Fancy Sonic the Hedgehog Bags Page

Fancy Bags

Here's something no one really considers: Fancy Bags. In the US, (and I would assume most other Sonic producing countries) bags are just something to get your stuff home in. But in Japan, they seem to put effort into nearly everything! Hence, this gallery of collectible bags and slip on covers. What more could you ask for...A Sonic book inside a Sonic bag!

A thin plastic bag with loop handles on the top. These were sent to me never actually used. How does one aquire a bag without having something to put in it?

Flat book slip bag with Sonic the Hedgehog in sepia

This is a flat slip bag for placing thin books, comics or magazines inside of. There is also an identical one where the graphics are in light blue instead of sepia, as shown here.

They come in 'standard' sizes, probably one to fit a book, and another to fit a small variety of magazines.

"Don't just sit there and waste your precious time. When you want to do something, do it when you can. Do it right away. It's the only way to live
a life without regrets." This is a great quote as said by Sonic the Hedgehog. It appears on many Sonic products throughout Japan. It is quite sad that other countries didn't adopt it.

Christmas shopping or a Christmas present itself...

A simplistic 2 handle-hole bag. The plastic of this one is rather sturdy. This one also showcases the use of the combo-word "Segasonic" which was popular in the early days of Sonic the Hedgehog fame in Japan. This was most likely used to keep him closely associated with Sega and not just the Genesis or Megadrive. It was abandoned later.

This is the only one from the USA. I won it in a tri-state video game championship. It was used to carry home the prizes. It may have also been a pre-order prize for Sonic 3 in certain stores.

This isn't really a bag. It's Sonic tape! (Insert horrible pun about cutting through the red tape here)

This stuff would be so cool if you could actually BUY it. I think part of the appeal of Japanese items is that there is often so much detail in everything. Packages are actually cool. Stuff is not covered in "MAX'S HOUSE O' JUNK" so that you throw it out the second you get it home. It's far more memorable to have something that reflects the interest of the buyer, rather then trying to wave the boring store name at everyone. Chances are, they'll keep the interesting item that came with their purchase.