Gizmodo: Mimoco

Cooking Hell Kitties and Pirates: Tokidoki Mimobot Artist Series

matt buchanan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:00:25 EDT

The latest batch of mimobot designer flash drives for Spring continue their artist series, this time fronting Italian artist Simone Legno's Tokidoki brand. There's just three in the set, but they're all pretty awesome: Pirate Nero, obviously a frickin' pirate; Pastaio, who looks like demon kitty chef; and Meletta, which has a monkey on it. They're 1, 2 and 4GB and are fast enough for ReadyBoost. As always, you're not paying for the guts ($40, $60, $100) but the candy coating, which we still think is pretty sweet. [Mimoco]

Star Wars Series 2 Mimobot Flash Drives Ship Tomorrow

matt buchanan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:40:47 EST

The Star Wars Series 2 mimobots—Luke, Leia, Han and Boba Fett—that were due last month are finally shipping tomorrow, three months after going up for pre-order. They've got a brand new feature that I'm not sure if I love or hate: When you plug in or eject the drive, it plays sounds from Star Wars, in case your coworkers didn't already know you were a virgin. [mimobots]

FriendsWithYou Mimobots Add Diabetes-Inducing Cuteness to Data

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:00:04 EST

Apparently designed for tree-hugging hippies, Castro residents and ex-Hello Kitty addicts, the latest Mimobots are the same-old USB memory sticks dressed in new plastics. And yes, like the previous generations, these FriendsWithYou models are equally as cute, sugar-level-boostery and almost-irresistible. Almost. I personally like Super Malfi, the flower-power smallpox one.

Star Wars Series 2 Mimobots Flash Drives Available for Preorder Now

Adam Frucci — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:40:00 EST

Mimobots, those adorable USB flash drives created to look like various characters, are about to be joined by a new set of Star Wars peeps. Sure, Darth Vader, Chewy, R2-D2 and a Stormtrooper have been out for a while, but now you can preorder Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Boba Fett. What, no Admiral Akbar? Ah well. In any case, these dudes will drop come January, but you can put your order in for them now. They'll set you back $50 for a 1GB drive, $70 for 2GB, and $110 for 4GB.
[Product Page via NotCot]

Halo Master Chief Mimobot Thumb Drives (Finish the File Transfer)

Brian Lam — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:46:40 EDT

Mimoco's got these Limited Edition Master Chief USB Drives in 1, 2 and 4GB sizes. They're preloaded with artwork from the upcoming Halo novel and an episode of "This Spartan Life", they're pricey at $109 for the larger model, but given the Halo feeding frenzy, they would still sell out of the limited run if they charged 50% more. [Mimoco via Crunch]

Paws On the Artist Series '07 mimobots at NY Comic Con

Matt Buchanan — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:25:46 EST

The NY Comic Con was disappointingly less gadget-y (or worthwhile) than I had hoped, which is to say that it was gadget-less until I spotted the Mimoco banner way against the back wall. And what can I say, I'm a whore for art toys—Kid Robot has gotten far too much money from me over the last couple of years.

After talking to the mimoco crew (half of the six-person company was there), I got my hands on one of the Artist Series '07 mimobots, Mori Chack's Gloomy Bear (Grey Heavy Blood), that we showed you a bit ago.

As you can see, it's actually fairly small—I was kind of surprised at first because the promo pics make them look huge. My only real gripe about the design is that when it's plugged in, the cool side—the whole reason to buy the drive—actually faces downward, leaving me with the Gloomy Bear's ass and its flashing blue light protruding from my notebook.

The drive comes with store of goodies packed on it, namely a set of Gloomy Bear icons, backgrounds and avatars of both pink and grey persuasions. The kicker though is a totally weird trailer of sorts with a bizarre soundtrack where a Gloomy Bear bloodily mauls a kid Killer Instinct-combo style for over a minute.

While it is more functional than the average art toy, at $100 for the 2GB model, you are paying more for the form than you are for the function—there are certainly cheaper offerings sporting the same amount of space, even if you go high end. Obviously, though, form is entirely the point, and if you want an art toy that does more than just sit on a shelf, this is definitely one of the better ways to go.

Bonus geekage: Stars Wars mimobots in the flesh, which, Bothan spies tell us with any luck will be dropping in two weeks after suffering numerous setbacks from the Imperials. I just wish they had a little speaker so the Chewie drive could go "Gwahrarrrrr" whenever it was accessing data.

– Matt Buchanan

Product Page [Mimoco]

Cheer Up Gloomy Bear, New mimobots Are Coming

Matt Buchanan — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:29:59 EST

Mimoco is launching part I of its Artists Series '07 collection of mass culture art objects-cum-USB flash drive mimobots. The new series, like previous ones, is comprised of limited edition collectibles with designs from Hanazuki, Sket One, and Mori Chack (of Gloomy Bear fame), respectively.

Besides looking damn skippy, they're available in capacities from 512MB ($50) to 4 GB ($150) and are hi-speed USB 2.0, making them the most attractive way out there to give your new Vista comp some ReadyBoost action while making your friends jealous. – Matt Buchanan

Product Page [Mimoco]

AARRRRRRRRR!! (Limited Edition Chewie Mimoco USB Drives)

Brian Lam — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:41:40 EDT

Like the Lucas-approved Darth Vader USB Drives from Mimoco, this Chewbacca USB thumbdrive is limited to a 2500 run, and is available in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB sizes. No bowcaster?! Awwww... –Brian Lam

Chewie USB Drives [Coolhunting]

Limited Edition Star Wars USB Flashdrives

Brian Lam — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:14:29 EDT

An Imperial spy informs us that Mimoco's going to drop a Darth Vadar USB flash drive tomorrow. A limited run of 3500, too, so you'd better queue up now if you want one. They're officially sanctioned by his royal Lucas-ness, and will go for $80 bucks for a 1GB version, all the way to $170 bucks for a 4GB version. That's a whole lotta space bucks for 4GB isn't it?

You know what would be cool? If this Darth Vadar USB drive's cap didn't have little bear ears, and if the helmet was in the shape of the dark lord's helmet. And if the USB plug looked like James Earl Jones. For the record, I'd consider rocking a Han Solo model, for sure.–Brian Lam