Squid-shaped USB drive

This lovely squid-shaped USB drive makes for a fine way to transfer information around. 4GB for $35.

(Disclosure: the vendor is a Boing Boing advertiser, though I didn't know it at the time that I wrote this post)

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anybody have one of these? is it easy to swap the hardware with a reasonable amount of memory?
Wingnut

35 bucks? A plain 5 gig USB drive is about $5.
Greedy capitalists!Octopi Boingboing!

Ha!
Daemonworks

In true maker spirit, you could just hit the local toy store, buy a cheap plastic squid and make one yourself for much less.
- penguinchris
  
  This is in fact a squid from a toy store – I have the exact same one – with part of it sawed off.
  
  It was fairly expensive, something like $15 (if not more), which contributes to the high price of this.
  
  edit: I looked at the other photos on their site, and realized it’s not the same one (mine’s better) and theirs probably didn’t cost more than a dollar or two.
http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers

In my experience, you buy any but the most trusted brands in thumb drives and you get burned.
thespotlightkid

A squid downloading data is fast and bulbous, got it?
- teufelsdrochk
  
  bulbous: also tapered!
Paul Renault

It’ll be perfect for storing all of Bruce Schneier’s books!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FJUUROIMFNYWV53SAYZ7TGNX6I Sherm

A flash drive that will be annoying to put in my pocket, perfect!
Ipo

It would make some people horny.