Comments on: Electronic bubblewrap toy http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Peter http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21280 Peter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21280 But to me the reason for popping bubble wrap isn't the sound, it's the feel. Unless the gadget also replicates that, it's useless. But to me the reason for popping bubble wrap isn’t the sound, it’s the feel. Unless the gadget also replicates that, it’s useless.

]]> By: billy http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21281 billy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21281 it's useless anyway you slice it it’s useless anyway you slice it

]]> By: CommieNeko http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21285 CommieNeko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21285 Something like this could destroy modern civilization. Something like this could destroy modern civilization.

]]> By: ernie http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21331 ernie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21331 What kind of packaging does this toy come in? What kind of packaging does this toy come in?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-344427 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-344427 I actually have this device. It is quite addicting and helps prevent stress. It's almost like the real thing too. It'll cost you $10 bucks tho. I'm trying to figure out if it will prevent other OCD acts like cracking knuckles. BanDai actually made an American version. I got the Japanese one. The package it comes in is Hilarious on the Jap version, so is the commercial which can be found on the internet. There are people on crying with joy on it. I cant read anything on it tho =). To answer questions: It doesn't know if it is on a train I have no idea what you are talkin about. If you want it off put the tab that blocked the battery on the back or just take out the batteries. This does not destroy civilization, besides nobody would chuck this into a landfill =). Just order it kthx I actually have this device. It is quite addicting and helps prevent stress. It’s almost like the real thing too. It’ll cost you $10 bucks tho. I’m trying to figure out if it will prevent other OCD acts like cracking knuckles. BanDai actually made an American version. I got the Japanese one. The package it comes in is Hilarious on the Jap version, so is the commercial which can be found on the internet. There are people on crying with joy on it. I cant read anything on it tho =).
To answer questions: It doesn’t know if it is on a train I have no idea what you are talkin about. If you want it off put the tab that blocked the battery on the back or just take out the batteries. This does not destroy civilization, besides nobody would chuck this into a landfill =). Just order it kthx

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-472706 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-472706 yeah the feel matters too! i've never tried it before but i think nothing can be better than the real thing! yeah the feel matters too! i’ve never tried it before but i think nothing can be better than the real thing!

]]> By: Personman http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-22148 Personman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-22148 How does it turn itself off on trains? How does it turn itself off on trains?

]]> By: gyusan http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21385 gyusan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21385 Garbage like this <i>does</i> destroy modern civilization. Let's see, we have a plastic injection factory, an electronics factory, a battery factory, a packaging factory, shipping, etc. for what? Five minutes of giggles? and then it gets chucked and all that shit goes straight into the ground. Can we get any more toxic industries involved in the manufacture of anything more useless? Garbage like this does destroy modern civilization. Let’s see, we have a plastic injection factory, an electronics factory, a battery factory, a packaging factory, shipping, etc. for what? Five minutes of giggles? and then it gets chucked and all that shit goes straight into the ground. Can we get any more toxic industries involved in the manufacture of anything more useless?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-27028 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-27028 I would never buy this! What a nightmare! Don't get me wrong, I love popping bubblewrap, but I get the biggest feeling of satisfaction and content after FINISHING the wrap. But in the case of this little device, there will be no end! I would never buy this! What a nightmare! Don’t get me wrong, I love popping bubblewrap, but I get the biggest feeling of satisfaction and content after FINISHING the wrap. But in the case of this little device, there will be no end!

]]> By: Ian Holmes http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21416 Ian Holmes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21416 Reminds me of Red Dwarf's "<a href="http://www.scifilm.org/tv/reddwarf/reddwarf3-5.html">tension sheet</a>"... Reminds me of Red Dwarf’s “tension sheet“…

]]> By: Moltz http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21441 Moltz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21441 The Japanese for the sound is "puchi-puchi!" They probably have a special counter for hemispheres full of air. I'll always remember a metro ride in DC back in the late '80s. I kept hearing this snapping sound and I finally turned around and there was this dude at the end of the car incessantly popping a big sheet of these suckers. For half an hour. The Japanese for the sound is “puchi-puchi!” They probably have a special counter for hemispheres full of air.

I’ll always remember a metro ride in DC back in the late ’80s. I kept hearing this snapping sound and I finally turned around and there was this dude at the end of the car incessantly popping a big sheet of these suckers. For half an hour.

]]> By: vrempire http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21208 vrempire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21208 I love playing with the original plastic when I have the chance to find one. I don't have any idea who really get the idea to commercialized it based on the simple human behaviour. That guy must be a genius in disguise!! I love playing with the original plastic when I have the chance to find one. I don’t have any idea who really get the idea to commercialized it based on the simple human behaviour. That guy must be a genius in disguise!!

]]> By: vrempire http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21211 vrempire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21211 That guy who created this thing must be a genius for successfully commercializing product based on unthinkable simple human behaviour. That guy who created this thing must be a genius for successfully commercializing product based on unthinkable simple human behaviour.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21216 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21216 How does it know if it's on a train? How does it know if it’s on a train?

]]> By: strider_mt2k http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21221 strider_mt2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21221 There's a great Palm OS application that does this as well, but I was never persistent enough with it to get any "bonus" sounds out of it! There’s a great Palm OS application that does this as well, but I was never persistent enough with it to get any “bonus” sounds out of it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/20/electronic-bubblewra.html#comment-21227 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-21227 The interesting part here is that this is a device that knows when it's on the train and changes its behavior accordingly. How does it know? Also, it seems like the japanese like their tech a bit more polite than we do in the states. The interesting part here is that this is a device that knows when it’s on the train and changes its behavior accordingly. How does it know?

Also, it seems like the japanese like their tech a bit more polite than we do in the states.

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