Jazwares Sonic the Hedgehog figures preview

10:00 AM on 06.22.2010   |   Nabeel "Touya" Mohammed

Anybody who knows me knows that I am one of the most die-hard Sonic the Hedgehog fans out there. I own several of the Sonic collections, all the 3D games and actually think they're not that bad. Yeah, I know, fanboyism, right? So you'd expect that I absolutely love this early look at Jazware's new Sonic the Hedgehog toys, right?

Make like Sonic and make that jump to learn more.

Back in February, we ran a preview of some of the toys Jazwares was making for the (then) new Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing game. These look to be made from the same techniques as the standing figures in that line, but are probably just going to be from the regular Sonic line. That said, these figs look awfully....jointy. Is that a word? I'm going to make that a word. In this preview set we see figures of Super Sonic and Super Shadow (I've always preferred Hyper Shadow or Bright Shadow, personally) as well as ninja lizard Espio the Chameleon and rockin' reptile Vector the Crocodile.

Super Sonic and Super Shadow will be available in a three pack with Super Silver (ahem, Golden Silver, thank you very much) and come with all seven Chaos Emeralds as an accessory. Espio and Vector will be bundled as a two pack with a comic book. One would assume that a later two pack with Mighty the Armadillo and Charmy Bee to be forthcoming, but nothing has as yet been announced. There will be, however, a clear -"invisible"- variant of Espio at a later date. One hopes that that version comes with some kunai and a leaf hurricane, but I'm not holding out hope for that. 

I'm no professional toy designer, but would it really have been so hard to give at least the hedgehogs some bendy-arms to prevent those really standout joints there? I mean, they're not so bad on a bigger character like Vector, but they're practically killing the aesthetic of Sonic and Shadow up there.

Oh well. At least Sonic 4 will be good, right?

...right?!

[via Toy News International]