Sunday, March 20, 2011

Sonic's Appearance Varies

Sonic's appearance varies
Sonic's appearance varies

Archie's Sonic #227 Cover Revealed

While the Genesis Saga has yet to kick off in Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog series, the cover for the second part of the arc has been revealed! The mini-series will kick off with issue 225, check out the cover here, followed by part one with issue 226 and part two in issue 227. The four part arc, continuing in issues 228 and 229, looks to be paying homage to the four original Genesis games. However how Sonic and friends enter those classics has yet to be revealed. All that has been said is that somebody's life (probably a SatAM character) depends on the outcome of the Genesis arc. I could care less who dies, as long as we're getting more awesome artwork from Spaz!

After the beak, check out a preview page from Sonic: Genesis!


[source: SEGASHIRO]

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sonic Chess Set magazine in the UK!

Sometimes it is rather awesome being a UK based Sonic fan. In the last few years especially, what with Summer of Sonic, the Sonic Spinball ride at Alton Towers amongst other things. Now not long after we got a new sticker collection, we have one of those subscription based collectors magazines of Sonic, of a new chess set not to be confused with the chess set released some time ago, in fact I would say this set looks more interesting! See more after the jump!

While this is modern style Sonic characters as opposed to classic ones in that £35 set, you get a lot more characters here when the set is over. In the classic set you get Sonic, Tails, Knuckles Amy and a bunch of rings and emeralds. I mean they are nice sculpts and that but at least put some bad guys on the other side or something!

The new set, judging by this image above showing the whole collection in card form, is far more characters including a whole bunch of unique badniks and chaos! You also get a Super Sonic, Metal Sonic, Robotnik, Rouge and Shadow. The badniks appear to be their Sonic 4 looks which makes sense. The more badniks the better if you ask me!

Of course the snag is you cannot just buy this collection, you need to buy each piece one by one with the magazine. As with these kinds of magazines the first issue is cheap but the rest are about £7 each which means this will finish at quite a bit more money than what the classic set will cost you. Still, with each piece you are getting a magazine with some Archie Sonic comic strips and other info plus on the website you get some freebies with your subscription including a keychain, a clock and a shoulder bag.

This is currently a UK and Ireland only offer, sorry other Sonic fans! We got lucky once again bahaha! Safe to say I've subscribed and will post photos of the first delivery once it shows up! You know, to ind you non-UKers up a bit.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Jazwares Sonic 20th Anniversary Checklist

While Jazwares have yet to release a press release detailing what we'll get in the Sonic 20th Anniversary figure line, thanks to ToyWiz.com we can finally stop clicking through toy fair photos to figure out what the line will consist of. ToyWiz.com has all the upcoming figures listed here, however there are no photos yet. They say the tentative release date is June and have priced the items, though be aware that they price far higher than Toys R Us and other stores (a $7 figure sells for $11 on their site, and that isn't including shipping).

After the break, check out the checklist!

The following are listed at TowWiz.com. The classic Eggman was not listed, but I included him as we saw package photos from Toy Fair. There is also an exclusive Toys R Us Sonic Through Time figure rumored. 2001 seems the most plausable era to cover.

[ ] 5 Inch Sonic Through Time Action Figure 1991 Sonic
[ ] Rumored Toys R Us Exclusive 5 Inch Sonic Through Time Action Figure Sonic (2001?)
[ ] 5 Inch Sonic Through Time Action Figure 2011 Sonic
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Dr. Eggman and 2x Eggfighters
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Dr. Robotnik and 2x EggRobos
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure with Comic Book 2-Pack Sonic and Amy
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure with Comic Book 2-Pack Shadow and Silver
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Classic Sonic with Badnik
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Modern Sonic with Badnik
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Classic Tails with Badnik
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Modern Tails with Badnik
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Knuckles with Badnik (classic model?)
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Shadow with Badnik
[ ] 3.5 Inch Action Figure Silver with Badnik
[ ] 12 Inch Deluxe Plush Figure Sonic
[ ] 12 Inch Deluxe Plush Figure Shadow
[ ] 15 Inch Deluxe Plush Figure Classic Sonic

UPDATE: Apparently, ToyWiz.com has awful customer service and are poorly rated online. So I wouldn't advise ordering through them, however the list is legit.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Su and I are now both on Newgrounds

As I mentioned over in my personal blog yesterday, Su has now joined me on the Newgrounds Flash Portal site, which will be very useful for promoting new Flash games we develop for our MarioSonicGames.com site in the future. Our Newgrounds profiles can be found via these links:

Peter Inns's Newgrounds Profile

Sureephon Inns's Newgrounds Profile

All our Mario and Sonic Flash games at Newgrounds