Verbatim announced today that it is shipping its new TUFF-CLIP USB drives, which are available in 4GB and 8GB sizes. These are aimed at those who brave the outdoors. The drives are outfitted with an integrated carabiner clip that allow them to conveniently clip to your backpack, belt loop or key chain.

The 4GB version is only available in turquoise, while the 8GB model is available in black only. Both TUFF-CLIPs have a password-protected folder to keep data secure on Windows systems, along with a freely accessible folder.

We love robot USB drives here at the ‘Brick. Wall-E is always cute, but there’s something extra adorable about this handmade Wall-E USB Drive. If this little guy doesn’t make you smile, there”s no hope for you.

It comes with 8GB of storage, and also functions as a keychain. If you love Wall-E, you better be quick as there is only one available for $65 from Etsy. Sure, that’s a lot of dough, but you’re getting a unique USB drive.

Mimobot USB flash drives are nothing new, but one of the most enduring characters, besides Star Wars, is Master Chief from Halo. This Master Chief version comes in 3 models, featuring “artwork, excerpts from the upcoming Halo novel, and a special episode of Halo in-game show “This Spartan Life.””

Like other Mimobots, the Halo flash drives will play sound effects when you remove them from or insert them into your computer. These are available in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities for $20, $25, $35 and $50, respectively.

This USB drive concept is a throwback to the days of mustache twirling villains and bombs with crazy long fuses that usually blew up in your hands. It’s from designer Joel Escalona who probably likes to tie helpless women to railroad tracks while laughing maniacally.

Someone manufacture this thing already, so Joel doesn’t end up wearing black and white stripes and working on the chain gang. Sure it looks deadly(In a comical way) in black, but in red,yellow and white it just looks silly. Still, Joel thinks it’s “da bomb”, so what do ya say?

If you’re looking for a colorful drive alternative in key form, why not try the Key USB Drive? The Key USB Drive comes in a bunch of colors, including red, purple, blue, brown and black. Each each one measures 57 x 24 x 2mm and weighs just 1g.

They come in 4GB capacities, are slim and portable and can be attached to your other keys making these very convenient. They are available for $22 each. Pretty unique and funky looking.

Vacuum tubes powered a whole bunch of gadgets in the past. They even continue to show up in or on our gadgets today. So what could be cooler than a Vacuum tube flash drive? Thanks to the folks at CF14 Industries we now have real Vacuum Tube Flash Drives.

It took some trial and error, but at last they got the interior of a 512MB thumb drive inside of a vacuum tube. The end result looks pretty awesome and should make your laptop look a bit more steampunk. Hit the link and see if you’d like to try it yourself.

It used to be that only spies had access to such things as USB sunglasses. Luckily we get our share of cool gear nowadays without having a license to kill. Like these Calvin Klein USB drive sunglasses, where the USB drive itself is hidden within the arm of the sunglasses.

As a bonus it also offers protection against UV rays. These shades will hold 4GB of storage space, and will cost you $199 when they arrive this October.

This 16 GB portable flash drive from Leyio is equipped with a UWB radio module and allows you to securely share your files with other Leyio users. It does speeds of up to 10Mbps photos, videos and other multimedia files can be transferred easily.

With two devices near each other you can connect them using ultra wideband radio technology and select which files to transfer. You can also use a USB port on the side to transfer to other devices. If you do not have a memory stick and need one then a 2GB USB shuttle is built in to the casing and can be removed. Browse your files on the 1.5″ OLED screen for up-to-date information on storage space and transfer speeds.

Somewhere in a parallel universe where Atari is still king, this is what their flash drives look like. In our world USB flash drives are small and come in all sorts of shapes that are smaller than an Atari cartridge. Except this one.

The Atari USB flash drive comes with a USB cable to plug into your computer since the thing is too big to just hang off the USB port. It does evoke some nostalgia from those of us old enough to remember the Atari 2600.

These are not a set of new Mimobots. They are figurine like USB flash drives from Funko that make Star Wars characters adorable. Specifically Darth Vader, Yoda, Boba Fett, and the Stormtrooper.

These 2GB USB flash drives come with no pre-loaded content which is fine, because you are buying them for cuteness alone. The packaging says that this is Series 1. So there should be more coming soon. They’ll be available at Entertainment Earth in October for $24.99

Some call it soccer, others call it football. Some just know it as that sport they played once that got them kicked in the groin. Whatever you call it in your country, it’s a little known fact that the heads of these athletes are removable and store data.

How do you think they come up with their game plan in the locker room? Did you think the coach simply talks to them while pointing a stick at a chalkboard? No, that would be silly. Instead, each 1 GB player removes his head and plugs himself into a port, becoming part of the team “collective” and downloading game plans. Their endgame? World domination with Pele as their new God.

If you’ve been reading the ‘Brick for awhile then you know that we dig robots. We really love robot flash drives. But as we’ve said before, it’s hard to find decent ones. Well, at last here are some that have true personality.

There are six different models in various shapes and colors, all cute,awesome and retro. They come with a 2 gigabyte storage capacity and their LED eyes even light up when you plug them in. There are the six different colors in all: yellow, black, blue, pink, red and white. These little guys are amazing. I’m gonna order one myself.

About the size of a quarter, the DiskGO flash drive comes in 1GB to 16GB capacities. The most interesting thing about it is the Dmailer Backup software installed on it. It allows users to create an encrypted profile and set redundant file backups to the external hard drive. You can also archive past versions of files as they are modified for access later.

With Dmailer Backup, users can also back up files to a personal online “cloud” that can be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet using a simple, search-engine type interface. Dmailer Backup doesn’t require any installation and is Mac and PC compatible. You can pre-order today and it will ship early next week.

Few people play with more balls than Golfers. And Golfers love them some accessories that look just like the balls they play with. While I can’t tell you which company makes the biggest or smoothest, or most dimpled balls, I can tell you that this golf ball is a flash drive.

This 1GB Golf ball USB Drive looks just like a real golf ball. Only smaller. It’s about half the size. Golfers will love it. While professional Golfers will hate it as it just reminds them of their day job.

When greedy bankers aren’t busy pointing and clicking with the gold bullion wireless mouse, they are storing data about you and your bad credit score on this gold bar USB flash drive. Sometimes they take it home and have a good laugh about your credit over some red wine and the souls of little babies dipped in caviar.

This 4GB USB drive is shiny enough to remind them of just why they got into the business. To accumulate all the shiny stuff in the world and leave none for you. It only cost them $27, but they tell their friends they laid out $10,000.