Here's an item that fits into the "Subtle Sonic" category.
It is the Sega Shop's "Ring Collector" hoodie. However, the design is so small, and it doesn't contain a Sonic image at all, that only a real fan could probably recognize it. It has the slogan "Ring Collector" and "91" under an arch of rings. It's otherwise a plain dark navy blue hooded sweat shirt with gray pull strings for the hood. It has no zipper/it's a pull-over.
Opinion zone: Is this really Sonic? Circles and a slogan? Yes the circles are 'rings', but it's almost like some kind of disguise code or something. Also, with the design that small, they're basically selling you a 45 dollar...generic sweatshirt. This is a 2020 item.
The Sega Shop continues their holiday type tradition with this pink sweat shirt that they did for Valentines day 2020.
This has the classic logo in color, with a background of white lacy hearts that's kind of hard to see on the background. They use a modified 'stepping away but looking back' Sonic. They've added a boquet of red roses (aslo facing backward) to his hand to make the shirt for Valentines day.
This is 50 dollars in adult sizes in the Sega Shop. (Aside: I would actually be really curious how well this sells because no one really seems to wear Valentines day themed clothing, and Sonic randomly holding a boquet on a shirt that looks like it got washed with a red sock in there by accident is kind of an odd thing to spend 50 dollars on)
A bit of Subtle Sonic for this one.
This is an all white sweat shirt that is plain, aside from this really tiny pixel red heart in one corner of the chest area. If you get close to the heart, you can see that it has a 'thumbs up' Sonic face/hand line art in there.
This is another Sega Shop 50 dollar/adults size item but...is it too subtle? Is the Sonic element too small? The pixel heart with the smooth/normal line art is an interesting combination...but the design is probably about an inch high maximum on an otherwise plain item.
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