Here's Jazwares Blaze the Cat figure! She's 3.5 small line size, & comes in a comic book 2-pack with a normal Sonic. The comic they come with is Sonic Universe #1, which had Blaze on the cover. (A good way to get this issue if you didn't collect it when it was first out!) The box-back is very plain, with just Sonic & no text. The star on the front says "Excluxive Blaze the Cat figure", but why? She's not a store exclusive. The official photo (above) shows them with clear bases (same shape as the back, just clear) which is a nice move. This should be 12.99 in Toys R Us in winter 2012.
Photos by Taaron
Photo by Taaron
Blaze is a great figure! She had a lot of detail which can go wrong...but fortunately, Jazwares seems to have gotten it all right. The pointy 'fur stuff' on her glove cuffs & socks is accurate, her ponytail seems correctly sized & the high heel shoes look good while not forcing her to tip over. The 'skirt' flap things are flexible. She has all the same articulation as their other 3.5 size figures. Her expression is decent too, with the very long eyelashes, well placed eyes & a look of calm/concentration
Bottom line:
Grab this 2 pack if you want her. It's annoying that The Girls Curse won't let them single pack her / forces you to buy yet another Sonic just to get her, but if you like Blaze, she's worth it, because she's so well done. The #1 issue is also a big helper here. If you don't collect Archie you can always sell it later. She may be single carded later, or re-released in some other way, but this is a good opportunity.
*Beware of broken Blazes in the package. At least 1 has been reported where the arm & tail fell off as soon as the package was opened.
Here goes yet another Blaze pack, this time with issue 218 of the comic instead of Universe (where she actually appeared) this appears in 2013 & proves they're having to include just any issue at random.
Owned by Dustin Lee Autry
Here are 2 more comic pack mix ups. The first has Blaze & Sonic with a "Genesis" issue, which was the 'retro' one from Archie and had nothing to do with Blaze. The other is classic Sonic & Amy, but with an issue of Sonic Universe that has a giant Shadow head on it...creating a great big mis-match of classic & modern.
These mix ups are likely caused by Jazwares running out of copies of the proper issue, & just substituting it with anything. They're not more valuble, if anything they'd be less because these packs are best when MIB & that error comic doesn't help it.
Discovered by SonicHedgehog11