Jumbo Crane

The Jumbo Crane (or "Good Luck Jumbo") is a claw machine manufactured by Reppel and distributed by ELAUT. It is unknown what year the Jumbo Crane was initially launched but it would have most likely been in the early 1980s.

Jumbo Cranes consist of a brown coffee stained colour scheme along with signs along the sides with black, red and white stripes, and the front marquee that reads "Good Luck Jumbo". What is interesting to note is that the marquee is well illuminated with flashing light bulbs, however on most remaining Jumbo Cranes this feature no longer works due to the the light circuit breaking overtime or the bulbs burning out.

Due to the time period that Jumbo Cranes were manufactured in, default Jumbo Cranes do not have sound nor built in processors. They instead are claw strength based, however some remaining Jumbo Cranes have had replacement PCBs installed manufactured by Instance Automatics, meaning that they not only can be rigged, but also can have audio.

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 * Inevitably due to newer and more technologically advanced machines being introduced, Jumbo Cranes are becoming less common at an exponential rate, not only because arcades want to upgrade to newer machines, but also because spare parts for Jumbo Cranes are becoming more and more difficult to find due less units being in existence, and spare parts from scrapped units being used to keep remaining ones in action.
 * If you do want play a Jumbo Crane at present, two 2 player units still operate at Smith's Amusements in Skegness, however it is unknown how long it will be until they are put out of service.
 * Jumbo Cranes were supplied in the UK by Cromptons, as with many of ELAUT's earlier cranes like the Topper Crane and Mega Crane.