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Cupmen hold your ramen closed, tell you when it's ready


12:00 PM on 06.08.2010
Cupmen hold your ramen closed, tell you when it's ready photo



You know how when you try to replace the lid on your instant noodle cup it just kind of pops back open? That's just how it goes on the cheaper cups. Now, the big fancy UFO-style instant ramen has one of those fancy foil-ish tabs on one edge that does a better job of holding it down, but you still need some kind of weight (your chopsticks) to hold it closed to get proper even heat retention.

These little Cupmen do the work for you, and they make it look easy with their relaxed position. Made of silicone, they hold the lid down on your cup and the even change color with the heat, telling you when your noodles are ready to eat. 

The Cupmen series 2 come in three colors and go on sale June 10th for 840 yen. 

[via Spoon-tamago]






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lol this will actually prove useful to my daily intake of unhealthy diet cup ramen noodles
That's great, but I wonder how much time will it take to someone to begin to make these based on anime characters. Next week we should see an Evangelion set.
excellent!
useful and vaguely unsettling; I approve
More aesthetic than using the cardboard packaging and a fork.
that's awesome
I kinda prefer the first one in the series where they were kinda hanging on for dear life. These won't be available for us poor westerners but I have ordered a set from these people:
http://www.japantrendshop.com/cupmen-relax-instant-noodle-figure-set-p-911.html

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