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Solid Alliance's 2GB USB Skull Ring helps RPG players look tough

by Thomas Ricker, posted Oct 21st 2008 at 4:51AM


We'll be straight with you: there's no single expression of bad-assery more potent in the polyhedral kingdom of nerdistan than the USB Skull Ring. Brought to you by Solid Alliance, the 2GB USB drive feels right at home transferring files to your PC or at the end of a fist, deftly buried into the gut of a Moradin dwarf. Your choice for $145, no seriously. One more hair-free shot after the break.

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Solid Alliance offers up Lego-like USB flash drives

by Darren Murph, posted Feb 26th 2008 at 9:20AM


We can't say that no one has ever doled out a USB flash drive with a hint of Lego before, but how could one ever complain about more? This go 'round, it's Solid Alliance doing the deed with its USB Brick Key. The device arrives doused in green, black, blue or red and offers up 1GB of internal storage space, but unfortunately, pricing is one detail it failed to divulge. Feel free to take one last peek after the jump, you know you can't resist.

[Via AkihabaraNews]

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Solid Alliance celebrates with four-port USB cake

by Darren Murph, posted Nov 20th 2007 at 4:59PM


We've already seen Sony and Nintendo (er, an avid fanboy) get down with their bad selves and celebrate with cakes that represent their respective milestones, but Solid Alliance is out to make sure no one gets shunned from the festivities. That's right kids, even the USB obsessed can find a reason to party down, as the limited edition four-port USB cake enables you to connect up a variety of warming gizmos to keep your person toasty while surfing through the cold, blustery days that lie ahead. Additionally, the cake comes with four strawberry flash drives, each of which pack a full gigabyte of delicious storage space. Better hurry, though -- reservations are only being accepted through December 3rd, and you can expect the cake and all of its trimmings to run you a staggering ¥50,000 ($453).

[Via FarEastGizmos]

SolidAlliance's USB RC Mini: finally, something we want

by Thomas Ricker, posted Aug 21st 2007 at 4:34AM

Could it be... why yes, something we'd actually purchase from none other than SolidAlliance. The USB RC Car takes on a charge while parked in the garage. Flip open the door and turn the Mini loose on the mean cubicle circuits of your beige-soaked accounting dreams. Bad news: Win2k or XP PC, only. Good news: just ¥3,480 or about 30 bucks. Video after the break.

Gallery: SolidAlliance's USB RC Mini: finally, something we want


[Via Impress]

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Solid Alliance cranks out talking heart mouse

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 17th 2007 at 2:26AM


If the talking heart mouse was the brain child of anyone other than Solid Alliance, we'd probably question its legitimacy, but considering that zany is this company's mantra, we're not surprised in the least. On the surface, this shiny red USB mouse boasts a left and right click, a scroll-wheel, and a heartfelt (ahem) design, but apparently, this thing also emits optimistic phrases (read: I love you) to keep you mousing even when fighting through carpal tunnel syndrome. It's a little late (or way early, depending on perspective) for Valentine's Day, but for ¥1,980 ($17), why not treat someone special anyway?

[Via FarEastGizmos]

Lip syncing Tengu adds some merriment to your USB port

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 3rd 2007 at 5:58AM


We know, you're probably on your third USB hub by now, but even if this forces you to purchase an entirely new machine in order to cram one more USB-powered whatchamacallit into it, it's simply a must. Meet Tengu, the USB lip syncer that politely sits beside your machine until it gets wind of nearby tunes, after which its face lights up and the digital mouth begins to try its best at matching the words coming from your speakers. Unsurprisingly, the design will reportedly be manufactured by none other than Solid Alliance, and while it's hard to realize how awe-inspiring this thing is in just the picture above, click on through for a video demonstration you won't soon forget.

[Via EverythingUSB]

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SolidAlliance's USB FoodHub: we recommend the special

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 17th 2007 at 8:46AM


Oh yes it is a gadget. Look closely -- but not too closely -- into this queasy sea of food-like twaddle and you'll spot a foursome of USB connectors. That's right, that pile of legless larvae Rice-Tomato thingy is the hub while the other courses pack 1GB of flash memory. This USB FoodHub is claimed in the name of SolidAlliance, who else.

[Via Akihabara News]

SolidAlliance CEO interviewed: seems sane

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 11th 2007 at 8:31AM


The only thing that could be possibly trump an interview with the CEO of Thanko, is an interview with the CEO from Japan's SolidAlliance. You know, SolidA, the eccentric kooks behind the original USB Sushi and other such master crapsmanship. Mister Karahara sat down with Akihabara News to display the best of the best. Who knew that the Ghost Detector really worked!? According to Kawahara-san a lot of customers have "actually found a ghost, just try it." Okaaay. Unfortunately, the UFO Detector has not been so successful; SolidAlliance has "not heard of people finding the UFO, yet. But if you have any feedback, just call us." Oh... we will, we will, right after we get off the horn with the French space agency. See the full interview after the break.

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The SolidAlliance Choikawadeco mouse: so "cute" it hurts

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 5th 2007 at 8:31AM


What can we say? The latest mouse from SolidAlliance is so ugly, even the Ristretto coffee mouse retches in disgust. This ain't no SolidA mouse cover, it's an honest to goodness USB "mouse" equipped with some kind of motion sensing dark magic; the same sort evoking bile from the pit of your bowels at this very moment. How much for this fistful of fake jewels? Wait for it... ¥15,600 or $131. Choikawadeco: Japanese for "a little bit cute." Feeling. Dizzy.

[Via Akihabara News]

SolidAlliance coughs up 1GB of USB Horse Mackerel

by Thomas Ricker, posted Mar 20th 2007 at 9:46AM


Mmmm, nothing says "I'm a dangerous loner" like plugging a SolidAlliance USB anything into your PC. At least this time, the USB Horse Mackerel Sushi nudges SolidA's novelty flash drives just beyond the free tradeshow schwag range -- 1GB if you must know. But if storage was your primary interest you'd be spending your ¥7,980 or $68 elsewhere.

[Via Impress]

SolidAlliance's Omellete mouse cover -- that's rice, not maggots

by Thomas Ricker, posted Mar 6th 2007 at 8:51AM


It's been awhile since we've heard a peep out of Japan's SolidAlliance. Perhaps it's because the team has been so patiently waiting for their new Rice Omelette (Omuraice) mouse cover to putrefy. The first question of course, is why would you want to cover your mouse? And b... why with this? If you hold the answer to either of these riddles then perhaps you're also willing to part with the ¥7,980 (about $69) required to take this one home.

[Via Akihabara News]

Solid Alliance's USB Firefly Squid

by Thomas Ricker, posted Dec 14th 2006 at 8:42AM

Oh hell yeah Solid A, do that USB thing that you do! From the makers of USB Sushi, Saki, Spaghetti, and other foodish novelties which amuse adults and make children cry, we bring you Solid Alliance's glowing USB Squid. Mmmm, tasty. Sure, ¥5,980 (about $51) for 512MB of flash is nuts, but then again, you're not buying this for capacity alone are you Captain?

[Via Impress]

Solid Alliance's Kore Ja Nai makes you cry

by Thomas Ricker, posted Dec 7th 2006 at 8:46AM

We all know that Solid Alliance occasionally strays into non compos mentis, but check this one, childrens. The Kore Ja Nai sure looks like a wooden toy robot, right? But that name translates roughly into "this is not it" and is purposely meant to invoke painful feelings from childhood. You know, like the time you opened that present full of yule and hopes of Atari only to find a lameazz Slinky inside. As such, the Kore Ja Nai won't clean your floor or rid the planet of the human scourge, oh no, this ¥7,329 / $64 non-robot is merely a USB stick capable of transporting a paltry 256MBs of say, your Excel spreadsheets. And it's made from plastic! Thanks Solid A, all that whiskey therapy and time spent in dangerous relationships just to bury those memories, wasted.

[Via Impress]

SolidAlliance's $850 MOTTAINAI USB drive: 2GB of flash

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 3rd 2006 at 9:12AM

Oh hell yeah! One-upping their own lurid kitsch, SolidAlliance just introduced this ¥100,000 ($850 plus), MOTTAINAI USB flash drive. Obviously, at 2GB it's not about capacity here, this gold and brass drive is a salute to ostentatious pomp with embedded Statsuma Kiriko crystal. Make them crystals spin Solid-A and we might pop for a few ourselves. Now come on dear readers, admit it, which one of you designed it?

[Via Akihabara News]

Design a USB flash drive for Solid Alliance and win... a USB flash drive!

by Donald Melanson, posted Oct 27th 2006 at 10:45PM

The fine folks at Solid Alliance have never seemed to be lacking for inventive designs, but they're now turning to you for some help sprucing up this otherwise ordinary-looking USB flash drive, soliciting designs in four different categories: foolish, proverb, creative,and "kiyara." You have until November 10th to get your design in (a template's provided on the page linked below), with the winning design chosen shortly thereafter on November 21st. So what exactly do you get for all your hard-fought Photoshopping, apart from the adoration of flash drive users across Japan? Why a USB drive of your own with your design on it, of course, with all the design rights given to Solid Alliance for them to do with what they please. Ah, the price of fame.

[Via Akihabara News]
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