Once Sonic Adventure arrived for the Dreamcast, the characters looks all changed slightly. This makes it easy to tell what era a plush might be from. Look for the colored eyes. This set is the FIRST line of plushes released along with Sonic Adventure, in 1999. They are fairly large, and retailed for around $20.00 USD each at the start. They are now very expensive. You could import them, for a while as well. The knuckles' head leaves a little to be desired with the sculpt, and the Sonic features the stereotypical SA smile. The chao is especially well done, and Big the Cat even comes with his fishing rod.

When Sonic Adventure 2 Battle arrived, it got another series of plushes. Even a Hero Chao plush! That would be so cute to own, but is so very rare.

• Big the Cat Big the Cat
• Eggman Eggman
• Tails Tails
• Sonic Sonic
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Here's a better/closer look at some of the plushes. There's a reason these dolls are so expensive...they were large, well made, had good detail & quality materials. Also being done in Japan, they were harder to get a hold of outside the country. Being rather expensive to start with also contributes to the rarity.

Eggman looks great in his detailed coat, 3D goggles, big mustache & soft, quality material. He's also proportional, mostly, & the shoes even have heels! He's quite uncommon. 

And take a good look at Big the Cat, complete with his sandles, and nicely detailed fishing pole. Look at how well the tail ends, as well as the 'hair like' spike things on the back of his head. They didn't miss a single buckle, & he's pretty proportional as well. The tag seen there (cloth tag) should be the same for the whole line.

For Sonic you can see some of the not-yet-covered angles, such as direct back (spikes look nice!) & the good construction/detail on his shoes. 

• Chao plushes Chao plushes
• Knuckles plush Knuckles plush
• Sonic adventure 2 tags Sonic adventure 2 tags
• Owned by Or@ange Unicorn1984 Owned by Or@ange Unicorn1984
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The rare & expensive big chao plushes! These guys appear elsewhere as well, but this photo provides a great look at all sides. Neutral chao is from SA1 (see tag) while the Hero & Dark are SA2 Battle, and would have had the split tag. With these photos you can see the clear plastic that holds up the halo, the nice light yellow wings, and the fun 'devil type' arrow tail on the Dark chao. These chao are great! It's too bad they're quite so costly. 

Some great shots of the SA 1 plush Knuckles. You can see they got his details worked in quite well, everything from the bolts on his shoes, to the way his spikes aren't out of proportion/lay right on his head. Like the rest of the line, he's a tad chubby, but it doesn't wreck the look. With these photos you can see the texture on the quality, soft fabric that was used. A great line, but too bad they're rather rare.

And, you can see the location & size for the paper and cloth (tush) tags of the SA 1 plushes.The back of the tag is really quite detailed, loaded with copyright & company info (all in Japanese) The front has all of the initial SA 1 re-design character stock art, for all the dolls from the line.