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Brand new 'NANCO' smurf plush
PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:48 pm
by bradley
Just noticed listings today on ebay for 3 new plush smurfs. Normal, Papa & Smurfette. Just looked them up. They are made by a company called "NANCO".
http://www.nancobos.com/ Looks like they make amusement park stuffed toys. Not for retail. Just looking at their catalog & you can see the smurfs
http://nancobos.com/2010amusement/ Looks like the plush are available in different sizes. I think these toys would be found in arcade games like claw machines & amusement parks as prizes. Or like in Australia at the royal shows. That would be great.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:12 am
by steveparkes
Very interesting Brad, I like them, wish they were available over here. I used to be good at those grab machines in the arcades. Came home from the beach once with 11 prizes
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:43 am
by bradley
Very interesting Brad, I like them, wish they were available over here. I used to be good at those grab machines in the arcades. Came home from the beach once with 11 prizes
well these are available in America. So I hope they export to arcade & royal shows in Australia too. I was only thinking & saying last weekend when I went to the cinema & afterwards my mate was trying to win toys from the claw machines that had current movie toys in. I thought I'll have to be checking those machines around the time the smurfs movie comes out as I'm sure they'll have smurfs in one. I'll be wasting a whole heap of money trying to win them. What is the trick with these machines??? any tips??
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:07 am
by steveparkes
My tips are to pick a toy that's not too deeply buried and the claw can get round easily. Also, wait for the claw to stop swinging before you lower it
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:07 pm
by Nivid
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:48 pm
by Smurfysmurf
I never pay any attention to those machine, but this will change now...I am no good with them but maybe I can find somebody who is
I expect we will get new smurfs with the new movie...they are already doing the teaser so I expect to see more smurf stuff soon and I'd say some of it will be really cute
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:25 am
by eggie smurf
Those are interesting...it's carnival season around here so may have to take a look and see if any smurfs are up for prizes
PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:25 am
by bradley
just found these photos on flickr
description for this claw machine photo says "In an Atlantic City claw machine"
And guessing this is at the same place:
PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:41 am
by steveparkes
OMG - I soooo want to have a go at that machine. I won a singing gummy bear from one the other day so I'm sure I could win one of these
PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:52 pm
by Smurfysmurf
Just got an e-mail with this picture....the smurfs have been spotted at Hershey Park, PA
Eyewitnesses have reported that two of each were picked up tonight
PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:08 pm
by bradley
oh cool! I so want to have a go at these machines. I've never managed to be sucessful on a claw machine so I think it'll be frustrating not to win a smurf. Hope these toys make it into machines in Australia... I'm guessing not until next year when the smurfs movie is out though.
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:39 pm
by eggie smurf
These smurfs were pretty easy to grab with the claw compared to other machines I have tried in my day. Their big hats help....of course, being a claw machine, it was easy to get them in the air before the claw decided to jolt hard enough to try to drop the smurfs back into the pile
That happened more than once but we were successful
The next day we found a second machine with a smaller size in them (photos to follow)
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:32 am
by bradley
cool Staci! look forward to some photos
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:06 am
by André
Great Staci!!
I bet you stood there for a long time, so the small children was not able to try the claw machine!!
I think I would try to buy the smurfs from winners instead. I usually never wins on these machines.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:12 pm
by Tojo
Well done Staci
I love that photo
PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:46 pm
by eggie smurf
PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:19 pm
by Nivid
PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:57 pm
by bwalters
@ Moey its not that you are no good at these machines. There are desiged to grab harder every so often. If you happen to miss when it grabs harder. It may take you forever to win one. I saw that on sliced on the hist channel. How much did it cost you Staci to will all of those?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:43 pm
by Smurfysmurf
I am just not patient enough, Bill.
Thankfully, I have friends who are
PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:44 am
by bradley
Staci, you did really well on the claw machines to win that many smurfs... just wondering how many shots it took to get them all & how many hours standing there trying to win them, lol.