The drives are available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities for $US30, $US40 and $US60, respectively. The head comes off and you plug the body into any USB port. The downside is that the bodies are decently sized, so if you have two USB ports adjacent to each other, you won’t be able to use the other one.

Here’s a lone Storm Trooper before he suffers a fate unimaginable for all but Storm Troopers. Decapitation.

With his head gone, his body is free to be plugged into any USB port.

Here’s the view from behind.

Boba Fett and Vader are still in mint condition.

The set includes Yoda, but we only have the evil characters.

All three with their heads off.

Vader, engaged.

What would it look like if they switched helmets? This.

[Tyme Machines]

[ActiveMP via jkOnTheRun]

When you get your Presence in Absence kit, the two pendants are actually one single birch wood-encased gadget. You and your dear one are supposed to use the included carving knife to separate the two flash drives and bond while cleaning up the wood shavings. This process and future data-sharing represents how the two of you are parts of a whole and belong together. You’ll share pictures, videos, music; the events in each other’s lives that you miss out on during times apart.

Quite sweet. Call me crazy though, but I think I’ll stick to less symbolic bonding experiences when reuniting with my long-distance lover. [Dezeen]

The drive is 4GB of musical goodness and available through the BackyardBrand Etsy store. Geez, gadgets like this make me wish I had a lick of aptitude for playing instruments. [Etsy via Coolest Gadgets via OhGizmo!]

Speed

I’ve been happy with a 16GB Patriot Xporter, which Ars mentioned in their 2009 test as one of the fastest. This Corsair is faster. On an informal test transferring 2.7 GB of MP3 files, the Corsair Flash Voyager 128GB was twice as fast in writes and a touch faster in reads.

Note I was very casual about this test. It did not shut down all my other apps during this test, but I did run multiple trials. And I did not test random access or exceptionally large file sizes. Why didn’t I take testing more seriously? Because I just don’t think you’ll really buy this thing when you can get multiple 32GB drives for $US50 or so. This thing is impressive, but all freaks of nature are impressive.

It’s Big

On top of its price and performance, it’s bigger. No, not only in capacity. See?

Yeah, well, it still fits in my pocket. Like a giant pet beetle. The kind that crawled out of skulls and pyramid labyrinth walls in The Mummy, part five, or whatever.

I’d recommend it only if you have so much money that if you lose one, you’ll merely say “oops” and not cry over it like I would.

128GB is a lot of space.

It’s fast.

Kind of big for a USB drive, but still doable.

Expensive

Needless to say, the drive is also loaded up with DRM — but you are allowed to run it on five registered devices and burn it to DVD, so it’s not unreasonable. And since it has been deemed as a “collectible”, fans will surely line up to fork over their $US29. [Play via OhGizmo]