First Update 2020 Sonic Stuff
It's the first blog of 2020!
And, the news is still pretty nice. The Jakks bendy figures are getting decent distribution, and there's a Target near almost everyone so it's fine. Sega Shop is still going along nicely, and big retailers like Old Navy, Target, and even Walmart are getting a variety of Sonic clothing/accessories in them of both classic and modern styles. So, once again it has become a good time to be a fan with variety. May this continue through 2020.
Item of the Week:
Sonic Monopoly 2: The better one. Gotta win it!
This is actually pretty interesting to compare with the old, aluminum pieces one from 2013 or so that they did. This new one really had thought put into it and feels as well as looks fresh. It looks like an actual boardgame that people of TODAY would play/and like. Colorful pieces, boss battles, great graphics on the cards/board etc...plus it's only like 15.00 or something and you can buy it on Target AND Walmart's stores AND website so no one's going to run out of it. It's good to play, good to collect...plus the price is right, that's a real 5 star to start the year off.
The close 2nd would be the resin soap shoe figure...
Very cool to see something that rare turn up.
Toy Factory in 2020
This seems like a good prize company to have...the pillows are actually really nice and 'game ball' is a fun thing to have too. Using CG just looks so crisp/nice and professional...plus the stable of art is huge so nothing feels stale. If they focus on 'chibi' or get their regular plush feet under control they'll be even better.
Feves: Interesting to see the backs.
IDW:
Next week will see them let out a puzzle, which...ok. However, it is SO TOO BAD these comics are scarce. They seriously don't have the distribution of Archie and I own exactly 0 of them. I've read a FEW But buying anything from them is just such a problem. They invoke the piracy triangle (Affordable/Available\Usable) at every turn.
Usable: Digital editions stink because companies WILL remove these from you after you paid
Affordable: No =Expensive
Available: No = Physical editions just sell out and never refresh
Usually, something'll just break like 2 sides or 1 side of the triangle like that Mandalorian thing on Disney+ , if it's literally the only item you want out of the service you feel the affordability is low/broken, but it's very available and you can likely record it to keep it forever so Usability is still intact as well.
Netflix really had the triangle shored up nicely...but...everything seems determined to splinter it and return piracy to the forefront of 'media foes'.
Their Whisper & Tangle miniseries is actually super well done.
AND this is coming from someone who is a non-sega-character-skeptic right out of the box. Quick to bash book only characters, and dislike non-sega stuff...this miniseries is actually really decent and worth a read. Whisper clearly has PSTD but they never say the word, and Tangle has a phobia but they never say that either because they don't need to. They're neat enough to look at and follow the style of the game characters tidily unlike say SatAM & many of the Archie characters who totally didn't.
I went into it ready to dump on them but the opposite happened. So, another good thing for 2020.
Movie Fretting:
Yes Feb. approaches, and with it the miserable movie.
Things are going SO WELL! We have action figures back on shelves that people enjoy! There's finally merch for everyone again! (Classic and modern fans, plus more characters, lots of books & even chao and stuff that you don't usually get. Socks, pjs, tees, sweatshirts, wallets, watches are all around us!) I don't want another filthy 'boom-ban' but with nasty movie gremlin instead.
But the only thing to do now is to wait and see if Jakks Pacific is forced to make us "Generic White Guy Action Figure" because he co-stars in the movie with Sonic so then we can't ever have like a ...Rouge the Bat or Amy Rose bendable because Generic White Guy is so much better than Espio or a series of cute PVC chao figures amirite.......UGH.
And OF COURSE if anyone tells you "oh but there'll be both...there's no ban", yeah look back on the boom years that banished all modern characters for like......ages. How well that went, it was all lies.
Discouraging:
Twitter give-away items shows they're serious about gremlin #notmysonic
Don't like it? DONT GO SEE IT
The literal ONLY way to vote is with your dollar. Don't like 'oh on a lark...' or 'I see how bad it is', just don't. Hate-watching is still watching.
Next week:
The strangest bootleg since "HarryPotter Obama" will be revealed to you! And it involves neck-hair, so how about that?
Plus, more from Toy Factory.
And, the news is still pretty nice. The Jakks bendy figures are getting decent distribution, and there's a Target near almost everyone so it's fine. Sega Shop is still going along nicely, and big retailers like Old Navy, Target, and even Walmart are getting a variety of Sonic clothing/accessories in them of both classic and modern styles. So, once again it has become a good time to be a fan with variety. May this continue through 2020.
Item of the Week:
Sonic Monopoly 2: The better one. Gotta win it!
This is actually pretty interesting to compare with the old, aluminum pieces one from 2013 or so that they did. This new one really had thought put into it and feels as well as looks fresh. It looks like an actual boardgame that people of TODAY would play/and like. Colorful pieces, boss battles, great graphics on the cards/board etc...plus it's only like 15.00 or something and you can buy it on Target AND Walmart's stores AND website so no one's going to run out of it. It's good to play, good to collect...plus the price is right, that's a real 5 star to start the year off.
The close 2nd would be the resin soap shoe figure...
Very cool to see something that rare turn up.
Toy Factory in 2020
This seems like a good prize company to have...the pillows are actually really nice and 'game ball' is a fun thing to have too. Using CG just looks so crisp/nice and professional...plus the stable of art is huge so nothing feels stale. If they focus on 'chibi' or get their regular plush feet under control they'll be even better.
Feves: Interesting to see the backs.
IDW:
Next week will see them let out a puzzle, which...ok. However, it is SO TOO BAD these comics are scarce. They seriously don't have the distribution of Archie and I own exactly 0 of them. I've read a FEW But buying anything from them is just such a problem. They invoke the piracy triangle (Affordable/Available\Usable) at every turn.
Usable: Digital editions stink because companies WILL remove these from you after you paid
Affordable: No =Expensive
Available: No = Physical editions just sell out and never refresh
Usually, something'll just break like 2 sides or 1 side of the triangle like that Mandalorian thing on Disney+ , if it's literally the only item you want out of the service you feel the affordability is low/broken, but it's very available and you can likely record it to keep it forever so Usability is still intact as well.
Netflix really had the triangle shored up nicely...but...everything seems determined to splinter it and return piracy to the forefront of 'media foes'.
Their Whisper & Tangle miniseries is actually super well done.
AND this is coming from someone who is a non-sega-character-skeptic right out of the box. Quick to bash book only characters, and dislike non-sega stuff...this miniseries is actually really decent and worth a read. Whisper clearly has PSTD but they never say the word, and Tangle has a phobia but they never say that either because they don't need to. They're neat enough to look at and follow the style of the game characters tidily unlike say SatAM & many of the Archie characters who totally didn't.
I went into it ready to dump on them but the opposite happened. So, another good thing for 2020.
Movie Fretting:
Yes Feb. approaches, and with it the miserable movie.
Things are going SO WELL! We have action figures back on shelves that people enjoy! There's finally merch for everyone again! (Classic and modern fans, plus more characters, lots of books & even chao and stuff that you don't usually get. Socks, pjs, tees, sweatshirts, wallets, watches are all around us!) I don't want another filthy 'boom-ban' but with nasty movie gremlin instead.
But the only thing to do now is to wait and see if Jakks Pacific is forced to make us "Generic White Guy Action Figure" because he co-stars in the movie with Sonic so then we can't ever have like a ...Rouge the Bat or Amy Rose bendable because Generic White Guy is so much better than Espio or a series of cute PVC chao figures amirite.......UGH.
And OF COURSE if anyone tells you "oh but there'll be both...there's no ban", yeah look back on the boom years that banished all modern characters for like......ages. How well that went, it was all lies.
Discouraging:
Twitter give-away items shows they're serious about gremlin #notmysonic
Don't like it? DONT GO SEE IT
The literal ONLY way to vote is with your dollar. Don't like 'oh on a lark...' or 'I see how bad it is', just don't. Hate-watching is still watching.
Next week:
The strangest bootleg since "HarryPotter Obama" will be revealed to you! And it involves neck-hair, so how about that?
Plus, more from Toy Factory.
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