Item Panel

The Item Panels (アイテムパネル) are floating emblem objects, that have made only appearance in Sonic R. They are blue and yellow colored emblems with red wings and yellow five-pointed star on the center. Item Panels are set on race tracks and.

Item Panels function and are equivalent of Item Boxes in platform games, as they contain items, which racers are able to use. The player can activate the item by simply running through on Item Panel. After that, Item Panel shows the item and disappears after spinning.