Rainy season ideas: ⑭ hone your crane game skills

If you want to get out of the rain during rainy season, its a good excuse to hone your crane game skills! The best place for crane games or claw machines is a crane game center. Failing that, the second best option is usually an amusement / game center. The vast majority of game centers have a good selection of crane games. However, you might want to do a bit of research on where to go, as some places have a reputation of being too difficult to win a prize.

Today, June 24th, is "UFO Catcher Day", and in 2025 it is the 40th birthday of UFO catchers. UFO Catchers are just one type of crane game. They are machines made by SEGA whose claw or arm looks like an UFO. But there are many different types of crane games / claw machines on offer at a crane game center.

The photo in this post is a photo prop, a at Everyday UFO. It has lost its title, twice, but at two different times in the last 15 years it was the world's largest crane game center. You can get a photo here that makes it look like you / a person is getting picked up by a giant claw just like in the machines.

A crane game center can be a fun, albeit costly, way to spend a few hours on a rainy day! Have you been to a crane game center recently? How are your crane game skills? Mine leave a lot to be desired. Maybe I should take my own advice and practice my crane game skills this rainy season!