Are you children always pestering you to play the grabbing claw games at the local fair or arcades? We’ve been testing out a new game from Drumond Park recently which gives you the option to play at home with their Crazy Claw game.
Crazy Claw is a brand new game, aimed at children aged 5 years and over, that can be played with 2-4 players. The game comes with an ‘arcade’ that needs to be assembled, grabber, 12 coloured balls, 12 toy tokens, 4 collection cards, sticker sheets to complete the look of the arcade and a set of instructions.
The aim of the game is to catch balls with the grabber and collect the tokens inside and match those shown on your collection card. The first one to complete their card is the winner.
You do need to assemble the Crazy Claw unit and add the stickers to decorate it. The instruction leaflet shows you how to construct it and where to place the stickers. I’ve found it much easier to fit the clear walls to the lid part of the unit and then slot the walls into the base (so the opposite way to the instructions).
The stickers are easy to attach and within a couple of minutes the unit was ready.
You place one toy token inside each coloured ball (the balls pop open) and then place the balls inside the Crazy Claw unit.
Give each player a collection card and you are ready to play.
The youngest player takes the grabber and feeds it into the hole on the top of the unit. Whilst he tries to grab a ball, the other players hit the red paddles at the base of the unit to make the balls jump up and down.
Once the player has grabbed a ball, they open it and check inside and see if the token matches one of those shown on their card. If it does, they place the token on their card, seal the ball and place it back into the unit. If it doesn’t they just put the ball back. Play then passes on.
Play continues until one player fills their card. As more toy tokens are collected, you stand more chances of grabbing an empty ball. It’s practically impossible to keep track of the balls so it’s a real game of chance, and lots of fun too.
Crazy Claw is a real family fun game and we’ve enjoyed playing it. It’s not complicated, so younger children pick it up immediately and it’s the sort of game that would be great to play at a birthday party. Priced at £22.99, I can see it being on lots of Christmas lists this year.
Once you’ve finished playing Crazy Claw, the unit can be dismantled and everything packs away back in the box.
For stockists and to play games online, visit Drumond Park.
disclosure: we were sent this item in exchange for an honest review.
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It was pacman when I was younger as I could actually beat my brother and dad!
I love the coin drop machines because of the excitement of winning more 2p’s.
I have always enjoyed a game of pinball, I’m pretty bad at it though
I have always liked Pacman and running away from the ghosts
I love penny falls
Where you put two pence in and hope to get loads out
I love teddy grabbing machines! so much fun and we often win on them.
I liked Space Invaders because it was easy and I was very good at it!
the one where you push the 2ps as my gran always used to take me to blackpool tower with bags of them
pacman
i like the coin drop machines, always so fascinating
Looks like a fun game, my kids would probably get wayyy to excited!
i like the 2p machines 🙂
I loved track and field i loved it because it was fun to play and i loved the way it looked
I love Space Invaders and House of the Dead
I love the 2p coin drop games as I always seem to do well x
I always loved the motorbike games where you sit on them.
pacman oldest game going x
The 2p games, the one’s a bit like Tipping Point, you always seem one more coin away from a big win!
Any pinball machines just love em
i loved pac-man because it was always fun to play
Snap because everyone can easily play it
I love pacman, I even had the handheld game when I was a child
I loved the 2p arcades, if I lost didn’t feel too bad!
the penny slots I remember playing them as a child and my kids love to play them now
I love the dance machines, because they were fun and energetic 🙂
I like the coin drop machines, I know I put in more money than I get back, but the anticipation just gets to me lol
I love the coin drop arcades, especially the 2p ones because they can keep me entertained for hours!
I love Pacman, it reminds me of my childhood
I like Bagatelle.That’s my favourite.
pacman because it was really good fun
pac man as it was always so exciting being chased!
My favourite arcade game is the 2p slot machines, I love waiting to see if this time it will drop.
My favourite game is beat the clock. You have roll balls into holes before the time runs out. I love it because it requires skill & is fast-paced xx
These days my favourite is the driving games!
I love temple run because i find it so addictive
Bubble Bobble … hours of endless fun (and annoying levels you just cant get past without Player 2!) Ha ha ha ha ha xx
My favourite was the penny drop game, because it was one that I used to be quite good at, though I only ever put what I won back in again x
I love the racing games with the steering wheels because the hubby hates it when I beat him!
Pac man because i loved the challenge x
I still love pac man never gets old got it downloaded on my phone best arcade game
i love the 2p machines
Mine was always Street Fighter .
i loved the space invader game, so addictive!
Pacman – it reminds me of my childhood.
I love the 2p machines money lasts longer aswell lol
I love the 2p machines. I used to compete with my sister and cousin t see who could get the most rubbishy toys out of the machines. Now my niece tells me what she wants me to win for her.
Push Penny. I love the way it teases you 🙂
space invaders – i could actually survive 5 minutes!
I love air hockey, and the 2p machines! 🙂
Pacman as it reminds me of when I was younger. Great fun too!
I love the claw though rarely win and the 10 p drops
It’s the 2p machines for me…the suspense is addictive, and I love winning the little plastic toys, haha! Feels like such an achievement!
im addicted to teddy machine! i love the thought that i might win one !
I love the 2p coin pusher machine! I love to win keyrings!
Whac a Mole, it is a great stress reliever
Pacman because its the first game I ever played with my dad xx
Pac-man
Many a mis-spent youth down the arcade playing that.
I love the coin drop machines because they are just so addictive
I like the machines like the one on Tipping Point. I get great satisfaction from getting the little keyrings and toys out!!
The 2 p machines 🙂
Probably snow bros. It’s an old arcade game that my brother and I spent a lot of time playing. Especially on one particular family holiday to Spain.
I’m a bit old now but I used to like “Asteroids”
Pac man, love the noise when he eats the balls.
I still love the penny drop machines. I’m as frugal as my dad was as a kid. i want to participate but don’t want to spend lots of money doing it so me and the kids usually opt for those and the kids love it when little prizes like keyrings etc pop out. You definitely end up with something from a pounds worth of pennies and in the rare times you don’t you haven’t broken the bank to try and win a prize that you are unlikely to get.
Space Invaders … reminds me of growing up in the 80’s
I love the air hockey game.
Coin drop – because it reminds me of my childhood
the 2p slots
Old school pacman, loved it. Modern dayish Megadrive Sonic the Hedgehog. I don’t do all the new fangled stuff though 🙂
Space Invaders
I liked Chuckie Egg, it was addictive though!
I love the 2p machines, just because I love to see the coins dropping
I never really played the old arcade games but I did love the original Sonic 🙂
I love the 2p machines and also I love the grabber machines because the kids always love the teddies out of them! x
The old fashion 2p machines as a £1 can last for ages
Pacman closely followed by Space Invaders!
We love to play Air Hockey at the arcade as well as the 2p machines, we save all our 2ps for our seaside trips
Pacman, it was the most fun.
I love the 2p machines – they are so much fun!
I like the cuddly toy machines, tricky to grab them but always nice to come out with something cuddly
The 2p machines because I always lived in hope loads would drop out and make me rich lol!
I like playing Virtua Fighter
I love the 2p machines – its the thrill of the drop! I also love the toy grabbers but hardly ever play them as they’re expensive!
I loved space invaders as a kid…it was the only game I could beat my sister at.
I love the penny falls machine
i used to love streetfighter
The 2p machines for definite! I spent hours as a child winning plastic keyrings from them!
always loved space invaders
I’ve always loved the pinball machines, my partner does too, so we get really competitive and end up getting in trouble for tilting it!
The one where you have to flip a coin into a hole to win
I love the 2p slot machines because they are always different
Space Invaders – The original & the best!
the 2p machines are addictive
penny falls has always been a favourite!
The 2p coin push
My fave arcade games when we used to visit the seaside were the 2p ‘tipping point’ style games 😉
Still has to be PACMAN!
The 2p push machine, reminds me of being a child as my dad used to work on a Sunday in a seaside resort and £1 of 2ps would last me ages.
Air hockey, as I first played it with one of my nephews :- And we had lots of fun playing the game.
I liked Phoenix because we had a table version in the youth club.
its donkey kong because i have a full size arcade game with it on and its great fun
Penny falls
Ilove the 2p push machines, I play them with my little girl when we go on holiday, a pound keeps her happy for ages whereas my son, he comes for a pound every 5 minutes for bear grab machines lol
The push penny machines
It was pac man because I was really good at it
The claw machines, they’re addictive!
The 2p coin push as they keep the kids occupied for ages and are cheap enough to play
The 2p machines, we went to pontins in summer, and the 2p machine kept my daughter happy for over an hour on just £5…. well worth it :-)
I used to like playing donkey kong
Space Invaders and 2p tipping game
i love pacman
the 2p machines. still love them as an adult, there’s something addictive about them. husband had to literally peel me away last time!
PACMAN! Such a retro classic!
Space Invaders, it reminds me of my youth.
I like the 2p machines as they remind me of my Nan – she loved them!
Pacman, it’s so addictive
It as to be the 2p machines. loved these as a kid and still love playing on them now
I love the 2p machines as its a great way to get rid of all your change.
I always loved them all and now my 6 year old does too – we are off to a holiday camp this week and he us so excited about the arcade especially the 2p falls
I enjoyed Pacman as it was easy to play (although I wasn’t very good!)
I like the 2p Machines 🙂
I love 2p machines, I find them quite therapeutic! (and addictive!)
i loved paperboy x
Good old fashioned pinball machines are fun
has to be pinball
Love the 2p machines or the toy grabbers
What’s your favourite arcade game and why? . . . . . . . the 2p slot machines because
we played on them all the time on holiday when l was a child
Outrun. You couldn’t beat driving a Ferrari in the sunshine with Magical Sound Shower playing on the car radio. Great arcade fun.
2p machines are my favourite
I love the 2 p machines as I can have hours of fun for very little
I used to love the tipping point type machines as they were affordable as a kid.
2p slot machine 🙂
I like the 2p machines, a couple of pounds worth provides loads of fun.
love space invaders very addictive
I always play the 2p game where you drop in the coins hoping to collect the overspill at the bottom.
Pinball – because I am not too bad at it!
The pin ball machines, I even bought grandson a toy one and played on it and was still useless
pacman
I always like the penny slots – as you don’t have to spend too much money playing it.
I used to love pac man only because it was the only arcade game in our village (in the fish and chip shop)
old fashioned here love the 2p coin drop
Definitely the 2p machines – I still like playing them now x
I love the 2p machines in the arcades as you aren’t spending huge amounts of money but there is that thrill when you win lots of 2ps!
Got to be 2p machine and teddy machine I was a pro at both
I used to love Pacman and Bobble Bubble. I also loved the pinball games 🙂
Space Invaders, I used to beat my brothers score
I loved the 1p slot machines
I loved space invaders as this was the only game I could beat my brother at.
The coin machines – you always think you are going to win, but never do!
The 2p machines were always a fave of mine growing up
DDR. My friend and I used to play it all the time at the bowling alley and at Center Parcs
2p and 10p machines
Pac Man. I loved the graphics and the sound effects (waca waca waca!).
Coin drop games.
The 2p push machines, great fun with very little expence
Pac Man is my favourite although I’m not very good at it x
Has to be Pacman, its a classic!
It was frogger as it was the only one I was any good at.
teddy grabbing machines are so much fun xxx
We enjoy the 2p games
The penny falls game as it’s great fun and you usually end up winning on it.
I love the 2p machines where the coins drop off the edge, it is so exciting when they fall!
Has to be 2p machines, it’s so simple anyone can play it but when you win it’s so exciting
I love the 2p machines I could spend hours at them so additive and relaxing and love it when they have little prizes you can also win 🙂
The 2p machines, love them…such a classic!
the teddy machines
We love the 2p pushers 🙂 just a couple of quid can give u a decent amount of time having fun and a few mini toys as a bonus!
i loved playing pacman it is such a fun game although frustrating
Has to be PAC MAN!
2p machines, because I actually can win some money on it.
I loved pac-man because it was so much fun
I love the penny slots and I always have!
2p machines especially ones with sweets in
teddy grabbers when i was little i always use to win now well not so good
It has to be Super Mario bros. on the NES. Me and a friend spent many many hours playing that game! And then after playing sonic we then went back to Mario and tried to do speed runs to see how quickly we could finish levels!
I love to try to win 2P on the slidey machine (I have no idea what it’s actually called!)
has to be deal or no deal machines or the quiz machines
i love the 2p shove machines because i love to try and get the little things such as the keyrings out for the kids
I’m old Skool and love the penny falls. I also love a good pinball machine ❤️️
I love pinball machines – they are so much fun and I can happily play for hours 🙂
The 2p machine, its just so addictive
I love the 2p pushers because you can actually win on these
The 2p machines because you can play for a nice long time without spending too much, and win regularly!
I loved the 2p and 10p arcade games!
I love the 2p machines! They’re so addictive and satisfy my need to gamble without costing me too much!
pacman i’ve loved it since I was little
The 2p machines trying to get the key rings out
we love the 2p machines especially if theres rubbers and sweeties involved
The 2p machines, they take me back to my childhood.
I love pacman, its so much fun x
Pac Man as it’s the first arcade game I played
I love 2p machines. So addictive!
Space Invaders it is just iconic
The 2p machines as I used to love to watch and see if any would drop out xx
2p machines
We have just come back off holiday and my daughter spent a ridiculous amount of time on the 2p machines!!
I loved the old fashioned penny fruit machines! The excitement of getting three matching symbols and the pennies dropping from the machine seemed so much fun!
HAS to be the 1p/2p machines
I have always loved the 2p slot machines for endless fun.
THE TEDDY GRABBER!
i always liked pac-man it was just so much fun to play
So many – penny falls – pinball – air hockey – pool
The Jurassic park shot em up because I can play it with my son, a mum and son terminating dino team
Pacman loved as a child and still do.
The 2p slots, everyone loves them! Xx
I love claw machines- though you rarely win a prize!
Pacman takes me hack to my childhood and playing atari
i love the toy grabber machines and often spend to much money on them !
I liked the original space invaders, just a classic .
The tipping point type games especially the 2p ones as I was skint as a kid.
I love the claw machines and the 2p machines.
Space Invaders, takes me back to my youth
I always loved the 1p and 2p machines. I could never win anything else!
I have always liked the 2p coin pushers
This looks fab !! I think I might have to treat my niece and nephew to it for when they come to play ! They are very good and make 1 game last for months but I think it’s time for a change now. My favourite arcade / computer game when I was small was monkey climbs a tree – it was maths based and the better you did the higher you climbed. Would love to find that again.
I love the 2p machines
I like the Grand National one, cheap and cheerful one but used to win on it.
I have always loved the 2p machines! I used to save up all of my pennies as a child and head to Newquay with my family in the summer and take them with us! X
A very old Atari arcade game called Tempest. I spent sooooo much of my childhood spare time playing it 🙂
The 2p pushers. My son likes them too
I love the Grand National one. It is soo good and cheap also.