These are the earliest painted shots of the super 3.5 inch figures from Jazwares. The line starts off super strong with great sculpts for Super Shadow and a REAL Super Sonic. All these shots are by Jazwares themselves, and were taken pre-approval by Sega, but it is highly likely that the final figures will look exactly the same. There isn't really much fault to find here, with great paint jobs all around, and the Chaotix members looking just like they should. Just look at all the detail on Espio! From 'ninja wrapped' socks to his detailed glove cuffs, he's a winner for sure!
They paid attention to Super Shadow's more cream/platinum tone color rather than yellow/yellow, and Super Sonic is appropriatly bright, with red eyes and actual 'super' spikes. The Super figures are expected to come in a pack with 7 Chaos Emeralds!
Both figure photos taken by Jazwares, discovered by TSSZ and Kari
The Super Jazwares pack consists of 3 super figures, Super Sonic, Super Shadow and Super Silver!
The box back does not have profiles, but it does have nice stock-art for everybody. Box back photo discovered by Psyic Ninja Bat.
The box itself displays everybody pretty well, with the emeralds 'floating' in the background.
the back has art of each hedgehog. The emeralds are held in by thin molded plastic behind them, and they are large. (as in, they're not to scale with the figures) The box is NOT a diorama, it has an emerald image in the background instead. Notice that the emerald colors in the art ARE accurate to the actual Chaos Emeralds. The right-side box-edge has a die cut of Super Sonic, and the other edge has the exact same image, but w/o die-cut.
The box has nice die-cut Super Sonic graphics on the edges, and the back-card...back wall of the box has a graphic of the chaos emeralds. Notice that the graphic gets the colors right, but that the emeralds you actually get are wrong.
All photo's of the figures in the section below are by Taaron & SonicFan09 (unless otherwise stated)
The Super Shadow figure from this set looks good. Since his super form is mostly just a re-color, they didn't have to try very hard to get him right. From the above photos, you can see he's a cream-tone yellow, as he should be. They gave him a normal mouth (just a line) rather than having a white mouth like his regular figure has. The under-sides of his shoes are now white, and he still has the numbering on his heel (seen above) as the foot-bottom is too rough to print on. Notice that the figure on the far right has TWO of the SAME hand. Do watch out for this flaw in stores! Over-all though, he appears to be a decent enough and stable figure.
With Super Silver they did pay attention to most coloration though, as his eyes are red, and the glow lines on his gloves are changed to yellow. The spikes are properly elevated, and his color seems pretty game-accurate. (not bright yellow, nor white) He seems to pose well, and stay on his base. This is another over-all stable figure.
Silver's shoes are noticibly different between his regular and super forms. His shoes don't actually change color in-game, so it must be some sort of figure error. Notice the color difference in the below photo, & that the bottoms are NOT colored.
The first REAL Super Sonic figure! His spikes have all been appropriatly re-sculpted to be much more vertical, as they should be. He has the red eyes, and is slightly taller than regular Sonic. For some reason they've decided to self-shade him by adding a black line at the edge of his eye, which he does not actually have. It's mis-enterperated from the stock-art. Watch the figure, as it can be mis-placed on some of them.
Photo by AzFastAzLightning
No, this isn't a fan-fix. Jazwares has started painting over the errant Super Sonic eye-edge line. He was never supposed to have one, but they sprayed one onto him anyway, as complained about above. Well, if you DIDNT buy the early sets, or any that were released right at the start...you'll likely find the fixed version instead as the shelves are restocked. However, as seen at far left, the white paint for the fix can be a little lumpy (there's a speck in his eye too, because of it) so inspect the sets carefully before you buy.
All Photo's in the Section below are by Taaron & SonicFan09
Unfortunately, Super Sonic is literally their weakest figure. He is plagued by terribly loose joints. Some so bad that the figure won't even stand. Others, he simply tips over. This can be fixed with the 'super poser super glue' method, but it is still a menace that can't be detected in-box. When the SonicGear collection box set was opened, his head wasn't even ATTACHED AT ALL. It had simply been held in by the rubber-bands, and had to be replaced twice before it would stay on. So, be careful of this figure. Don't let Super Sonic's weakness stop you from getting this set. It's still quite a worth-while item to have!
With these photos you can compare the heights of the figures & their super forms, as well as get a good idea of the size of the chaos emeralds they come with. The emeralds are solid, hard rubber with many realistic facets. They're well made (you're not boing to break these!) and feel heavy. The solid quality and many facets make them look like the real emeralds!
The bottom line:
Despite wilting Super Sonic & mis-colored emerald, get this set anyway. It's the first appearance of a real Super Sonic figure, which everyone's been clamoring for, for years. The emeralds make great props, and everyone's well colored. All 3 come with bases. The box itself is quite well designed with raised logo in the plasic and nice die-cutting. If you leave them MIB you'll still be pleased. With the emeralds held up by their backing, it'll display well.
As you can see here, almost any of their figures can suffer 180 degree joints in either the knee or elbow. Either the stop is non-existant, or way too small to function. Tails is here because he's released continually, it seems. Despite being single-card quite early on, they continue to release him, and it's these that can have the 180 elbow shown.
Inspect the sets before buying! Don't choose old/wrong sets! Photo by Hali66
Photo by Hali66
Photo by Hali66
For the Super Hedgehogs 3 Packs sold in 2011, they FIXED the colors of the emeralds. You'll notice the turquoise/blue-green one here right away. You can also expect these fixed sets to contain Super Sonic WITHOUT that erronious black eye-edge paint, as well as Super Silver with PLAIN shoe-bottoms/all-gray shoe soles (as they were before).
Photo by Pacmansonic138Here's something curious to see. This Super Hedgehogs 3 pack was photographed in-store. What's different? The joints. These guys all have the new style/better joints that JW did more recently...however, look at the emeralds! They've still got that wierd orange one in there, where there should be the light blue instead. Why would they bother to fix the figures but not the emeralds? People were forced to rebuy this set because of their original emerald mistake, it seems just so haphazard to do it again.
Photo by TiggerCustoms
Jazwares developed an improved way of making joints for the figures & then used it on the Super Hedgehogs 3-Pack first. Above, you can see a close up.
Photo by TiggerCustomsOf super Silver, with new on the left & old to the right. Look how much less knobby the joints look & how much smoother they are. They're supposed to be sturdier too...which was a huge issue with this set. For some reason the new Shadow is taller, while new Silver seems shorter. These joints are a good upgrade. If you don't already have this set, be on the look-out and
be sure to pick up THIS version by inspecting the joints in the store.
Photo by TiggerCustoms
Isn't this curious! It's "Super Silver" but without his super color!
The middle figure is clearly a Super Silver, but he's been cast in the grayish regular plastic instead. Even his shoes & gloves are the color of the regular Silver. Then, look at his hand, the fingers are all flat, instead of slightly curved. What makes this especially odd, is that it was mailed out by Jazwares itself as a replacement figure to fulfil a customer complaint! How could something like this happen?
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