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Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:14 pm**

I knew that there was a Sonic balloon! I was kinda wondering what happened to it.

http://www.ny.com/holiday/xmas-1994/gallery14.html

What they say about Sonic is kind of an insult, even though they obviously don't know much...
I know that's an old page, but I thought it'd be interesting to bring up

Anyone know where I can find more pics of that balloon?

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:19 pm**

I believe that's the only picture of the Sonic balloon on the internet.

Does anyone happen to know how long that float was used? I know it debuted in 1993 and then it hit that lamp post and a policeman and some little girl got hurt. I read something somewhere that said it happened again in 1995 (apparently such incidents are common, which makes you wonder). Does anyone know anything about the second collision?

Also I presume the balloon was also flown in '94, but what about after '95? Was that the last year?

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:21 pm**

If anyone's that desperate I can scan a photo of a Sonic Balloon I have in a Sonic the Hedgehog Annual (...) from 1993 or so.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:32 am**

Because I can.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:32 am**

Hey, that's pretty cool. Where'd you get that from?

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:40 am**

Your mom.

Oops. Sorry. Thought we were talking about genital warts.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:09 pm**

Spazz wrote:Hey, that's pretty cool. Where'd you get that from?

It's a screen capture from the Hall of Fame in Sonic Jam.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:46 pm**

Guess again.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:34 pm**

Psxphile wrote:Guess again.

Regardless of where you got it, that picture does come from Sonic Jam.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:31 pm**

Who's the rabbit behind Sonic in that picture? Is that supposed to be the Nestle Quick bunny or something? And what's with the dog? Is that Beethoven?

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:51 pm**

Those would be my guesses.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:52 pm**

Beethoven <I>sucked</I>.

As do most "family" movies, I guess. But geez. Stupid dog.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:53 pm**

We never said it didn't.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:55 pm**

Fun fact: Beethoven featured both an NES and a SMB title at one point in the movie. I believe it was SMB 3, but I may be wrong.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:34 pm**

How did he get his own Macy's balloon?!

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:36 pm**

Same way anyone becomes successful. Sucking lots of dick. Duh.

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 5:15 am**

Beethoven featured Super Mario Brothers briefly. This makes it "okay" by default.

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:48 am**

'Nestle Quick'?

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:51 am**

Stuff you make chocolate milk with. Now it's called "Nesquick."
Must not have it in the UK, I guess, heheh.

"More Ovaltine please!"

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:18 pm**

Nesquick vanilla is so outrageously awesome it's made me start drinking milk, and until it existed, I hated milk.

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:21 pm**

ALL milk?

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:22 pm**

Something about vanilla flavored milk just sounds nasty. I used to drink a ton of milk when I was younger, it was my main choice of drink. Around 12 though I pretty much completely stopped drinking it at all aside from in cereal.

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:24 pm**

We have it in the UK. It's just always been called Nesquick. You're so behind in the times.

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:26 pm**

It's Nesquik. Nesquik! It isn't Nesquick. No place for correct spelling in advertising!

Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:10 pm**

Nesquik's a bit lame. I mean, you put the powder in the milk and stir it but it always comes out all gritty and flavourless and with those little sticky lumps in where the powder didn't dissolve. Crusha is the way forward - 2 liquids just work a whole lot better together. Like lesbians.

Oh, and that wasn't the only Sonic balloon. For those who don't know, there's a Sonic 2-era Sonic hot air balloon still making rounds in the UK. You can ride on it and everything. It flew by my house once