“Lego Minifig flash drive is expensive and adorable”There’s a new way to store data, and it’s really cool. Lego has begun selling official Lego Minifigure flash drives! It’s a 2gb, usb flash drive that looks exactly like a Lego man. Now you don’t have to go to the trouble of trying to buy a figure and modify it on your own!

As you can see from the image at the right, the Lego Minifigure flash drive looks like a regular Lego man…

By now, many Xbox 360 owners have updated their systems and gained the ability to use usb flash drives as storage alternatives for their consoles. But the Xbox 360 usb push has only just begun. Starting May 5, 2010, Sandisk will begin releasing official Xbox 360 usb flash drives that are pre-configured and ready to work straight out of the box. You can use any usb flash drive with the Xbox 360, but other brands and types will require the user to configure them first.

Sandisk has announced there will be two variations, a $34.99 8gb drive and a $69.99 16gb drive. Both usb flash drives will also come with a one month Xbox LIVE Gold membership, and early adopters who purchase the drives directly from Sandisk will get a lanyard as well…

USB flash drive support is coming to the Xbox 360 sooner, rather than later. On March 18, 2010, Gamertell reported that Microsoft was working on an Xbox 360 firmware update that would provide USB storage unit support for the Xbox 360. The official release window for the update then an incredibly vague Spring 2010. Now Microsoft has announced that the update will arrive April 6, 2010.

This means that people with a spare USB flash drive will be able to use that to store their game data, saves, downloadable content and more. The only downsides are that you can only store up to 16gb on a drive and that you can only register two usb storage devices per Xbox 360…

Xbox 360 fans will be pleased to know that more save options, other than Microsoft’s Memory Units and hard drives, will soon be available. Joystiq has discovered that Microsoft is working on an Xbox 360 system update that will allow users to save data to USB flash drive storage devices. The update is expected to arrive sometime in Spring 2010, which means pretty soon.

The USB drive must be between 1gb and 16gb to work with the Xbox 360, and the Xbox 360 will have to format the device and perform a compatibility check to make sure it will work with the system and saved data. You will also be able to set up the USB drive to only use part of it for Xbox 360 related data, if you’d like.

As for what kind of data will be able to be saved to the USB storage units, well, it sounds like any kind…

Valentines Day is coming up soon, and if your loved one enjoys video games, it could be difficult to find the right gift. After all, there’s been sort of a release lull, and the next influx of new games doesn’t start until March. Plus, if there were any good, new games released, he or she probably bought them with gift cards received over the holidays. Perhaps you should check out 8BitMemory’s Etsy Shop to pick up a custom external hard drive or usb flash drive as a gift this year. They’re special, because they’re housed in SNES, NES or GBA cartridges.

The GBA usb flash drives are the newest items in the 8BitMemory shop. At the moment, there are three varieties. You can get a 4gb drive in a Mario vs. Donkey Kong or Metroid Fusion casing for $39.99, or an 8gb drive in a Super Mario Advance casing for $49.99. Expensive, yes, but they are unique items you probably won’t see anywhere else. You can also place a custom order and choose your own size and cartridge.

If you have a little more cash to spend, and the person you love needs more storage space, perhaps consider an NES or SNES external, portable flash drive…