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Like the abandoned homes in the nuclear death zone surrounding Chernobyl, Sonic merchandise reveals a snapshot of a long-forgotten and more innocent age. Did people in the early 1990s really buy one brand of pencils over another brand of pencils thanks to the promise of maybe winning a Mega CD?


Win all of SEGA?

"Sega/Crayola contest with Sonic coloured pencil! Sincerely" - Thu Nguyen.


Odds of winning lesser than the odds of Sonic Team ever making a good game again

Thank Thu very much.


'Dude, what's with the gay pencils?'

As part of the UKR screening process that ever submitter must go through, we Googled "Thu Nguyen" - and found that some Thu Nguyens are boys, and some are girls. We'll imagine this one's a girl, even though the odds of that are significantly greater than the odds of winning that second-generation Mega CD.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Awesome update as always. Isn't that a Nintendo-lightgun thingy in the picture? And what's that small black thing in the lower left corner above the controller?
Anonymous RetroBob said...
That's the SEGA Menacer, the small black think is the infra red receiver for it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
It won't work if you don't let it go.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Get them to sharpen that pencil halfway down to see if they've won!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I still get mail addressed to the previous tenant - T Nguyen. I'd like to think I'm living in the house of someone who used to draw cocks on their homework using a Sonic pencil.
Anonymous Blarg said...
Why is the Sonic pencil yellow rather than blue, though?
Anonymous PhotoBoy said...
It's a pity Crayola couldn't spell "Megadrive" properly.
Blogger Halverde said...
I flipped the image and played with the contrast. That'll teach Thu not to photograph things on top of receipts. I KNOW ABOUT YOUR HABIT OF BUYING THINGS FOR $20 THAT HAVE THE WORD "TEENS" IN THE TITLE, AND THAT TIME YOU BOUGHT SOMETHING THAT INCLUDED THE WORDS "THE 90S" FOR $40!

Actually, it might be a library receipt, since it looks like it says "Due date". Either that or Thu's pregnant.

In conclusion: I'm a terrible stalker.
Blogger Multiverse said...
"Why is the Sonic pencil yellow rather than blue, though?"

Because Sonic, the blue hedgehog, wouldn't show up very well on a blue background.

The part I find shocking is: "once a winning pencil changes color (sic), it will remain that color (sic)"

That means if you win you will be left without a yellow crayon to draw happy smiling suns in clear blue skies!

Also the crayons are not made from tropical rain forest wood, Which is dissapointing, and have been certified as 'nontoxic', despite lead being mentioned numerous times on the packaging.
Blogger SMEGHaMMeR said...
I got a copy of art attack off teh market for 4 quid or sommat. It was the cheapest game they had at the time, and i wish i'd bought chips and sweets tbpfh.
Blogger JoeMDesign said...
I'm not surprised that Sega pencils have no erasers on the end.

SEGA DON'T MAKE MISTAKES!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
There is some proper news today -

www.PLAYSEGA.co.uk launches.


The Dreamcast v.2 is ... teh internets?!?!

WTF Sega, you trample over my dreams yet again. Still won't hurt to register as a VIP, maybe if I play mah jong for 2000 hours I'll win a sonic crayon, unlock the flash version of Shenmue, or even win the entire (husk of a) company.

Sobs uncontrollably. The new Sega ≤ Popcap
Anonymous floppylobster said...
"No subsititions permitted."

So if you get Art Alive you have to suffer your prize and enjoy it like those who paid full retail.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
As a basement stalker, I'd like to raise your attention on the pencil picture. Thanks to the marvelous rules of transparency, you can see fragments of the reversed typo printed on the reverse side of the paper sheet.

My unbelievable photoshop mastery allowed me to DIGITALLY ENHANCE the text, in order to impress Thu, in the case she is a woman (if Thu is a male, get lost).

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8180/photoshopstalkersb3.jpg

I'm a little bit confused, as it tells about controversial issues, adults and teens, morals, and prices expressed in US dollars.
Blogger Captain Binky said...
Wood.
Anonymous Trilby said...
It would certainly be feasible for a grown man to fit that pencil down his urethra.

Obviously I'm not suggesting that someone does that. And sends pictures in.
Anonymous eviladrian said...
Hey there's a demo of Sonic Unleashed up on xbox live!

Now I know what you're going to say (ooh boo hoo mummy I don't like sonic unleashed it's got a werewolf in it) but that's the great thing, it's only got a Sonic level, the Greek town one, which you can play through as much as you want, absolutely free!

Weighing in at only 185MB, there's no excuse not to have this on your hard drive and play it while you wait for Unleashed to filter down to the bargain bins so you can buy it for a tenner and play through on Easy before putting it in the cupboard and never taking it out again.
Blogger Demian said...
http://segapr.segaamerica.com/SEGA_CONTACTS.html

Thu Nguyen, Sega of America. +1 female reader.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I actually had a set of these.

I didn't win. I already had a Mega Drive/Genesis "super home system" anyway, but of course I wanted that Mega CD.
Blogger Cmdr_Zorg said...
It's not that Thu. We now have a 100% male confirmation courtesy of a bit of Facebook surveillance :(
Blogger RangerBitch said...
Gamestation is selling Sonic Unleashed for £19.99.


But it's still not worth it.

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