• Magic Sonic Stylus
    Magic Sonic Stylus
    This is a 2 pack of Magic Stylus... styluses for the DS. As you can see, they both snap open and extend to become normal sized. The loop on the cap lets you hang them...but if the cap isn't secure the pen part may just come off. The blue one…
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Dieing Sonic Socks

Photo credit: Taaron

Tags: Socks United States

Here it goes again...
Sonic shown 'dieing' on his own merchandise. Here, a pair of black adult size crew socks has the 'death of Sonic' sprite used as he 'loses his rings' as the all-over design for the socks. This is caused by designers not knowing what each sprite means in the game, and they just pick 'any upset looking one' to a scatter ring background and call it a day. However, they seem to always wrongly choose the one where he's dead already. Why Sega or whoever looks over the license doesn't correct them is a big mystery.
The other mystery here is why it's a classic product with a modern tag on there. But look at the bototm of the tag where it's black/marked "CREW"...that's usually a hallmark of BioWorld's tags both modern & classic. Is it by BioWorld & they just used the wrong tag?
The design would be ok otherwise, as the rings are a nice contrast with the black, the Sonic design is colorful, and everything is a part of the socks/threads/weave itself so it's not going to just wear off. These were found at Walmart, but is 1 pair really 8 dollars? It seems a little steep for that store, even in the adults area. 


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  • Region: America

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