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Keychains and pins are nice to collect. They store well, they're not too big and they're usually not that expensive. They're also pretty popular through the USA, UK and especially Japan. All the pins and keychains here are modern, at least so far. If you want to see more pins/keychains, and the classics as well, you can check out USA Keychains and also Japan Keychains. If any item here is no longer being sold anywhere, it will move to one of those areas along with it's description and photos.
Don't want to pay too much at HotTopic?
Here's a Shadow Keychain for about $4.49, and a Sonic for $3.49! Due to personal (aquiring) experience, HotTopic stores charge about $5.25 to over 6 bucks for this same thing.
Neither chain is ANY practical for use with your actual keys. It's big, it can get dirty, and it's not going to go well into your pocket.
However, they're good to collect. The layering process accurately captures the cel-shaded look of the original stock art used to make it. This keychain and the others from the set are in SonicGear's personal collection. They're all made of semi-soft rubber with raised fronts and crisp details. Ridges and cuts help form the lines. If you would like to see the other keychains in the set, be sure to visit USA Keychains
With Rouge, Tails & Knuckles the cut soft-plastic keychains are all for sale right here!
Sonic X Keycharms Keychain
This keychain has little 1 inch metal & enamel charms. You get a Shadow, Sonic, Rouge and the Sonic X logo. The ring lets them slide around, and it has a clip so you can attach either another ring, or your keys. The size on this is more conductive to actually using it, and since the charms are metal, you don't have to worry about bending them up. At $6.49, it's a bit higher than most keychains, but that's probably due to the materials and amount of charms on the ring. The charms are all your usual stock-arts, but it's nice to see them in metal.
Here are some acrylic keychains. Each one is die cut out of acrylic, which is a hard plastic. The borders look like they were left clear or grayish. Neither one again is really appropriate for an actual key-chain use as they're about 3 inches tall. Since both of these are based on an official art, there isn't really anything wrong with them detail wise.
It has a rather uncommon shot of Shadow (not the typical jumping) with full color detail. The bottom of his shoe being exposed adds a little interest. Sonic is in the much-used-on-shirts "Jumping Punch" pose, but since it's cut out, it still makes for a fairly dynamic keychain.

This item is relativly new, and no one has said anything about it yet.
Here's Rouge the Bat from the same set above. She's 2 inches high instead of 3, though. It's nice to see that they're including Rouge, as there really isn't that much merchandise of her (that isn't a rediculously expensive plush) They've chosen quite a good pose as well, with her pointing and 1 hand on hip. It looks like it has an attitude, which is appropriate. They could've chosen the 'standing Rouge' which generally appears, so it appears they're making an effort with this set.
Keys too ordinary for you?
Try a cellphone strap. These aren't very large, so it's not going to overwhelm your phone even if it's small. The photo though, makes it look bigger than it really is. The strap is only about 2 inches and the Sonic & Shadow charms are only a little over an inch. This makes it not as klunky as any above chains, but it's also not as noticable. It has that sturdy cord thing too, so it'll go in small clips like for cameras or phones. The strap is just white plastic with the Sonic X logo, and the Sonic is the normal 'jumping punch' Sonic featured on many shirts. Shadow is the classic 'standing' art where he's looking tough.

This item is also relativly new.
Here are Knuckles and Tails pins.
These are part of a set, but for some reason they're only packaging 2 at a time to buy. They're quite Sonic X styled, but it doesn't say so anywhere. Tails is in an unusual pose, in that he's apparently sitting. However, he looks somewhat agitated or worried about something which is unusual in a pin. Knuckles is quite aggressive looking here, in an active flying pose while throwing punches. These are apparently silver-tone/chrome metal with colored enamel accents. The colors all seem spot on, but the pin style (on the back) is unknown. These are likely around 1 inch each. However, it's good to see that some modern pins are getting made, as there are plenty of classic ones from all over the world already in existance.
The next 2 are Sonic and Shadow. They're sharing a bit of a similar pose with "Jumping Punch" Sonic and then Shadow doing something fairly similar. A lot of the goods here seems to be bringing up new things to do with Shadow, which is rather refreshing not to have the same pose spammed all over everything. Here, it looks like he's jumping and getting ready to punch, but with his fore-hand slightly open. As with the last pin set, the colors are still well done and accurate, and there's not anything that seems off-model about them.
With this batch, you get to see the back-card for the pins.
Why doesn't it show up on the other 2? It is unexplained. These two are Rouge and another Sonic. It's great to see that you DONT have to get the same guy twice just to complete your pin set. This one has a more unusual pose for Sonic, and another new one for Rouge! It looks like she's climbing over something and reaching out at the same time. Both pins are rather dynamic. This is shaping up to be an interesting set with some good design going on.
Here's a lanyard or neck strap.
These things are commonly used to hold ID cards for access to official places, or name tags if anyone works in a store. If you've got to wear it anyway, why not Sonic it up? The strap has Sonic X logos repeating (upside-down/rightside-up) all over it. It has a chrome tone clip for the tag at the end, and a binder to keep the strap together towards it for easy use. If you look closely, you'll see an added ring, for if you needed to add a key, charm, or other accessory to it. You can also use this as a longer key strap.
If you inspect the (rather large) back-card, you'll find a tiny "15th Anniversary" logo on it as well, giving you an idea of when it was produced.
Similar to the above Sonic Lanyard/Neck Strap, this is a Shadow Cellphone neck strap.
Unlike the one above, this has one of those tiny tough cord for hanging your phone off of, and may be slightly shorter. The back-card here has large flashy art, which makes it look like Shadow is "holding" the strap to the card. (good for display) The strap itself has the word "Shadow" (upside-down/rightside-up) all over it, along with tiny prints of his head. This one also bears the "15th Anniversary" logo.

Wondering why you didn't find this before?
It's because they really messed up the description saying it's full of Naruto and that like Shadow is from the Leaf Village (Konoha)....way to mix up the sereis there...but SonicGear's mission is to dig through things and let you buy them or look at them despite errors elsewhere.