UK Sonic Merchandise

Britain really loved Sonic. Especially in the early days, this country had tons of gear. It was also fairly well mass-produced so enough fans could get their hands on it. It is also highly tradable and is still being bought and sold today.

Want some? Look at the link to the left for Ebay. Push that right away to get started. If you don't see anything the first time, come back each week and look again. Patience is the key to grabbing the vintage stuff you want. But, mind that pounds are higher than dollars.

There is a lot of contraversy about the UK and its influence on Sonic goods and continuity. Like "They Created Robotnik" and "Fat Sonic came from there". This page is not here to solve these great mysteries, but it will show you a bunch of neat (and odd) Sonic items.

What you WON'T find here are the Fleetway Sonic Comics. These will be located on a different page. Items here are so numerous that they are divided into catagories for your viewing fun...

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UK Sonic Page 2
UK Sonic Page 3

This Just In: England is making new shirts! And some of these are REALLY awesome got-to-own items. They're featured here. Shadow the Hedgehog fans rejoice! Plus, Sonic-X everywhere! Want some? Push the Ebay button to the left now!

Sonic Story Books + More- They had many exclusive titles (Synopsis submissions welcome!)
Sonic Story Books Page 2- Even more Sonic reading fun
Sonic House Hold Goods- Redecorate! Lamp Shades, utensils, bedding, curtains etc.
Sonic Foods- What sort of great Sonic stuff did they have to eat?
Sonic Clothing / Soft Goods- Shirts, jackets, slippers, accessories
Everything Else- Puzzles, toys, etc. (Right Below!)
Even More Everything Else: Page 2!

A simple cardboard laminated Sonic binder. The "Attitude" label is back, but the art is neat how it is shaded when it goes "under" the flap. Likely a 3-ring with velcro closure.

A soft rubber pencil bag with zip top. The black stuff in the corner is the copyright info. This is a fairly uncommon stock art, with Sonic and Tails marching along, rather than looking like they are running.

Here's an interesting School bag. It went with a rather Japanese angle, and did outline style art for the background. This time it's angry Eggman and some of his badniks, like Chop Chop and Caterkiller. Sonic springing up is a nice touch.

A Pencil Case or tin. These are not 100% the realm of JP only merchandise. You can even see a chopper under the bridge. The art is a bit cobbled together, because Sonic is not actually running on the bridge.

Curious Disk Launchers. This looks like someone is trying to re-invent the Pog. As you can read, there are "2 rare disks inside". Also note that the package says "Metres" instead of 'feet'. What kind of 'cool games' can you play by launching disks? You probably have to buy it to find out. There are also Give-Away disk launchers as a part of a fast food Sonic promotion. SonicGear still needs pictures of the actual disks, though.

A Card Game of "The Cool Blue Dude". The image on the front is Japanese. Does anyone have images of the cards themselves? The cards were quite high quality, similar to Pokemon cards, & are about 8 inches length & 5 inches wide.
The default game is chancy & random, yet quite fast (typical basic childrens card game) & was for four players or less. However, due to the broadness of the card set, many different games can be played. It consisted of 7 "character" cards & many "ring" cards. The character cards had a Sonic character printed on it (Sonic, Tails, Princess Sally, Dr. Robotnik, Crabmeat, Caterkiller and Buzzbomber - Sonic, Tails, Sally and Robotnik were all "AoStH" style and the Badnik cards were in-game style) & the Ring cards had a number of rings on a basic Marble Zone background.

Here is a Shadow disk launcher. Is this from fast food, or is it a buy-able item like the ones above? Notice the different shape and design. This seems to be the product's official photo with "no babies" warning.

The aim of the basic game was to draw cards & "ring-out" as many characters as possible within the time limit. The player, on his turn, draws a card - if it is a Char. card, he/she must take it for themselves. If it is a Ring card, they put it in the "discard pile". If the player draws a Ring card with a one ring value, he/she attaches it to a Character card. Then it goes to two, then three, then four until eight. Once a character card has 8 ring cards on it, the player earns a point & the character & all rings cards are put on the discard pile. Once the deck is empty all cards in the discard pile are re-shuffled & the game is played over. Once the time limit runs out, the player with the most points wins. Info by MetalMandible.

This is a container of Soap. Maybe shampoo, maybe bodywash. I wonder what it smells like?

Jig-Saw Puzzles. Notice that Sonic has the exact same expression on 3 out of the 4 puzzles. These came with a round...token or something. Someone has put together their puzzle. You can see the round widget, and that the puzzle does not end up very big when you are done. Also: Poster-like object.

Sound Zone Sonic Cassette Tape Holder UK

Sonic Sound Zone Cassette Tape Case. The interior is plain and black. This holds 21 tapes or 15 Mega Drive/Sega Genisis cartriges. (thanks to SegaFreak!)

A Ninja Star? A mutated Pog? No! This is a pin or badge. The sticker is holo-foil type, and the badge itself is plastic. The 3D rendered head is a design exclusive to the UK (somewhat fortunatly, as it was early in the 3D era)

This was a give-away of the Fleetway Sonic the Comic book. They often had little trinkety items attached to the book. Info credit to Smindas.

So many things to collect! And more to come

Someone started re-packaging and re-selling the AOSTH episodes and calling them "Special Features" There's another one of this as well, with more eps. This one had the Chaos Emeralds/Alt. Sonics arc. Quality was always blurry on this photo, but the tape is rare. This is defenitely from the UK, and was released along with their "Channel 4" which was airing Sonic at the time.

Placement credit on this one goes to DarkWing UK, thanks!

A duffle bag. This is a nice, large gray duffle made of some kind of tough plastic fabric. The mixture of colored squares, logo, and stock art actually manages to give this some class. It is a good bag for carrying large items. So far, the UK seems to be good at making useful Sonic stuff.

This bag (being large) is rather uncommon. Buy it when you see it!

These are collectable buttons from a store in England called "Hamleys". You could only win them in one of those arcade machines that dispenses prizes. Naturally, this increased the difficulty of getting one! So they're pretty rare.

There were 4 different ones in all. Other photos pending. notice it says "Professor" Robotnik and not "Dr". Why? Credit goes to MCRG for these!

Now THIS is a nice piece of loot.
This is "Sonic the Hedgehog Mountain Quest". This big, 3D game is somewhat like an interactive maze. You fiddle with different controls, trying to get the ball up to the top of the game. (buttons, springs, levers, knobs, noises etc) It is 1 player, and may be timed.
This game is actually a Sonic-ized version of a concept. There are other similar games with different names such as "Run yourself Ragged" and "Hazard Mountain" which are just generic. They have different obstacles, though, and a totally different look.
This interesting, complex game is a wonderful addition to your collection. So unique!

Here is a "Sonic Channel" button style pin. This features Adventure Style Sonic with a nice background fade. Aquired at a flea market, it was likely a promotional item...but for what?

With these tiny toys, Britain gets an exclusive Sonic item.
These are "Capsule Figures", so named because they are dispensed in a little round plastic thing like a gum ball after putting a coin into a machine. The USA doesn't have really sophisticated capsule machines much, but Japan does, and they're slowly creeping around the world dispensing things better than super-balls and gum!
Each figure comes with a piece of the base, and a little paper that shows the other figures. If you can collect them all, the base fits together and has the Sonic X Sonic face symbol on it. You can see an action figure from the MegaBots line in one of the photos, to tell just how small these are!

Despite their small size, you can see that the figures have nicely painted details and are well sculpted. They are not like the often messy bendy small figures from the USA. If you can get ahold of them, they look like a nice, worth-while item to collect. Photos by AlexZ and Gary.