How to defeat those annoying crane game machines

How many times have you been in the arcade, late at night, with a fistful of quarters, a steady hand, and a hankering for a stuffed toy? Yet, with all your skill and might (and quarters), do you still walk away empty handed?

Well, a handy solution has been found in Indiana. In a Wal-mart no less. Here’s what you need:

1. One crane game machine, with something you want
2. A slightly not-so-busy Wal-mart
3. A juice box
4. One slightly cranky 3-year old

Got all that? Good. Now, straight from CNN are the next steps:

After she denied him money to play the vending-machine game, he threw a juice box and climbed into the machine while his mother picked it up.

“Within two seconds he had climbed through the hole, into the chute and pushed the door shut so we couldn’t get him out,” she said.

In case you were wondering, here is the outcome:

(Picture from the CNN story)