Quote Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat View Post
Overpriced and undersized novelty USB sticks are hardly anything new, and regular people and gadget geeks alike know they're getting ripped off with these kind of things all the time, it's the novelty that drives them to purchase, not the functionality/capacity.

Those links offer multiple size capacities, but i'd wager the 2gb is the most popular. You'd have to be out of your mind to buy the 16gb versions, because you could likely get the 2gb novelty plus a bunch of standard brand 16gb USB sticks for less price - if you were 'geek' minded.

I didn't buy Ravage cause i don't need memory at all; same as Music Label Soundwave, i would have preferred the same toy with no functionality whatsoever!
Yeah but do the people who like 'trinket' devices have enough numbers to justify the sale figures of a relatively comlpex toy? The USB sticks you linked are as complex as mighty mugs so I doubt that they requiere much expense to make so just a few selling to a niche market is enough for them. I doubt a huge percentage of gadget geeks would be interested in getting those.

I don't need Ravage for storage and don't play MP3s on Soundwave either, I bought it for the toy only as I am sure it's the same with most of us who bought one yet they are not marketed or presented to us as trinkets for collectors but actually as working devices for everyday use - That's the argument.