Sonic the Hedgehog might be getting Lego
A prominent Lego insider has claimed that five new Sonic the Hedgehog Lego sets are due to release next year
A Lego fan blog with a solid track record has revealed details about new Lego sets based on Sonic the Hedgehog, reportedly coming next year.
PromoBricks is a Lego blog that has a strong history of accurately reporting information about upcoming releases of the popular toys. A new post on the blog’s Instagram account says that there are at least five new Sonic the Hedgehog Lego sets on the way, ranging in price from $45 to $150.
As reported by VGC, Sonic the Hedgehog first appeared in Lego form for a toys-to-life video game called Lego Dimensions. The game allowed players to place special, connected Lego figures on a portal, where they would appear in-game.
The blue hedgehog later appeared in a Lego Ideas set, which is a line of Lego that typically has one-off promotions and experimental products based on submissions from fans. The designer who submits a set receives 1% of the royalties, as well as ten copies of the final set and credit in the set’s manual.
Sonic’s Lego Ideas set featured a small slice of Green Hill Zone, the first playable area in the first Sonic the Hedgehog game and one of the series’ most iconic locales. It also comes with a Sonic minifigure, a buildable Eggman, and two enemies from the game.
Sonic isn’t the only video game character to make a splash in Lego. Nintendo has partnered up with the brick-building giant to release a long and successful series of Mario Lego sets, with a recent set, a gigantic Lego Bowser, retailing for a whopping $400.
Other games have taken a different route, such as Halo, which partnered up with Mega Bloks for its brick-building toys. The Halo Mega Bloks sets have been available for over a decade now, and have recently spawned new Mega Construx sets for Halo Infinite.
It’s not all brick-building toys, though. A League of Legends Nerf gun based on in-game champion Jinx released earlier this year, costing a whopping $250. The toy was a part of the Nerf LMTD range, a higher-end range of toys that typically have a much higher attention to detail.
It might have trouble selling, however, after fans slammed League of Legends for an “insane” change to the game’s esports broadcast scheduling. The move angered American League of Legends fans, despite developer Riot Games releasing data suggesting it wouldn’t affect most fans.
Written by Oliver Brandt on behalf of GLHF.
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