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Sonic Heroes let you be Sonic Tails and Knuckles and arrange them in funny formations during the game. But Sega gave us the chance to do it in real life with these adorable little stuffed toys. There's practically seconds of fun to be had from playing with the terrible trio together, so now Sonic sits by our office stereo, listening out for some guitar rock, we expect, while Knuckles sits silently in a threatening kind of way. Tails just looks happy to be here. Aww.
Average eBay price: $10
Sonic Heroes let you be Sonic Tails and Knuckles and arrange them in funny formations during the game. But Sega gave us the chance to do it in real life with these adorable little stuffed toys. There's practically seconds of fun to be had from playing with the terrible trio together, so now Sonic sits by our office stereo, listening out for some guitar rock, we expect, while Knuckles sits silently in a threatening kind of way. Tails just looks happy to be here. Aww.
Average eBay price: $10
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Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.
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