Japan's Solid Alliance gets funky with wacky earbuds that feature samurai swords, mushrooms, apples, and even miniature ears.
Tim Hornyak
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Tokyo gadget maker Solid Alliance is no stranger to bizarre earbuds, and now it's marketing pairs featuring samurai swords, mushrooms, apples, and even mini ears.
The latest version of the Crazy Earphones are a follow-up to offbeat buds released earlier this year that seem to be sprouting bananas, bolts and sushi.
The new batch goes on sale in January for about $22 apiece. Each comes with small or medium-sized silicon ear caps, as well as a cell phone jack.
Solid Alliance boasts they are "even sillier" than the first Crazy Earphones.
