I did finally get my hands on the Sonic statue. I adore that chubby retro styling. I do have some exodus of merchandise worth mentioning. I've recently had to start selling off some of my vast collection. Some items that may be of interest to members of this forum are my Chao plush and the El Rappy plush. Now the Rappy, as you probably know, is from Phantasy Star Online. But that is a Sonic Team game, so it sort of fits into the subject matter here. It's ultra rare and uber cute! Hope these guys find loving new homes with fellow hardcore fanatics.
Without looking through 26 pages of merch', I saw one of these in Sheffield where I live. 'Tis good for the kids, anyway:
Splash Hill is prime realestate along with Mad Gear and Sylvania Castle, while Sky Sanctuary is in the third worst section... What the hell Monopoly people.
Sonic 4 representation is not entirely unexpected yet still wholly disappointing. Oh well. If World of Warcraft can have a Monopoly board, Sonic can get one too. I'm ready to buy this sucker.
Everyone knows getting the cheaper stuff is the best tactic, since it costs less to get 3 awesome levels than to get two crappy levels! Easier hotels. Sky Sanctuary deserves to be there. They acknowledged that Sonic 4 was overpriced for nothing.
Hmmm, maybe they're more clever then I thought. I wonder what the pieces are going to be? Sonic characters or Sonic items (Different character's shoes... everyone has to be a shoe)
A ring, a spring, Sonic's shoes, a Chaos Emerald, Motobug, Tails's tails, Eggmobile, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. Those would be awesome.
It's an odd layout they've gone with- SA2 > Heroes > random Generations stages > Riders > Unleashed > Colours > S4. It's cool though. A hell of a lot better than I was expecting, and they really did well with the stations.
Not my *dream* idea of Sonic Monopoly, but it's still kickass since I've been dreaming of this as a kid. I the USAopoly people on their FB post if it's possible we'll see a Classic Sonic version of Monopoly should this one sell well. I doubt the FB lackey knows, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
US Branch of Sonic Merchandise has opened pre-orders, and given us a look at the pieces: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Chao, Shadow. Pretty awesome stuff.
What do you guys would think would be better? Sonic objects ala regular Monopoly (Shoe, ring, Chaos emerald, etc) or the characters they gave us? I think the fact they did a Chao pushed it over the top. Metal Sonic WOULD have also been kickass.
There should be a deal that can be wrangled elsewhere. As soon as I discover what it is, I'll post it for the rest of the US members to enjoy.
Molding the necessary robot detailing on something that small without the limbs being too thin would've probably been a nightmare. Even the other characters seem to cheat it a bit with the legs as one piece for better support.
Personally I think the Sonic objects would have really been awesome, but the character pieces do look quite nice. I might have to pick this up at some point, looks pretty cool (I would have preferred some more Classic series representation though =P).