I own a lot of video game related junk. I horde the stuff like there’s no tomorrow. A friend of mine recently tried to throw out a few broken GunCon pedals, which I quickly snapped up and put in boxes. Why would I do this? WHY CAN’T I THROW THEM OUT?!

In all honesty I believe that one day we will live underground and trade jugs of water and video game memorabilia for ammunition to fight of the legions of robots from hell. It’s what I was raised to believe. It’s in the bible, go read it!

Anyway, I figured I’d share some of my less junky pieces of junk and maybe encourage others to show off their collections.

First up I figured I start with one of my favourite items, a pack I bought a few years ago for Sonic’s 10th birthday. As a kid I was a huge SEGA fan boy, and in a way I still am. I only wish there was more SEGA branded stuff that was actually good. Ah well... a man can dream.

I got it off the now dead Lik-Sang (oh how I miss you) a while back. As far as I recall it was pretty cheap. I don’t remember exactly but it was less than AU$50. The pack included a copy of Sonic Adventure for Dreamcast, a 10th Anniversary copy of Sonic Adventure 2 (which I’m certain is the same game as the regular version), a soundtrack CD that contains various Sonic tunes from all of his games, a gold coin with Sonic embossed on it and a little history booklet. It also came with a Sonic action figure thing that was about 30cm tall, but I’m pretty sure it’s in a box somewhere that I can’t find. It’s probably next to the GunCon pedals and the Nintendo 64 RF adapters. That’s not a joke.

Anyway, on to the pictures.



Here is the Sonic anniversary pack next to a copy of Sonic Adventure that came in the pack.



A close up of the back of the box.



This is Sonic’s birthday. Write it down and try and remember it this time. You guys are such dicks. Think of all he’s done for you!



This is what comes inside the pack – Sonic Adventure 2 and the other digi-pack thing.



Here’s a close up of the coin. Front and back. Not sure which one is the front.



Here is the first page of the booklet. If you look to the left you can make out the embossed logo that is on the cover. Because the cover is white it doesn’t show up in photos very well.



An example of one of the pages inside the booklet.



This page has a few Sonic facts.



Yes kids, there was a time when Sonic was popular.



This is the last page. If only he could evolve to good games.



Well that's it for now. I have some more stuff I'll post when I get around to it, which shouldn't be too far away.

(Any comments would be very much apppreciated!)