You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t reach the other side of the rainbow, because this is Movie Sonic’s neighborhood! He’s taken over! Costumes based off of Sonic’s scrapped design for the upcoming feature film are appearing in stores across the United States, just in time for Halloween! Continue reading True Horror Abounds as Sonic Movie Themed Costumes Appear in Stores
New Sonic-Themed PUMA Shoes Available in November
SEGA and PUMA continue their partnership by announcing a new pair of slick kicks featuring everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog! No, they aren’t red and white… but they’re still pretty cool!
Continue reading New Sonic-Themed PUMA Shoes Available in November
Sonic Talk 63: “Let’s be Sonic Heroes!”
Another month, another (incredibly late) episode of Sonic Talk!
In this episode, we discuss Sonic’s appearance in OK KO!, and how he single-handedly caused the series to end (kidding). We also chat about Tangle and Whisper, a Mighty plush, Sonic #19, Mario and Sonic 2020 Olympics arcade and much, much more! So what are you waiting for? RECENT topics?!! Hah! Like we’d do that!
The Official Sonic Art & Design Book To Be Updated With 32 New Pages In Next Reprint
Video game art dealer Cook & Becker have announced that the next reprint of the Official Sonic the Hedgehog Art & Design Book will feature 32 pages of new content from Sonic Mania, Sonic Forces, and Team Sonic Racing. First released in 2016 as part of Sonic’s 25th anniversary, the book originally only went as far as releases from that year.
Cook & Becker hinted at this last week, leaving many to speculate that Sonic Mania would be receiving its own art book. However, according to the company’s twitter account, there would not have been enough content from the game to fill out its own art book, so they decided to update their 25th anniversary art book instead.
The updated book can be pre-ordered off of their website for $39.99 (plus $12.50 for shipping), and is currently scheduled to ship sometime in November.
They released some samples of the new pages, which you can check out in the gallery below:
![Data Discs’ Sonic CD Vinyl Release Looks Incredible [Photos]](https://www.sonicstadium.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/scd-vinyl-card1-895x375.jpg)
Data Discs’ Sonic CD Vinyl Release Looks Incredible [Photos]
Way back in June, we reported that retro game album producers Data Discs had announced a special vinyl of the Sonic CD soundtrack. As a game that still resonates with many Sonic fans, 26 years after its original Mega CD release, this news caught a lot of people’s attention – with a limited edition ‘splatter’ edition selling out almost immediately. Continue reading Data Discs’ Sonic CD Vinyl Release Looks Incredible [Photos]
Brand New Sonic Themed Monopoly Game Releasing in September
A new version of classic board game Monopoly is due to be released on 15 September in North America, featuring SEGA’s spiky blue mascot! Continue reading Brand New Sonic Themed Monopoly Game Releasing in September
Sonic Now Has Back-to-School Merchandise
It’s that time of year again: summer vacation is drawing to a close and kids are getting ready to back to school. With a new school year, comes news products, and this year SEGA has several new pieces of merchandise for Sonic fans, for sale at a few different retailers. Continue reading Sonic Now Has Back-to-School Merchandise
UNIQLO Brings Back SEGA Love With Sonic and Puyo Puyo Shirts
Take on your day in Super Sonic Style! UNIQLO will soon be getting some new T-Shirts with the most famous hedgehog in the world in Japan this September.
Continue reading UNIQLO Brings Back SEGA Love With Sonic and Puyo Puyo Shirts
Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Merchandise Prototypes Emerge
The first images of figures based on the now-defunct Sonic the Hedgehog movie model have emerged online.
Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Merchandise Prototypes Emerge
Sonic Talk 62: Copyrights, Shmopyrights
Forgive the lateness of our podcast as we recorded this one a few weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s not chock full of Sonic-ey goodness! In this episode we discuss Jason’s trip to E3, the fan revival of Sonic Runners, Sonic Revolution 2019, Funko Pop Sonic cereal, an unofficial Sonic book that uses fanmade images and much, much more. Because hey, who needs copyrights when you can just slap a bunch of images together, right?
Special Note: We used the cover from the plagiarized Carlton Sonic book for this month’s podcast image. That render on that plagiarized book was created by Deviant Art user FinnAkira, and you can find it here.
Tangle and Whisper SDCC Pins Coming to the Sega Shop
Tangle and Whisper fans rejoice! There is some official merch coming your way care of the Sega Shop website. Everyone’s new favorite femme fatales are getting their own, exclusive pins. For $14.95 (US Dollars) each, you can pick from the excitable and carefree Tangle or the introvert assassin, Whisper.
Despite saying SDCC (AKA San Diego Comic Con), these pins do not seem to be available at the convention as they are not listed at IDW’s merchandise booth. The pins are available for preorder now at shop.sega.com and are due to ship on July 30th.
First 4 Figures Announce Classic Sonic & Tails Statue
Statue makers First 4 Figures have announced a new statue of classic Sonic and Tails in a flying team-up pose for their classic Sonic the Hedgehog range!
Continue reading First 4 Figures Announce Classic Sonic & Tails Statue
GET READY for New SEGA T-Shirts from Japanese Store EDITMODE!
Collectors, pay attention to this one! EDITMODE will be releasing some new Sonic and SEGA themed T-shirts in the very near future under the label “GET READY!”
Continue reading GET READY for New SEGA T-Shirts from Japanese Store EDITMODE!
Sonic-styled Switch controller coming soon from PDP
Anyone who’s ever wanted to have Sonic’s face on a Nintendo Switch controller will finally be getting their wish later this year, thanks to gaming accessories manufacturer PDP. Continue reading Sonic-styled Switch controller coming soon from PDP
Sonic Fact Book with Stolen Content “Not Final Product”
The unofficial Sonic fact book “We Love Sonic!” is now being investiged by Carlton Publishing Group after fans noticed material was heavily plagiarized from fan art and fansites.
Continue reading Sonic Fact Book with Stolen Content “Not Final Product”
Tokyo Joypolis Hosting Sonic 28th Birthday Party & Ohtani DJ Set on 23 June
Can you believe that in three days time it will have been a whole 28 YEARS since the original Sonic the Hedgehog game launched on Sega Mega Drive? To celebrate, SEGA Japan is throwing a massive party at its Tokyo Joypolis arcade, on Sunday 23 June – and there will be special music events as well as awesome merchandise to collect. Take a look at what’s in store – you’ll want to check back on this page to check a livestream on the day too!
Continue reading Tokyo Joypolis Hosting Sonic 28th Birthday Party & Ohtani DJ Set on 23 June
Pre-order the New Sonic Pizza Cutter!
Have you ever baked a pizza, taken it out of the oven, and imagined that Sonic the Hedgehog was slicing it for you? I don’t mean like an underpaid Pizza Hut employee, I mean actually curling into his legendary spin attack and rationing out that cheesy goodness? …no? Just me? Well, maybe these fantasies will no longer be so niche, as SEGA has catered to the food utensil market with their upcoming Sonic-themed Pizza Cutter!
TSS @ E3 2019: We’ve got SEGA E3 Booth Photos! UPDATED
Can’t make it to E3? Don’t sweat it! We here at Sonic Stadium are at the event right now, and we’ve got some pictures. It may not be the same as being there…but it’s something, right?
Check out the photos, taken by our E3 team, below:
In case you can’t tell, that last image shows the genuine rock climbing wall SEGA has set up at the booth.
Also, check out this bonus photo of the shirt people get for playing the Mario & Sonic demo:
UPDATE: We’ve got more photos, this time of the SEGA Genesis Mini booth, taken by Dreadknux. The last one has a surprise cameo of SEGAbit’s own Kori Maru, dressed up as Virtua Fighter’s Akira! Check them out in the gallery below:
Also, Dreadknux was able to meet Hiroshi Nishiyama, artist for the Sonic Adventure series:
We may be updating this post with additional photos of SEGA’s booth throughout the event, so stay tuned.
Pre-Order Sonic CD’s OST on… Vinyl!?
Is it strange that the soundtrack for a game specifically meant for CD is on a vinyl record now? Can we call this Sonic Vinyl instead? Sonic Record? Who cares, because Sonic CD’s Japanese (and European) OST is available on record via Data Discs, and we’re ready to lay the wax and spin the sounds!
Funko Sonic the Hedgehog Breakfast Cereal Coming To Gamestop
If you’ve had a hankering for a Sonic the Hedgehog breakfast cereal since Golden O’s made an appearance in the Team Sonic Racing infomercial launch trailer, Funko will soon be producing a Sonic-themed edition of FunkO’s, complete with blue rings!
Continue reading Funko Sonic the Hedgehog Breakfast Cereal Coming To Gamestop
Jun Senoue’s “The Works III” Release Date, Tracklist Revealed
UPDATE: The Works III is now available for pre-order from CDJapan (click to follow link to site)
SEGA Sound Director and Crush 40 guitarist Jun Senoue will release his third compilation album “The Works III” on June the 19th, 2019 release via Wavemaster Entertainment.
Continue reading Jun Senoue’s “The Works III” Release Date, Tracklist Revealed
SEGA Promises ‘New Sonic Content’ in License Global Magazine
If you’re worried about what’s next for Sonic now that Team Sonic Racing has hit store shelves, take heart! License Global’s digital magazine for this month has a page dedicated to the blue blur, and in it you’ll find that there is indeed new Sonic content in development, as well as some new artwork! Continue reading SEGA Promises ‘New Sonic Content’ in License Global Magazine
Team Sonic Racing’s ‘Maximum Overdrive’ Tracklist Revealed
The official soundtrack to Team Sonic Racing, dubbed ‘Maximum Overdrive’, is about to release worldwide on May 29th! And we can’t wait to finally get to listen to Jun Senoue’s latest series works while at the office/bus/plane/pit stop. We can reveal the full track listing on this whopping THREE-CD OST release, so you can prepare for an epic listening session tomorrow (both physical and via streaming services). Continue reading Team Sonic Racing’s ‘Maximum Overdrive’ Tracklist Revealed
New costume lets you dress up like Movie Sonic
Whether you find Movie Sonic to be good or terrifying, you can now dress up as him for Halloween, thanks to a new costume from Rubie’s Costume Company.
Rubie’s is the company behind those other Sonic costumes that sometimes make the rounds of social media, and this one looks pretty similar to those, except with the movie version’s fur textures and color schemes:
Amazon is selling it in small, medium and large sizes for $45. It’s scheduled to ship August 1.
Jun Senoue’s “The Works III” To Include Sonic Mania Adventures Songs and Sonic Adventure Re-recordings
Alongside the release of “MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE”, the 130-track soundtrack to the soon-to-be-released Team Sonic Racing, comes Sonic Sound Team Director Jun Senoue‘s third installment of “The Works” compilation album series.
Sonic X is Coming to Blu-Ray (in SD)
Don’t blink! Don’t think! Just go-go, go-go, g-g-g-g-go-go down to your local video store on May 28 to pick up Sonic X: The complete series on Region 2 SD Blu-Ray! (God, that was corny.)
The good folks at Disctek Media are bringing all 78 english language episodes in one volume. (Sorry Japanese sub fans, you’ll have to stick with Hulu for now.) This includes the extras from the DVD version as well as the original pitch video where the world of Sonic X had a lot less humans.
The Blu-Ray retails for $69.99, but you can pre-order it from rightstufanime right now for $45.47. Check out Brady Hartel’s Twitter for more info. In the meantime, here’s the cover.
Froggy Merchandise Revealed At SXSW!
In a surprise reveal at the Sonic SXSW panel, Sega announced a series of Team Sonic Racing products available via their official stores… Including items inspired by everybody’s favourite amphibian, Froggy!
Yes that is a Froggy shirt, and yes those are Froggy hats!
The full collection is available on the US Sega Store and you also get a free Froggy balloon when you order the Froggy items.
However the EU stores do not have the Froggy hats, and the shirts are technically crowdfunded, orders will only be fulfilled if a specific unknown number of people also order the item.
You can shop until you drop via the following links.
Team Sonic Racing Soundtrack “Maximum Overdrive” due for May 2019 Release
The official soundtrack for Team Sonic Racing, “Maximum Overdrive” was today announced at the SXSW Sonic the Hedgehog “Gotta Go Fast” panel! Continue reading Team Sonic Racing Soundtrack “Maximum Overdrive” due for May 2019 Release
First 4 Figures Reveal New Prototype Sonic Statue
First4Figures are attending ECCC this week (Emerald City Comic Con) and along with their involvement comes a few surprises, including this brand new Sonic Statue! Continue reading First 4 Figures Reveal New Prototype Sonic Statue
ToysWiz Lists Sonic Movie toys, including a Baby Sonic
The Sonic movie leaks just keep coming, with this latest one leaking some of the toy tie-ins being made by Jakks Pacific, the toy company SEGA signed a deal with last month. The toys themselves are not shown.
Four toys are listed, including a Performance Sonic figure, a Performance Robotnik figure, a 13-inch talking Sonic figure, and perhaps the strangest sounding of the lot, an 8.5 inch “Baby Sonic” plush. These are each listed for $14.99, $18.99, $24.99, and $12.99 respectively, and are all scheduled to ship in August. You can find the listings for all four toys here.
Will the Sonic movie have a baby Sonic? Are you ready for a figure of Jim Carrey dressed like Robotnik? Be sure to stay tuned to Sonic Stadium for more on the Sonic movie, including images of these toys.
This Sonic LEGO Set Is Incredible And You Can Help Make It Real
A LEGO-obsessed Sonic fan has wowed the online community by designing a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed set on the toy brick company’s ‘Ideas’ website. And, if enough of us vote for it, LEGO might actually make it a reality. Continue reading This Sonic LEGO Set Is Incredible And You Can Help Make It Real
Kidrobot debuting new Sonic blindbox keychains this summer
The latest photo out of this year’s New York Toy Fair has revealed yet more Sonic merchandise: a line of blindbox keychains from toy and accessories manufacturer Kidrobot. The keychains, scheduled to launch this July, feature twelve modern Sonic characters.
The photo, posted below, was originally taken by Twitter user @lemeeniram, though his account is currently gone as of this writing. Because of this, the photo and the above information came from Twitter user @DatPatMac.
“Blindboxes” are collectibles that are sold in packaging that doesn’t indicate which collectible is inside. This means you may be buying more than twelve if you want the whole set.
Mighty and Ray Figures Included In JAKKS Pacific Toy line
With New York Toy Fair in full swing this weekend, the news on new Sonic the Hedgehog toys has come thick and fast – and it looks like the new JAKKS Pacific toy line up will include the first ever official Ray and Mighty figures!
Continue reading Mighty and Ray Figures Included In JAKKS Pacific Toy line
New Diamond Select & Innex Sonic Toys Confirmed!
New York Toy Fair 2019 is barely 4 hours old and oh boy they’re already hitting it out of the park with reveals!
Whilst we brought you the news that Jakks Pacific were the new master toy partner for Sonic, you may recall that Diamond Select also signed a big license deal to make products for the blue hedgehog.
And oh boy they came to Toy Fair swinging!
Several new diorama like statues and modern figures have been confirmed as well as several Green Hill Zone playsets which can be placed together to make an entire zone display piece!
Another reveal comes from the company Innex who have announced official Sonic Pixel art pieces which will be available later in the year.
More reveals are likely so keep checking TSS for more details as we get them!
JAKKS Pacific Become Global Toy Partner For Sonic Brand
JAKKS Pacific, the children’s toy company behind such toy lines such as WWE and World of Nintendo action figures, have today announced that it has commenced a global toy licensing deal with SEGA of America to produce Sonic the Hedgehog branded toys in a multi-year contract.
Continue reading JAKKS Pacific Become Global Toy Partner For Sonic Brand
Japan Gets Some Epic Team Sonic Racing Collectors Editions
Is it just my imagination… Or does Japan get really amazing collectors/limited edition Sonic games?
Well Team Sonic Racing is no exception, whilst only a standard release has been confirmed for the west, Japan is getting a huge selection of limited and collectors editions!
The first edition is the “Team Sonic Racing” Trailer Music Selection” Version which comes with a small MP3 OST. Depending on the retailer you purchase it from, you also get a booklet and some acrylic ornaments.
But the most impressive edition is the DX Pack which comes with everything you see in this image.
priced at 13,590 Yen (£93), the edition comes with the following…
- 1 game software (PlayStation 4 version or Nintendo Switch version)
- Postcard book
- Sonic Vs Shadow Shot Glass
- Car Keyring
- Pouch
- 3D Crystal Cube!
Yes you read that right, this edition includes a crystal cube! However no images of the cube have been made available at present.
Other collectors editions comes with the same stuff, but certain items are not included depending on the version you get.
Source: Sonic Channel.
