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Post by xDerekRx on Apr 14, 2017 7:59:53 GMT
Got this idea from the Software Hauls post as some of us were posting our promo stuff. I think this needs its own thread. One of my favorite things to collect outside the games themselves is definitely promo/display/poster/toy/plush etc items. Might also be fun to post things that some of us see that might be cool for others. Ill kick it off with my find last week ===================== Sonic 3D Blast - Double Sided Vinyl Store Banner - 35" x 24"
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Post by dtss on Apr 23, 2017 12:11:53 GMT
Here is my pickup from today. Guy I bought them off purchased them from England. I don't think they where for sale in the UK but rather would of been used in stores as promo. Planning to frame them and display them in my gaming room. Wrapped to have picked these up with Sega rally being one of my fav games on the console. Should look great up on the wall.
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Post by Madroms on Apr 23, 2017 19:12:12 GMT
Here is my pickup from today. Guy I bought them off purchased them from England. I don't think they where for sale in the UK but rather would of been used in stores as promo. Planning to frame them and display them in my gaming room. Wrapped to have picked these up with Sega rally being one of my fav games on the console. Should look great up on the wall. did you get it by following the auction I posted on satakore.com or on Twitter ? Just to know who follows my posts
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Post by dtss on Apr 23, 2017 23:41:20 GMT
Here is my pickup from today. Guy I bought them off purchased them from England. I don't think they where for sale in the UK but rather would of been used in stores as promo. Planning to frame them and display them in my gaming room. Wrapped to have picked these up with Sega rally being one of my fav games on the console. Should look great up on the wall. did you get it by following the auction I posted on satakore.com or on Twitter ? Just to know who follows my posts Nah mate. I purchased them off a guy here in Australia who has had them quite a while.
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Post by xDerekRx on Apr 25, 2017 5:34:38 GMT
Great pieces to have, I figured you bought them from the auctions links too since the same ones were just posted. I considered getting maybe one of those or the VF one I also saw. They would look good all lined up next to each other. Madroms , the Sonic 3D Blast store promo banner I did indeed find via the Saturn Auctions twitter. Please keep posting stuff like that on there.
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Post by Madroms on Apr 26, 2017 5:49:35 GMT
Great pieces to have, I figured you bought them from the auctions links too since the same ones were just posted. I considered getting maybe one of those or the VF one I also saw. They would look good all lined up next to each other. Madroms , the Sonic 3D Blast store promo banner I did indeed find via the Saturn Auctions twitter. Please keep posting stuff like that on there. I will do
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Post by Anthaemia. on Apr 26, 2017 15:21:05 GMT
You would often find promotional posters like that around the offices at Sega Europe, along with those oversized cardboard variations of actual PAL game covers (including a few for titles that weren't actually released, such as Formula 1 and Fighting Force) sometimes hanging as display pieces in the handful of stores continuing to support the Saturn to any great amount.
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Post by xDerekRx on Apr 27, 2017 7:42:30 GMT
You would often find promotional posters like that around the offices at Sega Europe, along with those oversized cardboard variations of actual PAL game covers (including a few for titles that weren't actually released, such as Formula 1 and Fighting Force) sometimes hanging as display pieces in the handful of stores continuing to support the Saturn to any great amount. Omg I need to see these oversized box arts. Were they 3D or just flat?
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Post by Anthaemia. on Apr 27, 2017 21:01:01 GMT
Omg I need to see these oversized box arts. Were they 3D or just flat? Those boxes were 3D, and due to them needing to be be printed long before the games they were promoting had even been finished, most included early cover art, such as this example: For those unaware, I recall it being mentioned that Sega removed the original illustration because they didn't want Metal Sonic prematurely revealing as one of the hidden characters in Sonic R! If only I could find the Formula 1 box that someone once uploaded here...
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Post by Anthaemia. on Apr 27, 2017 21:06:21 GMT
Here's another slight cover variation on a later European Saturn game in oversized promo box form:
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Post by xDerekRx on Apr 29, 2017 7:08:54 GMT
Those are pretty cool. Is there anyway to show the scale/size? Like put a regular Saturn case next to it?
I also remember hearing that about Sonic R. We had the same early cover in ads in the US. Only difference if I remember was the background being blue instead of yellow.
I like the coverart layout of Formula Karts. Its similar to the style used for PAL Shining the Holy Ark. Wonder why they didn't use that format more often.
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Post by Anthaemia. on Apr 29, 2017 16:33:38 GMT
I've not been able to find a picture showing how large those boxes are, though I seem to recall them being about 3-4 times the size of a normal case. They'd normally be displayed hanging from the ceiling of stores, and there were often quite a few on the walls of Sega's London headquarters, as seen in a few print articles.
As for that alternate PAL cover layout, Sonic 3D, Fighters Megamix and Shining The Holy Ark also used the same design, while Mass Destruction had a further unique approach that makes it stick out as part of any collection - the Photo CD Operating System is the only other example I can think of with its own exclusive approach to packaging.
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Post by xDerekRx on Apr 30, 2017 7:45:12 GMT
I scanned an ad from one of my old gamepro mags that featured the US alternate Sonic R ad before it was replaced.
Ill have to keep an eye out for those oversized boxes on Ebay. Love that stuff. Even though they are PAL covers Id be excited to see what other ones may have existed.
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Post by tempest on May 2, 2017 14:31:53 GMT
I much prefer the original Sonic R cover. The one we got made it look like a game for babies whereas the original looked cooler and more in line with Sonic's Mega Drive era image.
They could have easily photoshopped Metal Sonic out of the original image if revealing him as a secret character was a problem.
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Post by Anthaemia. on May 4, 2017 12:42:33 GMT
Now that I think about it, digitally removing Metal Sonic from that original cover art wouldn't have required much effort or changed the overall design too much, and I definitely with your comment about the final alternative being perhaps a little overly child-oriented. Then again, I suppose this game was Sega's direct answer to Mario Kart 64 (or Super Mario Kart R, as it was known while still in development), so maybe someone at one of the company's regional marketing departments felt it therefore required a softer aesthetic to more directly compete against Nintendo's earlier offering?
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