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SEGA Europe auction off signed Sonic stuff.

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From DX on GA-Forums:
From Sega Europe -

"Later this year three intrepid SEGA employees will be packing their bags and waving farewell to SEGA HQ for a few weeks. The next time we'll hear from them is likely to be a chilly phone call from the top of Kilimanjaro.

The SEGA team scaling one of the world's highest peaks and raising money through auctions, collections and sponsorships for the games industry charity ESC. All proceeds are going to some great and wide ranging causes including funding schools in near Kilimanjaro, working with disabled youngsters in the UK and giving street children in Tanzania chance for a better life.

There's some limited edition goodness available for auction on eBay. Check out the descriptions below and if anything takes your fancy pop along to the auction to place a bid. Even if it doesn't why not place a bid to help raise as much as we can for charity.

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Shadow the Hedgehog Artwork - signed by Yuji Naka!

Classic gaming Icon - Sonic The Hedgehog's nemesis Shadow The Hedgehog. The award-winning creator of Sonic and Shadow, Yuji Naka has signed this hi-resolution character artwork. Being 1 of 5 in the world then this is a collectors MUST HAVE item.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 6211542779

Sonic the Hedgehog Artwork - signed by Yuji Naka!

The award-winning creator of Sonic, Yuji Naka, has signed classic gaming Icon Sonic The Hedgehog, this hi-resolution character artwork. Being 1 of 5 in the world then this is a collectors MUST HAVE item.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 6211540579

Sonic Compilation for Megadrive. Signed by Yuji Naka

Your chance to own a unique autographed copy of SONIC COMPILATION (Sonic 1 & Sonic 2) for the SEGA MEGA DRIVE. The Japanese based creator of Sonic The Hedgehog, Yuji Naka, has signed this rare copy!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 8220310635

Astroboy Figures. Complete set of three.


Legendary Japanese comic Astro Boy was created in 1952 and is one of the most recognised characters in Japanese animation. Astro Boy was also the first Japanese animated television show shown in America during the 1960's.

In good condition Searchlight Astro, Rocket Boot Astro, Arm Cannon Astro are now available for you to own

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 6001116985

Japanese Sonic Rucksack

Japanese branded, all weather dark blue SEGA rucksack with fashionable cult rubber orange emblem (it says Sonic in Japanese). Only a small selection of these bags were produced throughout the world.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 6211346784

Tamiya R/C Rally Car - SEGA branded

SEGA branded promotional item - Quick Drive Radio Controlled Rally Car - Front & rear suspension with coil spring shock units. Semi proportional right and left steering plus forward and reverse. Sealed gearbox with differential, two speeds selectable with wheel and trigger type transmitter included.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 6001134497

Rare Japanese 'Virtua Fighter' 4 Arcade Stick for PS2

Bring the arcade experience home! This Arcade stick comes complete with rapid-fire switches and action buttons. Superb for playing VF and other fighting games.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... otohosting

All funds from this sale will help to sponsor the SEGA team who are climbing Kilimanjaro in October for the gaming industry charity ESC, go to http://www.takinages.com for more information."

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YOSH

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Sweetness. It'd be nice to get my hands on at least one of those beauties...

...my current plan is to wait till near the end of the auction as I'd have been paid by then and decide if I can afford something. if so I'll bid (The pictures and the joystick are top) if not I'll take defeat gracefully and wait for Sonic Gems to come out while playing Fahrenheit and Burnout Revenge...

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Why don't they auction off stuff that people actually *WANT* Like stuff that hasn't been graffitied on bu Yuji Naka.

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I’ll say this isn’t worth it. The event will be so widely publicized by SEGA that the prices will well exceed their value.

I myself pick up two Sonic games signed by Yuji Naka on eBay (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle & Sonic Advance) from a Jenny Kong for only £20. Jenny got them signed by Yuji at a festival in Cannes. I checked her out, turns out she was a PR for Nintendo (now works for Sony), and Yuji was at Cannes to promote Sonic on the Gamecube and GBA.

The point is there’s no way those signed items are worth £50.

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Now on sale for $50.

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Ritz wrote:Image
Now on sale for $50.
I said fifty pound, not fifty dollers, you dumass.

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£26 for a piece of paper? Pff

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"Rare" VF4 stick? Hahaha, what the hell. It's not rare at all.

That backpack is looking tasty at £10, though.

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Psychobob2 wrote:I said fifty pound, not fifty dollers, you dumass.
I do not use pounds.
Image
Also, it's 'dumbass'.

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Ritz wrote:
Psychobob2 wrote:I said fifty pound, not fifty dollers, you dumass.
Also, it's 'dumbass'.
And 'dollars'.

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Rits spelld "insult" rong.

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I didn't draw the picture.

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That's what they all say.

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There's also an unnecessary apostrophe.

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Why the hell is the Shadow picture worth more than the Sonic one at the moment? I think I'm going to bid if the prices don't rise too much in the next few days. At least I might try and snipe the cheapest one.

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j-man wrote:That's what they all say.
It's quite true. In fact, it's the 2nd picture that pops up in Google's image search. I thought that the grammatical errors were rather clever in light of the current situation.

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Ritz wrote:
j-man wrote:That's what they all say.
It's quite true. In fact, it's the 2nd picture that pops up in Google's image search. I thought that the grammatical errors were rather clever in light of the current situation.
Wow, nice save there mate. I couldnt have sayed it better myshelf.

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Ritz, if you ever post a picture of a chef being a dumbass again, I will hunt you down.

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I really want that rucksack. Mine totally broke today.

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Oh well. The crap stuff sold cheap, the singed pictures sold for loads. As big as a fan I am I'm not paying £150 for a Singed Sonic picture...

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Eh. I could've done with that rucksack.

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The person who won the signed Shadow picture also got to collect it in person, and thus was given a tour of the Sega of Europe offices.

During the tour she was given loads of extras, such as a giant SEGA Superstars banner, and all of the other stuff that was for auction aswell (seems SEGA had quite a few to spare). They also gave her a prototype game or something, but she's not allowed to say what it is.

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Fuck it. This is what we get for not caring about Shadow.

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