Christopher Salazar could not stop with the plush round Kool-Aid Man. The 11-year-old claw machine master had to have more. So, outside a South Side strip mall on a recent early evening, he and his ...

Kiddleton opened a new claw machine arcade at Marketplace at Merced in June 2025. The arcade features 20+ self-service machines with Anime and Kawaii prizes. Claw machines operate without staff and ...

Don’t bother bringing a handful of quarters to an arcade in Queens that has become popular with adults looking to score luxury goods – like Hèrmes bags and Chanel wallets. Gatcha – a 9,000-square-foot ...

Detroit Klaws is an arcade with only claw machines. There are different ways to play each machine in the arcade. Players can take home prizes such as kawaii plushies or Detroit professional sports ...

What did the arcades of your childhood look like? For Bashi Ale, they were the neon-tinted, dimly lit arcades of the late '80s and early '90s. He fondly remembers the zinging and whirring of pinball ...