropped into the pile, and picked up to unload the prize or lack thereof into a chute. A claw machine in Ustroń, PolandĪ claw machine is a type of arcade game.
For other uses, see Claw (video game) and SpongeBob SquarePants (season 4).
