CURIOUS COLIN: Little boy gets stuck in a claw machine

The stuffed animals in this machine may cost 50 cents, but you can't put a price on this little boy's expression after he got stuck inside.

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The endearing scene played out in a Tennessee laundry facility Tuesday. 18-month-old Colin Lambert was there with his grandmother, Diane O'Neill, who said she only looked away momentarily.

"He decided that he was going to play with the flapping door of the claw machine. So he was playing 'Flap, flap, bang, bang,' and I had a text message. I looked down, flicked it, and I didn't hear anything," said Colin's grandmother, Diane O'Neill. O'Neill, told ABC affiliate WATE.

O'Neill said she when she turned back around, she saw Colin inside the machine, sitting among the toys.

When Colin's parents saw the pictures, they thought it was a hoot. Colin's mom, Bridget Lambert, said she wasn't the least bit surprised that her son's curiosity got the best of him.

"It was a matter of time before he did something like this," she said, adding that Colin is now the talk of their extended family. "He's made his whole family proud, all the way up to New York, all the way down to Georgia and across to Nashville. Everybody's proud of him."

And the all-important question: Did Colin get a toy out of the machine?

Yes, his mom said. After making sure Colin was safe, firefighters gave the boy a stuffed animal for his troubles.