227 - Barry Evans (Sonic 1992's Museum and Game Room)

Ever since I saw Asteroids in 1979 at our local skating rink, I have been a video gamer! Throughout the 1980s all the way up to now, I have loved video games! (I could go on for hours about this!!) In 1991, a new video game came out for the Sega Genesis called Sonic the Hedgehog, My best friend Manuel Gonzales bought the game first and we set it up the console at his apartment in the fall of 1991. We loved the game immediately! I purchased my own Sega Genesis & Sonic the Hedgehog a day later! I must have played the game a thousand times that year!
On Tuesday November 24th 1992, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released. I was blown away by how much fun the game was. Shortly after the release of Sonic 2, my friend Manuel showed me he found a Sonic the Hedgehog candy filled character toy! I had to have one for myself, so I went to the store and bought myself one!! This is where my collecting of Sonic the Hedgehog began!!
Over the years, I began to see more Sonic items, and decorated my room with them, and quickly my collection grew, along with other items of video games and arcade related items.
My most favorite item in my collection is the Sonic & Tails store display statues I acquired from our local Toys R Us! This was no simple feat, only “Flagship” Toys R Us stores received the statues in 1994, and I was amazed at them!
I inquired with the manager on how/where they came from and the manager said they came directly from Sega. I asked for contact information and if there was any way to purchase them. Unfortunately, there was not. So I asked the m… Read More