Mike Nay bought his first claw machine during the pandemic to pass the time. Once he had the strategy down and arcades reopened, he was winning hundreds of plushies. He learned he could make a profit ...

Test your spatial perception, luck and patience at the South Side's newest arcade specializing in nostalgic and famously frustrating claw machine games. Klaw Time will open Jan. 11 at 1324 Southwest ...

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 ...

Miami has gone Labubu crazy recently, with more stores stocking the popular plush monsters and some locals customizing their bounty with tattoos and tooth gems. Now, Miami is getting in on another ...

Collectible plushies and trinkets have made waves on social media, and they're fueling a new business venture around Chicago. Claw machine arcades have emerged as popular sources of rare collectibles, ...

Kids, young adults and even elderly folks are packing into neon-lit rooms, all focused on the same mission: snagging stuffed animals from finicky claw machines in arcades that are all the rage in ...