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Japanese Sonic the Hedgehog pins, patches and buttons. There has been a great, and mostly quite cute, selection of little metal and enamel pins and embroidered patches for clothing. Sometimes the pins were produced individually, but mostly they came in collections or sets, sometimes boxed. The patches are highly collectible. There are special clear plastic "Patch Organizers" which have many pockets and can be placed on your wall for display.

Two round patches. Notice that the Eggman one says "Professor Robotnik" even though in Japan, he was never supposed to be called that. The Tails is so cute on the second one! Although, a bit cross-eyed.

A set of 9 tags. What are these things? Japan keychains always include the actual chain part. Were they pendant-type things with pin backings? The size is not clear, but they look like an interesting variety of designs.

Sonic Adventure Cufflinks. (well they are sort of like blunt pins...) These MAY be bootleg items. It is unconfirmed if these are official Sega goods or not. If it is proven they are not, they'll move to the bootleg page o' shame and avoidance.

Remember the Sonic the Hedgehog Hot Air Balloon? You can see it on the USA Sonic Places page. The pin even shows the rather...poorly placed hanging basket.

JP Sega Gear patch. It says "Welcome to the next level" An excellent slogan...

Sonic Adventure Pins. These images are actually from a set of stickers, which were identical to the pin set seen below. Each character is shown in their new debut design.

Here is the box set of Pins, released only in Japan. Gaming Age, the website took a photo of the fresh set.

A set of Sega World pins to celebrate the year 2000. These may not be from Japan. See the one with the building in the background? It has to be a famous structure in whatever country produced these pins.

Sonic 3 Special Edition Pin set in a box. Comes with Knuckles in his first pose, Sonic in the "3" fingers pose and a Sonic 3 logo. The box is quite nice looking as well. Was this released along with the game? Or, as a commemorative item?

Laughing Sonic in a diamond shape. Nice bright primary colors, but he has a big mouth.

So many Sonic the Hedgehog embroidered patches for you to see!

Sonic and bashful looking tails on an unusual pink cloud like background. Usually Sonic stuff isn't pink, so this is an interesting one.

Sonic & Look-out Tails in an "S" shaped patch. The looking Tails is a stock art, but it was modified and made worse for use in USA.

Segasonic Revolution-and this one has Amy Rose too!

Sonic sort of jumping in a bright, primary color circle patch. Simple, fun and nice to collect!

A pink border patch with pointing Sonic telling you it's a "Game Revolution". The edge of this one looks like pink felt of some kind.

Segasonic our Special Game. Was this a promotional item? It has the same background as all the others...maybe this was the first one in the set or so?

"Let's Play!" Sonic with a big nose is popping out of a red TV-like machine.

The simple running Sonic stock art, shown with a somewhat improbable pink star and pointy yellow font. Some of the patches have unusual choices of color.

SegaSonic Club the hedgehog. This one makes slightly-less sense, but is completely embroidered with a somewhat shiny gold or brassy tone thread.

These have come in a set of some kind, that fit into a plastic 'patch collection' flat item. Or, they may have been "patch of the month club" type set up. It is not really known. These occaisionaly auction on ebay, so keep an eye out for them.

Hang-gliding Sonic from the infamous Sonic 2 Game Gear game level that no one liked. But it might make an interesting pin?

Sonic is not always doing something particularly cool. This button-style pin proves that, by showing him sneezing! Tails looks over his shoulder, as Sonic shoots sneeze-wind-rays out of his mouth. The white words on the bottom say "Sega Enterprises LTD". I'm not sure why you'd want a pin that shows someone in the middle of a sneeze, but it sure is unique! (as the only known Sonic-Sneezing item ever made)

Here, it is Tails who is the victim of an unflattering pose. He is super short and sort of fat, for this little enamel pin.

There's no way that these are the only pins and patches! There are many more on the way, so be sure to check back later.