Toy Island Sonic the Hedgehog Action Figures

The second company to create Sonic the Hedgehog action figures, soon after the release of Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast was Toy Island. Toy Island produced durable, chunky figures which were well accessorized for play. Many of the figures had un-mentioned accessories or features, which you can learn about right here!

This Just In:
Toy Island has re-released it under a "Sonic-X" promotional premise. The figures have been re-packaged with a Sonic-X theme, but they are essentially the same. No NEW figures have been produced on this large-size line. They have also had their accessories removed, in most cases. While you may not get the interesting accessories from the previous line, this is your 2nd chance to get a hold of these figures if you need them. Read More...

If you want Toy Island's Second Sonic Lines Click Here. These figures have also just been RE-RE-Released, this time with mini-keychains of the figure instead of the accessories. This is also in the Sonic X packaging.

The full line of regular figures, as seen at a toy show. You can see from here even that there's something wrong with Knuckles' head. The snowboard Sonic has, is a prototype. It never had the black areas on the final release. Note: 2 sizes of rings. The rings they were released with on final were tiny curls of metal. Why? All their feet are magnetic so they can 'collect' rings. These figures also came with the plastic emeralds that the bendies did.

Toy Island Sonic the Hedgehog. He got the short-end of the sculpt...with a big body and a rather odd looking face he leaves a bit to be desired style wise. He came with an orange snow board, which was also magnetic so he could stick to it.

Knuckles: His head was big, and he had flap-like quills. His bent shoe affected his ability to be posed. He is more accurate than Sonic but...

Knuckles came with a ring-holder, which looks like the Sonic Adventure ones, only totally clear/blue with a cap.

Tails Toy Island Action Figure Full Photo

Tails:
This guy could've been a contender. But his body is huge, making him resemble Tails' chubby cousin 'snails' or something. Also, his expression is goofy rather than looking like a design error, as Sonic's was. He is also quite large, breaking up the scale to other figures. This figure was unique, because it could move on it's own. He is a wind-up toy. If you wind his tails, they'll spin slowly. He came with a PVC Chao. (Shown next to a ReSaurus)

tails

Eggman was really great! Toy Island's Eggman is a super likeness. The face, the pose, the suit, everything they got right. But WHY him and no one else?

Ki-Ki or Coconuts monkey, complete with PVC bomb! This guy has 6 points of articulation, making it like getting a FREE figure! What a great idea to include! SUCH a shame they removed him for the re-release.

Of course, the villain toy is not going to be among the best sellers...which is really a shame because his sculpt is just so darn good. He's EASILY the best one on this line. Especially when compared with the job they did on the hero-side cast. Perhaps they are just better at sculpting humans...

Here's his pal Froggy. Big's pole has a magnet in the lure, but for some reason Froggy is not magnetic. A real bummer, it would have been 'cute' to catch him with the toy.

Interestingly, Big is the only figure on this line to Re-Release under the Sonic X label and KEEP all the things he originally came with. Notice the Sonic X theme box, but look inside: There's Froggy, the emeralds and his fishing pole. This Big's head does not turn, but you can move his arms, legs (which are very short) and wrists.

These are wahat they looked like ready to sell, notice the changed snowboard. Why are Tails' tails over there? You had to assemble him once you removed him from the box.
This is how the figures' boxes looked when they were initially released with a Sonic Adventure 1 theme.

For a side-by-side comparison of the boxes, here's Sonic in his re-release Sonic X theme box. This box has a lot more going on, but a lot less going IN! Here you can see the absence of his snow-board, and curl metal rings. They left the plastic emeralds in though, which is better than nothing. Too bad they couldn't of improved the sculpt!