Sonic the Hedgehog Toys

TOMY Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic & Knuckles Toys (1994)
After the release of Sonic & Knuckles the toy company TOMY released a series of 21 Sonic figurines. These figurines came in packs of 4 under the Sonic & Knuckles label and were also released individually under a "Sonic the Hedgehog" label. Most of them were all the original badniks from Sonic 1 (except Jaws and Bomb). Interestingly, 2 Dr. Robotnik figures were released in this set, both of which fashioned his Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog design. These were released in Europe and possibly the US.

Figures
 * Classic Sonic
 * Sonic (tapping foot)
 * Sonic (folding arms)
 * Tails
 * Knuckles
 * Dr. Robotnik (Scratching head)
 * Dr. Robotnik (Angry)
 * Metal Sonic (mislabeled as "Sonic" on package)
 * Caterkiller
 * Splats
 * Ball Hog
 * Spikes
 * Roller
 * Bat Brain
 * Newtron
 * Crabmeat
 * Moto Bug
 * Burrobot
 * Buzzbomber
 * Chopper

Flexy Friend

TOMY also made a bendable figure of Sonic labeled as a "Flexi Friend". This figurewas under a "Sonic the Hedgehog" label rather than a "Sonic & Knuckles" label.

Tomy Gallery

(Due to these figures now being extremely rare, few images are available.)

ReSaurus Sonic Adventure Action Figures (1999 - 2000)
This was the first real set of Sonic action figures. Based on the hit Dreamcast game Sonic Adventure, ReSaurus made two series of 4" Sonic action figures and one 12" Sonic figure. These were considered by many fans to be the best line of Sonic figures available. The sculpts were small and all fairly accurate. Each figure came with a base of their 'face logo' and 1 plastic gold-chromed ring which fit on a clear plastic stand to fit in the base. The figures had a hole in their shoe so you could snap them on too. ReSaurus has unfortunatly gone out of business. There were rumors of a third series being released based on Sonic Adventure 2 containing Shadow, Super Sonic and Rouge the Bat, but was canceled due to ReSaurus going out of business. All the Resaurus figures are now extremely rare, some sell for $100 online.

Series 1 Figures
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Tails
 * Knuckles

Series 2 Figures
 * Skiing Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Amy Rose
 * Big the Cat
 * E-102 Gamma

12" Figures
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Talking Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Knuckles the Echidna (Canceled)

ReSaurus Gallery

Toy Island Sonic Adventure Action Figures (2000)
Shortly after ReSaurus, Toy Island released their own line of Sonic Adventure action figures. These figures were not recieved quite as well due to Sonic and Knuckles having heads that were a little strange in shape and Tails' body was very large and chubby in comparison to the other characters. This series did however release wonderful sculpts of Big the Cat and Dr. Robotnik. These figures came with accessories such as Chaos Emeralds, real metal rings and many of the figures came with miniature sidekicks such as Tails who came with a Chao, Dr. Robotnik had Kiki and Big the Cat had Froggy.

Figure lineup
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Tails with Chao
 * Dr. Robotnik with Kiki
 * Big the Cat with Froggy

10" Figures

Toy Island released 3 10" talking figures which were similar in sculpt to the 5" figures, but did not suffer as bad in being misshaped. They each had two lines extracted from the Sonic Adventure Video Game.

10" figure lineup and lines: line 1: "Ah yeah! This is happening!"
 * Sonic

line 2: "Ready to roll, champ? Let's go!"

line 1: "We did it!"
 * Tails

line 2: "Come on Sonic, we need to get busy!"

line 1: "Time to make a house call"
 * Knuckles

line 2: "Woah! That was incredible. I've never seen anything like it"

Bendy Figures

Toy Island also released a set of 3" bendy figures. These were available in a 4 pack of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy.  A second 4 pack of Sonic, Dr. Robotnik, E-102 Gamma and Big the Cat was advertised, but never released.  Dr. Robotnik and Big the Cat were released individually and are very rare.

3" Bendy Figure lineup
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Big the Cat
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Dr. Robotnik
 * Tails

Toy Island Sonic Adventure Gallery

Note: Due to these figures now being extremely hard to come by, a number of pictures are not available

JoyRide Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Action Figures (2002)
JoyRide along with Gamepro released a number of action figures based on popular video games in 2001 and 2002. Amongst these were 3 bendy figures based on Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. A highlight of these figures was removable heads.

Joyride Figures lineup
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sonic the Hedgehog prototype
 * Shadow the Hedgehog

Joyride Gallery

Toy Island Sonic X Action Figures (2004-2006)
Re-released figures

After Sonic X hit U.S. shores, Toy Island re-released their Sonic Adventure figures in new Sonic X packages. The sculpts were slightly fixed (Knuckles Head Was Fixed and Tails didn't look dumb anymore) and the many accessories were taken away (no more Kiki or Chao). These figures were later re-re-released. This time with each character coming with a small key chain of themselves except Dr. Eggman who came with Cheese.

Figure
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sonic the Hedgehog with Key Chain
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Dr. Eggman with Key Chain
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Knuckles the Echidna with key Chain
 * Big the Cat
 * Big the Cat with Key Chain
 * Tails
 * Tails with Keychain

Figures with Emeralds

Series 2 of the Sonic X figures were all new sculpts of new characters. They were sculpted based on their Sonic X character art work. Each figure came with two chaos emeralds (Except Cream who came with Cheese and one emerald).

Figures with Emeralds
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Cream the Rabbit with Cheese the Chao
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Chris Thorndyke

Megabot Series

The Sonic X Megabot series was a set of six figures, 5 of which each came with a piece of a robot's body. When you collected the 5 figures you could assemble the pieces and have a completed Megabot figure. The sixth figure in this series was a second Sonic in a different pose, which came with a gunner bot and a big letter X.

Megabot Figures
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sonic the Hedgehog X
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Tails

Space Fighter

5 Sonic figures were released wearing space suits and helmets.

Space Fighter Figures
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Tails
 * Robot A.K.A. E-23 Missile Wrist

Metal Force

4 Metal Force figures were released. These were repaints of the Space Fighter figures just without the helmets.

Metal Force Figures
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Tails

Super posers

2 7" figures were released each having 25 points of articulation. But their sculpts wern't too accurate

Super Posers
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Shadow the Hedgehog

10" Figures

The 10" Sonic Adventure talking figures were re-released in Sonic X packages. The 3 figures no longer talked, but still had the buttons on their feet which now made sound effects instead of having them talk.

10" Figure lineup


 * Sonic
 * Knuckles
 * Tails

Bendy Figures

The Sonic Adventure 3" Bendy figures were re-released in Sonic X packages. Many of these figures came with T-shirts to match their characters. 1 new figure was added (Shadow). They were also availbale in 5 packs. The first five pack contained Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and a Gold Sonic. The 2nd five pack contained Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Shadow. Amy and Gold Sonic were only available in the 5 packs and not individually.

3" Bendy Figures
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Gold Sonic
 * Amy Rose
 * Big the Cat
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Knuckles
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Tails

Sonic X Figure Gallery

Jazwares Sonic the Hedgehog (series) Action Figures (2008 - Present)
In 2008 Jazzwares began releasing figures in yellow packages under the name Sonic the Hedgehog not specified to any particular Sonic game or cartoon.

re-released figures

The first five figures were re-released Toy Island figures. The Toy Island Sonic, Tails and knuckles were re-re-re-released in these new packages( no Big or Eggman), this time the figures are without any accessories and cost 2 dollars more. They also re-released the Sonic and Shadow Super posers from teh Sonic X figure series. These two Super Posers were slightly improved with more accurate paint jobs and better looking eyes.

Sonic Unleashed

In November of 2008. A brand new Sonic the Werehog figure was was released at select Toys R Us stores. This figure had its own Sonic Unleashed Package

Sonic and the Black Knight

Summer of 2009, Jazwares released an all new Sonic and the Black Knight Sonic action figure with Sword and Gauntlet. This was a Toys R US exclusive and it had its own unique Sonic and the Black Knight Package (Which had a really good design).

Jazwares figures

In the yellow Sonic the hedgehog packages, Jazwares re-released their Sonic Unleashed Sonic the Werehog figure. They also released the Sonic and the Black Knight figure without the Sword and Gauntlet, now just a regular Sonic the Hedgehog figure. Super Posers of Super Sonic and Super Shadow have also been release in this series though they are only repaints of the regular Sonic and Shadow Super Posers.

3" Figures

With 13 points of articulation, Jazwares is releasing 3 inch G.I. Joe-esc Sonic figures, exclusive to Toys R Us. So far they have released Sonic, Black Knight Sonic and Tails. Toys R Us is also going to cary a 3 pack which includes a clear blue Sonic, Knuckles and Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 200. Series 2 of these figures are set to be released before Christmas 2009. Series two will consist of Shadow, Sonic the Werehog, Silver and possibly Amy.

JUVI Figures

Jazwares has announced a line of funny looking JUVI Sonic figures. Thus far only Metal Sonic has been released at the 2009 ComicCon in San Diego. Jazwares plans to also release JUVIs of Sonic, Sonic the Werehog, Knuckles and Shadow.

10 Inch Figures

Jazwares has released an all new 10" Metal Sonic, poseable Action figure. This figure is superior in design to any other large Sonic figure previously released. No other 10" Sonic characters have been announced.

Jazwares Gallery

First 4 Figures classic Sonic figures (2009)
First 4 Figures released 3 Sonic Vinyl figures in 2009, based on the classic Genesis games. They also released a 12" Sonic model that is retailed at 100 US dollars

First 4 Figures lineup
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Tails
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * 12" Sonic

First 4 Figures Gallery