Some of those took an awful lot of tries. I applaud the dedication

I was so disappointed that the giant piece of candy wasn't actually a giant piece of candy

They took the "play till we win" part VERY serious 😅

It's insane just how far more forgiving and generous these machines are compared to the ones I've seen here in America.

definitely more of this. her reaction to catching the snacks are priceless

Holy cow, that Meiji chocolate bar tower win was epic!  Great job!

That chocolate bar win would have felt so rewarding. It would have felt like a dream come true.

Wow! You got it all back with the massive chocolate haul!😁

a candy parlour like this would be the death of me, they'd be carrying me out broke and in a coma :D

Coming from an arcade background, it's really important to scope out the machines first, do some basic simulations in your head about how it can turn out when playing, and decide then if you want to play. When I went to Japan, I came back with an absolute haul of figures, bags, pillow cases, and t-shirts from crane games for under 5000 yen. I completely avoided any games that looked similar to the ones at the end of your video, knowing that wedging is a thing that totally happens and is the intended design to claim your money.

If you start playing games without trying to properly scope and simulate, you'll have a wallet-emptying time, no matter what country you're in, though. The same applies to US crane games of all kinds: they are designed to make money, not let you win. If you win every time, it means WHAT you're winning was paid for in spades by the cost of your single play (see: rubber duck cranes, where each rubber duck costs the business ~$0.02 per duck, if not less, and you're paying $0.50+ per play).

It is so cute when Mrs Bacons squeals when you win something!

No matter where you go, if there are claw machines, there will be scammy claw machines.  I don't even bother trying if there's something expensive inside, because it's still there for a reason.

I  got so excited when I realized what you were really going for at the all chocolate claw machine: the chocolate tower. I was so rooting for you guys to get it. Then..chocolate candies and bars raining on down from heaven!!! Okay, maybe not heaven, but you really cleaned up with all that chocolate!!! I also thought the giant, twisted at each end gum was so cool. I loved this video!!!

0:00 Start
0:09 Pretty Derby Gummy
0:45 Special Ice Cream Lollipop / Milk Flavored Ice Cream Lollipop With Sprinkles
1:37 Orange Jigger /  Fentimans M&SOJ Soda
2:13 Double Potato Snacks / Spicy Shoestring fries & Salted Pure Potato Chips
3:10 Baby Star ( YES SHES HACKING )
3:40 M-Large Peko-chan Milky
4:17 Brown Sugared Hard Donuts / Sugar Donuts
4:43 Japanese Soft Gummy / Orange, Red Grape, Grape Flavored Soft Gummies
5:17 Choco Balls Caramel Version
6:03 Konpeito/u
6:40 Petagoo Gummy
7:12 Haagen-Dazs Green Tea Flavored (yes it taking too long...
8:29 Chocolate Calbee Prawn Crackers
9:21 Zone Sweet Energy Drink
10:26 Fruit Cream Crepe Cake
11:06 Hole Grain Of Chocolate Wheat / Big Bottle of Chocolate Wheat
12:11 Mega Chocolate Bars Tower Haul / Hole Grain of Milk, Dark, Hi Milk And White Meiji Chocolate, CHOCOLATE, Milk,  BIS Milk Choco Yellow and blue, White Cookies, Strawberry Jelly AND Godiva Chocolate
13:11 Earth Gummy (Give Up)
14:03 Pink Ball...? (Give Up)
14:30 End

vending machines are a scam that you can’t call a scam.

Holy crud that chocolate haul was amazing! 24 tries too. The dedication is something else.

It's insane how you can win something in one go and get a total bargain or then spend $23 on a bag of crisps you could easily get for $4 or something lol. However I will ignore what I just said and continue playing these types of machines since they're extremely fun >~<

In my head canon ... Japan is just an country sized amusement park

I'm imagining some dystopian nightmare where all grocery stores lock their food behind crane games in the future. You have to spend your whole weekend and thousands of dollars just to feed your family.

2:12 i like that you can hear Ghost Rule play in the background

10/10