Sega Japan Preparing More Sonic Anniversary Merchandise

– August 30, 2011

A Couple T-Shirts, a Couple Keychains…and a Guitar

If you’ve checked the Sonic anniversary portal run by Sega of Japan of late, you may have seen a couple new pieces of merchandise pop up. It appears Sega has several items in the pipeline as we get closer to Sonic Generations‘s launch. All of them can be seen in the gallery below.

The batch includes two Sonic T-shirts; one that simply states Sonic: The World’s Fastest Hedgehog, and another full color print of Sonic Generations’s Green Hill artwork, with what appears to be Modern Sonic running through. The latter, if you import, will cost a pretty penny, some ¥6,300, or more than $82 in US money, and will be released in November. The somewhat more reasonably priced plain shirt runs ¥3,045, or almost $40, with a planned October release.

A couple keychains will also be released. A small Sonic bag with keychain capability will be released in November for ¥2,100, or more than $27. A standalone keychain will be released the month before at half the cost.

Then, there’s the Sonic guitar. Allegedly, it’s a replica of the same guitar Jun Senoue uses from time to time, and it’s available for pre-order now via Japanese retailer ESP for ¥136,500, or more than $1,778. If you’re planning to penny pitch in order to afford the instrument, unless you live in Japan, don’t bother; allegedly, the company will only ship inside the country. There’s always EBay.

Thanks to various news tipsters through various mediums–be it E-Mail or Twitter–for helping us piece this puzzle together.

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Zink120

Posted August 30, 2011 at 4:45 PM

I wouldn’t wear it, but that is one pretty shirt.

darkgomugomu

Posted August 30, 2011 at 4:47 PM

Sweet ass shirt

Shan the hedgehog

Posted August 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM

kay, I get the guitar and maybe the shirts, but you guys seriously want to see key chains more than both Modern and Classic Super Sonic Figures and in-game Models????

KnucklesChaotix

Posted August 30, 2011 at 5:34 PM

I want that guitar and t-shirt!

Amuro

Posted August 30, 2011 at 5:38 PM

T-SHIRT. WANT.

Ophelia

Posted August 30, 2011 at 7:45 PM

Wow, the Japanese are into ludicrously priced merchandise. I saw this One Piece cake, which couldn’t be more than 6 inches, sell for $60. What you get out of it are Luffy and Chopper sporks.

Also, I think this can lay to rest that whole “fastest thing alive” business–in short, he was never considered this. “The World’s Fastest Hedgehog” is his title (and even THAT is under dispute).

ChaoticFox

Posted August 30, 2011 at 8:21 PM

lol @ all this near-exclusive anniversary merchandise in the country where Sonic is least popular. When will the people who actually give a shit be getting the goods?