“I had a cream doughnut today at work, it was all right, the cream was a bit too watery for me, but imagine my ASTONISHMENT when I gazed down at the bit of paper it had been placed in. Is SEGA making really watery cream filled doughnuts now? I put the paper on the cover of an old FHM so you can see Holly Willoughby’s tits. Would. If you mention this you can call me Heywood Jablow” – Heywood Jablow.

Here’s another DC logo/real life picture we got sent by a man called “RedEric”. This is from a coffee shop in Cardiff. It was not deemed good enough to get a whole update to itself, in a rare display of in-house UKR quality control. It’s nice to know that Welsh people are experiencing the joys of posh coffee shops nowadays.

This is more interesting. It also came from “RedEric” but he didn’t say anything about it. The file name is “Singapore 333” so we assume it was taken in Singapore and RedEric is therefore yet another one of our international playboy readers who doesn’t just stay at home screen-capping GMTV presenters’ knees then going out to ASDA to buy custard doughnuts for dinner.

And there was this. We could go on. We have literally thousands of pictures like these in the inbox of misery.

“Away and across the pond, there’s a place called Kings Island that people used to like to go to. Kids liked the Hanna-Barbera themed kiddie rides, and adults could enjoy a multitude of rides based on hit Paramount movies.”

“But this past season, a larger amusement park company bought the park, but none of the rights. Top Gun became ‘Flight Deck’, Tomb Raider was genericized to ‘The Crypt‘ and the Italian Job was demoted to the unfortunate title of ‘Backlot Stunt Coaster‘.”

“Of course, the ride names weren’t the only thing to go. The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera was perverted into the ‘Nickelodeon Universe’, and familiar carnival game prizes like Hong Kong Phooey and Huckleberry Hound toys were replaced by crunchy, stiff Pokemon plushes and Sonic dolls with wonky eyes, though I guess we’re pretty used to wonky-eyed Sonics by now.”

“Anyway, I’ve attached some pictures showing the sheer magnitude of how many of these dolls there are all over the place. This email’s long enough, so I’ll just leave some additional commentary if you decide to post this. Cheerios” – Sam.

Thanks, Sam. They would appear to be relatively poor plushes featuring disappointingly low production values, but it’s still pleasant to see a place where Sonic triumphs over Disney shite.

Bad eyes. And how come Big The Cat is still being manufactured?

Knuckles is warning the fat man to steer clear of his bitch.

At this rate of decline we’re unlikely to remain under contract past Week 50. 3/10.

The money spent hiring him could’ve been put to much better use developing a party game for Wii.

“I have photos of a ‘Dreamcast 2’ bed spread. Found in the jungle village of Rerrenabaque, Northern Bolivia, it features what is clearly blue skies and sunshine too! It is none other than a subliminal message from SEGA’s Dreamcast 2 promotional squad. They get everywhere!”

“Unfortunately it wasn’t particularly comfortable. But then it is hard to be comfortable in one of the most humid parts of the world, even without 1000 mosquito, tick and sandfly bites” – Alan.

This update is the companion piece to Alan’s Bolivian Battery Special, as featured on upcoming metallurgy blog Idiot Toys. Alan has basically saved today from being even less interesting.

“Not the best picture, but here’s two coins from the SEGA arcade at the speedway in Daytona. I have four of them. I wish I’d used them now for another go on SCUD race” – Stephen.

“Here are a couple of photos I snapped whilst wandering aimlessly about the shops in ‘sunny’ Burnham-on-Sea last week. The towel has a vaguely Dreamcast-like swirl logo on it. Stitching was surprisingly good considering it was in a pound shop.”

“The other is from the window and signage of a coffee chop as it has SEGA in the title. Nothing too amazing about that. Apologies for the picture quality, the N95 isn’t all that great IMO…” – Mark.

“Was delighted at spotting something Sonic related on holiday in Jerusalem, and I hope you might like it! Not sure what the product itself was – sweets or crisps I guess. Sorry for the shitty quality, but the guy in the second photo, despite his chipper expression, was giving me some odd looks as I was stooping down photograping an empty snack packet and I didn’t much fancy trying to explain myself!” – John.

Photograph made all the more thrilling by close proximity of poorly-maintained military equipment.