Comments on: This Buddha Machine is Just Delightfully Tacky!

By: gogo

gogo — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:03:00 +0000

I have an exact same design of the machine at since 5 yrs ago.They are claiming they designed it?

By: gogo

gogo — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:01:17 +0000

Q: Did this have any influence on the look of the Buddha Machine?

A: Oh yeah! Most people refuse to believe it, but we designed the Buddha Machine just minutes before deadline. We had a few ideas about what we wanted it to look like, but we kept putting off a decision until about 4pm on the day before production was to begin. So I went over to Zhang’s, we sketched a really rough drawing and faxed it to our factory. The final “design process” took about 8 minutes. One of our t-shirts has an image of that sketch. It’s pretty crude.

By: Design Translator

Design Translator — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:45:22 +0000

Hmm, now that is interesting. Funny how its pretty popular in the west when its actually all about something not too nice.

By: box

box — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:09:14 +0000

I think this is used alot at funerals. i remember the one at my grandads funeral two years ago.

we had to stay awake throughout the night as part of the ritual and this chant keep us company all night long.

it chants on and on till the battery dies. I believe it also ran on tape somehow cos when the battery was dying the chants also slowed down.

By: drew kora

drew kora — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:10:21 +0000

Ha! My wife’s parents brought one of those (or something similar to it) back from China where they vacationed (they are Chinese-American). It endlessly repeats this highly addictive chant over and over again. haha. cool.