Tomy



Tomy is a company that produced Sonic the Hedgehog Toys figurines in the UK in the 1990s. In 2010, in collaboration with Sega and Jazwares, Tomy attained the Sonic license and distributed Jazwares' Sonic the Hedgehog Toys from the US to the UK.

In 2014, it was confirmed that the Sonic Boom would have an entire toyline devoted to the cartoon. The rights of the toy making was handled by Tomy.

In 2016, Tomy announced that they would make merchandise for Sonic's 25th anniversary. This included plushes and figures of Classic Sonic, Classic Tails, Classic Knuckles, and Classic Dr. Eggman. In 2017, Tomy also announced the Sonic the Hedgehog's Collectors Series which contained figures of characters from both the Modern and Classic Sonic series.

Sonic the Hedgehog Toys (1992)
In 1992 Tomy released various toys based on Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. They made a series of 4 figurines that consisted of 2 Sonics, Tails and Dr. Robotnik. The figurines were small, painted and had no articulation. A bendable figure of Sonic was also made, labeled as a "Flexi Friend".

Sonic & Knuckles Toys (1994)
After the release of Sonic & Knuckles, Tomy released a series of 21 Sonic figurines. These figurines came in a total of five packs of four under the Sonic & Knuckles brand. These were released in Europe, Japan and possibly the US.


 * Although this series was labelled as Sonic & Knuckles, ironically the only characters from the set that were actually in the game were Sonic, Knuckles Tails and Dr. Robotnik.
 * Two of the Sonics, the Tails and one of the Robotniks are smaller versions of the same figures from Tomy's previous Sonic series.
 * Two Dr. Robotnik figures were included in this set, both of which fashioned his Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog design.
 * Most of the figurines from this series consisted of the original Badniks from Sonic 1, they even made a figurine of the scrapped Splats.
 * Metal Sonic is also included in the set.



Packs and Figures

 * Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Bat Brain, Splats
 * Sonic (tapping foot), Moto Bug, Burrobot, Caterkiller
 * Roller, Sonic (folding arms), Buzz Bomber, Ball Hog
 * Knuckles the Echidna, Dr. Robotnik (Angry), Spikes, Crabmeat
 * Metal Sonic (mislabeled as "Sonic" on package), Dr. Robotnik (Scratching head), Chopper, Newtron

Jazwares figures
It was announced that the Jazwares Sonic figures would be distributed in Europe by TOMY. The pictured banner confirmed 3 of the Super Poser figures. TOMY had announced the following sets of figures to be released in 2010:
 * 6-inch Super Posers, highly detailed posable action figures with over 25 points of articulation (£9.99 RRP)
 * 7-inch Soft Figures, plush characters, ready to go wherever your adventure takes you (£6.99 RRP)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog Comic Book Pack, a collector’s edition 200th issue comic book featuring Sonic and rival Knuckles, complete with two exclusive 3¾” posable action figures (£16.99 RRP).

Sonic Colors
In promotion of the European version of the game Sonic Colors for the Wii and Nintendo DS, TOMY released a five-inch Sonic action figure that came with three Wisps. It was released along side the game in November of 2010. The figure could be bought along with the game in a "Special addition pack". The figure came with different wisps depending on what version of the game was purchased. The Wii version came with the white, orange and cyan wisps. The DS version came with the yellow, red and blue wisps. The Sonic figure has holes in his hands and the Wisps have pegs on the back of them, you can put the pegs onto the Sonic figure's hands to hold them.

Gacha Figures
Gacha and TOMY teamed up to make Buildable Sonic Figures, Sonic Disk Shooters, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Pull-Backs, and a set of Danglers (full-body and head danglers). Like typical Gacha brand toys, these come in round plastic containers with 4 small holes on the top and bottom. Choosing which of the characters you are buying is close to impossible.

Buildable Figure Lineup

 * Sonic
 * Werehog
 * Super Sonic
 * Metal Sonic
 * Knuckles
 * Shadow

Pull-Back Racer Lineup
Dangler Figure Lineup
 * Sonic
 * Shadow
 * Knuckles
 * Amy
 * Sonic (2 versions)
 * Tails
 * Knuckles
 * Shadow
 * Eggman

Head Dangler

 * Sonic
 * Tails
 * Knuckles
 * Shadow
 * Eggman
 * Metal Sonic
 * Super Sonic
 * Silver

Sonic Boom Toyline
The main toyline for Sonic Boom was handled by TOMY and was set to release in late 2014. The main toyline has been Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Amy Rose, Knuckles the Echidna, Dr. Eggman, Orbot, Cubot, Burnbot, and Sticks the Badger.

Figures
So far (as of 2018) The figure line up has 3-inch figures of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Sticks, Eggman, Shadow, Metal Sonic, Orbot and Cubot as well as many variants of the said figures. Some variants include metallic variants, different head gear, and new paint jobs.

Plushes
There have also been 8-inch plushes to go with them. So far they have released plushes of the main characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Sticks, Metal Sonic, Shadow). As well as a small line known as Bighead plushes containing Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Eggman, Amy, Shadow and Orbot.

Cancelled Plushes

 * Bighead Variant of Sonic
 * Bighead Sticks
 * Bighead Metal Sonic
 * Bighead Cubot

Emoji Line
In 2017 Tomy started creating a new line of figures and plushes of Emoji-based Sonic characters. So far the line contains Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Both figures and plushes exist of the characters. In 2018 Plushes of Shadow and Eggman are planned to be added to the line. In 2018 figures will also be made of a new Tails and Eggman.

25th Anniversary Toyline
In 2016, for celebration of Sonic's 25th anniversary Tomy released both figures and plushes of Classic Sonic, Classic Tails, Classic Knuckles and Classic Eggman.

Plushes
Tomy have made plushes for Classic Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Eggman. The plushes are also very shiny and metallic due to being made of a crushed velvet material. They costed $14.99 in stores.

Figures
As a part of the 25th anniversary merchandise they also made 3 small 3-inch figures of Classic Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. They were released in 3 ways. Single-packs, Comic-Packs and a special 3-pack where the figures are decked out in a very shiny material.

Collector Series
In 2017, Tomy's 2017 catalog released and showed a new wave of upcoming Sonic toys, known as the Sonic the Hedgehog Collector Series. This line consisted of both the Classic and Modern Sonic the Hedgehog series brands.

At the end of 2017, Tomy's 2018 catalog released and revealed more upcoming toys from the Collector Series, including new figures and plushies.

Modern Sonic
The Modern Sonic portion of the Collector Series consisted of, like most other waves, plushes and figures. In 2017, four eight-inch plushes included Sonic, Metal Sonic, Shadow and Tails. A twelve-inch plush of Sonic was released too.

For the 2018 line-up, the Sonic and Knuckles figures were re-released as new figures were produced such as Metal Sonic, Amy, Dr. Eggman, Shadow, Super Sonic, Infinite, Zavok and Chao. Plushes included variants of Sonic and Tails as well as new plushes of Dr. Eggman, Amy, Vector, Chao, Shadow, Knuckles, Silver, Vector, Super Sonic, and a Dark Chao.

Classic Sonic
Going off of the 2016 line, the classic figures were re-relesed. The 2017 line-up had the figures from 2016 as well as variants of them. For plushes they also had Classic Sonic (posed), Classic Tails (posed), and Classic Knuckles (posed). For 2018, figures will be made of Classic Amy, Classic Metal Sonic, and Classic Dr. Eggman. A special figure will be created that is similar to a Nendroid as you can give it multiple expressions e.t.c. Plushes will be made of Classic Super Sonic and Eggman.

Trivia

 * Tomy's Sonic Boom merchandise has gotten a large amount of criticism due to their articulation style. As the previously released Jazwares Figures have a sub-total 14 articulation points while Tomy have 5. Even after that though they still continued the 5-points of articulation with there Modern Sonic figures.
 * Tomy's Collectors Series made lots of plushes and figures that not many other companies haven't such as Vector, Classic Super Sonic, Modern Super Sonic, Zavok, and Dark Chao.