Maybe not such a good thing to try if you find yourself hungry. ^^;
Weird considering that the lobsters can be crushed or amputated while being "ufo-catched". Anyway we can buy them here in the Philippines for roughly 50 pesos or 100 yen at any decent fish store.
Question time! 1) What's the point in winning one if you can't store them afterwards? 2) Are they fed properly? Have they been mistreated? Is the oxygen filter working well? 3) What are animal associations doing at this time? 4) Don't you feel dumb if you're hungry and that you can't have them cooked on the spot? (I couldn't eat 'em, personally) 5) Don't you think it's like those "catch the goldfish with a lame net" game in traditional Japanese festivals? 6) Would you catch one to have it as your pet? 7) Is that amusement or animal torture? And that's all!
Oh, and I hope they have been made not to pinch your hand and other anatomical parts as a vengeance (sealed pincers). Might sound stupid but you never know when your finger flies off ^^
Whoa. That is pretty crazy! It would be better if they had UFO catchers for figures ^^; Actually, D.L (Nikki's husband) can pretty much phase through the glass and grab the goods ^^
Mmmm. Now if they only they had a refrigerated steak UFO catcher right next to the lobster UFO catcher ^^;
Just when you think you've seen it all.. I also have to know if they seal those pinchers ^^;
I would do that for a cheap easy dinner
i agree with windbell, let's have a UFO catcher for figures ^^
But what do you do after you catch it? lol Does it give you bags or anything?
I wonder is there any restaurant beside that catcher where you can cook you quirky prize? ^_^ Poor lobsters! It looks pretty painfully to fall down when somebody wins you! "Itte!" x_x
That's so messed up it's awesome, though if they really wanted to go all out, the claws would drop the lobsters into a steamer and you'd get your little cup of melted butter to dip the lobster in. To make it even crueler, you'd also have to use the claw to get the lobster out of the steamer pot.
lobsters? what's next? pets maybe? o_O I'm just wondering if this would count as cruelty to animals. heheheh But I'd have to agree with the UFO catcher for figures though. :D
Wow what a coincidence! My friend and I go to the local toy shop somewhat often and I always fork alot of quarters on the prize grabbers. We manage to at least get 2 things each time we go :D
Thats horrible! Surely those lobsters must not exactly be having the time of their lives being poked and groped by a big metal claw, and if someone succeeds - doooooom for them! Now i know how all those plushies at sega world must think...
@ windbell - they do have UFO catchers for figures. In tokyo, its quite common to have big, 6-8 inch high figures in boxes you can grab. My mate won a mina figure by nudging it towards the hole - theyre impossible to actually grab! That crane has an extremely limp wrist!
In Jacksonville Florida there is a lobster game like that in a seaside restaurant (can't remember the name). They also put cash in the rubber band around the claws on the smaller ones (as they are harder to catch).
HAHA What will they think of next? Perhaps when a kid asks his/her parent for a pet they can go down to the local UFO catcher market and try and win the one they want, maybe for a pet rabbit? xD
wow, looks difficult. I wonder how they plan to catch it without the lobster trying to run away from the claw. I had a few ufo catcher shenanigans. I seem to have a knack for it whenever I try them in the North America area, however I seem to suck everywhere else. lol Regional powers then?
those lobsters must have done some very bad stuff in their past lifes :P
Uh, ok. Lobster's. What they think of next. Kittens? As for the average ufo catching machine, I suck with it so I develop a hatred for it. Addictive, though.
Super Rats, Nice one ^^ Kenny, Not sure at all. D_Blade, All very good questions which I dont have the answer too^^;
it's..erm..kinda sadistic..poor lobster.. T.T I shall catch you out and free you of your evil treatment.. just dun die on me when my claws grab you....
@ Tiny Red Man: Better create and sign up a protest petition or sort. Or call Sonic the Hedgehog, even if I don't like him. Playing the Sub Marine Catcher (And not Marine Catcher, Mr. Choo!) to free them would mean feeding the system! Xd I would free them if I could... If only I could.
I really really suck at UFO catcher. >_o I think I'd probably end up killing the poor crustacean by dropping it on the side of the prize chute, and I won't even get it.
man i can grab virtually anything in those, it was my favourite sport back in the days when i was young. But LIVING LOBSTERS, now that's a challenge :D I'd like to try it for kicks, just to see if i can get one ....
I love lobsters!! Yummy!!
Ooo, we have that lobster UFO game here, ya some of the lobsters did die in the tank. But it was a pretty interesting concept and people who did win had their pics taken with their prize and had it displayed on the tank to show that you can actually win. But some of the lobsters didn't exactly look "fresh" when I passed by though
ppl in japan might say Oshii! if they fail.. others might say Oh shiit! surprisingly they sound similar..lol
Wow, such a good opportunity for a Yakov Smirnoff joke: "If you are lobster in Soviet Russia, machine claws you!"
Pretty nice for groceries if your good enough
