Sonic the Hedgehog Prototype Items

What about Sonic items that have not been made yet?
Of course, everyone needs to see what's up and coming, along with what *could* have come out. It's time for prototypes! All the things on this page are Sonic items which are NOT yet released, or are items which were NEVER released. If something doesn't ever get produced, it'll stay here forever, for you to see and read about it. When any item on this page DOES get made, (and SonicGear gets some kind of retail confirmation) it will leave this page and move away onto the page it belongs on.
(EX: a keychain appears here, gets produced, a fan buys it and mails SonicGear--that key chain will then leave this page and show up on the Keychains page)
Anything that does/is getting made should have release date info near it if it is available, along with the company which should be producing it--to help you find it!

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This classic looking thing is obviously inspired by the "Laughin' Sonic" stock art. And, it does a good job of looking like him! From this front angle, it's very 'classic Sonic' styled, with sphere body, noodly arms and legs, and simplified shoes. Yes, he is still "Closing his pupils" which is rather impossible, but it makes for a good bit of oldschool.

But the most curious thing here is the hand position. It's because he's a Wiimote holder! A curious concept indeed, a figural holder for this special remote. It seems like a clever idea to make up such a holder, and the execution seen here of the design is good. It's also one of the only things that has "open mouth Sonic" not looking mutant or terrible. This is due to come out in very late 2008 or more likely 2009. It is displayed here at a toy show, where it was announced.

While the above figure is everything a good prototype should be, this one is the opposite! It's supposed to be "classic" but they've used an SA Style Sonic. Look familiar? Well it should...It's nothing more than a "Giant Talking Figures" ToyIsland Sonic which they have somehow bored a hole into to insert a webcam. This particular Giant Talking Figure was the worst of their

set, looking just like their Figures & Keychains action figure, but bigger. It isn't very on model, the eyes are terrible, and the quality of this figure just wasn't very good. It is somewhat monkey-like and just doesn't look that cool. They really need to choose something else to make a web cam out of, especially if they're to release it claiming it belongs in a classic line. Photo discovered by: The GagaMann

Impact Innovations (who did the art and photos) is looking to produce these RC Racers. There have been previous RC Sonic items, such as the car and racing heads, but totally figural racers are new.

However, if you look at just the concept art, they look cool. Obviously based on the classic Running Sonic stock art, with an all-new Tails on a surf board. The "dust clouds" help serve as the wheels, and a combination of their heads is the design for the remote. In the concept drawing, the characters are quite on model. These things look cool!
But watch out for the real models. They couldn't even be BOTHERED to trace the concept for the remote so now Sonic has a huge chin, smooshed face, and no ears while Tails gets similar giant chin treatment and misplaced eyes. The racers themselves fare no better, with ball-like head fat Sonic who has off-model eyes (where are his arms?) And Tails who is surfing on nothing (it just looks dumb) because his leg is literally sideways, as well as his body. Tails' face really fails on the eyes too, with the front of it being smooshed flat and having tiny, unappealing round eyes.
These RC Racers would really benifit going back to the drawing board...literally! Photos discovered by: The GagaMann

Rings Racing Unapproved Concept Slot Car

Here are 2 different concepts for Slot Car Racing Sonic. There's been a slot track before...but it wasn't very good at all, with only stickers pasted onto ordinary cars. This one is trying to innovate.

Neither the left nor right track is approved, and both are only drawings. The watermark on the right concept says "Unapproved". As you can see, they're going with a very similar figural-racer design to the above RC Racers. If you look closely, you can see little wheels on the heels and toes to help them race. The controllers are also Sonic & Tails themed, with colors and matching decals. The right track is more "Sonic Styled" with rings on it's surface, a tilt, and even a famous loop from Sonic 1. Photos discovered by: The GagaMann

Flash memory will get much more creative when they release these figures! Each one is a plug in flash memory unit for the USB slot of your computer. The two prototypes are shown here, again by Impact Innovations. They've even done mock-up boxes (below) in 2 styles.

These USB gadgets are really creative. If their prototypes stay spot-on, they'll be great pieces to own, as well. Both will stand easily, and it looks like the cord/plug will pull away from the figure some, allowing you to plug it in and place the figure near by for fun (and not just dangling wierdly)
If these look familiar again, they should! The First4Figures collectible display figures are posed quite similarly, if not exactly the same. If the quality here remains the same, these should be a hot item for you to keep an eye on!
Photos discovered by: The GagaMann

These little figures are from ASMZine. Whatever that is.
They were trying to create a fun toy line from many famous logos and characters. (See Apple ipod guy, a windows logo screen, a wheel, a Street Fighter, Mega Man, etc) But look at the right side, there's Sonic & Knuckles! Why is this here then? They never got made.

This is a possible cover-art for Sonic Unleashed.
Technically since the final box-art is not yet released, this is a prototype box art for the game on Wii. It seems fairly logical, with Day/Night background and the 'claw mark' slash in part of the logo. However, the box is rather single-focus on just the half n' half style Sonic.
Many people were hoping that the whole "WereWolf" element would be "swept under the rug" in favor of the much improved gameplay style and 2d/3d seamless switching. With a recent history of much gimmickry that wasn't necisarily well recieved in recent Sonic games, it would seem a wise move to tone down the werewolf gimmick...however this box really presents it as a feature. Will this end up being the final style? Only time will tell. Photo provided by: Flare