These aren't the small things you can collect, these are the big real deal! Statues such as these tend to appear in SegaWorlds or at game shows such as E3. These are usually made of hollow fiberglass, with resin coating. Some of the older ones may have been plastered over, and then painted. This method of design makes them light enough to move around place to place, and also so that their large heads don't squash the rest of the figure.
Statues such as this are a very mysterious item. Since they belong directly to Sega, you'll likely never ever see one for sale, unless the place it was located in goes out of business. Still, they are intregueing to look at!
Statues such as this are especially wonderful because, if done right, they can be like looking at the charachter if it were really here right now! Because they are rigid, not like a plush, the accuracy can be very high, as well as life-size!
Statues on this page can be from anywhere in the world. Each entry will state where it was seen.
It still isn't clear when or where this one was taken, except that it is here to announce the release of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Xbox 360.
It was such a big release, why not have awesome 3D huge figures to celebrate! Shadow and Silver look wonderful here, with detailed and accurate sculpting. Silver's pose is really quite dynamic as he reaches out as if to use is phychic powers. It would be great to see these up close! If you have any more photos of these, send 'em in!
All the proportions and details are spot-on though, they certainly didn't miss a beat with this excellent item. It is SUCH a dissapointment that they are not for sale somehow.
Shadow is sort of snarling as he aims his pistol at the convention floor. But what's that strange red line on his head? It looks like it may be some sort of accidental line, because if you inspect Shadow, he has no such marking. How odd...
If you go around on the internet, you will find photos by reporters from several game magazines or websites of this statue. Why? It is amusing to lay or kneel in front of Shadow's gun, so it looks like he may shoot you!
Not all statues were as awesome as those seen above. In the early days, it didn't seem like they paid much attention to how the characters really looked.
This un-attractive pair are found at Sega HQ in San Fransicsco California. This might of gotten a Mutant tag, but the Knuckles barely redeems it. With him, you can see they were somewhat misguided, but made a bit of effort. His shoes are ok, along with his fists, but lookout for his head! Wierd angled and bent spikes, a huge pupil with no regard to 'eye shine' and a large nose do not help him.
Ugh Tails! Who made this thing! Tails is plain awful. Tiny bangs, stubby ears, HORRIBLE mis-matched eyes, disproportionate arms and gloves, and to bottom it out...distored bean-like shoes.
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This could be seen at E3, which is fairly signifigant because it was the last E3 they decided to ever have. What happens to such statues after they are seen at the show? Although enormous, wouldn't Silver Statue be really awesome to own?