Movie 2 No Competition Boogaloo

 By this point...
Sonic Movie 2 is out probably most of everywhere (except Russia because they needed to stop being bad and didn't) and it is doing actually quite well! It's now ranked among some of the best/better 'video game franchise is now a movie' box-office. This is probably ok news but I still have not seen it and so other than 'wow its still movie Sonic and now Tails is ugly too but not as bad' and 'yeah its still full of humans and non-Sonic characters', there's no particular comment to be had yet here.

However...
It should also be pointed out that it has literally no competition in its category in the theaters that hasn't been out for a long time already. (There are no other general audience films out now) The only other biggies that are even out now are Morbius (a vampire who somehow wasn't appealing), Ambulance (It's michael bay again but at least this time he's not ruining a transformer), the Lost City which is an adventure/comedy but not a general audiences thing, Batman again, not for kids, and it's not vs anything animated except for Turning Red which has been out for a good while enjoying the success that comes from everyone already seeing it. If you want to take little kids to the theater it is your pretty much single new choice. Is that contributing to the success as well as the 'ending' of the pandemic? You 100% bet it is.

But what does that mean?
It means it'll get a 3rd one, but hopefully it also doesn't make them lazy about it "just throw anything at the screen" because this no competition magical timeslot is unlikely to ever occur again. It was handed success on a silver platter and they need to be super aware of that going forward.
Also in the past:
It also got a huge break in the past because it was literally the last movie (movie 1) released before the pandemic shut everything down, and then of course mega-demand on streaming because of all the closed theaters. For whatever reason this thing's karma or whatever you want to call it has been on overdrive both times basically gifting the movie golden gooses of non competition and serving up audiences on silver platters. (Trolls 2 also was in this benefit-spot but it's spot was less prime)

Back to the Site, however:
Finally seem to be able to be getting the updates going on time again...and have been leaning on them with more than the usual amount of items to try and clear the item bins to make up for it.

Why is it only USA stuff still?
Because no one's sending in anything much from elsewhere. It probably exists but...? Also, it seems like USA released items are getting everywhere else too in a fairly unchanged state which is good. More Sonic available in more places is always a good thing.
There will be some other-country items upcoming though they are vintage.

Movie stuff?
Yes, as things continue to get released or photographed for it, they'll continue to go onto the movie sections of the site. (Even though there's quite a few items it'll just keep sprinkling because I don't want movie stuff to take over any update)

Item of the week:
Has to be Fang Knack the Sniper Weasel plush. A first for any USA release for him, of course it's GE with it doing a good job. But, it raises the question of if he has any actual fans? The gamegear games with him in there weren't top rated and he was never seen since (except the fighters game but that is super duper rare) 
Runner-up: The Franco bedroom stuff. It's great to see actual housewares that aren't just companies spamming generic water bottles and mugs all over the place.To have a Sonic bedroom you actually need more than just a random pillow or blanket and they are delivering. They also make it in here because the price is so reasonable most of the time as well.

Next Week:
The Encyclospeedia finally came out, so that'll be there, some non USA things to try and keep variety up, a de-boxed Omega, and some shoes I want but probably can't have.