Quarantine Continues- But So Does the Stuff
...Sonic stuff, that is.
This whole virus thing turned out to be way bigger and way worse than anyone thought. So, if quarantine is still ongoing, so is the extra items to see each week at SonicGear. Because of the longer cycle of toys/games/etc, no one is seeing much effect on merchandise yet. If something takes 8 months from idea to shelf, well, it'll be a while before things actually do run out. So, if you are expecting a "the shelves are empty of toys/tees/accessories/etc" that bad type of situation would likely show up in fall/winter rather than now (spring) or summer. So, that is important to keep in mind.
In the meantime though...
I sort of predict that we're not going to get any big or cool announcements of stuff. No toy-fairs or anything to make announcements at, and pretty much everything Sonic-collectible is non-essential. People have loads of questions but I don't have loads of answers. So, I'm going to post the questions and then we can look back later and see what happened
What about the Olympics game?
The Olympics are postponed till 2021, which is a wise move. But the game came out anyway since it was made well ahead of time. What's not known is if there were going to be other tie-in merch or clothing or stuff that has now also been postponed until 2021.
How about the Jakks Pacific figures?
The 'sports ball' figures were their probable-tie in and they'll release anyway. The problem would be buying them at reasonable rates if Target is barely open due to the lockdowns.
Where did the clothing stuff at Walmart go?
I don't know, and it seems nobody else knows a lot either except it's not on shelves.
How about the JP plushes?
They're probably also still coming, this past update just had 3 classic little bigheads that hadn't had photos before so that's a good sign.
Where will Just Funky stuff be sold?
Still unknown, no reports of anyone find it anywhere yet---but, of course that's the case because you can't shop and JF only makes non-essential items that are Sonic themed home-goods.
Sega-Shop appears to continue with merch...
Opinion: Too bad it's all movie-rubbish
Item of the Week:
That flap-over style case/schoolbag whatever that is. So stylish in a way that fits perfectly into the decade aesthetic. Hopefully whoever put this together made more stuff because it is very nice.
Oddity: Mighty's neck on the JP plush. What's up with it?
In all, this is a pretty boring blog post.
Next week:
The show will go on...there's plenty of stuff to keep up probably even for the whole year /rest of even if all new things were to vanish so at least Gear won't get boring even if it is contained indoors for longer still. So Gear's not going anywhere and the bigger updates will continue until this quarantine stops.
This whole virus thing turned out to be way bigger and way worse than anyone thought. So, if quarantine is still ongoing, so is the extra items to see each week at SonicGear. Because of the longer cycle of toys/games/etc, no one is seeing much effect on merchandise yet. If something takes 8 months from idea to shelf, well, it'll be a while before things actually do run out. So, if you are expecting a "the shelves are empty of toys/tees/accessories/etc" that bad type of situation would likely show up in fall/winter rather than now (spring) or summer. So, that is important to keep in mind.
In the meantime though...
I sort of predict that we're not going to get any big or cool announcements of stuff. No toy-fairs or anything to make announcements at, and pretty much everything Sonic-collectible is non-essential. People have loads of questions but I don't have loads of answers. So, I'm going to post the questions and then we can look back later and see what happened
What about the Olympics game?
The Olympics are postponed till 2021, which is a wise move. But the game came out anyway since it was made well ahead of time. What's not known is if there were going to be other tie-in merch or clothing or stuff that has now also been postponed until 2021.
How about the Jakks Pacific figures?
The 'sports ball' figures were their probable-tie in and they'll release anyway. The problem would be buying them at reasonable rates if Target is barely open due to the lockdowns.
Where did the clothing stuff at Walmart go?
I don't know, and it seems nobody else knows a lot either except it's not on shelves.
How about the JP plushes?
They're probably also still coming, this past update just had 3 classic little bigheads that hadn't had photos before so that's a good sign.
Where will Just Funky stuff be sold?
Still unknown, no reports of anyone find it anywhere yet---but, of course that's the case because you can't shop and JF only makes non-essential items that are Sonic themed home-goods.
Sega-Shop appears to continue with merch...
Opinion: Too bad it's all movie-rubbish
Item of the Week:
That flap-over style case/schoolbag whatever that is. So stylish in a way that fits perfectly into the decade aesthetic. Hopefully whoever put this together made more stuff because it is very nice.
Oddity: Mighty's neck on the JP plush. What's up with it?
In all, this is a pretty boring blog post.
Next week:
The show will go on...there's plenty of stuff to keep up probably even for the whole year /rest of even if all new things were to vanish so at least Gear won't get boring even if it is contained indoors for longer still. So Gear's not going anywhere and the bigger updates will continue until this quarantine stops.
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