Diamond Select Toys announces that they have acquired the license to produce collectibles based on SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog.

The first products will be on display at Toy Fair this weekend, with a focus on the core Sonic characters: the speedy hedgehog Sonic, the energetic Amy, Tails the two-tailed flying fox, Knuckles the powerful Echidna, Shadow the anti-hero hedgehog, Metal Sonic the evil robot hedgehog, and the mustachioed mastermind Dr. Eggman. Product categories include 9″ Gallery PVC dioramas, 2″ Minimates block figures, 4″ Vinimates vinyl figures and PVC mini-figures with collect-and-connect racetracks.

“It’s an honor and a challenge to develop products based a world with such a long history and distinctive style,” said Diamond Select Toys president Chuck Terceira. “The Sonic Universe has so many possibilities that we are excited to explore – in our established categories, like Vinimates, Minimates and Gallery PVCs, but also the PVC mini-figure category, which we are diving into for the first time!”

DST expects to have their first Sonic products on the market by holiday 2018 and plans to offer them to retailers beginning this month. 

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