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Message: [QUOTE="TamagotchiTamaHero24, post: 252260, member: 215120"] So, I was the perfect age to get screwed over by Sonic’s merch. The Jazwares run ended right as I got into the series, and they were best stocked in Toys R Us stores, which were falling out of prominence and weren’t super near me. As such, I didn’t have many of the Jazwares figures, though I did have a couple and loved the ones I had (I’m so happy younger me got that Super Pack. The prices went up CRAZY on that thing). Unfortunately, things got worse, as the prices on even older figures went up to insane heights not long after. My dreams of owning Resaurus or any other figures for that matter were out the window. I kept with plushes. I prefer plushes, really. But, in the back of my heart, I always wanted some Sonic figures. Small guys, ones who could easily fit on a desk. I also wished for variety, something that the older toy lines lacked. Jazwares was legendary at the time because they dared to do the impossible: give us more than just five characters. All I wanted was a cheap, obtainable, and varied figure line. I knew that was asking for a lot though, and as the 2010’s went on to be one of Sonic’s least prominent decades, it felt as though that dream would never become a reality. Then Jakks Pacific came in. Their 2.5 inch line was varied, cheap, and everything I had ever wanted. It was a slow burn, but eventually I hopped in, right or around the time I turned 18. I was too old at that point to grow up with these figures, but I felt a couple wouldn’t hurt to have as a shelf piece.[ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_6550.jpeg"]86371[/ATTACH] So, uh, I live near a Walmart that has a lot of character variety, and I may have gotten “just a little here and there” a lot over the past four years. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_6551.jpeg"]86372[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_6552.jpeg"]86373[/ATTACH] I used to have more. I sold most of my 4 inch figures, because I genuinely don’t like most of them. I find them to be big, pricey, and I realized I was only spending my hard earned cash on them because they were characters I was excited to see ANY figure for (Cream, Rouge, Infinite, Blaze, Omega, etc.) I’ll probably sell even more in the future. I love Modern Sonic and the cast it has, but I don’t know why: the classic figures make me more excited. All the badniks? That’s a childhood dream right there! Silver Sonic? Heck yeah, that’s awesome! The animal buddies? That’s so stupid, of course I’m down! And of course, big classic characters that never got merch before get me all kinds of excited. Fang, Mighty, Ray… these were all pipe dreams when I was a kid. These characters were forgotten, dismissed, and disused. Nobody wants Fang because his Superstars boss sucks? That’s okay, I’ll take ‘em. Again, I’ll probably liquidate at some point and focus in on the classic line. I love some of the modern and movie figures though, so it’ll be hard to part with some of them. I just hope that I can keep these so that any future child of mine will have an awesome childhood (if they even end up liking Sonic, of course.) [/QUOTE]

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