Best Sonic The Hedgehog Funko Pop! Figures In 2024

Sonic’s creators have claimed despite the gulf that has manifested between Mario and the blue blur since they were neck and neck in the early ’90s, they still think the hedgehog can be bigger than his plumbing rival one day. While I’m not convinced that will ever happen, Sonic fans have been eating well lately. Sure, Sonic Superstars was something of a swing and a miss, but between other games, TV shows, and blockbuster movies, there’s a lot for Sonic stans to be happy about right now.

Those reasons extend beyond media alone. There are also a lot of Sonic toys and collectibles to enjoy if you still need something to play with but the games aren’t doing it for you anymore. Sonic was the first video game series to get its own Squishmallows, all of which have made it into our guide to the best gaming Squishmallows, and there are also a fair few Sonic Funko Pops to choose from. Some of those Pops are better than others, so we’ve picked out the better ones and listed them for you below.

Best Sonic The Hedgehog Funko Pop! Figures

Introduced to the Sonic games for the first time at a very young age, when I completed one for the first time and was met with a game over screen rather than congratulations, I was a little confused. Turns out you need to collect all of the Chaos Emeralds to truly complete those early Sonic games, and you also need all seven emeralds to harness the power of Super Sonic. This Pop! represents the form Sonic takes when he has collected all of the Chaos Emeralds (and once he has at least 50 rings in the original titles). Not only is the figure yellow like Super Sonic, but the hedgehog’s quills are also flared, just like they are when the blue blur goes super.

Ask almost anyone to name a character from Sonic other than Sonic himself without thinking about it, and they’ll say Tails. Ask for another and it’ll be Knuckles. That’s why those are the first two characters to have been added to the live-action movies after the OG hedgehog. It’s also a little unfair as even though who arrived first is a little hazy, Amy and Tails have been a part of Sonic’s world for pretty much the same amount of time. Introduced to the world for the first time in Sonic CD when her blue buddy is tasked with saving her, Amy has been swinging her red and yellow hammer for decades, and now she can do it in Funko Pop! form too via this figure.

What’s better than one Shadow the Hedgehog Funko Pop? Two Shadow the Hedgehog Funko Pops, of course. Don’t worry, the pair included in the two-pack aren’t identical. That would be somewhat pointless unless you’re trying to buy as many of the same Pop! as possible. Each to their own, if so. But no, this two-pack includes a regular Shadow and a Super Shadow. The latter is a little like the Super Sonic figure above but better because Shadow keeps his red markings after turning Super. If you’re as into Shadow as I am, the black and red hedgehog also has his own Lego set which you’ll find in our picks of the very best Sonic Lego sets on the market.

New characters introduced in subsequent games is one thing, but without Dr. Eggman, there is no Sonic. Every iconic hero needs an equally iconic villain to repeatedly clash with and Robotnik has been that for Sonic for more than 30 years. Throughout the decades, Eggman has almost exclusively been seen in various mechs, hiding his thin little legs that are on show occasionally when defeated by Sonic and he’s forced to use them. More often than not, that mech is the spherical Egg Pod. This Pop Ride has that in its center with rockets on either side, complete with faux fire and smoke to make it look like it’s launching off into the sky.

Funko Pops don’t need to be nothing more than a reimagined version of a famous character, or one of those characters sitting in a vehicle they spend 90 percent of their time in. Sometimes there’s a moment so famous, or in this case one that happens so frequently, that it deserves a Funko Pop! figure of its very own. That’s where the Ring Scatter Sonic Pop! comes in. When Sonic was knocked back in those early games, his rings would fly everywhere, leaving him one strike away from losing a life unless he gathered some back up. Held up by the rings for this Pop! to make him look like he’s in mid-air, and on a pixelated patch of Green Hill Zone grass. Pop! perfection.

It took Dr. Eggman just one crack at ridding his world of Sonic before realizing he was going to need more than the badniks he’d littered around and the mechs he’d built. In Sonic 2, the hedgehog was introduced to a metal version of himself, the inventively named Metal Sonic. Nothing better than a hero squaring off against an evil version of themselves, seemingly equally matched in every single way. The real Sonic has proved that’s not the case, of course, beating Metal Sonic countless times. The ultimate badnik keeps returning though, this time as Funko Pop! that can float using the stand it comes with. I’d like to see the real Sonic try and do that. Oh, yeah, right, Super Sonic.

I realize a lot of the focus in this guide so far has been on the OG Sonic characters from the first few years of the series, Shadow aside. There have been a lot more characters added to Sonic’s world since then. The only problem is, not many of them have Funko Pops yet. Thankfully, Silver does. Makes sense since he’s from 200 years in the future where I’m sure everyone has their own Funko Pop! He likely brought them all back for us to enjoy, and if you didn’t know that already, you can buy one through the links in the box above.

FAQ

What Is The Rarest Type Of Funko Pop?

Funko Pop! rarity can be judged in a number of ways, including the limited number manufactured or how much a figure is valued. If it’s the latter, then the rarest of all might be the Clockwork Orange Glow-In-The-Dark Pop! which is worth $13,400.

What Is The Hardest Funko Pop! To Find?

The hardest Funko Pops to find are the ones where only a limited number of them were ever made. The collection’s mascot Freddy Funko was turned into a Metaliic Gold figure in 2012 and since only 48 of them were ever made, they are notoriously difficult to track down.