cornholio857, on 19 July 2011 - 10:35 PM, said:
SONIC PINBALL MACHINE PICTURES
I keep all my Sonic merchandise as close to mint as I can. I've had this pinball machine for years.
That's awesome, though I'm not surprised. When I was in year 9 (about 14 years old), my class had a secret santa christmas (where you pick a name of someone out a hat and buy them a present), and my mate decided to go and give me his pinball machine rather than spending money he didn't have on me
It came in the box, which was undamaged, though some bits which were meant to be constantly connected had slipped apart. Unfortunately some of his household smoked, and it stank of fags, so I had to throw the box out (as well as clean the pinball machine, which wasn't dirty but had the odour on it). Now I've still got it, and I must say, it is an awesome little machine. It's too bad it doesn't have any actual Sonic sound effects though! lso, taking those big batteries is a pain in the arse.
Eggomaticwaffles, on 19 July 2011 - 01:06 PM, said:
Has there been any consensus on this Japanese McDonalds Eggman toy variant? I've searched on eBay for a number of years now hoping to come across one but no such luck.
Do we know if it was in fact mass-produced for McDonalds in Japan or if it was just a prototype before they switched to the Milton Knight American design?
I have never seen any Japanese McDonald's toys of that same era. I acually collected all the little toys back in the day, though I've lost the Tails and the shooter for Sonic since (I mean, I was like, 2 or 3 years old at the time!). I can only imagine that this was a prototype for the final product. I think looking now I actually would have preferred that- it looks so much like the in-game Robotnik, though AoStH was and still is great.
Wow, you guys seem to have everything, though I have some stuff of my own at home whic none of you seem to have so far, so I'll get some pictures up when I can