Tainan convenience store opens Taiwan’s first claw machine arcade
Tainan convenience store opens Taiwan’s first claw machine arcade
2026-01-05
Seeking to capitalize on the booming claw machine market, a convenience store in Tainan’s Yongkang District has opened an arcade in a first for Taiwan. Besides your typical claw machines, it also has lots of licensed characters and blind boxes, as well as a racing and taiko drumming game. Now when customers come to pick up their essentials, they can also indulge in a game or two. In Kaohsiung, another store includes a coffee shop, supermarket, and laundromat, hoping to make life as convenient as possible for its customers.
When you go through this convenience store’s side door, it’s like entering a whole other world.
There are shelves upon shelves of beloved characters, including Pokémon, Pompompurin, Kuromi, Stitch, and the entire “Toy Story” collection. From movies to anime, every popular franchise is here.
They’re all blind boxes. Every single one.
It’s pretty good. You don’t have to go to one of those packed stores to get one.
On the other side are rows of claw machines with toys, snacks — even coffee cups you can exchange for a full one at the counter.
Not only that, but there are also racing and taiko drumming games, fun for people of all ages.
It’s pretty nice. Some kids will absolutely love it.
Customer
It’ll get more people in the door. They’re selling more than just some stuff to eat.
Recognizing the value of the claw machine market, this chain opened arcades at stores in Tainan’s Yongkang District and Sanmin District in Kaohsiung—a first among convenience stores in Taiwan. The model encourages customers to stay a little longer. But it also gives the staff even more to do.
Customer
They have to make drinks, microwave food, run the register, retrieve packages, all that. Here, they also have to arrange the merchandise. It takes a bit more skill.
Not letting this chain steal the spotlight, another convenience store in Kaohsiung went for a three-in-one model. Within the massive 100-ping store, there’s a laundromat, supermarket, and café, serving three needs at once.
Customer
Places are so small these days, it’s hard to fit a dryer. So for this store to offer one right in a convenience store, it’s pretty good.
Convenience stores are no longer just convenience stores. Diversification is the name of the game, as they seek to make daily life and entertainment more convenient for its customers.
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首間"超商遊樂園"落腳台南! 夾娃娃機.各式IP盲盒全都有
2026-01-05
看準夾娃娃機的市場，有超商在台南永康開設第一間遊樂園，不但有各式各樣的夾娃娃機，還有正版IP公仔和盲盒，甚至還有賽車遊戲機和太鼓達人，讓顧客不再只是買東西，也能多一點娛樂。另一間超商則是推出三合一店型，將咖啡廳、超市和自助洗衣機結合在一起，提供更便利的生活服務。
從超商旁的小門進去，宛如進到另一個世界。
好幾櫃的各式正版IP公仔，有寶可夢、布丁狗、酷洛米、史迪奇，還有玩具總動員家族，從電影到動漫、潮流，應有盡有。
“都是盲盒，全部都是盲盒。”
“還不錯，就是不用特別跑去那種人擠人的地方去買。”
另一邊還有好幾排的抓娃娃機，玩偶、零食，甚至連咖啡杯也能抓，抓到了就去櫃台換咖啡。
不只如此，還有賽車遊戲機和太鼓達人，讓大人小孩玩得不亦樂乎。
“這個很不錯，一些小孩會非常喜歡”
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“就是會比較吸引比較多人來，它已經不再只是買一些東西吃而已。”
超商龍頭7-11，看準抓娃娃機的商機，在台南永康和高雄三民打造全台首創的超商遊樂園，複合式的經營模式，讓來買東西的顧客都能多停留一會，不過也挑戰店員無極限的技能。
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“可能泡飲料、微波食品，結帳、收發什麼那些的，(在這間)就要再協助擺貨，會需要比較多一點的技能。”
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不讓小七專美於前，全家便利商店在高雄也有三合一店型，百坪的空間裡，同時集合了自助洗衣店，超市和咖啡廳，讓民眾一次解決三種生活需求。
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“現在房子小坪數，其實要家裡放一個烘衣機比較難嘛，所以它有提供這樣的服務，在方便的全家裡面其實蠻好的。”
超商不再是超商，多角化經營已成趨勢，民眾生活和娛樂更加便利。
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