You May Remember,

last Monday we made a post,

about Twitter user Ogarun, who happens to be a big fan of claw machine games, or “UFO Catchers” as they are called in Japan, the post is here if you missed it, in the post we detailed how having not won a toy in 200 attempts, he called the police, and today I have just seen the exact opposite, photograph above from Netease of Chen Zhitong, who has amassed a collection of over 15,000 plush toys from claw machines! He first played claw machine a couple of years ago, as a way to kill time at the local shopping mall. He liked it, and whenever he visited the Xiamen mall, he would play a few rounds of claw machine. In just a few months, he got so good at it that he cleared one of the machines of toys, and people started gathering around whenever they saw him play, Chen says that he has become the bane of claw machine operators at Xiamen mall, but since they can’t legally keep him from using their machines, they often take him out to dinner and politely ask him to stop using their devices,

the 35-year-old IT worker says that there are two types of claw machines – ones  that actually requires skill to beat, and others that are programmed and are impossible to beat, no matter how good you are. Obviously, he only uses the former, but even then he keeps an eye out for certain factors that influence the chances of successfully catching a toy, “First is the claw’s holding capacity. It needs to be tight enough,” Chen says. “Second is the angle of claw rotation. Third is the layout of toys. These parameters decide whether you are able to get a toy out.” he is convinced that he is the king of claw machines, at least in the Asian country. “I once saw a university student put online a picture of his collection, saying ‘claw machine owners are already crying their hearts out! I saw it and laughed it off, it wasn’t even one-tenth of my collection, thank you very much.” even when he had just 3,000 toys collected from claw machines, Chen Zhitong complained about lack of storage space in his home, but now, with over 15,000 prizes under his belt, things are really getting serious. Luckily, he has found a way to clear up some space and bring joy to kids who nee it most, at the same time, “I realized that I should give these lovely toys to people who need them, so last year I donated about 1,000 toys to schools for the deaf and the blind.” so there you have it, some machines can not be beaten, but some defiantly can!