I Tried Making Money From Japan's Crane Games
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Pog ;)
Yes sir 🫡. Unfortunately they aren’t monkeys but they’ll do.
Was you joking when you said rental girlfriend was worthless 😂😂
The unsung hero of this video is the guy pricing the figures. He did a good job of explaining everything.
yes and he sounds nice and patient about it too.
Still a bit scammy tho consider they will have probably a 30-40 percent profit margin
@@reviewking4715 i mean thats business
@@reviewking4715 when businesses make business profits, THE HORROR
@@reviewking4715businesses makes profit? Damn thats a scam! Everythhing should be charity comrade
I really like that Connor showed that selling them isn’t really a scam. If you’re good and you’re able to get a bunch of figures for 3-5 dollars spent and turn them around for 7-8 profit you can make money. It’s just hard
Would be easier to make a profit if you sell it on en ebay
@@zoeyc5851 Exactly never sell to places like this you'll get way more on ebay or other online marketplaces
@@zoeyc5851 For sure. You're basically cutting out the middlemen. The problem is that you're not guaranteed to liquidate your prizes in Ebay
@@zoeyc5851Shipping costs would probably make it be about the same yield
I think he proved is a scam they buy them for 600 yen tops and if they went into the store they probably sell them for over 2000 yen
As someone who collects action figures, I knew they weren't going to make any money going to a reseller. They are never going to give near full price because they need to turn a profit on what they buy. Like Connor said, you could make a profit by selling to other collectors if you're willing to deal with all that comes with doing that.
100% this. The more middle men there are the less you'll get because they need to take a cut. It goes the same for selling used video games or trading cards. I once talked to my local card store about selling some of my old MTG cards. They literally quoted me for 30% of the online price in cash and 50% in trade-in. I said a big 'nope' to that, went online, listed it myself, and got 80-ish% of the online value because, of course, Ebay and sites like that ALSO take a cut.
Yup this. People need to understand this. It's give and take. Pros and cons.
That's not entirely true.
It just doesn't work if you walk cluelessly into an arcade and throw some money at some machines.
It's important to know which figures are worth what before playing, so you can decide to play a machine based on the value of the figure rather than the assumed popularity.
Also you'd want to visit several arcades, and avoid the major ones (SEGA/Taito).
And you'd probably want to sell them to resellers in Akihabara rather than Shinjuku, as they generally offer a higher price.
Once you got the flow going its actually fairly easy to make profit - if it wasn't you wouldn't see so many Japanese people doing it. Though you won't get rich
@@Tronjon4278 you clearly don't understand. And also if that shop is nearby and the prices aren't significantly more than online why would it be stupid to buy there instead of waiting for shipping. If you don't wanna shop there for ethical reason then do you lol
@@brianhall4182 I took my old comics too a comic shop just to see what they'd offer... and also to find out what the comic shop owner would pull from it (because he thought they had value). He ended up offering me I think like $800 for a stack of maybe 7-8 old comics... I politely declined. The stack had an Avengers #1 comic in it which I got graded a 2.0. Literally a $2000 comic book and the shop owner was trying to buy it (plus about $1500 more in comics) for $800 lol
I always love Kaho's energy. She's the bright and cheerful opposite of the grumpy brit
She has high charisma
She a pornstar in japan
Yeah she sbright and cheery just like when she used to work on different messy videos
@@GanstaHippocringe. She's nothing like how she acted in JAV. Mainly because when she did that, she was ACTING.
HUGE energy too
The reason why you can't sell back as a non-resident is because if you bought something as a tourist you often do not have to pay the 10% tax. it would technically be a form of tax fraud they would be cooperating with if the item does not leave the country.
but he is an resident,no?
@@BulanuRozhe is lol
@BulanuRoz I'm quite sure he is. That's why he is allowed to sell.
Soooo what you're saying is.... infinite money glitch??
@@Katojana with countries that dont care about this, yes
Let’s GOOOO, I absolutely love when Connor films with kaho 🤘🤘
FR Kaho videos always the best ones
Same
I know why😏
Connor and kaho is an iconic duo at this point
mid
Kaho was legitimately worried she wasn't gonna be able to keep the plushies. So cute :)
35:23 it’s basic pawn shop rules that are pretty global. Basically, the shop needs to keep record of your ID just in case you are selling something that belongs to someone else. If that were to happen, then they can press charges on the thief and give back the item to the rightful owner.
Only Connor casually returns after 2 months to make money from Japan's crane games, glad he remembered the password
if only bubi can remember the same >.< . yeah it a pleasant surprise when I see a video from connor once in awhile.
You said almost the exact same thing for Domics earlier, bot
connorDawg uploads every 2 days
@@Zuicconjust streams
@@Floppy815they're talking about his second channel, which he uploads pretty often on lol
Kaho always makes Connor's videos just that much better.
Is it because she has big boobs? That’s why I like her
Kaho is such a good friend
Simping?
@@thegamingrhino8318they definitely are lol
@@thegamingrhino8318 take your undeveloped brain and misogyny somewhere else 🥱
You know its gonna be a good video when Kaho is in it
Especially on RUclips!
hell yeah especially in her porn videos
33:59 had the same energy as “Mum, can I please have another dollar?” Especially with the whole “The duck looks so cool, I just gotta get him!” Part before it as well. Very wholesome exchange, could really see Connor’s inner 7 year old at Chuck E Cheese sneak out to play❤️😂
You know there's such a thing as being a "Crane Addict."
We will now refer to that addiction as the "CDawg Syndrome."
Can confirm, adding this place to the list of crane game locations to visit in Japan.
CraneDawg Va
@@marimecham Hey at least we know what C stands for.
I always thought it was "Crustatious."
Kaho telling Connor how to _sumimasen_ with the app was surprisingly benevolent of her!
I guess she felt guilty for torturing the Welshman the last 10 times they hung out together.
If it was one of the regular competition videos, she may've kept quiet for a bit longer. But since this was a more cooperative based challenge, he needed to know.
The shopkeeper telling the prices was so nice and informative.
Can I just say I love the cameramen on this video? Their commentary and reactions are so fun!
Connor's was. Kaho's was questionable.
which one?
@@ichris4482why? I thought her cameraman sounded pretty friendly.
@@oomay1925 He was friendly but it seemed like he was trying too hard to be funny. He was just doing too much at times, taking the spotlight away from Kaho. Not to say it was intentional, but it was still apparent.
@@oomay1925 People are so weird over the smallest things. ‘Trying too hard to be funny’? Like I can TELL if the dude said nothing or didn’t talk as much, the complaint would be him not being friendly or good soundboard.
The crane game episodes have become my favourite CDawg videos.
I mean, they've become the only CDawg videos.
I mean they are fun and filled whit energy so it's absolutely enjoyable
You must be extremely simple
@Jellybeanbean725
And you must be fun at parties….you’re on yt go touch grass
@@TheKingOfBeans What an odd reply.
Not gonna lie, that guy explaining and pricing the winnings was the most interesting part. Idk why but that guy can tell me anything and I'd buy it. Kinda learned something from monke channel, who would've thought?
It always warms my heart to see how sweet Kaho is.
"I need more money Kaho"
"It's okay. You don't have to ask"
she is just so sweet and precious and it's like she tries to be competitive but she's so supportive of him so cute
I know Kaho is really lovely and all but it's literally Connor's money they were spending hence Kaho's reaction lol😂
I think the favorite part for me was seeing the dread on connors face when he realized he was absolutely not making money
I would love a video where Connor has a budget and has to eat out of crane games for a week.
Oh yes it will finally out the food cranes to use!
A week is insane. His health would absolutely plummet lol
I love how Kaho basically is Connor's bro at this point. She's a strange mixtures of a drinking buddy and the cutest person ever. The fact that I was introduced to her under.... different circumstances... just makes her whole character so intriguing.
in short... Kaho's got that GAP MOE power
I think Kaho is the best Japanese person to help Connor with the video he wants to fill since japanese normally need a Japanese citizen to be a middle man
also, she's pretty down for adventure since she doesn't drink alcohol and hanging out with a british person without drinking booze.... you have to come up with the wildest sh!t to make up to it. i guess this is why they always go to such strange places, so connor can forget about pubs for a minute
just a reminder that Connor and Kaho videos that got published were curated through some filters. Kaho has the wildest video ideas, only some of them pass the guidelines😅
I moved to Japan 8 years ago and this was my first job when I came here lol
you gotta know what the figures are worth though, so being a collector already helped a lot but also being good at the game.
I got really well known in my area at the sega and namco bc I would go in daily and win huge bags of stuff and I would win many in 1-2 tries. The sega wasn't really cool about it. The staff would follow me around and peak around machines and watch me etc. They also would use their little mic and then I would see them opening up the machines and mesing with the controls to weaken the claws etc.
I would have to rent a locker to put all of the stuff in to not immedietely get spoted and even then eventually they put up signs on all the machines saying 1 prize per machine bc I would legit clean them out bc its so easy lol
On the flip side the Namco was great and they used me as free advertising basically. They would announce when I came bc all the staff knew me. They would say on the loud speaker " The american pro has returned " etc and people would follow me around and watch and always tell me how hard it was and i'm like Idk about that I find it easy lol
Some people would ask for help or I would even watch people and give them tips on how to get the item in 1-2 tries etc. each machine has different tricks but you get really used to it after awhile.
Some places are scams tho. So I would just do 1 coin to test the claw strength and in lots of cases it was fine and I would even get the item on the first try but if it was weak I would move to another machine or shop if need be
when you are winning figures, roombas, towels, games, gaming systems, ipods , plushies etc it add up especially when you are winning them for very little money.
Even just the figures alone. In about a month I had a room in the apartment stacked to the point of where you could barely walk in the door and if you kjnow which figures to go after they sell for good money. Especially if you sell to people in the US.
Of course there is a lot of basic figs that are worth nothing. Just gotta know which ones to go after / what sells for what. I would also have a limit of how many times I would try for something based on how much I knew I could sell it for.
How did you sell stuff overseas and did you report the income for taxes? Did you have overseas buyers pay for the shipping?
@@CloudCollapse Well recently eBay has taken charge of International shipping in a recent update, they pretty much foot the bill for any custom influxes. So you pay the base price of whatever it is (Roughly $10 if doing USPS Ground Advantage) but they pay the import taxes etc. So it has become quite easier to do shipping overseas and not be double what the price actually was you paid for it.
Whoever at Namco thought of the advertising move should've gotten a raise lol
Bro is the crane game goat! 🐐
@@namelessking111 👍
I don't know why but watching Connor descend into a sort of gambling addiction is next favourite content after watching him get lost into sunk-cost fallacy time soak ragebait games.
Connor, please make this a challenge with your crane game series. I wanna see if your guests could make more money from crane game than you.
I myself would try to go for rarer figures,I'd probably try to look for otome game figures if any exist cause they're rare.
Pls no. He’ll just be using the same idea again and again. I think it’s time for something new
@@sadandhappy6503 yeah it only works if he's got an fun guest on. otherwise it gets old quick
It's literally just losing money, at least with the 500 dollars challenge guests can go home with some cool figurines, here they'd just turn 500 dollars into 100 lmao
god please no. it'd turn from people enjoying themselves showing some of the things they like and their interests to us to some mindless game of looking up what's popular to guess what's worth more. this was great as a one off, but if all crane game videos are like this going forward, it will lose one of its greater appeals which is just to get to know more about the guest.
I'm not exactly surprised by the prices they got. You also have to keep in mind that the store needs to make a profit, so you're not going to get the same prices you see the store sell their figures for.
I wasn’t really seeing many comments about this, but I’m really impressed by how much the audio quality improved, it’s really soft especially compared to his other crane game vids, great job Conner!!
Honestly, with what Connor talks about with prize figures being cheaper in Japan, I’ve turned from US resellers, to using proxy services for like Mercari Japan. Even with international shipping, it’s saved me money.
the real profit was the ad revenue we made along the way
I love how kind the staff are. Like literally giving you the item. That's good business! These types of videos are always fun to watch and makes me want to go hunt down some of teh prizes you got
Well usually you've spent 3x the price of the item by the point they intervene 😂
@@Wolfencreek valid lol
@@Wolfencreek From assuming the staff "is nice" when the cranes are rigged to their hope they'd somehow break the system to make money, I don't know how much more naive a human can become.
Tips for selling crane game figures:
Get popular characters
Get ones with less stock availability (rarer)
Look up which colour variant is more popular
Dont damage boxes and dont get ones without box
Q-posket sell for less
Tbh as a figure collector I could guess a lot of these (q-poskets arent that popular, box damage, etc) just from experience
I recently caught a stream where Kaho was showing char around her apartment. She had enough pieces Dragon Quest, Quintessential Quintuplets, and Pokemon merch that it was easy to tell what prizes here she wanted to keep ahead of time.
It'd be awesome to see a crane game tournament where you have many content creators competing with each other. Every round you vote for the one who got the best prices in your opinion and that person moves on to the next round. There could also be some kinds of challenges or somethin similar to spice things up.
Imagine just filling one of these places with only content creators.
Thanks for all the content, Connor. It's also such a joy when you collaborate with Kaho! Thanks also to crew and editors!
I think if they instead sold the items on eBay International, they could have actually made a lot of money considering that they sell at much higher prices and are rarer outside of Japan and China.
Not to mention that trash taste as well as connor and kaho fans would pay more because it came from them
@@vt_hikaru thats not the point of the video
@@theropoy9371 Neither is selling them online, as specifically stated in the video multiple times, so both comments aren't "the point".
Not that that matters in a comment section.
Kaho is so ctue. Her surprise when she wins is adorable.
Anyone notice the couple trying not to obstruct the camera at 00:53? That was so considerate of them!
Kaho and mouse must really get along for their infinite love of cinnamon roll plushies I want a stream of them just talking about Sanrio characters and cinnamon roll.❤😊❤
Kaho was on Mouse's talk show a month or two ago. There's a video on Mouse's channel.
I need someone in my life like Connors Camera Man. Dude is forever just bringing the positivity and trying to keep Connors spirits up. Real bro right there.
Having Chris as a cameraman is not a feat that's easy to achieve
I also thought it was Chris filming Kaho cuz their voices sound so similar, but when you go to 16:19 you can see it’s a different bri’ish bloke
it's paul (chris' cameraman and editor) and julian (the RV stream cameraman)
The woman helping them win the prizes deserves a raise
I love how in every video that isn't Connor centric, Kaho is the older sister of mass torture. And in every video that is, she is the small child asking if she can have the plushies she just found.
“I’m sorry Kaho, I need more money,” said the gambling addict husband.
You have to sell them yourself to get back what you paid. The store has to have their margin to make something.
I could be mistaken, but these shops also exist at Pachinko Parlors to avoid some gambling laws: ball-bearings for plushies for back-shop cash. If our heroes didn't travel far from the UFO center, the values would be a little less than if they went to a distant collector shop, or if they used an online collector marketplace perhaps. Still, price is fair enough!
"Put the box in a good position and you get sumimasen'd a lot
Teach someone to properly grab it and you feed a whole village"
or something like that
Is it just me or does Kaho’s cameraman have the best accent?
You know you’re in for a fun ride when Kaho joins Connor for a bit of tomfoolery, lol.
There is no way he's gonna make money, unless it involves selling cinnamonrolls to mouse 😂
Even then he still loses to shipping fee
He could have gotten even more than the double by selling them overseas lol
@@kiirei1130 he doesn't if he resells them in the US. most of those $5-7 figures would easily sell for $30-50 if he brought them back and sold them on ebay
I can't believe that Connor said “i dont know what show this girl is from but i hope its worth a lot of money” to a figure of Yotsuba from Quintessential Quintuplets
So the lesson is: making Japanese claw game prize winning a legitimate, profitable side-hustle *_REQUIRES_* selling and shipping them to other countries!
Look, I’m in the toy community, and some of those plushies go up to ¥50,000 or even more hahaha
Charmmy Kitty, Vintage/Vivitix/USJ/Tan Hello Kitties, Sumikkogurashi sets, Maison plushies and a bunch more are expensive as heckkkk
I love when you film w Kaho!! Your crane game videos go way back for me and I love watching them
This was such a fun episode to watch! I recently found your channel and have been binging all the crane game stuff in preparation for my trip to Japan in February! Thank you for all the fun and the tips too! I hope you try this again and make a ton of money next time!
A nice mix of informing and hilarious. Brilliant editing. I already had a general expectation of how it'd go from playing crane games online and looking at their resell value here, but it was interesting to hear how their shop calculated values.
Now do an episode where sumimasen is forbidden. I want to see the pain
this was such a fun video to watch. Kaho keeping the snorlax made me so happy. she's so fun to watch in these videos and seeing them interact is so much fun -- bubbly kaho and snarky connor.
I’m currently in Tokyo, for a vacation, and went to an crane game place the other day. First item I got was a 20 dollar chainsaw man figure for 2 dollars. I was so happy :D
Great to have you back! Hope there's no more sponsor problems.
Kaho is always so positive, I love her for it
Well I mean in the end, it was quite expected that they wouldn't make more than they spent. They usually are sold for half the price and, since it sometimes has scamming methods so as to higher the price gained from selling them then you give the person who actually bought it, you end up with less than half of what you spent. Damage, popularity, rarity, quality, and scamming processes impact the whole money gained.
A way to gain more money than you spent is selling it online, or auctioning, because of the popularity of the person selling them as well as that of the figurine itself. It gives more demand and sells for more.
Awww I loved Kaho’s little “can I keep some 🥹?” Like yes qween take them all 😭💗!
Kaho's cameraman sounds like Chris...or is he just bristish?
Kaho is such a sweetheart and always a delight when you do these videos together, I hope you can keep doing fun stuff together in the future 😊
Thank goodness you're back for Crane Game vids! Miss it so much
Seeing Kaho go up against the Palm of Judgement, I realize that its totally possible that they up the difficulty when a machine is cleaned out or stock gets low.
Dude probably could just sell 1 with his signature on it and call it a day of he wanted to.
I love these crane game videos, they're always so fun with the great editing
This is such a fun concept! Would love to see it again!
Kaho and Connor is always a welcomed sight in my notifications.
No kidding I love seeing Connor n Kaho together, I could watch them not talking for 10 mins straight.
If you think about it every crane game Connor has done has him going on a date with one of his friends
love connor just jamming along to the hand machines music xD, also mudan's editing is always on point
You know the video gonna be unhinged when Kaho is in it, absolutely love this duo
fun fact key master and its alternatives are almost always rigged with drift. for keymaster you can tell when its ready for a payout when the key hits the bottom of the lock instead of the top. unless its the green keyhole (where all the holes are the same size) then those ones are skill based by default (though at least here in the west they kick you out if you win them too much), also watch out for key masters with a notch at the bottom of the key because those are fake keys that will always hit the bottom and never win. the hand one I dont know exactly but im pretty sure it drifts to the right a bit more.
Interesting, very interesting
Great video Connor, cool seeing you and Kaho again
it's funny how Connor thought he could MAKE money with this in the beginning xD should be more like a "how to loose not as much money as possible" xD
Only gotten into watching Connor like week ago because of the crane game stuff I came by through chance. So its pretty cool to catch an upload the moment its uploaded.
These past couple months it seems like the edited is just amazing, it's hilarious and literally transforms the videos
I think this got potential to be a great series honestly. You should keep this one going Connor. Is pretty good
Someone has to make a crane game slice-of-life anime featuring Connor. With guests every episode.
And maybe a 50 episode war arc.
Just realized this is the first time a Crane video without Meilyne at the back of Connor
Kaho's cameraman was so sweet :D
i had a weird fear of claw machines when i was a kid and i just know that the intense music on the hand machine would have haunted me and appeared in my nightmares when i was like 4
I love the live commentary from your camera guys lol. Definitely a keeper.
It's always great to see Kaho on the channel.
20:40 Eminence in Shadow is a good show it so much fun. And that character is Alpha❤
Love the humour in the editing. Kaho and the door got me
While it's true you could potentially make more selling overseas, you also have to figure in shipping costs. A lot of the figures with free shipping from Japan usually have the shipping factored in. Take shipping costs out and you'd probably get something closer to what it sells for in Japan
Also, 20-40 dollar figures are colloquially known as "prize" figures exactly because they're the types of figures that go into these games. You wont ever find really expensive figures in games because those figures tend to be more articulate and fragile. Not to mention there's a lot more concern with box condition (and you don't want a crane claw, or it being dropped scuffing it up)
I think ultimately when it comes to what sells, you really have to think about what you'd want. Just seeing something popular and hoping people into it will be interested is a bad strategy. Not that I really think it's possible to make money (because they people you're selling it to will undervalue it to make profits on too) They might give you some extra for one item, but that's more to balance out the really low amount they give for other stuff.
As an American seeing these prices makes me wish I was there. If he sold them in America most would have been 20+
Hi Connor, I'm here from the RUclips Experience video and I just wanted to tell you how amazing of a person you are. I've been following you for a couple years now and always got the feeling you were a genuinly good person in real life too. You're making everyone's day better with your videos by spreading positive vibes and making us laugh. Thank you for everything 😊
I love when Kaho is in Connor's videos, she seems like such a nice person.
I love the camera man banter, makes it feel more organic
something about this video has a feel good vibe and exactly what i needed
thanks man for upload
Any video with kaho means a fun time. Connor with the caffeine control 😅
Kaho and Paul is a duo I wouldn't expect but a definitely a welcome one
i like how these crane game vids are evolving. its like going to be a new genre of entertainment.
I always miss your adventures with Kaho I'd love to see more videos like this and you guys also checking out cool and out of the ordinary places again I really enjoy those videos so much!