An odd thing I’ve experienced in the past few years is that toys I desperately wanted to exist as a child seem to be coming to fruition today. Our specimen here is no different. Back in 1991, when the Sega Genesis first came out, I was 5 years old and Sonic the Hedgehog WAS THE SHIT. Don’t get me wrong, I loved good old reliable Mario as well, but Sonic was bad ass, and he went fucking FAST. Sure, there were the games and a bunch of other Sonic merchandise (most of which I had, including a 12 inch Sonic plush that I would relentlessly carry around) but the one thing that always lacked was a good Sonic figure. Well, 20 years of waiting, and here he is:
Now, Jazwares has been making Sonic figures for a good number of years, and the past two years they’ve really stepped up their game. I’ve been collecting these 3 inch Sonic figures since they first hit, and while I like them and they are mostly good, they represent a new Sonic. That’s fine. I played Sonic Adventure and, in my opinion, they were the last good Sonic games, but I’ve always really wanted a version of him and his cohorts that represented MY Sonic. And now I have him.
If you are collecting these little guys, you already know how the construction works. These classic figures are much of the same, except they lose the elbow and knee joints. Some people might be disappointed with that, but it really it’s the fault of the character design. This Sonic is much stubbier than his new incarnation, and with that, there’s really not much room to add those points of articulation. It’s fine though, you’re not going to die.
He comes with a Motorbug, one of the Badniks from his earlier games, and while its cool to get these little enemies for Sonic to battle, they’re merely “okay”. This guy, at least, doesn’t have much in the way of paint apps, and he DOESN’T FUCKING ROLL. You heard me, his wheel doesn’t fucking move. Great. Plus, as you can see, he can’t really stand upright, so he’ll mostly be sitting on his ass, looking like he just got stoned and questioning how the FUCK a hedgehog can run so fast and why in the hell he’s blue, among other deep thoughts he may have in his little robot brain.
So there they are. If your Target has done its reset, you should be seeing these. I didn’t find this classic version at Target though, they only seemed to have the modern figures and the pegs were packed with none missing when I was there. No, I found this guy at a Gamestop, which will run you ten bucks and change. I’m sure, they’ll hit Target soon enough, but I’m impatient, so fuck it. He’s probably not worth $10 to anyone but a die-hard Sonic fan, but he’ll definitely be worth the $6 target is charging, but FUCK TRU and their $9 price tag. Seriously, don’t buy anything there unless you absolutely have to, they need to get their shit straight.
Nick
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