Check out these cool plushes! These are from the "SegaPrize" EU website. Each one seems to be a nice, solid-quality plush with attention to the detail and no real mutations. This is likely due to the close hand of Sega in the project. You can see Tails' fur/bangs detail, Shadow's 3D cuffs, Sonic's 3D buckles, and Knuckles has the tops to his shoes. Amy's eyelashes are in control (but her head is a tad wide) And look... THUMBS for everyone! How unusual. This photo is of their 15 inch size (regarded as 'medium' so possibly other sizes will be released) They are made of "Velboa" which feels like fleece but presumably isn't as costly/wears better.
Info & photo discovered by Sonikku.
The first to get more photos is Amy Rose. She looks just fine from the back, with nice even spikes, quality dress and the fact she has fingers shows nicely. Her head has stuffed bangs...but the ears are off in position, with them facing eachother and her side spikes are huuugely wide. This makes her head look a little odd.
The eyes are plastic...but they have the pupils set off-center in the colored part, which is wrong. She has her eyelashes and the eyelash line, but it looks quite nice and is not over done at all. Her expression is good, and the eye positioning doesn't really distract too much. They retail for 15.99 pounds but Play.com has her (and the rest) for £13.99 each. It's pretty pricey for a plush but remember the size and the special materials used. She's quite soft with good quality, so if you like the look of these plushes, www.play.com is your answer.
Owned by Spook1414
Owned by Spook1414
The Shadow to the right is actually standing by itself. This is rare for a plush, and depends on the leg-stuffing for them. He's not propped up at all, so that helps show his quality.
Here are all the Sega Prize Europe plushes as owned by a fan, so you can see their real nature. As you can tell, Shadow's spikes aren't as odd, and Knuckles' face looks nicer in person. The set shown here is all around 15 inches tall, but there is a second smaller set available around 9 inches. As promised, they ARE well made, with some even able to stand on their own! Want some? You
can win them in the Trocadero in London or if you can't make it to there, you can buy them out of www.play.com as it offers the same set. Note: the first run of these plushes may have Sonic in black, not blue on their tags. Photographed and owned by (and info by): Oni
Watch out: Play.com will only ship to Europe. They only have a phone #, so calling is unfriendly too. Unless you have a friend in Europe who can ship to you, you can't get them.
Photo by Oni
This is the back of the PLAY Shadow plush, seen above. The spikes are nice and big, as well as well-placed. Curiously, they only detailed the front of his shoe, and the center line, not bothering to add the other hover-holes. From any angle, this is a cool plush to collect.
Owned by OrangeUnicorn1984
Here are the 2 sizes of Sega Prize Europe's Shadow plush. As you can see, they're both well detailed and the faces look nice. (sometimes smaller dolls lose detail, this doesn't seem the case here!) The only problem is the too-low placement of small-Shadow's white fur patch for the chest. The smaller one is about 9 or 10 inches high
Owned by OrangeUnicorn
Owned by Dex
Owned by Dex
Here's a closer look at the Sega Prize first edition plushes. With the above photo you can better tell how the Shadow can stand up on it's own. It shows real quality construction & stuffing. Sadly, the Knuckles has the plastic colored parts for the eyes sewn wrong. One of them is upside-down, making him look rather poor. The Tails has very off-center pupils, which is distracting because no character model ever had that, so it's technically a mistake on how they made the plastic. Aside from eye quality control, the dolls in this set were obviously very well done. The hands have detailed fingers, Knuckles' fists have contours (not just blobs) & plenty of 3D detail for glove cuffs, shoes & socks.
Owned by Dex