Sonic the Hedgehog/Resaurus

## Resaurus Sonic Adventure 2

* 10th Anniversary Wave
* Sonic Adventure 2 Wave
* Dr. Eggman

## Collectible Information

### Status

Cancelled (Sonic Adventure 2 figures)Lost (10th Anniversary figures, 11” Knuckles, and “Sliders” Sonic)

## Product Information

### Year(s)

2001

Often hailed as one of the best *Sonic the Hedgehog* toylines by Sonic fans, Resaurus did a toyline based on the first *Sonic Adventure* game. Highly rare nowadays and costing a fortune, they had plans to do another series based on the second game; but things did not go as well as they were planned.

## **Summary:**

*Sonic Adventure* was a huge deal when it came as it brought Sonic the Hedgehog into 3D form (ignoring *Sonic 3D Blast* which came out a few years before it) and gave the “Blue Blur” a radical, modern design that has stuck with him to this day. Tons of merchandise was made to promote the game and Resaurus was hired to do an action figure line for the game in North America (Japan already had one in 1999). The figures measured 4” tall and each came with stickers, golden ring accessories with clear rods to make them float, and a golden display base modelled after their image (they have been criticized in some reviews for making it hard to get the figure stand). Series 1 included Sonic (the head was sued for a *Robot Chicken* Sonic sketch about depression ), Miles Tails Prower, and Knuckles the Echidna. Series 2 consisted of Big the Cat with his fishing rod, Amy Rose with her mallet, E-102 Gamma, and a variant of Sonic with skis (official art of Sonic on skis was made for the game,  though he used a snowboard for the Icecap levels in SA). Also released was an 11” action figure of Sonic that included a base that would say many of his iconic lines like: “Aw yeah! This is happening!” and “Ready to roll champ? Let’s go!”( For the 2000 SEGA Dreamcast Championships, a special bronze version was made, and appears to be the trophy).

For Sonic’s 10th Anniversary, Resaurus planned to re-release their Tails and Knuckles figures along with new figures like Golden Sonic and E-102 Alpha which was a black repaint of Gamma. Resaurus had plans on making a third line based on the sequel *Sonic Adventure 2* with new figures based on Sonic with the sliders he wore in the game (despite a leaked info clearly showing the figure, other sources say this line would’ve depicted him as Super Sonic), Rouge the Bat, and Shadow the Hedgehog. While likely intended for the wave after it, Resaurus employee Residentlilly (his/her Deviantart handle) made concept art for a Dr. Eggman figure beforehand.  Both lines were cancelled after Resaurus went bankrupt. The 10th Anniversary line made it farther into production with mock-up prototypes and a catalog ad, though the SA2 series never made it past the reference pics they were given. Also planned yet cancelled for the first two *Sonic Adventure* waves was an 11” figure of Knuckles.

Due to ReSaurus going out of business not long after Series 2 released, the figures in this series had a limited run and are very rare. For unknown reasons, there were a lot of factory seconds leftover from this series. Eventually, they made their way online and people suspected these figures to be bootlegs due to their poor quality and lack of packaging and accessories.

While the Sonic Adventure 2 figures were cancelled before any further development, the 10th Anniversary and 11” Knuckles prototypes will remain: **LOST.**

## **References:**

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLTeN7fTYLE
2. ↑ http://www.sonicscene.net/media-and-downloads/official-artwork/sonic-adventure#!Sonic\_76
3. ↑ https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/ReSaurus
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141230014526/http://www.sonicgear.org/Prototypes/SonicPrototypes6.html
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/hOHmJ2DzU8A?t=448