Somehow, I found a Mephiles in a Walmart without even looking for him, since I assumed I’d never see him. It wasn’t even my local Walmart, I just got extremely lucky.
I’m not a collector but I would KILL for that sonic adventure statue, I would commit WAR CRIMES for that sonic adventure statue, I would play LOST WORLD for that sonic adventure statue.
What’s the hate on lost world for? I’ve played lW on both 3ds (my childhood) and recently pc, I think it’s a good game, but if it’s cause RCS voice sonic, then that’s just unreasonable, I feel like saying 06 would be better even thought it’s still a good game with the legacy of Solaris patch
Fr I’m missing still missing rouge and cream and so many characters and I REFUSE to pay scalper price for them. I was lucky enough to find infinite and blaze at the Walmart in my area and got them when I did. I haven’t taken them out of their boxs because I’m scared they will break because I have a old blaze figure that broke in half the moment I freed her from the box and I still can’t find the rest of her body and only have her head and arms.
@@skyshunts that’s me with heavy king and gunner I wanted them so bad and managed to find them. Still haven’t found mephiles he’s the figure I want most now
I hate scalpers with a passion. I wanted to get Star Fox Assault and Cars Race O Rama and many other games for my Wii but they all were eather sold out or expensive or has to be a bidding game. I just want the damn games. I’m thankful you found other ways to get merchandise I might need to check out the guy who sold you the figures too.
Without watching the video: I collect the Jakks figures (and some other Sonic lines) and let me say, they have a massive supply and demand issue. With every wave that drops, the new characters get scalped to death and the repeats, namely Sonic, are all you can find. I hope someday Jakks redoes older exclusives like Mephiles or Neo Metal. Otherwise, never gonna be affordable.
This is a really fun video, but the one problem I have is that it doesn’t really answer the question of “Why” the merch is so hard to find. It moreso expresses the fact that you had to go through specific means to find them, just making it hard to find them. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with the statement. (I’m still trying to find Cream and Infinite) but I feel like this video should’ve discussed the specifics as to why they’re tough to find, or should’ve been retitled.
Tbh I titled it this because the vid wasn't doing well. I thought it fit a general theme of not being able to find things, especially outside the US. I'll tackle the topic more directly if I ever do something similar.
Oh my god I was expecting a rant on scalpers being the scum of the earth but this is such a fun little video of someone gushing about everything great about this franchise, you even go on about the damn jump balls and feature an underappreciated Sonic 4 track. Good stuff!
Hehehe thank you for noticing that niche stuff! I like sneaking it into my videos. I might talk about stock issues in more detail later on, but we all know how bad scalpers are already.
Ah, I never played much of that one. It feels especially hard to remember it now that it's unplayable(?) I think? I know there's a paid Runners on the app stores but it looks like a sequel? Maybe??? Either way I'm gonna look up footage, I just know he looked awesome in that thick line artstyle.
Oh I feel this. Here in Australia the Jakks Pacific Sonic toys are sold at retail for a very reasonably low retail price, but never last on shelves for more than a week. Trying to find them anywhere online leads to scalper prices. I feel super lucky to have managed to grab the Chaos figure from a store, it's being sold for over $100 AUD on Amazon. Damn scalpers.
I think part of the problem is most scalpers are working in the retail stores or have someone they know working at one to get a connection to see what’s new that arrived, and anything that’s seen as very wanted doesn’t even make it to the sales floor, thus being bought and then resold for obnoxious prices
Funny enough, I moved to Canada for studies, and I send my free time hunting for Sonic merch. Got lucky to find a Mephiles at a Toys R Us one day, and called a Gamestop to hold on to Neo Metal for me
I should've mentioned it in the video but when I was Mephiles hunting I went to Toys R Us and found every single new figure between 4 inch, 2 inch & Prime...except Mephiles. They got to him... 😔
I casually found a Mephiles figure at this book off at my local mall and he was 15 bucks for some reason. I still bought him with glee and I can't believe he was just casually there.
I've been to 4 different stores already and still can't find him. Feels like 'you snooze you lose' if you don't visit your Target/GameStops every day, 30 days before the wave releases.
I have a walmart exclusive sonic 1 movie advertisement, these things arent hard to come across, you just gotta ask the right people I also remember my first sonic comic. Got it at a books a million, it was the sonic vs tails issue
I've never seen a Shadow action figure (not the movie ver) but I've seen Mephiles so many times I've lost count and this me looking in multiple different stores that sell them. For some reason any kind of Shadow merch is super hard to find. I ended up preordering the funko pop of Shadow and Super Shadow a month in advance and when we went to pick it up the guy working there said that the ones put on shelves that weren't for pre orders sold out in a few hours. (They've also removed it from the website so u can no longer buy it in my country as that's the only store that sold it). You'll find a mountain of Sonic, Tails and Knuckle plushies and if you're lucky a single Shadow plushie
Oh my god that sounds incredible I've been to Chuckster's maybe twice in my life The patterns, aesthetics & arcade-feel of Monkey Ball make it very fitting for a pizza place too The kiosk must have been so dirty lmao
i physically gasped out loud seeing that sonic adventure statue, that is. the most beautiful thing i've ever seen in my LIFE. WOW❤❤❤❤ need to find that. holy shit. also delighted to see your archie comics, i ADORE treasure team tango and bunnie so much, so exciting to see a physical copy, the colors are soooo gorgeous
You might be able to find it on Amiami, First4Figures or Big Bad Toy Store :) Bunnie & Antoine are probably my favorite Freedom Fighters! You have good taste.
It's similar here in Germany: We don't even get all the things and often enough I have to read "Sorry, we don't ship to Germany". Our stores are full of Pokemon and Mario. And if you ask about Sonic, you'll get a surprised look. As a German Sonic collector, you live off Ebay and usually can't pay because the resellers charge outrageous prices. Together with shipping and customs: crazy! I hate things like "Exclusive at Target" Stickers. It's so unfair! T.T I would love to have the cute Easter figurines or the Metal Virus Sonic from Jakks. But... no chance
Been there and done that with the 'surprised look' thing lmao I seriously wish Jakks just let us order off of their website. Send in a pre-order and be worry-free kind of thing.
@@DolphynsDeck It doesn't even have to be Jakks. It would even be enough if we could order internationally from Target, Walmart or other American supermarket chains. But.. no T.T
speaking of which I feel like Sega, although have been doing good with their whole sonic lore and stuff like that, I feel like we should have more things that show how shadow and knuckles are connected other than being sonic rivals and now friends like how shadow was literally based off of super Sonic’s prophecy, which was ancient echidna property
Jakk's biggest problem with these figures is that there's just too many Sonics made in each case. they add like 3 of him and then one of each for the others. That alone just makes it 10 times harder and less likely for you to even find any new stock on the shelves when you do go looking for them. I get that the idea is that most people are gonna buy a sonic with another character, that only really works with newcomers to these figures and the idea quickly falls apart for the common consumer. when i picked up my movie 3 5 inch shadow, 6 sonics... that balance is just not right lol imo. But unless this series messes up or gets into a round of flops again, Sonic 3 is only gonna make the hunt even more difficult if that movie is even half as successful as the 2nd one. Gonna have to be deligent the next couple years if you want to just get them at normal retail price sadly with demand only gonna be skyrocketing now. I got in around wave 5 or 6 a couple years ago, just before movie 2, and its almost become a sport having get an idea of release dates and such, especially as a Canadian. I felt it was difficult then, but its even harder now. xD. nice video and haul bud!
Every time I talk to employees they tell me they have a fixed amount of stock sent in. 1-2 of the rare characters are really all they *have* and it's ridiculous. Companies like Toys R Us seem to have better leverage for that kind of thing though.
It's an insane undersight on their part.. Sonic is bigger than it's been in a decade an a half and they still give each store like 5 figures per shipment.
Starting my Sonic collection late is so annoying because literally anything Sonic is always sold out and resold for waayyy more. I’ve been able to find stuff in stores but rarely and I’ve unfortunately been a victim of eBay resellers
I've been lucky enough to always find what I'm looking for in-store thanks to no one ever restocking. I've literally found 3 year old figures before. Might be worth checking places with clearance or second hand stuff?
@@DolphynsDeck that sounds like such a dream my stores are always empty and rarely restocked after someone absolutely scalps them 😞 went to find the Sonic 3 Shadow and someone had bought the only 8 in stock 😢
Honestly this is a legendary collection. As for the why, I imagine it's down to there being a mix of there being a distinct lack of anti-scalping methods, as well as most stores also just being short supplied on the hot button figures. I could find three different Dr. Deep figures and a Grim Sonic, but movie figures are just unattainable.
Thanks! I've talked to a bunch of employees from different stores/locations. Seems to me they always understock the new characters, overstock the common ones, and have a habit of putting their entire stock out as soon as they get it which leads to people buying everything at once. It's literally easy pickings for scalpers. I should make a dedicated video talking about this at some point.
I’ve been OBSESSED with Mephiles and Infinite as villains, especially cause they were done REALLY well. It sucks that they’re from hated games. But I’m DYING to get a Mephiles figure.
I spoke to soon,it’s just the generic 5 inch shadow without lenticular eyes.theres also a 4 pack of the figures that could have the chance of being 4 inch.
I hate how half of these r meant to be limited because I’m barely getting back into Sonic(I’m 14) and I’m obsessed! But I’m not going to be able to even start a collection until I can get a job which is one year but I want to have a huge collection like this 😭😭
Imagine living in Europe. They're even harder to find here. But I honestly don't love most Jakks figures, because their hands and faces often look awkward. They really need swappable hands.
As a french, we barely get stuff and online there's only amazon for them and its expensive. Yesterday I found The 4inch wave 17 out of nowhere and i took silver, rouge and neo metal sonic, cuz they were 16 bucks each, when on amazon one goes for 30 + bucks
Every store i go to, they always have only Sonic figures. I already have too many sonics, i want other characters like silver or blaze. 😭 Heck i cant even find common characters like tails or amy
i know what this is like, im trying to collect figures of every robotic copy of sonic and the only one im missing is chaos sonic BECAUSE literally no one in my area carries him, i either have to buy him through dodgy sellers or have amazon us ship him to the border (yes i am canadian)
I think I only ever saw one Chaos Sonic and managed to pick it up. I've seen Grim 3x more and that's probably just because he came out in the last wave You got a Mecha & Neo Metal though? Huge congrats if so!!!
@@DolphynsDeckye i have mecha and Neo metal!!!! i love them so much esp neo he is my prized possession congrats to u on getting chaos sonic, i think my chances of getting him are shot since his wave is long over
Went to four different Walmarts, two of them twice, just to find the new Sonic 3 figures. Never got em in stock in store even though their system said they restocked on one of the days. Finally got Sonic online when they restocked about a week and a half ago, but I still can’t get my hands on Shadow and Robotnik.
I really hope they keep going with the 5 inch figures like the Sonic 3 figures. Continue it with game figures after they're done with the Sonic 3 movie figs
I read somewhere on the merch leaks twitter account that they might be making 5 inch figs for the game figures. I personally prefer 4-inch because it's easy to store and that's where 90% of my collection is but I'll probably pick up Game 5inch if they're just as articulated as the movies
I love sonic since I'm a little kid and always wanted the jazwares figures, but of course at that time they were really rare. When I found out that jakks is making a new line I was really hiped but here in europe, i cant find them anywhere. If someone knows on which website i can find them pls tell me
I just love living in Canada, because it means that getting a Big the Cat figure or a Cream or an Espio, etc., is nothing more than a pipe dream unless I either shell out on EBay or take the gamble on GameStops website, because apparently, GameStop thinks that it’s a good idea to turn waves of plush and action figures and essentially turn them into a blind bag ( at least here in the “Great” North)
I’ve seen Espio and Cream in person here in Canada on two separate occasions, but passed due to not being into Sonic at the time (decisions I regret), and I have never seen the Big in person, which is a shame considering he’s my favourite Sonic character
Oh honey... you're lucky; you caught up on Archie-Sonic right at its peak, after all the drama. Which incidentally is also one of the reasons we don't have an "official" Hyper-Knuckles; all thanks to a jerk named Ken Penders. Trust me, look him up. X( And don't get TOO envious of American collectors; our selection is limited to the internet too, especially where I live in the Midwest. I saw a Big the Cat-figure still on the shelves the other day! X0 But that being said, I appreciate the shout-outs to the comics, and it was all a nice presentation! Good luck! =)
Sheesh.. It's extra frustrating too because these figures are usually pretty cheap too. It's not like the limited edition $400 statues no one can afford..
I just recently started collecting sonic figures & somehow I stumble across mephiles at a walmart snatched him up so fast since I knew how much he goes on the after market also found chaos sealed at a swap meet for $5 so not to bad
Been refreshing Walmart and Targets listing for the Sonic 3 movie Shadow and its always out of stock, till one day I got through with Shadow and it said it was preparing my order. Then 2 days later they cancelled it , THE LAST ONE BTW, with no reason as to why, other than I'm sure some bozo at Walmart, put my order on the shelf and someone went into the store and bought it, OR the person handling it knew of how hard it is to get one and then scalped it on Ebay. I hate this cause I've always wanted a proper Shadow figure to replace the ones I got as a kid.
Ugh that's cruel.. I know it's not the same, but you might be able to find a Game-Series Shadow a lot easier. It's bigger than the ones from Jazwares too.
The saving grace for me was the articulation lowkey.. I probably would've gotten them regardless because I like the designs but I am such a stickler for consistency
oh hey thats my shadow repaint i did to get rid of his 3d eyes and gold limiter rings in the thumbnail. you in one of the discords im in that i posted it too or is it getting shared and passed around?
Honestly I don't remember where I found it. Probably Googled it and masked it. Didn't notice any edits at the time :O
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I don't know anything about this line, so my question is: you are saying that 4in used to be the scale, but now is going to be 5in? So if I only get a figure from the 3rd movie, there is no other figure to combine with that scale ?
Ironically I've only seen people get excited for the Movie figures. My guess is because they have an impressive amount of articulation compared to the 4 inch ones. There used to be a lot more interest for figures in the Jazwares days because people made stop motions. Jakks needs to lock in because there's definitely interest.
Bro GENUINELY. I missed getting mephiles while he was in stores now he’s like £80 online, I am I agony. Still can’t get my hands on super shadow or silver either.
Considering there's an HD model thanks to Speed Battle, we could very well get there one day :) Supposedly there was a Starline plush in the works at some point as well. It was spotted at some Sega event showing off merch but never seemed to make the final cut.
I mean it’s been torture to get new Jakks pacific sonic characters in Australia. If I want a mephilese is going to cost over $100 shipping from the us. I got so lucky when I found a Chaos figure at Kmart. Not so lucky when I had to get Infinite off of EBay
Jakks Pacific needs to realize this isn't a brand for babies (and I think they do considering the effort they put into it) but holy shit why are these so rare??? Make more dammit
Somehow, I found a Mephiles in a Walmart without even looking for him, since I assumed I’d never see him. It wasn’t even my local Walmart, I just got extremely lucky.
This is what happened with nearly every figure I own. Only saw em once and never again.
I somehow got lucky and got him for retail price on Amazon before he sold out immediately
@@gabrielmayoral1761 damn, great find
I also saw Mephiles but I didn’t get him😢
You should've got em
I think this guy likes sonic
Ya don’t say
@@Nikku2010 i might be 7 universes ahead of all of you
Nah, he likes Mario.
Nah he’s a fan of Bubzy
I think he does
Jakks stuff literally gets released for one day, sells out for 6 months, then comes back with a 600% price boost
If I didn't know better I'd say Jakks themself are the resellers 🕵️
@@DolphynsDeck lmao
@@DolphynsDeckdo they have a 5 inch Knuckles the dread?
I’m not a collector but I would KILL for that sonic adventure statue, I would commit WAR CRIMES for that sonic adventure statue, I would play LOST WORLD for that sonic adventure statue.
woah the last one is a little bit too far..
I’d go as far as to play 06 for that statue
I’d play 3d blast
even lost world 3ds?
What’s the hate on lost world for? I’ve played lW on both 3ds (my childhood) and recently pc, I think it’s a good game, but if it’s cause RCS voice sonic, then that’s just unreasonable, I feel like saying 06 would be better even thought it’s still a good game with the legacy of Solaris patch
I really wish jakks would stock sonic figures aside from sonic in stores 😭😭😭😭
It sucks but it makes sense since sonic is the one that would sell instead of obscure characters
they do sell other's like i saw cream in smyths toys once but they sell out quick
@@LucasDoesScratch I just think the main problem is scalpers
Fr I’m missing still missing rouge and cream and so many characters and I REFUSE to pay scalper price for them. I was lucky enough to find infinite and blaze at the Walmart in my area and got them when I did. I haven’t taken them out of their boxs because I’m scared they will break because I have a old blaze figure that broke in half the moment I freed her from the box and I still can’t find the rest of her body and only have her head and arms.
@@skyshunts that’s me with heavy king and gunner I wanted them so bad and managed to find them. Still haven’t found mephiles he’s the figure I want most now
I hate scalpers with a passion.
I wanted to get Star Fox Assault and Cars Race O Rama and many other games for my Wii but they all were eather sold out or expensive or has to be a bidding game. I just want the damn games. I’m thankful you found other ways to get merchandise I might need to check out the guy who sold you the figures too.
Without watching the video: I collect the Jakks figures (and some other Sonic lines) and let me say, they have a massive supply and demand issue. With every wave that drops, the new characters get scalped to death and the repeats, namely Sonic, are all you can find. I hope someday Jakks redoes older exclusives like Mephiles or Neo Metal. Otherwise, never gonna be affordable.
It is so fucking hard to get my hands on a Neo metal Sonic 😭
Unfortunately I feel if you don't get new figures RIGHT as they release it might be wraps...
Same…
Look in ross that’s where I found mine
@@vinnycraft9809 I found it in a random Target thankfully
This was so chill, I love when you branch out, you still make it entertaining in a unique way
Thank you so much!! I'll cover modding content for a while, but I do have passion for other types of videos. I'm glad it's still entertaining!
This is a really fun video, but the one problem I have is that it doesn’t really answer the question of “Why” the merch is so hard to find. It moreso expresses the fact that you had to go through specific means to find them, just making it hard to find them. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with the statement. (I’m still trying to find Cream and Infinite) but I feel like this video should’ve discussed the specifics as to why they’re tough to find, or should’ve been retitled.
Tbh I titled it this because the vid wasn't doing well. I thought it fit a general theme of not being able to find things, especially outside the US. I'll tackle the topic more directly if I ever do something similar.
"for 50 bucks you can have this little tiny guy"
Here in Brazil, no matter how hard you try to find a Sonic-related item, IT'S ALWAYS SOLD OUT
Brazil deserves better for everything gaming related
I feel your pain as a fellow brazillian
Oh my god I was expecting a rant on scalpers being the scum of the earth but this is such a fun little video of someone gushing about everything great about this franchise, you even go on about the damn jump balls and feature an underappreciated Sonic 4 track. Good stuff!
Hehehe thank you for noticing that niche stuff! I like sneaking it into my videos. I might talk about stock issues in more detail later on, but we all know how bad scalpers are already.
“I actually think Sonic 06 is Cool!”
*Shows Gameplay of Project 06*
I guarantee I've played more retail 06 than most people, it's easier to record P-06 than busting out my whole PS3
@@DolphynsDeck Naw, I totally get it. I just think it’s kinda funny.
Mephiles was in Runners! I think he was one of the last additions besides Sticks and Werehog Sonic.
Ah, I never played much of that one. It feels especially hard to remember it now that it's unplayable(?) I think? I know there's a paid Runners on the app stores but it looks like a sequel? Maybe???
Either way I'm gonna look up footage, I just know he looked awesome in that thick line artstyle.
Oh I feel this. Here in Australia the Jakks Pacific Sonic toys are sold at retail for a very reasonably low retail price, but never last on shelves for more than a week. Trying to find them anywhere online leads to scalper prices. I feel super lucky to have managed to grab the Chaos figure from a store, it's being sold for over $100 AUD on Amazon. Damn scalpers.
I think part of the problem is most scalpers are working in the retail stores or have someone they know working at one to get a connection to see what’s new that arrived, and anything that’s seen as very wanted doesn’t even make it to the sales floor, thus being bought and then resold for obnoxious prices
My dad would've taken one look at Rouge and told me to get somethin else
Damn feel bad for you
He either thought “that’s girly” because of the colors or “you find this … bat with tits ? Attractive !?! “ 😂
Funny enough, I moved to Canada for studies, and I send my free time hunting for Sonic merch. Got lucky to find a Mephiles at a Toys R Us one day, and called a Gamestop to hold on to Neo Metal for me
I should've mentioned it in the video but when I was Mephiles hunting I went to Toys R Us and found every single new figure between 4 inch, 2 inch & Prime...except Mephiles. They got to him... 😔
@@DolphynsDeck I've seen one and that's it
I swear they don't fully stock the stores, a Gamestop got 4 of the same 2.5" Sonic of that same wave
I casually found a Mephiles figure at this book off at my local mall and he was 15 bucks for some reason. I still bought him with glee and I can't believe he was just casually there.
That's the fun of figure collecting! I found Egg Robo and Espio at Barnes and Noble a few months ago. They haven't been in stock for years either.
This was so fun to watch! I’m happy you got all this! Also congrats on 11K subs ❤
🎉that's kind of you, thanks!
I just want neo metal sonic and I’d have to win the lottery to get him. Hoping to find him locally
I've been to 4 different stores already and still can't find him. Feels like 'you snooze you lose' if you don't visit your Target/GameStops every day, 30 days before the wave releases.
I have a walmart exclusive sonic 1 movie advertisement, these things arent hard to come across, you just gotta ask the right people
I also remember my first sonic comic. Got it at a books a million, it was the sonic vs tails issue
Advertisement?
19:42 The Hardest Looking Pose Of All Time🔥
Always makes me happy when people talk about it :)
They are making a 5 inch movie knuckles in a target exclusive 4 pack release in October
Ouch.. I hope he's not exclusive to the pack
@@DolphynsDeck he might be. But Jakks made a wave 2 for sonic movie 2 so he could be in a possible second wave
14:07 There she is!
I've never seen a Shadow action figure (not the movie ver) but I've seen Mephiles so many times I've lost count and this me looking in multiple different stores that sell them. For some reason any kind of Shadow merch is super hard to find. I ended up preordering the funko pop of Shadow and Super Shadow a month in advance and when we went to pick it up the guy working there said that the ones put on shelves that weren't for pre orders sold out in a few hours. (They've also removed it from the website so u can no longer buy it in my country as that's the only store that sold it). You'll find a mountain of Sonic, Tails and Knuckle plushies and if you're lucky a single Shadow plushie
I have good memories playing super monkey ball at my local Chuck E. Cheese back in the day
Oh my god that sounds incredible
I've been to Chuckster's maybe twice in my life
The patterns, aesthetics & arcade-feel of Monkey Ball make it very fitting for a pizza place too
The kiosk must have been so dirty lmao
i physically gasped out loud seeing that sonic adventure statue, that is. the most beautiful thing i've ever seen in my LIFE. WOW❤❤❤❤ need to find that. holy shit.
also delighted to see your archie comics, i ADORE treasure team tango and bunnie so much, so exciting to see a physical copy, the colors are soooo gorgeous
You might be able to find it on Amiami, First4Figures or Big Bad Toy Store :)
Bunnie & Antoine are probably my favorite Freedom Fighters! You have good taste.
Monkey Ball mentioned 🗣🔥
We're rolling down a hill while leaning as hard as we can on the thumbstick with this one 🗣🔥
Great video! You’re quite lucky to have won all of those figures. It’s really satisfying to collect them all. I’m jealous lol
I shan't take it for granted! I'm very grateful to be blessed by Sega himself
It's similar here in Germany: We don't even get all the things and often enough I have to read "Sorry, we don't ship to Germany". Our stores are full of Pokemon and Mario. And if you ask about Sonic, you'll get a surprised look. As a German Sonic collector, you live off Ebay and usually can't pay because the resellers charge outrageous prices. Together with shipping and customs: crazy! I hate things like "Exclusive at Target" Stickers. It's so unfair! T.T
I would love to have the cute Easter figurines or the Metal Virus Sonic from Jakks. But... no chance
Been there and done that with the 'surprised look' thing lmao
I seriously wish Jakks just let us order off of their website. Send in a pre-order and be worry-free kind of thing.
@@DolphynsDeck It doesn't even have to be Jakks. It would even be enough if we could order internationally from Target, Walmart or other American supermarket chains. But.. no T.T
speaking of which I feel like Sega, although have been doing good with their whole sonic lore and stuff like that, I feel like we should have more things that show how shadow and knuckles are connected other than being sonic rivals and now friends like how shadow was literally based off of super Sonic’s prophecy, which was ancient echidna property
Jakk's biggest problem with these figures is that there's just too many Sonics made in each case. they add like 3 of him and then one of each for the others. That alone just makes it 10 times harder and less likely for you to even find any new stock on the shelves when you do go looking for them. I get that the idea is that most people are gonna buy a sonic with another character, that only really works with newcomers to these figures and the idea quickly falls apart for the common consumer. when i picked up my movie 3 5 inch shadow, 6 sonics... that balance is just not right lol imo.
But unless this series messes up or gets into a round of flops again, Sonic 3 is only gonna make the hunt even more difficult if that movie is even half as successful as the 2nd one. Gonna have to be deligent the next couple years if you want to just get them at normal retail price sadly with demand only gonna be skyrocketing now. I got in around wave 5 or 6 a couple years ago, just before movie 2, and its almost become a sport having get an idea of release dates and such, especially as a Canadian. I felt it was difficult then, but its even harder now. xD. nice video and haul bud!
Every time I talk to employees they tell me they have a fixed amount of stock sent in. 1-2 of the rare characters are really all they *have* and it's ridiculous. Companies like Toys R Us seem to have better leverage for that kind of thing though.
@DolphynsDeck doesn't surprise me with Walmart, sadly lol. But yeah I always forget about toys'r'us.
Amazing finds! 😍 I can’t wait to ACTUALLY save up and get more Sonic stuff including Miraculous and other Merch🤩
jakks needs to have better distribution especially in europe
It's an insane undersight on their part.. Sonic is bigger than it's been in a decade an a half and they still give each store like 5 figures per shipment.
hold on wait a minute mephiles doesnt have feet
A 5 inch Sonic movie 3 Knuckles in a 5 pack coming out December
Source? 👀 I'd love to see a pic
I was expecting you to spike the monkey ball when they said it was super
1:44 Gimme That.😂
Starting my Sonic collection late is so annoying because literally anything Sonic is always sold out and resold for waayyy more. I’ve been able to find stuff in stores but rarely and I’ve unfortunately been a victim of eBay resellers
I've been lucky enough to always find what I'm looking for in-store thanks to no one ever restocking. I've literally found 3 year old figures before.
Might be worth checking places with clearance or second hand stuff?
@@DolphynsDeck that sounds like such a dream my stores are always empty and rarely restocked after someone absolutely scalps them 😞 went to find the Sonic 3 Shadow and someone had bought the only 8 in stock 😢
Honestly this is a legendary collection.
As for the why, I imagine it's down to there being a mix of there being a distinct lack of anti-scalping methods, as well as most stores also just being short supplied on the hot button figures.
I could find three different Dr. Deep figures and a Grim Sonic, but movie figures are just unattainable.
Thanks!
I've talked to a bunch of employees from different stores/locations. Seems to me they always understock the new characters, overstock the common ones, and have a habit of putting their entire stock out as soon as they get it which leads to people buying everything at once. It's literally easy pickings for scalpers. I should make a dedicated video talking about this at some point.
I’ve been OBSESSED with Mephiles and Infinite as villains, especially cause they were done REALLY well. It sucks that they’re from hated games. But I’m DYING to get a Mephiles figure.
Ditto! Their designs, voices and aura checks all boxes for me. I'd kill for a chance for them to interact in CrossWorlds.
@ having silver in a mainline game after 7 years would be so good 😭
Hey,they revealed a new shadow the hedgehog 4 inch movie figure with the dark rider, so you can look forward to that!
That might actually be easier to find than the standalone figure!
I spoke to soon,it’s just the generic 5 inch shadow without lenticular eyes.theres also a 4 pack of the figures that could have the chance of being 4 inch.
Where'd you get that knuckles shirt? Its really cool
The Yetee
that's a rare sonic sighting
I hate how half of these r meant to be limited because I’m barely getting back into Sonic(I’m 14) and I’m obsessed! But I’m not going to be able to even start a collection until I can get a job which is one year but I want to have a huge collection like this 😭😭
Imagine living in Europe. They're even harder to find here. But I honestly don't love most Jakks figures, because their hands and faces often look awkward. They really need swappable hands.
Finally, the world can know the weight of our suffering. Excellent video btw
As a french, we barely get stuff and online there's only amazon for them and its expensive. Yesterday I found The 4inch wave 17 out of nowhere and i took silver, rouge and neo metal sonic, cuz they were 16 bucks each, when on amazon one goes for 30 + bucks
Holy shit that's actually an amazing deal
I hope you enjoy your Neo Metal! I can't find him anywhere.
@@DolphynsDeck Yeah he looks so good !! I wont open them until christmas but its great!
I live Saskatchewan and i understand perfectly how awful shipping anything up here is.
Great Haul bud!
THE SCALPERS ARE KILLING MEEEEEE
Why is this comment so funny with the full Werehog pfp
me too
Every store i go to, they always have only Sonic figures. I already have too many sonics, i want other characters like silver or blaze. 😭
Heck i cant even find common characters like tails or amy
Yeah, you have to be there instantly when new figures drop or you'll 98% of the time never find them.
been trying to get my hands on a metal sonic figure ever since i was a kid. the hunt continues lol
The newest 2 inch wave has Metal! You should check your local Walmarts or game stores.
i know what this is like, im trying to collect figures of every robotic copy of sonic and the only one im missing is chaos sonic BECAUSE literally no one in my area carries him, i either have to buy him through dodgy sellers or have amazon us ship him to the border (yes i am canadian)
I think I only ever saw one Chaos Sonic and managed to pick it up. I've seen Grim 3x more and that's probably just because he came out in the last wave
You got a Mecha & Neo Metal though? Huge congrats if so!!!
@@DolphynsDeckye i have mecha and Neo metal!!!! i love them so much esp neo he is my prized possession
congrats to u on getting chaos sonic, i think my chances of getting him are shot since his wave is long over
Went to four different Walmarts, two of them twice, just to find the new Sonic 3 figures. Never got em in stock in store even though their system said they restocked on one of the days. Finally got Sonic online when they restocked about a week and a half ago, but I still can’t get my hands on Shadow and Robotnik.
So far I've only ever seen Sonic & Robotnik and by now they're probably gone.
I really hope they keep going with the 5 inch figures like the Sonic 3 figures. Continue it with game figures after they're done with the Sonic 3 movie figs
I read somewhere on the merch leaks twitter account that they might be making 5 inch figs for the game figures. I personally prefer 4-inch because it's easy to store and that's where 90% of my collection is but I'll probably pick up Game 5inch if they're just as articulated as the movies
I love sonic since I'm a little kid and always wanted the jazwares figures, but of course at that time they were really rare. When I found out that jakks is making a new line I was really hiped but here in europe, i cant find them anywhere. If someone knows on which website i can find them pls tell me
I just love living in Canada, because it means that getting a Big the Cat figure or a Cream or an Espio, etc., is nothing more than a pipe dream unless I either shell out on EBay or take the gamble on GameStops website, because apparently, GameStop thinks that it’s a good idea to turn waves of plush and action figures and essentially turn them into a blind bag ( at least here in the “Great” North)
Out of all those I've only ever seen Cream in person. My Big and Espio were acquired in a trip to the states :(
I’ve seen Espio and Cream in person here in Canada on two separate occasions, but passed due to not being into Sonic at the time (decisions I regret), and I have never seen the Big in person, which is a shame considering he’s my favourite Sonic character
Oh honey... you're lucky; you caught up on Archie-Sonic right at its peak, after all the drama. Which incidentally is also one of the reasons we don't have an "official" Hyper-Knuckles; all thanks to a jerk named Ken Penders. Trust me, look him up. X( And don't get TOO envious of American collectors; our selection is limited to the internet too, especially where I live in the Midwest. I saw a Big the Cat-figure still on the shelves the other day! X0 But that being said, I appreciate the shout-outs to the comics, and it was all a nice presentation! Good luck! =)
help, i cant even find a movie shadow figure
I actually found mephiles in a target and a Walmart on separate days and I recently have found neo metal in a target
Lucky! Every store around me has every Neo Metal completely bought out.
@@DolphynsDeck yeah scalpers on eBay aren’t being nice about his price
this was so fun to watch idk why
Good thing that's what I was aiming for lol
I wanted Mephiles and never even saw him and now it's the same with neo Metal, Puerto Rico makes it even harder
Sheesh.. It's extra frustrating too because these figures are usually pretty cheap too. It's not like the limited edition $400 statues no one can afford..
I just recently started collecting sonic figures & somehow I stumble across mephiles at a walmart snatched him up so fast since I knew how much he goes on the after market also found chaos sealed at a swap meet for $5 so not to bad
I'd love to do a swap meet sometime. Maybe at a fan event. Sounds like a fun opportunity
I have that knuckles figure.
Been refreshing Walmart and Targets listing for the Sonic 3 movie Shadow and its always out of stock, till one day I got through with Shadow and it said it was preparing my order. Then 2 days later they cancelled it , THE LAST ONE BTW, with no reason as to why, other than I'm sure some bozo at Walmart, put my order on the shelf and someone went into the store and bought it, OR the person handling it knew of how hard it is to get one and then scalped it on Ebay. I hate this cause I've always wanted a proper Shadow figure to replace the ones I got as a kid.
Ugh that's cruel.. I know it's not the same, but you might be able to find a Game-Series Shadow a lot easier. It's bigger than the ones from Jazwares too.
I'm so glad Mephiles is back for Sonic X shadow generations
The prophecy foretold this 🥠
This man forgot sonic dash, which had tangle, whisper, and surge in before running battle did
It's the same game with the same content. Who really cares?
@DolphynsDeck sorry didn't mean to sound rude, but it's actually a quite different game. I do really enjoy your videos though. Sorry if I offended you
Not offended lol, just didn't think it was something to be corrected on. You're good man
jakks shouldve made prime and movie 3 figures in 4 inch bc i know many people including myself who passed on them purely because they werent in scale
The saving grace for me was the articulation lowkey.. I probably would've gotten them regardless because I like the designs but I am such a stickler for consistency
I've seen him at a Walmart . A few months ago, i was looking for dragon ball figures, and i saw it, but it wasn't Dragon Ball, so I didn't get it.
oh hey thats my shadow repaint i did to get rid of his 3d eyes and gold limiter rings in the thumbnail.
you in one of the discords im in that i posted it too or is it getting shared and passed around?
Honestly I don't remember where I found it. Probably Googled it and masked it. Didn't notice any edits at the time :O
I don't know anything about this line, so my question is: you are saying that 4in used to be the scale, but now is going to be 5in? So if I only get a figure from the 3rd movie, there is no other figure to combine with that scale ?
they regularly produce 2 inch and 4 inch for the games, 5 inch is only for movie and prime
im suprised sonic is not getting the dbz treatment, we have the same amount of fans that would go crazy for figures
Ironically I've only seen people get excited for the Movie figures. My guess is because they have an impressive amount of articulation compared to the 4 inch ones. There used to be a lot more interest for figures in the Jazwares days because people made stop motions. Jakks needs to lock in because there's definitely interest.
I want Neo metal sonic so badly but I can’t find him for retail price😭
You probably won't. Your best bet would be a trade with someone (preferably local).
@ there’s not many figure collectors in my area so that may be hard to do, I may just eventually give in to the scalpers if it comes down to it
Who’s going to tell him that there has been a leak to the new sonic 3 5 inch figures and his favorite might be one of those leaks😭
I have been looking for super shadow for 2 YEARS
They only made him once, I'm not surprised
4 days ago, Damm. Yo fellow Canadian. The prices hurt us, I collect different figures and it hurts 🇨🇦✌️
Bro GENUINELY. I missed getting mephiles while he was in stores now he’s like £80 online, I am I agony. Still can’t get my hands on super shadow or silver either.
This is how I'm feeling about Neo Metal and Silver right now..
Where i live, Mephiles is 33 dollars.
finally i found a youtuber who likes mario
crazy how the on my first try going to a store I found mephiles
That's how it goes! Lmao
Isn’t that supposed to be shadows form words that character villain can you please tell me
I have that Knuckles Controller too! :D I got it at an insane bargain so it was only about 15$
Just go to target mines had the whole wave it had Ivo Robotnik, Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Shadow on motorcycle, and Sonic 3 4 pack
Btw they also had the somic 2 figs also
I mean, this varies heavily on what state you live in. This is definitely not common
@@DolphynsDeck oh ok I mist be REALLY lucky to have it then ima go pick them up
The only Jakks sonic stuff i have are the rouge figure, and the cheese and mighty plushies
Cheese is a great find! Mighty and Ray are some of my favorites in the plush line.
5:50 I wonder how you feel about this now
from the title alone, same dude.. hard as heck, I stopped looking lol
YO i think you got a rare sonic movie 3 figure because the title for sonic movie 3 isn’t there so maybe it’s a misprint or something😅
What is that white sonic shirt you have when you were showing off your sonic adventure 1 statue?
I'm pretty sure it's a box lunch Yui Karasuno shirt
I can’t get past the checkout without having people look at me. Guys I only have food for my children what’s the problem?
We need a Surge action figure, or at least a Great Eastern plush of her!
Considering there's an HD model thanks to Speed Battle, we could very well get there one day :)
Supposedly there was a Starline plush in the works at some point as well. It was spotted at some Sega event showing off merch but never seemed to make the final cut.
I mean it’s been torture to get new Jakks pacific sonic characters in Australia. If I want a mephilese is going to cost over $100 shipping from the us. I got so lucky when I found a Chaos figure at Kmart. Not so lucky when I had to get Infinite off of EBay
Jakks Pacific needs to realize this isn't a brand for babies (and I think they do considering the effort they put into it) but holy shit why are these so rare??? Make more dammit
Its been 2 months and still can't find 5 inch shadow figure
💀💀💀💀
Try GameStop, that's where I found mine
@@DolphynsDeck oh okay thanks for the tip 👍
I think mephiles might get new merch because he is coming back in sonic x shadow generations
I tried so hard to get that Mephiles figure :(. I managed to get Neo Metal though!
Good stuff!! Happy for anyone that was able to find one
I really saw a move shadow figure at Walmart for 14 dollars 💸
Wish I could find stuff like this
Hey bro, I think you forgot to answer the question in the title. Unless the intention was to ask people if they had an answer to the question instead.
Sounds like you are from Canada?
Does Goo Jit Zu sonic count as "stretchy" Sonic