Plush Machines

These machines are everywhere. It is what we qualified in France “Attrape-Nigauds”; that is to say something that takes your money but you do not gain anything. Or you can gain something but it is rare. It scams your money. This is the way of getting rich. The products are mostly plush; cute plush in order to attract young girls. Generally, products are inspired by famous manga, series, dramas or movies. These machines are placed in front of the stores with numerous lights in order to attract customers’ attention. And sometimes, we have a man who shouts for promoting the game center. These types of machines, we do not see it frequently in France, because there are these machines only during fairgrounds.

The main customers of these machines are young people. For example, when they want to have fun somewhere, it can be in game centers. Since after work, Japanese people like to walk through the town in order to decompress. It is about products that are qualified of “kawaii” product by some of customers. But there are also adults who play with that in order to try their luck.