Here's a slightly more standard product than what we're used to seeing from SolidAlliance -- a cherry blossom-themed USB memor device.

Good old SolidAlliance is at it again -- their latest is a line of MP3 players with fragrances such as chocolate, lemon, and blueberry.

I think SolidAlliance is running out of things to turn into USB memory. Their latest is shaped like a bottle of sake.

The latest gimmick from SolidAlliance is called "Yuuesubi Mamory." It's a play o­n words that requires a bit of explanation. First of all, the name is written entirely in Kanji -- 遊恵寿比守, for those of you that have Japanese support -- and reading the Kanji phonetically produce "Yuuesubi Mamori," or "USB Mamory." The "Mamory" part isn't a typo for "Memory" either; "mamori" means "good luck charm" in Japanese. So, it's a good luck charm with integrated USB memory. If that makes sense.

A helmet as a mouse? A wireless helmet mouse? Oh SolidAlliance, what won't you turn into a peripheral?

SushiDisks have moved away from realism and gone towards the supernatural. Blue and green tuna filets? Well, I guess it could happen o­ne day...you can get blue ketchup now, right?

At 24,800 yen, it is easily the most expensive USB extension cable I've ever seen. It's also easily the strangest I've ever seen -- a plate of spaghetti.

SolidAlliance continues their USB "FoodDisk" line of flash devices, with the introduction of "crab claw fry" and "salted cod roe." Note that the FoodDisk series is different from the SushiDisk series.

SolidAlliance has gone and hit the pipe a bit too hard this time. Taking the term "ThumbDrive" too literally (which, they say, is frequently used to refer to USB memory devices in the US and other English-speaking countries), they have announced a product called the "YeahDrive."

You know there's a problem when the press release contains an exchange between a "foreign superior" and a "Japanese subordinate":

Foreign Superior: Do you have a thumbdrive?
Japanese Subordinate: Yeah!

Thus this product's name (somehow): The "YeahDrive."
Be sure to take a look at SolidAlliance's other "alternative" products if you missed them.

From SolidAlliance comes the "GhostRadar USB Memory," a USB memory device with integrated ghost detecting features. The two have nothing to do with o­ne another, but that's fine by me. Since when did SolidAlliance produce products that actually make sense anyway?