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Sonic Fan Places: Around The World
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| Japan and the USA are not the only places to have Sonic events or 'places'. There were SegaWorlds in Australia and England, as well as different promotions and conventions. The areas pictured here can be from anywhere in the world that ISNT Japan or the USA. Each photo will explain where it happened, and have details about the event or area where the photo is taking place. |
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The Summer of Sonic convention!
This is a fan event, that has the approval of Sega of Europe. This makes it mostly official, though it isn't SOE idea, or sponsored by them. It's put together by the fans, and has it's own website at www.summerofsonic.org . The website activates each year near when the event will be. There are web based activities for people to participate in, as well as info and photos and line-ups for the physical event. It is a complex tribute to Sonic! How great! All photos and reporting here done by Metal Mandible (except where noted) who attended. (Special thank you!) |
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At this convention, held in England, there were many different "Zones" you could visit in the building. Some had merchandise, others had games for you to play, and more.
This is a merchandise zone pic. In the glass display case are various Yuji Naka signed items, the Sonic & Knuckles Jean Jacket, a Riders theme shoe, some games, the statue, and a cell from Sonic X. See the gloves? They're Sonic cosplay gloves. |
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In the "Static Frame Zone" you could see both Fleetway and Archie Sonic comics on display. There are descriptions, and someone minding the table. These are out of private collections. You can also see more knit fan dolls. |
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| There were Sonic discussions, and famous guest star appearances! Here you can see Richard Jacques and TJ Davis. They just sang a few Sonic songs (including the Sonic R soundtrack) and had a Q&A session for the fans. In the photo on the right you can see a Summer of Sonic t-shirt is already being worn. |
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The merchandise had little commentary cards (seen here) where the characters are written to 'talk' about the item. Amy comments on the mini-plush's older dress, and rouge discusses the value of the Sonic Vinyl statue. |
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Of course, what event would be complete without a mascot! This mascot suit appeared at the Summer of Sonic 2008. This is a decent mascot suit, in the Sonic Adventure style. It is proportionate, as far as anyone can tell at least. You can see it here in the Hedgehog Hangout Zone, near a monitor running a Sonic game, and also near a stuff table, apparently reacting to something. |
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Events need t-shirts!
This tee was apparently distributed or sold at the Summer of Sonic 2008. It's fan-made, but likely pro-printed, with the sun/Sonic logo, event name, and year that it took place. The logo was made by Jemnezmy. If you look carefully above, you can see that one of the guest-stars is already wearing one. Photo by Rhia |
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| Cake photos by Jemnezmy |
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| To celebrate the Summer of Sonic, someone has baked a cake! This 2 (or possibly 4) teir cake was not made by a professional cake designer. It was made by a Sonic Fan attending the convention! The cake represents Sonic 1's Green Hill Zone, complete with checkered ground, waterfall, and palm trees. The top is decorated with little stones, a star post, and even Sonic's shoes. They've even added a badnik robot to it, with Chop-Chop the fish on the side! |
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This costume character appeared in the UK.at Mobile Entertainment Awards, where Nokia was presented with its award for best handset company. While the event wasn't Sega related, some Sonic games do appear on cellphones, so mabe it has a little bit of relevance. However, an appearance by a Sonic Mascot will brighten up any show! As you can see, this suit has shiny eyes--which are unusual among mascot suits. He's a tad 'fat' but the suit still has a good over-all appearance, and they eye-shine really adds to that. Photo and info by: |
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This UFO Catcher is in the Sega showroom of Europe. As you can see, the main theme of it is Paddington Bear, however you'll also notice that Sonic plushes are available on the other side of it. This is good to note, so that people who want Sonic dolls know to look into almost every machine carefully, even if it does not have a Sonic theme on the outside, something Sonic could be inside. Along with this machine, there are several other Sega-made arcade prize games at the show room. Photo by Sega, discovered by fueledbychaos |
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In 2009, the Middle East area is set to get a Sega theme park! This will surely be a Sonic Place! Will it be in the famous Dubai City? United Arab Emerites somewhere maybe? Hopefully some Sonic fans are close to this area and can bring in the real scoop on what it's like inside. |
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| To the left is a ride that's fairly common, it springs people up and down quickly in the chairs on a pole. But the top of the pole is uncommon! It's a cool Sonic Statue holding a flag with the park logo. Then, look near the bottom and you can see a life-size (or larger) red spring bumper from the games. A cool touch. Above is not a real photo either, it's an artist-rendering of what the indoor-park might look like when finished, complete with escalators, food court, and loads of rides. |
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Summer of Sonic Convention 2009
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The Summer of Sonic convention was held again in 2009. As usual, it had the display cases of cool merchandise, much like a mobile museam. See what you can spot in these photos! Most of it is already on SonicGear, including the STF Plush, vinyl record/sleeve, JUVI, First4Figures large statue, smaller SA statue, mini plush keychains, Gameworks hat, Sonic Comic page, special prize shoe and the rare Sonic & Knuckles jean jacket.
Two things are not on the rest of the site though...notice the Caliburn extension on the Wiimote? Where's that from? Also, the reference sheet for Tails in Sonic X which appears on the bottom shelf...
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The explanation cards return, talking about each item and providing details. Here, you can see a close up on the Gameworks hat, Sonic Glove and the Tails Sonic X sheet. |
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Cosplaying at such an event is fun too, here you can see someone's come dressed as Eggman! The jacket looks great with its cuffs and long tails. If you look near the top of the photo, you can see the custom banner for Summer of Sonic that's hung on a walkway above. |
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| Like before, a Sonic mascot suit appears to create photo opportunities for guests of the event. You can take photos with it, or just of it. Plus, notice the cool large-size Green Hill back-drop banner in the left side photo.
All photos in this area courtesy of djtj222 who attended the event!
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| If you live in the UK, you could have a great Sonic place to go to...which is Alton Towers Resort. The first image, an ad, tells about the exclusivity of Sega Partnership with the resort. To kick that off, they added a new rollercoaster (red, blue and aqua) and called it the Sonic Spinball. They updated the art/logo to SA style, and added a mascot suit for publicity. With the middle picture, you can see that it is helping to paint the coaster lergs, and in the other, it is on a strange phone at the reception desk. This may be available starting Feb. 2010. All 3 pictures by Alton Towers, discovered by Berzerker. |
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