Figural Sonic the hedgehog water bottles. Why? Why not? These chubby figures were another item from Sega World. Notice that they left his arms blue. There are also Tails, Sally and Robotnik ones of these.
Sega World of Australia also sold various character themed drink sipper bottles. Naturally, the collection had Sally on it, so here she is. This sculpt of her makes her look more 'cartoony' with a large mouth and nose and "Oh hmm!" type of expression on her face, however, her head is relativly small. Notice also that she is only wearing her signature blue boots and not her blue vest.
At least Robotnik is supposed to be fat...here, he's crouched or squatting to fit the form. They've chosen the "O!" expression, which when sculpted is rather strange.
The Sonic & Tails bottles didn't fare as well as Sally. Compared to them, she's quite on model. However, keep in mind that these are essentially "Jars" for holding liquids. Still...they could use a bit of work. Sonic is obviously very, very fat, and has the same 'blue arms' error that was common to Australia. The head sculpt for him is the best thing about him, being classicly styled and pretty accurate. You can see where the neck unscrews.
Tails is easily the worst of the lot. He nearly belongs in Mutant Gear. First off, the carry-over Archie comics mistake of "Tails is Brown" is in evidence, and like Sonic he's fat. His pose is anti-dynamic--simply standing around. His ears are WAY too small, his lower face is huge, and his eyes are wacko. He looks like a bizzarre bear, and isn't cute or really "Tails-Like" at all. This might as well be a different character
Here is a different angle of the rare Robotnick drinking cup/bottle thing from above. This one is missing the straw, but the back view lets you see how the head unscrews (as they all did) It also shows that his legs are pretty much attached to the sides of his body instead of below it. But does that make him off model? Kind of no...this Robotnick character was always rather wierdly proportioned, though why they chose such a wierd expression is still a mystery. His eyes are also set kind of sidewasy (goat like) when he never really appeared that way (And they're yellow too, where they are generally depicted as red) Don't let this item's silly appearance fool you though, he is both rare and valuble, having only been sold at SW Australia.
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