Cow Play Cow Moo (Woodlands Square)

Cow Play Cow Moo at Woodlands Square is inside STELLAR@TE2, the mall built into the basement of Woodlands station on the Thomson-East Coast Line, and it is the only outlet in the chain you reach without leaving a station.

It runs across five shop units, #B1-12 through #B1-16, which makes it one of the chain’s wider floors. The format is the chain’s standard: claw machines at the front stocked with licensed plush — Sanrio, Disney and anime figures, restocked through the week — with ticket redemption cabinets and video games behind them, played on a card rather than with coins. For the north of the island it is the nearest arcade of this kind by some distance.

The branch sits inside the transport interchange itself, so you reach it without stepping outside — which counts in the rain and counts more with a pram. No phone number is published for it, so there is no calling ahead to ask whether a machine has been restocked. If you are coming for one particular prize, budget for it not being there.