Sonic Magazine Scans 5

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These magazines can be from anywhere in the world.
Since Sonic's games are so popular, magazines everywhere love to add him to the cover and do stories when the games come out. Collecing magazines with Sonic on the cover is great to do, as it chronicals the release of the different games, and will show in the future what was going on at that time. Plus, it's always nice to stockpile cool Sonic art! With this page you can see modern and not-so-modern magazine scans from everywhere. Toy ads, toy reviews & unusual content but not game articles. (there are too many articles/reviews/etc that are normal, to be able to make a page for)

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Totally Sonic Visions Item Gallery Article

When should an article appear on SonicGear? When it's about Sonic stuff! (otherwise, there would be way too many to post) This is a 1 page article from an issue of Sega Visions called "Totally Sonic", where they highlight a few things they found at the time. Each item has a photo & description...and each one is on SonicGear. "Get a Grip" is the fingerless (except for the thumb) Sonic themed gaming gloves, you can also see the Sonic shape-ball, the old (1990s) party supply selection, and a dispenser box for the original set of Sonic trading cards. Perhaps they couldn't locate the clothing of the time (there were several pieces) so they placed in the lesser-seen "Directors Chair Sonic" stock art. Look at his small, strange shoes. It was great to see magazines of the time devoting space to merchandise, since none of it was advertised...how would the fans know? Scan discovered by: Piplupfan77

Sega Visions uses the box art for Sonic 3 as their cover for this issue. It was so highly anticipated, that all they needed was the box art & simple 1 line name. It makes for a colorful & collectible cover. Sega Visions, on the whole, was also pretty fond of doing Sonic full feature covers. You can find several of their issues with just him or co-starring Sonic & other Sega characters around this section. This issue is in the SonicGear personal collection. Scan discovered by: Piplupfan77

This issue of Sega Visions from 1992 uses some seldom-seen art for the cover. Deeply shadowed Sonic & Tails face away, while Robotnick (with black eyes, no less!) looms as a giant head. While it's dramatic, it wasn't used on a lot of merchandise. There's a variant with a Robotnick hand clutching the number as well. It promises a Sneak Peek at Sonic 2, plus a Yuji Naka interview. A great issue to collect. Scan discovered by: Piplupfan77

Here's an unusual cross promoting ad. Cherry coke did a promo tour type thing in a van one summer. (which year? did anyone actually see the van?) It was modified to have an open-able side where there were video game stations so you could try out Sonic games. It also had cherry Coke dispensers/cans & etc so you'd try the drink at the same time. Naturally Coke & Sega would make up such an ad, to alert fans that this was a mobile event coming soon. (The fine print likely had dates/locations) It says "Get Cherryfied" and "Warning: The Cherry Coke / Sega Sonic Shuttle Blasts off this Summer". Discovered by Piplupfan77

Here is issue 83 of EGM, it came out in June 1996, and as you can see, features the 3D Blast version of Sonic (though the cover boasts Crash & Mario, they selected Sonic) It had features on NiGHTS and also Sonic CD. Magazine owned & scan by SonicMario87

Here's an early issue of Sega Visions. They chose Sonic for GameGear as their cover, complete with wooden bridge extending out of the level. (So, a bit of customized art there) Ad discovered by Piplupfan77

Here is an ad for the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade 2011. Look how great it is that they feature Sonic! This ad was placed because it was the first appearance of the new Sonic balloon float. As you remember, there was a classic balloon, but they retired it, and Sonic didn't appear in the parade for several years. 2011 debut the new one, which did look fantastic & on model. (this ad has a stylized art of it) You can see the real thing if you look here on Gear, in Fan Events. The balloon was actually the first theme-balloon in the whole parade! It appeared right behind the traditional "Macys Puffy Star Shapes" balloons which lead the parade every single year. (Santa Claus is always the final item in the parade) Ad discovered by: CosmicBoshi

This ad is rather unusual, in that it implies tormenting a little brother. It states "Your little brother will regret that he exchanged your old Sonic games for a long time" and shows someone tied up, in a dark room. Of course, this is meant to draw attention to the lock on feature that S&K had...but wouldn't showing Knuckles actually playing around in some other level (ie distinctly in Sonic 3 playable areas) be more effective? Ad discovered by Piplupfan77

This ad is a little strange...in that they just sort of tried to wrap Sonic art onto pinballs then show them coming out of a GameGear. At least this ad has screen-shots so you can see what the gameplay might be like. Ad discovered by Piplupfan77

Here's an issue of Game Players that featured a Sonic & Megaman cover. The Sonic stock art has simply been altered a little to make him do the hand shake. Megaman looks odd/terrible because it's such early art of him. Inside you would find info on Sonic CD, Sonic Spinball & a Ren & Stimpy poster. Why they chose to show MM & Sonic 'teaming up' here just because both were 16 bit, is unclear. Sega & Nintendo were still pretty 'rival' in this era. Cover scan discovered by: SonicMario87

This is an issue of the Japanese magazine # , and it has a Sonic Adventure 2 Battle themed cover. The background is red & blue for Sonic & Shadow, while something is wrtten at an odd angle over the art of both of them, likely the title. Photo discovered by: