The Sonic Chess set and other bits and bobs

So we finally have some photos of the Gaya Entertainment range of classic Sonic stuff as seen over at the German website Spin Dash (thank Barry for finding these). Nice to finally see a classic Amy and Robotnik show up somewhere in all this stuff!

Squeeze toys for crushing in your hand over the many disappointments and frustrations that come in hand with being a Sonic fan!

A photo of the Sonic chess set

Speaking of Gaya Entertainment's line of classic Sonic stuff, they have more than just concept art for the chess set now, with this photo above (click to enlarge). They seem respectable enough molds and bonus points for using the old design of Amy Rose, but I still think it would have been 10 times better if the other side of pieces consisted of Robotnik, Metal Sonic and a bunch of badniks. The rings kind of look like those cheap ring shaped crisps you'd get from Happy Shopper at School lunch time.

Gaya promises more classic Sonic stuff

Now don't get me wrong, all these announcements for classic style Sonic merchandise in the last year or so is great, but it would be nice if some of it would actually get released. Still, German company Gaya Entertainment, who not too long ago announced a Sonic chess set, have released some more concept art this time of squeeze toys and some key chains, which are the squeeze toys with chains stabbed into them, though they are said to cost less so maybe they're a bit smaller. Unlike the chess set that had Amy Rose as the forth character featured, these include a nice Robotnik design, much like that Robotnik plush toy we were promised but never got! Bah!

Source: Sega Portal

Sonic The Chess Set (hopefully) coming soon

We can add another item to the expanding list of classic style Sonic gear we will probably never see. A German company has revealed concept art of a Sonic Chess set, with the pieces featuring Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy (her Sonic CD look, a rare sight nowadays) and a bunch of rings and chaos emeralds, all sitting on a nice green hill styled checker board. Release date is apparetly sometime in Feb/March next year for 40 Euros.

Source: Sega Nerds