It's not going to be out for more than a year, but official merchandise for Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has already been confirmed.
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. has today announced that it has the global toy rights for the film in partnership with Sega of America. JAKKS says it will "design, manufacture, market, and sell Sonic the Hedgehog 2 branded toy product lines based on the upcoming feature film," while its costume division, Disguise, will also create costumes and accessories inspired by the movie's characters.
Of course, JAKKS also had the rights to create merchandise for the first film, which resulted in products like the Talking Sonic Plush, Sonic Baby Plush and Spin Dash Sonic playset – all of which saw "strong worldwide sales performance" according to the toymaker.
Craig Drobis, Senior Vice President of Marketing at JAKKS Pacific, Inc., has shared the following in a press release:
"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is sure to be a runaway hit in 2022. Given the success of the first movie and performance of our current Sonic the Hedgehog product line, we are excited to continue to develop toys that follow along with Sonic’s next great movie adventure. JAKKS brings decades of innovative product development experience to the table and will continue to bring to life these iconic characters in a wide variety of new and unique ways for kids and fans alike."
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 will hit cinemas on 8th April 2022. Paramount Pictures recently shared an official 'name reveal' trailer, simultaneously showing off a logo which features Tails' iconic, erm... tails.
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We all know what where waiting for today.
WHAT?! A movie is getting merchandise?! No way! Mind blown! I mean, what other movie has ever had merchandise?! This is crazy talk! It'll never catch on!
#118%totallyserious
@Heavyarms55 I know the article is kinda pointless.
Oh...okay? I mean its pretty safe to assume that a movie like this will have some merch lol
LE EPIC LE EPIC WIN
I guess it’s a slow news morning waiting for the direct
Thanks for the info! I know we would have seen it inevitably but I remember last year looking for merch of the film and couldn’t find anything but a shirt. (I always assumed it had to do with the design change) So this is pretty cool!
@Snatcher I'm just waiting for this direct, the next 3 hours couldn't come fast enough.
I am usually not against any kind of random stuff being posted because it can be of some interest to someone. This however is literally just stating something everyone knew would happen like any other movie of a similar ilk. It's not even highlighting some bizarre merchandise that has already been shown off just the fact that it will get made so answering a question people already knew the answer to.
morbidly curious to see a Jim Carrey Eggman figurine
I hope the first trailer brings back version 1 gross Sonic so we can all be outraged again. That was fun.
Where are the affiliate links?!
You mean you guys are now just spruiking merchandise with no expectation of recompense?!
Can't wait for the movie but the fact that you could now be able to play the Taxman version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for PC is awesome. Game runs fantastic on the go with my GPD Win 2.
This is why I have such an aversion to Sonic, and it's not even his fault. Nintendo Life always had flaws, but it's really gone downhill since hardcore Sega fans took over. I wish this problem was on Push Square or Pure Xbox instead since I care very little for news about their systems anyway.
Tails Doll or bust.
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy.
They are probably throwing out whatever news they could find for the boosted site traffic before the direct
@Heavyarms55 ikrr
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