Now HERE's a great & really rare proto photo!
It's a catalog shot of the Sonic Adventure 2 big plushes from 2001. However, right away you can notice differences from the final dolls. The Hero chao isn't like the released one, Shadow has a strange-ish small mouth, Sonic's shoes may be somewhat different, Tails' eyes are a little smaller...but Rouge gets the most differences. Her wings have all kinds of 'fold' seams sewn into them, the eyelids/lash details are different & her mouth has what is likely a little embroidered lower lip detail on it. Prototypes of dolls aren't too common, Japan proto photos are even less common, & this is the only known shot of these dolls to exist. The plushes themselves may be 1 of a kind even, since they weren't released looking like this. It is special to see such a rare photo!