It's not like I had high hopes for this thing. I didn't expect it to last forever, but I expected it to work the first time I tried it. But the mechanism that has the claw- it jammed going side to side the first time I tried the darned thing. Really disappointing too. I wanted to give this to a friend for christmas that loves claw machines- and she's amazingly good at them. I thought this would be a fun little gift for her. Well, I am returning it and I will try a different brand that I can buy in store. If that one doesn't work, it'll be easier to return and I can give her something else instead.