Jazwares

Jazwares is an American toy company based in Sunrise, Florida. They were established in 1997. Jazwares acquired the rights to make Sonic the Hedgehog Toys in 2008. They have since released action figures based on specific Sonic games as well as the general Sonic the Hedgehog Series.

Re-released Toy Island figures
Jazwares re-re-re released 3 of the Toy Island Sonic Adventure figures in new packages. This time around, they did not come with any accessories. They are otherwise unchanged. All three are discontinued.

Re-re-re-release lineup
 * Sonic
 * Tails
 * Knuckles

Super Posers
The first 2 Super poser figures were redecoes of Sonic and Shadow from the Toy Island Sonic X toy line. These two Super Posers were slightly improved with more accurate paint jobs and better looking eyes.Jazwares later released redecoes of these figures as Super Sonic and Super Shadow. Another redeco of Sonic was later released where he was completely made of clear blue plastic, along with this figure they re-released Super Sonic and Super Shadow in new "Super poser" specific packages. Shortly after Sonic and Shadow were redecoed in the new "Super poser" specific packages. Jazwares has also released a super poser Knuckles which their first Super Poser to have an original Jazwares sculpt. Jazwares has also made a super poser of Tails. They will also be doing a Werehog super poser. The "Super Poser" figures had been criticized for having loose joints, although there is a trick to fix the loose joints that works with the 3-inch figures as well, since some 3-inch figures have loose joints too.The trick is to put crazy glue on the loose joints.Then move the joint in all ways possible

Super Poser lineup
 * Sonic
 * Super Sonic
 * Clear blue Sonic
 * Shadow
 * Super Shadow
 * Knuckles
 * Tails
 * Werehog coming soon

5 inch Sonic the Hedgehog series 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.

Lineup
 * Sonic
 * Sonic the Werehog

Coming Soon
 * Classic Sonic

3.75 inch Sonic the Hedgehog series Figures
With 10-16 points of articulation, Jazwares has started a 3.75 inch G.I. Joe-esc line of Sonic figures. Jazwares representatives have revealed that they hope to make as many Sonic characters in this proportion as possible. However, they have also stated that all their figures must be approved by Sega of Japan, therefore they cannot make any characters that were not created by Sega of Japan, thus ruling out the hundreds of characters from the Comic Books, Cartoon shows and many of the non-SEGA developed video games such as Sonic R for the time being. Fans of the series are drawn to this line because the figures are relatively inexpensive compared to the standard 5 inch figures and they are making characters that past toy companies never have such as Metal Sonic, Vector the Crocodile and Silver the Hedgehog.

These figures are released in multiple assortments. They can be purchased individually, in 2 packs with specific issues of the American Sonic the Hedgehog Comic Book, and in themed box sets with dioramas. Some of these toys have also been recycled into the Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing line of figures.

Coming Soon
Regular
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Charmy Bee
 * Rouge The Bat

20th Aniversary (Checkered Card)
 * Classic Sonic and Classic Amy Comic Book Pack with Issue 226
 * Shadow and Silver in a Comic Book pack with Sonic Universe issue 25.
 * Classic Sonic with Collector Case
 * Classic Dr. Robotnik with 2 EggRobo
 * Dr. Eggman with 2 Egg Fighters
 * Sonic with Spina
 * Shadow with GUN Beetle
 * Knuckles with Egg-Pawn
 * Tails with Sonic Colors version of Caterkiller
 * Silver with Iblis Biter
 * Classic Sonic with Motobug
 * Classic Tails with Grabber

Rejected Figures

 * Metal Sonic 3.0
 * Silver Sonic (Sonic 2)

JUVI Figures
Jazwares has announced a line of funny looking JUVI Sonic figures. Metal Sonic was released at the 2009 ComicCon in San Diego. Jazwares also released a regular line of Juvi's available at Toys R us.

Reception
Metal Sonic was the first Juvi to be released, only available at the San Diego comic con 2009. Metal Sonic received praise for his nice paint job. When the other four juvi figures were released in stores, they were greatly criticized for having strange painted-on shading, crossed eyes and worst of all, heads that are looking down at their feet. After much dissatisfaction from fans, Jazwares eventually re-released the figures with corrected heads, although the Knuckles JUVI remained unimproved, due to the dreadlocks. These figures have since been discontinued but are common shelfwarmers, most commonly the Werehog JUVI is still seen, Shadow is rare.

Juvi lineup

 * Sonic
 * Sonic the Werehog
 * Knuckles
 * Shadow
 * Metal Sonic

10 Inch Figures
Jazwares has released a 10" Metal Sonic. This figure is superior in design to any other large Sonic figure previously released. 10" Sonic is out now with 18 points of articulation. Many 10 inch Sonics have been reported broken in the package. 10" Classic Sonic is coming soon as part of the Sonic's 20th anniversary celebration.

Plush
Jazwares released their own line of plush characters.
 * Sonic
 * Shadow
 * Werehog
 * Silver
 * Tails

Coming Soon


 * Knuckles
 * Dr. Robotnik
 * Big
 * Classic Sonic
 * Classic Tails
 * Classic Amy
 * Large Classic Sonic
 * Large Shadow
 * Large Sonic
 * Large Tails

Sonic Unleashed
In November of 2008. A brand new Sonic the Werehog figure 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 Caliburn and Gauntlet. This was a Toys R US exclusive and it had its own unique Sonic and the Black Knight Package. In January of 2011, these are still sold at certain Toys R Us stores.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Jazwares has announced a line of figures based off the 2010 cross-over game Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Each figure will come with their vehicle from the video game. There are figures with vehicles, and 1.5" racers, which are much smaller, and have the figure fused to their vehicle. The figure/vehicle combo toys feature a 3 inch scale figure that's fully poseable, with hands that hold the steering device, as well as their real rolling vehicle they used in the game.

3-inch Figures with Vehicles
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower

1.5 inch figures
 * Sonic
 * Amy
 * Shadow
 * Aiai
 * Amigo
 * Knuckles

1.5" Figure 4 Packs (Toys R Us Exclusive)
 * Sonic,
 * Tails,
 * Dr. Eggman,
 * and Beat

Sonic Colors
In promotion of the European version of the game Sonic Colors for the Wii and Nintendo DS, Jazwares has announced a five inch Sonic action figure that will come with 3 Wisps. It will be released along side the game in November of 2010. The figure will also be released in along with the game in a "Special addition pack". The figure will come with different wisps depending on what version of the game you purchase. The Wii version will come with the whitish-blue, orange and cyan wisps. The DS version will come with the yellow, red and blue wisps. The Sonic figure has magnets in his hands so he can hold the wisps. The figure was released in the United States in retail toy stores. The figure is the same basic five inch Sonic figure in a new package and with the white and red wisps as accessories.

Sonic Free Riders
Like Sonic Colors, Jazwares released figures based on XBOX 360's Sonic Free Riders in November 2010. Sonic The Hedgehog and Jet The Hawk are the only figures to be made, as Wave the Swallow will be on a regular yellow back, while these two are on blue backs.