Would you buy a 16 GB Codex Troll USB 3.0 for $30 USD (includes postage)?

[DarkUnderlord]

Following on from this thread... Behold the 16 GB Codex Troll USB 3.0!

2D Custom Moulded Flash Drives 16GB, USB 3.0

[Image is a rough representation, final Troll will have a few mm of white space around the entire design.]

Product Colour: Fully Customised Moulded Designs
Features: Moulded soft PVC in multiple colours and shapes, USB 3.0 flash drive.
Write and Read Speed is up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 Flash Drives.
OS support: Windows XP, VISTA, 7, MAC OSX.
Grade A memory, 10 Year warranty on data retention, 1 year replacement warranty on faulty manufacture.
Certification: CE, FCC, USB3.0, RoHS
Delivery: 2-4 weeks (indent) from art approval​

Measurements shown above are in mm, imperial American scum can learn2math. But it is larger than a normal USB, with his arms effectively making him almost 3x as wide, meaning he'll block nearby USB ports...

... which somehow seems appropriate for a Codex Troll.

But obviously means this is more a novelty than handy drive as such (unless you've always got spare room around your ports). He's made out of a pretty robust plastic that's unlikely to snap easily too (at least, that's what the sample I received demonstrates).

The minimum order is 100 units so to really make this work, I'd need at least 50 people wanting to buy one. That wouldn't quite cover costs but would be enough interest for me to take the risk.

At $30 USD each it includes postage to whatever hell-hole part of the world you're living in.

And just incidentally the 8 GB Drive option (who wants an 8 GB USB?) was $25, while the 32 GB would've been $40 (which is a bit on the high side $ wise).

I'd also run this as a fundraiser similar to the KickStarter drives, so you'd get 1x 16 GB USB for each $30 you donate, but you'd also get potato to spend on ad-free as well (at 2 potato per dollar, which for $30 would get you +3 months ad-free Codex time as well).

If successful (IE: we sell all 100), then it might be something we do annually as a fundraiser thing, which would allow us to try some other designs too... Like perhaps a whole series with modified versions of these:

 

[Morkar Left]

If possible the plug should be the legs, would look better when it's in the usb port. On the other hand...

 

[CreamyBlood]

I'm thinking I'd do it for the 32GB.

Then again, I hate losing 4Gb drives so count me in. I want the hi rez mhd on the back though.

 

[Xor]

If it was just the codex troll printed on a regular USB stick, I would consider it.

 

[MicoSelva]

It is a cool enough design that I would want to have it, but while I could live with $25, $30 seems too pricey. Not sure.

EDIT:
On the other hand, I could be spending as much on The Codex anyway, to stay ad-free. Hmm...

 

[Higher Animal]

Yes.

If possible the plug should be the legs, would look better when it's in the usb port. On the other hand...

This is good too.

I'm thinking I'd do it for the 32GB.

Then again, I hate losing 4Gb drives so count me in. I want the hi rez mhd on the back though.

Also good.

If it was just the codex troll printed on a regular USB stick, I would consider it.

Also acceptable.

 

[Shannow]

Yeah, I'd be in if the measurements were sane. I'm too mean to spend money on stuff that lacks functionality

 

[Tytus]

I actually realli like the design. Would probably buy it. But yeah, with 32GB would a lot easier to justify the purchase. Also can you make it a key-chain or something, so I can transport it easily?

 

[jcd]

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[Caim]

If I plug that thing into my laptop, I immediately lose access to half my USB ports.

So no, I would not buy that. Plus, 30 Americadollars including shipping is kind of a lot for 16 gb.

 

[flabbyjack]

Don't USB sticks lose their contents if not plugged in for some amount of time? No thanks.

#iwilldosciencetoit

Let's get a shit booth at some shit gaming convention instead, in which we can hand out kewl non-existent codex swag.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Don't USB sticks lose their contents if not plugged in for some amount of time?

lolwut

 

[Caim]

Don't USB sticks lose their contents if not plugged in for some amount of time? No thanks.

 

[Blaine]

I wonder if you can stuff a tiny little USB drive into a d20? I'd definitely purchase a USB drive in the form of a #48505F blue d20 with white lettering.

I want a 10% cut.

Also, 16 GB isn't enough storage. For $35 I can get a MicroSD card with 64 GB of storage and the little USB adapter/keychain thingy for it.

 

[dryan]

I think people complaining about 30 USD for 16GB being a little more expensive than other USB drives are missing the point of the novelty.

 

[Taluntain]

Don't USB sticks lose their contents if not plugged in for some amount of time?

I think you're mistaking them for floppies and CRC errors. Those were the days...



Ugh, I feel old.

 

[Blaine]

I think people complaining about 30 USD for 16GB being a little more expensive than other USB drives are missing the point of the novelty.

No, I get it, and don't really mind paying extra. Thing is, the only reason to select 16 GB instead of 32 GB or 64 GB is to knock money off the price so that Codexers are more likely to purchase them. You can't argue "but this is an expensive novelty" while supporting penny-pinching of the specs, at least not in my view. Minimal storage capacity is off-putting to me and would cause me to lose interest. I'm essentially getting a shitty desk toy coupled with a shitty USB storage device I probably won't use.

My point is: If these are going to be USB drives, then offer them in high-capacity versions. If you can't, then just sell us nice non-USB drive desk toys, because I for one will never actually use it as a USB drive when I already have a smaller device with 16x the storage capacity on my keychain.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I think people complaining about 30 USD for 16GB being a little more expensive than other USB drives are missing the point of the novelty.

No, I get it, and don't really mind paying extra. Thing is, the only reason to select 16 GB instead of 32 GB or 64 GB is to knock money off the price so that Codexers are more likely to purchase them. You can't argue "but this is an expensive novelty" while supporting penny-pinching of the specs, at least not in my view. Minimal storage capacity is off-putting to me and would cause me to lose interest. I'm essentially getting a shitty desk toy coupled with a shitty USB storage device I probably won't use.

My point is: If these are going to be USB drives, then offer them in high-capacity versions. If you can't, then just sell us nice non-USB drive desk toys, because I for one will never actually use it as a USB drive when I already have a smaller device with 16x the storage capacity on my keychain.

Yes but there's expensive and then there's stupidly expensive. If you're that serious about your USB drives, offering a 64 GB version which would be three times the price, and at three times the size, still isn't going to be good enough. You'd still be able to complain about it being a shitty desk toy you'd never use because of its size (and not only that, but expense as well).

It's a novelty with some semi-useful purpose. $20 USD is our targeted price point because that's mostly about what people are willing to donate in sufficient quantity to make it worthwhile. $30 USD is already pushing it. An $80 drive would be ridiculous - precisely because as you say, it's a desk toy novelty item more than it is a USB drive (although mind you, I do wonder what you guys have that's clogging up all your USB drives. My laptop has a lone port on one side with 3 on the other and my desktop has the permanent stuff plugged into the back, with 2 free ports on the front I use whenever I plug-in a USB).

And besides, if price really isn't the issue, then buying a 16 GB USB drive that you only keep on your desk as a novelty item shouldn't be a problem then, should it?

 

[Caim]

The obvious solution would be the Trolltop: a laptop with an oversized novelty case shaped like a Codex Troll. Kind of like the Crosbytop, the novelty laptop shaped into the handsome figure of Bing Crosby:

 

[Scruffy]

things i would buy
* that USB
*a troll stress toy
*troll bathrobe (the hood would have the troll horns and the bathrobe would be red/grey)
*MHD keychain (do this please)

 

[Blaine]

And besides, if price really isn't the issue, then buying a 16 GB USB drive that you only keep on your desk as a novelty item shouldn't be a problem then, should it?

No, but if it's just a desk toy rather than a USB drive, you'll be able to offer better toys for less money. I will probably buy it anyway, it's just slightly annoying... still, I could store my codex.txt on there.

An ideal solution would be a toy that people are able to insert their own media into (say, with a USB adaptor for MicroSD card built in that people can slot their own MicroSD cards into), but that's probably not well-supported by the companies that do small-batch manufacturing and selling of this kind.

 

[913]

I'd buy this. Can we get a Codex troll dildo as well?

 

[Blaine]

Only if it's emblazoned with anus_pounder's avatar.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I'd buy this. Can we get a Codex troll dildo as well?

 

[shiteatingnippledick]

If the 30$ Really includes the postage then I would actually consider it. Anything more expensive is out of the the question for me though.