The Jazzyman wrote:TheFatPanda wrote:The Jazzyman wrote:I myself come from Australia. Nothing really special to mention.
I don't think that Australians created anything sonic. The only thing really worth mentioning is the fact that we had a theme park that got demolished just before the year 2000. Apparently there was a stage play with Sally in it though, which is quite odd.
In terms of popularity, I think it is very similar to America. There are fans and merch here and there. The comics are available at comic shops (no newsagents)
I thought they stopped getting the comics in Australia recently?
Also Australia gave us this...
commercial.
I saw the forum post about the topic on the comics, I guess my local comic shop may be asking for them specifically.
(hearty laughter) never seen that ad before! Not something to be too proud of mind you
Lucky - I had to make the switch to digital because none of my stores supply them any more.
I actually went to SEGAworld in Sydney in the nineties - it was fun. All the rides involved some element of video games. For instance, they didn't have dodgem cars, they had dodgem TANKS that you drove around a ball pit and sucked the balls up to shoot at other riders. And they had a ghost hunt rollercoaster where you shot ray guns at ghosts that popped out. Cool stuff. Yeah, they did have a Sonic stage show with Sally though. It was confusing, because it was AoStH-based: they were using that version of Robotnik, and Sonic dressed up as a pharmacist to trick him into drinking a sleeping potion or some such. But Sally was there too. I think I have a photo or two squirreled away somewhere. I'll try to find them to show you guys.
The only other thing I remember was the disappointing lack of Knuckles merch they had there. I had really hoped to find a Knuckles plushy, but didn't get my hands on one until years later...