WE STILL ENJOY SEEING SONIC-ENDORSED THINGS FROM THE PAST
Like the abandoned homes in the nuclear death zone surrounding Chernobyl, Sonic merchandise reveals a snapshot of a long-forgotten and more innocent age. Did people in the early 1990s really buy one brand of pencils over another brand of pencils thanks to the promise of maybe winning a Mega CD?
“Sega/Crayola contest with Sonic coloured pencil! Sincerely” – Thu Nguyen.
Thank Thu very much.
As part of the UKR screening process that ever submitter must go through, we Googled “Thu Nguyen” – and found that some Thu Nguyens are boys, and some are girls. We’ll imagine this one’s a girl, even though the odds of that are significantly greater than the odds of winning that second-generation Mega CD.
filed in Uncategorized on Dec.08, 2008
December 8th, 2008 on 1:41 pm
Awesome update as always. Isn’t that a Nintendo-lightgun thingy in the picture? And what’s that small black thing in the lower left corner above the controller?
December 8th, 2008 on 2:04 pm
That’s the SEGA Menacer, the small black think is the infra red receiver for it.
December 8th, 2008 on 2:51 pm
It won’t work if you don’t let it go.
December 8th, 2008 on 3:06 pm
Get them to sharpen that pencil halfway down to see if they’ve won!
December 8th, 2008 on 3:49 pm
I still get mail addressed to the previous tenant – T Nguyen. I’d like to think I’m living in the house of someone who used to draw cocks on their homework using a Sonic pencil.
December 8th, 2008 on 5:33 pm
Why is the Sonic pencil yellow rather than blue, though?
December 8th, 2008 on 5:39 pm
It’s a pity Crayola couldn’t spell “Megadrive” properly.
December 8th, 2008 on 5:56 pm
I flipped the image and played with the contrast. That’ll teach Thu not to photograph things on top of receipts. I KNOW ABOUT YOUR HABIT OF BUYING THINGS FOR $20 THAT HAVE THE WORD “TEENS” IN THE TITLE, AND THAT TIME YOU BOUGHT SOMETHING THAT INCLUDED THE WORDS “THE 90S” FOR $40!
Actually, it might be a library receipt, since it looks like it says “Due date”. Either that or Thu’s pregnant.
In conclusion: I’m a terrible stalker.
December 8th, 2008 on 6:39 pm
“Why is the Sonic pencil yellow rather than blue, though?”
Because Sonic, the blue hedgehog, wouldn’t show up very well on a blue background.
The part I find shocking is: “once a winning pencil changes color (sic), it will remain that color (sic)”
That means if you win you will be left without a yellow crayon to draw happy smiling suns in clear blue skies!
Also the crayons are not made from tropical rain forest wood, Which is dissapointing, and have been certified as ‘nontoxic’, despite lead being mentioned numerous times on the packaging.
December 8th, 2008 on 6:39 pm
I got a copy of art attack off teh market for 4 quid or sommat. It was the cheapest game they had at the time, and i wish i’d bought chips and sweets tbpfh.
December 8th, 2008 on 8:14 pm
I’m not surprised that Sega pencils have no erasers on the end.
SEGA DON’T MAKE MISTAKES!
December 8th, 2008 on 8:38 pm
There is some proper news today –
http://www.PLAYSEGA.co.uk launches.
The Dreamcast v.2 is … teh internets?!?!
WTF Sega, you trample over my dreams yet again. Still won’t hurt to register as a VIP, maybe if I play mah jong for 2000 hours I’ll win a sonic crayon, unlock the flash version of Shenmue, or even win the entire (husk of a) company.
Sobs uncontrollably. The new Sega ≤ Popcap
December 8th, 2008 on 9:57 pm
“No subsititions permitted.”
So if you get Art Alive you have to suffer your prize and enjoy it like those who paid full retail.
December 9th, 2008 on 12:17 am
As a basement stalker, I’d like to raise your attention on the pencil picture. Thanks to the marvelous rules of transparency, you can see fragments of the reversed typo printed on the reverse side of the paper sheet.
My unbelievable photoshop mastery allowed me to DIGITALLY ENHANCE the text, in order to impress Thu, in the case she is a woman (if Thu is a male, get lost).
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8180/photoshopstalkersb3.jpg
I’m a little bit confused, as it tells about controversial issues, adults and teens, morals, and prices expressed in US dollars.
December 9th, 2008 on 12:18 am
Wood.
December 9th, 2008 on 2:47 am
It would certainly be feasible for a grown man to fit that pencil down his urethra.
Obviously I’m not suggesting that someone does that. And sends pictures in.
December 9th, 2008 on 6:55 am
Hey there’s a demo of Sonic Unleashed up on xbox live!
Now I know what you’re going to say (ooh boo hoo mummy I don’t like sonic unleashed it’s got a werewolf in it) but that’s the great thing, it’s only got a Sonic level, the Greek town one, which you can play through as much as you want, absolutely free!
Weighing in at only 185MB, there’s no excuse not to have this on your hard drive and play it while you wait for Unleashed to filter down to the bargain bins so you can buy it for a tenner and play through on Easy before putting it in the cupboard and never taking it out again.
December 9th, 2008 on 7:28 am
http://segapr.segaamerica.com/SEGA_CONTACTS.html
Thu Nguyen, Sega of America. +1 female reader.
December 9th, 2008 on 11:44 am
I actually had a set of these.
I didn’t win. I already had a Mega Drive/Genesis “super home system” anyway, but of course I wanted that Mega CD.
December 9th, 2008 on 11:48 am
It’s not that Thu. We now have a 100% male confirmation courtesy of a bit of Facebook surveillance :(
December 9th, 2008 on 12:28 pm
Gamestation is selling Sonic Unleashed for £19.99.
But it’s still not worth it.