I need coins to fetch a stuffed animal out of the UFO catcher machine. ~In a Japanese Video Arcade~

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 You may wonder what the "UFO catcher machine" is like. It's not surprising you don't know what the "UFO catcher machine" is like if you have never played in a video arcade in Japan. It is a machines that you can see in every video arcades. It is about the same in size and it also displays what it has. The difference between a vending machine and a UFO catcher is whether you can always get an item if you put a coin in the machine. You can't necessarily get an item from UFO catcher machines. You must control the robot arm with the two bottons: "forward", "rightward" on the control panel. Usually it contains something that you can't come by anywhere else or something exceptionally cheap for the game rate. For example, one machine contains very big stuffed animals, another, game players and softwares. I feel most excited when I plays on ones that contain stuffed animals because I'm suppose to sleep every night with it. That's a big deal.

Pictures of UFO catcher from google.
http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&rlz=1T4RNTN_jaJP352JP353&q=UFO%20%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1259&bih=598
Apr 02nd 2011 09:10 どんどちゃっか

  • I need coins to fetch a stuffed animal out of the UFO catcher machine. ~In a Japanese Video Arcade~
  • I need coins to fetch a stuffed animal out of a UFO catcher machine (In a Japanese Video Arcade~).

 

  • You may wonder what the "UFO catcher machine" is like.
  • You may wonder what a "UFO catcher machine" is. like

 

  • It's not surprising you don't know what the "UFO catcher machine" is like if you have never played in a video arcade in Japan.
  • It's not surprising if you don't know what a "UFO catcher machine" is like because you can only find them in Japanese arcades. if you have never played in a video arcade in Japan.

 

  • It is a machines that you can see in every video arcades.
  • It's a machine(s) that you can find in every Japanese video arcade(s).

 

  • It is about the same in size and it also displays what it has.
  • It is about the same in size as a (vending machine???) and it also displays what it has to offer.

 

  • The difference between a vending machine and a UFO catcher is whether you can always get an item if you put a coin in the machine.
  • The difference between a vending machine and a UFO catcher is whether or not you can always get an item if every time you put a coin in the machine.

 

  • You can't necessarily get an item from UFO catcher machines.
  • You can't don't necessarily get an item from UFO catcher machines.

 

  • You must control the robot arm with the two bottons: "forward", "rightward" on the control panel.
  • You must control the robot arm with the two bottons: "forward", "rightward" on the control panel.

 

  • Usually it contains something that you can't come by anywhere else or something exceptionally cheap for the game rate.
  • Usually it contains something that you can't come by anywhere else or something exceptionally cheap for the game rate.

 

  • For example, one machine contains very big stuffed animals, another, game players and softwares.
  • For example, one machine contains very big stuffed animals, another, game players/consoles? and softwares.

 

  • I feel most excited when I plays on ones that contain stuffed animals because I'm suppose to sleep every night with it.
  • I feel the most excited when I play on ones that contain stuffed animals because I'm supposed to sleep every night with it.

 

  • That's a big deal.
  • That's a big deal.

 
wow, your English is really good! Very few mistakes there and minor ones at that :) For the majority of your sentences I was just trying to make them sound more natural; but they were all really good in general ^^, Nice!

Things highlighted in red are just slight grammatical errors (like making certain words plural when you don't need to) while the blue is for suggestions for more natural grammar that I've made ^^, hope this helped!

Apr 02nd 2011 10:59 bullet_train777
Thank you for your detailed correction. It was a great help. I can very easily find the point to correct.
Apr 02nd 2011 18:40 Omar

  • You may wonder what the "UFO catcher machine" is like.
  • You may wonder what a "UFO catcher machine" is like.

 

  • It's not surprising you don't know what the "UFO catcher machine" is like if you have never played in a video arcade in Japan.
  • It's not surprising you if you don't know what a "UFO catcher machine" is like if you have never played in a video arcade in Japan.

 

  • It is a machines that you can see in every video arcades.
  • It is a machines that you can see in every video arcade.

 

  • It is about the same in size and it also displays what it has.
  • It is about the same in size as a vending machine and it also displays what it has.

 

  • The difference between a vending machine and a UFO catcher is whether you can always get an item if you put a coin in the machine.
  • The difference between a vending machine and a UFO catcher is whether or not you can always get an item if you put a coin in the machine.

 

  • You must control the robot arm with the two bottons: "forward", "rightward" on the control panel.
  • You must control the robot arm with the two buttons: "forward", "rightward" on the control panel.

 

  • For example, one machine contains very big stuffed animals, another, game players and softwares.
  • For example, one machine contains very big stuffed animals, and another contains game machines and software.

 

  • I feel most excited when I plays on ones that contain stuffed animals because I'm suppose to sleep every night with it.
  • I feel the most excitement when I play on ones that contain stuffed animals because I'm supposed to sleep every night with one.

 
We have similar game machines in the United States but they are not as popular. I know you can find many rare items in UFO catchers in Japan.

Great entry, I found it very interesting. :)
Apr 02nd 2011 20:36 bullet_train777
Thank you for "correcting".
Really? I didn't know there are similar game machines in the U.S. I wonder what are in them.
How did you know there are many rare items in UFO catchers in Japan? I didn't know that. I'm searching for information about the rare items in UFO catchers. I will let you know if I find something about them.
Apr 05th 2011 02:10 Omar
In the United States, most prizes are just stuffed animals.

My friend who collects toys says that many of the stuffed animals from the UFO catcher become sought after items.
Apr 05th 2011 08:18 bullet_train777
Sought after items... I have heard about something like that far back. I sought about it after that. Actually, I haven't played at a video arcade recently. I learned figure items are most likely to be sought after items. The following link is an example.

In Japan, there seems to be variety of items from most prevalent suffed animals through ice candy bars to game machines. I'm going to research what kind of UFO catchers there are around stations.

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