Puchipuchi Virtual Bubble Wrap toy from Bandai Asovision
Written by: Michael Keferl on June 24, 2007 at 8:14 pm | In 01 Technology & Gadget Trends |It’s a compulsion, and a secret pleasure. We lost track of the times we’ve either hoarded or had bubble wrap snatched right out of our hands to be popped mercilessly, either one-by-one or by the impatient “wring-out” technique. It’s a natural law that man loves to pop bubble wrap.
In comes Bandai to take all of the fun out of the pop by making it fun, with the new PuchiPuchi (プチプチ) infinite bubble wrap toy. Puchipuchi in Japanese is the sound of a little pop as well as the name for bubble wrap, so the toy basically named itself! Designed to mimic both the sound and feeling of popping little plastic bubbles, PuchiPuchi can be carried around as a key chain for popping. Their slogan “Anytime, anywhere, forever…you can puchipuchi” basically says it all.
You may think that popping bubbles is boring, but the toy makes a sound effect every 100 pops, including “door chime”, “barking dog”, “fart”, and “sexy voice”. To add even more excitement to the craziness of Puchipuchi, there’s a 1:1000 chance that you’ll get a “puchi lucky” toy that has a heart-shaped bubble. Is there a better way to make your friends jealous?
Bandai designed the toy with the Puchipuchi bubble wrap company, so it’s almost guaranteed to be the most realistic bubble wrap simulator on the market. Pop.
**UPDATE: June 28th, 2007***
We went to the Tokyo Toy Show today and got some great pics of the real Mugen Puchipuchi. Enjoy!
Press release from Bandai
Due to popular demand, now you can Order Puchipuchi in the Online Shop
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bandai electronic bubble wrap popper…
Sometimes, you just can’t resist popping all that bubble wrap your latest gadget purchase came shipped in. Well now you can feed that compulsion any time, thanks to this new gizmo from Bandai.
The PuchiPuchi (rough translation) is a pocket-sized…
Trackback by technabob — June 24, 2007 #
I’ll buy one in purple– get them in the store
Comment by Marke — June 25, 2007 #
I’ld certainly buy one
Comment by Domrout — June 25, 2007 #
What will they think of next? A fart odour spitting machine? Put it in your pocket and surprise someone with a fart…
Comment by Jake — June 25, 2007 #
Where can i buy one?????My roomate goes through bouble wrap like a HUmmer through Petrol!
Comment by Leon — June 25, 2007 #
fantastic i am gadget fan and ilove it
Comment by jaen — June 25, 2007 #
Bandai’s portable Bubble Wrap Simulator…
One of the great joys of buying something fragile is that pile of bubble wrap packed around it - keeps you amused for days. And it’s something Bandai has got wise to, creating a portable Bubble Wrap Simulator with bubble wrap specialists Puchipuchi….
Trackback by Tech Digest — June 25, 2007 #
PuchiPuchi Bubble Wrap Toy…
Bandi has introduced the PuchiPuchi infinite bubble wrap toy, which tries to capture the fun of popping bubble wrap on a tiny toy key chain. It’s designed to mimic the sound and feel of popping bubble wrap, and for……
Trackback by Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — June 26, 2007 #
Where can I buy one!
Comment by N — June 26, 2007 #
Ack! You tease me with this, and I can’t find anywhere to buy one…
Comment by Ankh — June 26, 2007 #
Anyone know an English site where you can order one of these?
Comment by Margie — June 26, 2007 #
Yes..please - my mother-in-law would love one of these, but like several posters, I can’t find a link to it. Anyone know where you can buy one in the USA?
Comment by Daniel — June 26, 2007 #
Puchi Puchi (simulador de film alveolar)…
Puchi Puchi (プ?プ?) es uno de esos absurdos productos japoneses que adoro. ¿Quién puede resistirse a reventar compulsivamente las burbujas del film alveolar (también conocido como “plástico burbuja”) utilizado en algunos embalaj…
Trackback by Gedankenexperiment — June 26, 2007 #
Expect these to hit the streets in Japan this Fall for ¥819 (appx. $7 USD) each. I’m sure some enterprising importer will bring them to the States shortly after
Comment by Bren — June 26, 2007 #
obviously better than sex
Comment by EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt — June 26, 2007 #
OK kids, pre-order yer PuchiPuchi here: http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/puchipuchi-virtual-bubble-wrap-5pack-p-141.html?language=en
Comment by lawrence — June 27, 2007 #
lovely, i wonder if i could affort it..
Comment by layla — June 27, 2007 #
Eep….
We just went and saw 1408. It is totally terrifying; the biggest challenge was to not lose bladder control. Don’t go see it.
In other news, they’ve made a keychain that allows you to pop bubble wrap endlessly. Fun times….
Trackback by dissent is patriotic :: blog — June 27, 2007 #
PuchiPuchi bubble wrap simulator…
Call it a guilty pleasure, but nothing beats the fun (and, perhaps, the stress-relieving benefits) of popping all the little cells on a sheet of bubble wrap. I fondly remember the days of my youth where there was always……
Trackback by Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women — June 28, 2007 #
Very cool stuff!
Comment by Yohay — June 28, 2007 #
Puchi Puchi: the bubble wrap simulator…
How excited I get every time my husband gets a parcel in the post. Okay, I’ve finally outgrown my natural instinct to think the mystery box might contain exciting and unexpected presents from mystery givers, but I still know there’s something in …
Trackback by Shiny Shiny — July 2, 2007 #
Trash to the finest
Comment by Absolute — July 4, 2007 #
Simply genius! :)))
Comment by Marianne — July 10, 2007 #
This product will be in stock on Wednesday 05 September, 2007.
Comment by ace — July 11, 2007 #
with all of the advances in technology, aren’t we supposed to be getting smarter, not dumber?
Comment by dan — September 22, 2007 #
The big toy store in Harajuku carries these now.
Comment by Here Here — October 29, 2007 #
Electronic Bubble Wrap Keychain…
Do you remember this Japanese virtual bubble wrap toy that was floating around in the news a while ago? Now ThinkGeek has them in stock.
Each keychain device has 8 rubbery little “bubble” buttons that makes a pop sound when you press them…
Trackback by GeekAlerts — November 17, 2007 #
I have the puchi-puchi.
It´s fun, althoug it doesn´t replace the felling of the real bubble wrap.
The instructions are only in japanese… can somebody tell me what is for the small white button in the back of the puchi-puchi near the speaker?
Comment by jmgr — November 22, 2007 #
Trends in Japan » Virtual Bubble Wrap toy from Bandai Asovision - Puchipuchi…
Who doesn’t like bubble wrap? This new virtual bubble wrap toy from Bandai (distributor of Apple’s 1995 Pippin) was co-developed with an actual bubble wrap manufacturer, Puchipuchi. It makes noises at intervals once every 100 times the toy is pres…
Trackback by Brand New Game — January 28, 2008 #
I don’t see how this can possibly live up to real bubble wrap. The secret pull of bubble wrap has always truly been the permanent destruction of something pure and innocent.
Comment by Zeno, Internetographer — January 31, 2008 #
short break - A thing she wants now…
This is a new type of “Infinite Bubble Wrap”, a hot toy in Japan which sold 1,500,000 in 4 months from its release.
What’s that?
Development story (sorry for machine translation)
Product details (Japanese)
New ‘moe’ vers…
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that is so coooooooooooool
Comment by Debra — April 9, 2008 #
hey thats is weird i love bubble wrap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Debra — April 9, 2008 #
Could be the next pocket “rosary”….
Comment by Kathryn — April 19, 2008 #
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