I feel so bad for the Sonic statue (which was an animatronic statue) for not surviving with the music from the attraction

@thegreatwisebear

5 жыл бұрын

When i grow up im going to this alton theme park and if i see that sonic staue im going to get it im going to jump off and release my parachute

@Vengefultildeath

5 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatwisebear don't forget to record it so we can see our blue boy.

@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254

5 жыл бұрын

Christan the techog Got it! And the animatronic statue has better get some new movements to resemble Modern Sonic! And also hopefully Toyland Tours can return

@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254

5 жыл бұрын

And I’m also going to save the Sonic statue hidden in Japan’s mountains and bring it to North America and sculpt a new nose and patch up the cracks in the statue’s right arm and maybe even make a surfboard and design it and also make the torso of the statue more stronger so it can support the weight of the right arm

@CarnidevRae

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander Hale supposedly didn’t survive

Dang it! I really wanted to *check out the CONSOLES W O A H*

@CharlieBrown-fy3zy

5 жыл бұрын

Edgyface nice profile pic

@megamichael4021

5 жыл бұрын

Im blue and your blue

@samtinkle9076

5 жыл бұрын

I gotta find a voice clip of *the consoles W O A H*

@lowercase7455

5 жыл бұрын

W O A H.exe has stoped

@EggoBoi

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the consoles from a drunk sonic

>1998 Fully Operational >Sonic’s head does a full 180

@xplrs4868

4 ай бұрын

It was still fully operational in 2000

14:15 I know it's amazing but my god it sounded like Sonic was kind of drunk

@spacefacegaming

5 жыл бұрын

Omg yeah 😂

@lunahetfield

5 жыл бұрын

Rainbow Master 64 lol he sounds drunk XD

@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, not only that but he even LOOKS drunk too!!!

@sonicx0846

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@originalname1008

5 жыл бұрын

KEeP YOur eYE oUt FOr DoCTer EggMAn...?!

Spinball... noodles? Why couldn't they go with Chili dogs? That's Sonics thing.

@tyshco2969

5 жыл бұрын

Chili dogs, burgers, fries, AND thick milkshakes.

@toffeeflake

5 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking XD

@of_quincy9774

5 жыл бұрын

@@tyshco2969**thicc**, milkshakes

@tyshco2969

5 жыл бұрын

[not_in_ur_proximity_quincy] Stop.

@spookyubers1202

5 жыл бұрын

One plate of diarrhea please.

Just a small bit of Sonic still at Alton Towers is semi-obscure, the Spinball Whizzer ride, one of the bumpers on the ground still has Dr Eggman/Robotnik on it (though could only see it from above whilst on the ride)

@ToaKoran

5 жыл бұрын

As in, printed on it, or a physical statue sitting in it?

@WhaddonSnep

5 жыл бұрын

@@ToaKoran Printed one of the bumpers I have only gone in 2018, I believe it is still there.

@ToaKoran

5 жыл бұрын

I sure hope someone gets some video, or a picture of it somehow while it's still there, Even if something is gone forever, it's always nice to have documentation that it was there at one point.

@hollypowner8167

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s still there. I’ve seen it this year, and it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere. It would be really hard to take a photo or video of tho, due to the violent jolting and spinning at the only time you can see it.

@genericaccount7422

4 жыл бұрын

If anyone's still interested, it was there at scarefest 2019 still so it's remained throughout the season. fingers crossed it's still there when the 2020 season starts!!

Tbh I would totally have Sonic tell me safety instructions if I ever got into a dangerous situation.

@dragonick2947

3 жыл бұрын

"Put on these safety fast shoes. Make sure the strap is tight and the buckles are secure, and pull the sock so it forms a double-ring shape, and run as fast as you can to the nearest exit."

@OhKayEl

Жыл бұрын

It's already a thing, look up "Sonic Says".

There really needs to be more Sonic themed roller coasters and rides especially in America.

And... Sonic has two mounths again...

@hideofreakingkojima5457

5 жыл бұрын

I mean it was never to be seen in the front like the old Thanksgiving Parade balloon.

@PeterGriffin11

5 жыл бұрын

Did you mean to spell mouth and what do you mean again?

@mduke2k

5 жыл бұрын

He would need two mouths to go tails two tails if you know what I'm saying!

@classicspeeder

5 жыл бұрын

@@mduke2k *WOW MY HEAD'S SPINNING*

@dragonick2947

3 жыл бұрын

I assume they did that to make sure Sonic looks right from either side (because his mouth is know to switch sides constantly), but the drawback is that Sonic's face looks freaky from the front.

P.S. some people may have come from Slopes Game Room. Hello! This was my first proper attempt at doing a documentary check out some of my newer documentaries which have much better quality. My favourite part of this video is the Chimp.

@PeterGriffin11

5 жыл бұрын

Cool

@s0396

4 жыл бұрын

Badnik Mechanic I have news for you! About a Sega partnership with a theme park. ( not Alton tower s). Ask me bout it if ya wanna find out more Please let me know if ur interested.

@PilloTheStar

4 жыл бұрын

Chimps are terrifying.

I saw similar Sonic statue in Alton tower on japanese auction site several years ago.

@d.m.9304

5 жыл бұрын

Huh. What was the site name?

@Monotail_Razuin

5 жыл бұрын

Link?

@gavinwilson3707

4 жыл бұрын

LINK?

@dragonick2947

3 жыл бұрын

LEEEEEEEENK?

quite late, but to anyone living in the uk, the sonic statue is usally found in 'GAME' shops like literally called game, wherever ive been, theres always one so i dont think it was just made for alton towers.

I got stuck on this ride when I was a young teenager with my friends for over an HOUR!! Such fun memories though

Live in the UK and never been to Alton Towers, there’s something oddly unnerving about British theme parks, they’re look so dreary

@tfwamirite2366

5 жыл бұрын

The Nerd View Review if you think that, you’ve obviously never been to one. And I know you’ve said that already, if you actually DID go to Alton Towers, you’d love it.

@thenerdviewreview8431

5 жыл бұрын

mxblck I’ll admit to complete ignorance, family never had money travel to parks, feel I would quite enjoy it but still I stand by my thoughts in how they’re marketed, the international ones make them feel magical, ours don’t seem to share that escape from reality, they look so serious.

Used to work at towers and whilst I can’t remember for sure, I think the sonic statute from toontown, or at least a replica, is inside magic HQ

Okay, not related to this video, but I was watching this with Spotify on my living room TV, while I set up "Sonic Mania Plus" in my garage TV. I came back into the living room to find "Gangsta's Paradise" playing on Spotify. Very Sonic filled moment. This video playing on my phone, "Sonic Mania Plus" in the garage, and the song from that trailer playing in the living room.

I fucking adore how enthusiastic you are about this stuff man. It reminds me of why i'm a Sonic fan! This fandom needs more positivity!

@arishachoudhury_

Жыл бұрын

real

Classic sonic is cute.

This was a nice little history lesson for someone who lives in the United States !

@lunahetfield

5 жыл бұрын

Cho Soi Games AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I HATE THE STATES!!!!! I WANNA LIVE IN THE UK!!!!!!!!!

Really enjoyed the video, however I noticed a lot of digital artifacting on the shown moving footage. I didn't think much of it at first, assuming it was probably old and from lesser digital cameras of the time, but then your own recording of the Sonic hotel room was shown and appeared quite distorted. Given that this footage didn't look like that when you originally uploaded it years ago, it's likely something happened during the export of this entire video to cause it to become corrupted or compressed. Might be worth re-exporting and re-uploading this video to have the picture quality you intended. You mentioned on Twitter wanting to do similar documentary type videos in the future - it would be a shame if new viewers saw this and were turned away from your channel due to the visual errors thinking the whole video itself was of lesser production quality, especially since that's not the case and the information itself was quite nicely presented.

@cm-ih1jb

5 жыл бұрын

Friesnchip Yeah, I noticed that, it’s very disorienting.

@BadnikMechanic

5 жыл бұрын

I think I know what has caused the distortion issues now. When the video is being converted from youtube into something I can use, it's not being encoded correctly when I try to max the quality of it, and it seems to be doing it mainly with low end cameras or mobile phone video, no all of it, but a lot. Hopefully this should be resolved for future uploads.

@kerank4157

5 жыл бұрын

@@BadnikMechanic just came across this video and the glitching was reeeeally hard to get through but your presentation overall had me push through. Awesome that you worked out the problem too

@BadnikMechanic

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the glitching issue has now been completely resolved, it will not be an issue for future videos.

@kerank4157

5 жыл бұрын

@@BadnikMechanic I found your statue video last night then this one tonight and am blown away by the amount of marketing sonic has had, even in the UK! Great content man

They really need to bring back the Sonic Spinball ride (just Spinball Whizzer isn’t going to cut it).

@masterknife8423

5 жыл бұрын

Dude Spinball Whizzer is it's original name plus when it had the Sonic branding it looked pretty much the same

@doublebaconchaseburger

5 жыл бұрын

@@masterknife8423 It did? I was completely unaware of that. It's just I really enjoy Sonic (a staple of my childhood and teenage years), but if the ride looks the same now as it did with it I guess I could give the ride a try (except I don't live in the UK so I'm screwed).

@masterknife8423

5 жыл бұрын

@@doublebaconchaseburger If you're from America you ain't missing much really. I live in the UK and I would give anything to have the likes of Disneyland or Cedar Point on my doorstep

@heathermassie4059

5 жыл бұрын

The ride is no different. Sonic was just annoying.

@doublebaconchaseburger

5 жыл бұрын

Master Knife speaking of Disneyland. What you said about the ride being the same with or without the Sonic license reminded me of how Space Mountain became Hyperspace Mountain with the addition of the Star Wars license. Both are the same, just one has a Star Wars theme and one doesn’t.

One memory which is burned into my head from visiting Alton Towers as a child is how terrified I was of the swan boat ... literally scared the life out of me

Alton towers is one of the few theme parks i went to, i can distinctly remember getting in the line for the sonic spinball ride but i didn't go on the ride because me and my sister realised we didn't have enough time and we had to go back home. I did however go on that charlie and the chocolate factory ride and it's insane to think that i was in a place where sonic the hedgehog had once resided... thanks for making this video, it brought back some unexpected memories.

BUT I WANTED TO BOOK THE ROOM!!!!!!!!!!

Starting from when I was about 7, we used to take a photo of me and the sonic statue every year. Me seeing the statue as a 7 year old kickstarted my love of sonic. Obviously, when they took it down, it kind of hurt. EDIT: I stayed at the sonic room once. I loved it. Door made a ring noise every time you opened it. (Just heard it in the video... memories!) ANOTHER EDIT: (i forgot about this comment, but the final edit i made here was totally wrong. lol)

@unwelldanny7108

3 жыл бұрын

I also became a Sonic fan when I was 7, but it was from a game called "Sonic Lost in Mario World." (I live in the US.)

@ThatSneakman

Жыл бұрын

That statue you're talking about, you on about the Video Game Museum in Sheffield?

@sillaysponge

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatSneakman oh, yeah, originally I was, but I was completely wrong. It's the same statue, but not _the_ same statue. The original one is still at alton towers outside a staff building. You can see it if you ride a specific Skyride route.

I remember climbing the statue

@Vengefultildeath

5 жыл бұрын

IT WAS YOU!😂🤣

The only strange thing in the Sonic Section to the Toyland Tours is if you looked at his head since he looked like he broke his neck and obliteratedall the bones in his neck , and he looked strange with two faces ;v;

There are still some hints to Sonic Spinball if you look closely enough: 1. The car numbers are apparently the same as Sonic Spinball, though I honestly have no clue if that's true. 2. On top of one of the theming ornaments is a picture of who I'm guessing is Doctor Eggman, but I honestly have no clue, I'm not really a Sonic fan.

"HOOBA DOOBA, WELcome to my ROOMAH-"

Wait...race cars but with snails hmmmmm......THAY PREDICTED TURBOOOOO!!!!!

@gavinwilson3707

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow

@unwelldanny7108

3 жыл бұрын

Turbo was basically DreamWorks' answer to Sonic.

@maxrules6185

3 жыл бұрын

@@unwelldanny7108 even Skidmark, the blue snail and movie sonic are both voiced by the same Actor (Ben Schwartz)

The best part was how even before the Sonic 4 video leaks that wallpaper was correctly used to in guessing that the game would be a boostpad fest. 4’s core dna was mapped out successfully using 5 seconds of footage and wallpaper.

I'm fairly sure before Toyland closed they updated the Sonic section of the ride. I use to go to Alton Towers several times a year, We'd go to Mc Donalds next to Toyland Tours and then go on that ride as a way to let our stomachs settle. I remember it being a lot more bright and funky in that room.

I would've taken all the sonic merchandise in the room. EVERYTHING!

@carltonpowell5313

5 жыл бұрын

Christan the techog mii 2

I actually went on Spinball whizzer last year and the one thing I noticed is that there were still pictures of Eggman on top of the giant bumpers...

I swear Sally Acorn was on the badge for this ride

I remember going to Alton Towers on a school trip and got called a nerd for going on the Sanic ride. I didn't even know who Sonic was.

@michaelwilliams772

4 жыл бұрын

DoodleWill that guy is probably a sonic hater

@ToonyKid

3 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to ride Toyland Tours with my primary school

My first theme park was actually Blackpool pleasure beach!

This would have been so much fun, which I could've enjoyed it. Great video!

You can really tell you have a ton of passion for Sonic in this video! It was really informative and entertaining to watch. Great work!

I remember going to alton towers for the first time right when they opened the sonic spinball ride and I remember it breaking down and sonic would say Eggman was trying to take over the ride and I remember I said when the ride came back on "Sonic must've beat eggman"

Now that you mention it the bed in the Sonic room does look kinda tiny, least the room is still pretty cool

I don't know how I have only just seen this video but glad I finally manage to watch it. A great video with the full back story regarding Sonic and Alton Towers. Thanks! :)

Back then I went on the ride I met sonic He signed my sonic book Childhood complete

@blakemanning9450

5 жыл бұрын

you still have the book????

Amazing video!! Wish I knew about the Sonic Spinball ride and could've gone to it at least once. Hopefully we'll get something similar for the series soon!

You should have made a small grave at the end of the video that had the date Sonic was at Alton and when he left. It also should have had a quote that said “I checked out the consoles.”

I watched your original video on the Sonic 4 room. I was so jealous of you back then, and it’s great to see you covering Alton again! Thanks you so much for this video.

The preview day videos featured here pretty extensively: Part 1: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJWfk6V-m7zfcpM.html Part 2: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jICV0adyd5bJfpM.html And all the Sonic voice clips: kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqqLt8yLndKvkbQ.html The mural was not painted. It was a giant print stuck to the wall.

Glad I went on the ride when I did! I loved it, as a Sonic fan this has made me sad. I really wanted to stay in the Sonic room but now everything is gone!!

I remember going on the sonic spinball as a kid, and I remember really hating it, it spam, and it was fast. It was the first ride I went on at Alton Towers. A few years later (when it became the Spinball Whizzer again), I loved it. Not really sure what changed, but as a kid, I was really excited to go on a sonic-themed ride.

checK oUt thEE coOOOOONsOOlleSS *wooAAAAHhhhh*

I want to ride ALL the Sonic rides AND stay in that suite for the rest of my life

This channel is Evily underrated!

@BadnikMechanic

5 жыл бұрын

Please tell and share with your friends.

I never been to Alton towers oh well the giant version of the master system and Genesis looks so cool

My family used to get the plane from Ireland to England and after being tired from the long drive I would be filled with joy walking through the gates I fucking love Alton towers

I absolutely adored this ride. I would always want to ride it again and again and again XD. The different cars each based on a certain Sonic character was awesome and the music that played was catchy and memorable. I was so sad when I realised the ride was gone. It will forever hold a place in my heart as one of my favourite rides of all time.

The story of Sonic at Alton Towers sounds depressing. The way every time Sega tried to have Sonic there, something would stop them like the ride malfunctioning or in the case of Sonic Spinball, a hotel room that had a lot of issues. However, I am happy that Sonic at least had some time to shine in Alton Towers from 1994-2017.

I remember going on this. The ride was pretty fun and I even had a photo with the Sonic mascot wondering around. Although the statues nose had broken off and I remember there being 10" Jazwares in the gift shop. The ride even played Station Squares music on a Speaker around the ride.

That sonic remix actually gave me chills!

@Ready Player Com This was a great little documentary good job! I would love to see more of this style of video

Before Nintendoland...

@thegamingdoggo9519

5 жыл бұрын

If only that was a thing

@thegamingdoggo9519

5 жыл бұрын

@CCuppy no I meant a Nintendo theme park

@_p0ssumz

5 жыл бұрын

SegaLand

@gavinwilson3707

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegamingdoggo9519 Universal Japan?

@JavaCake

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegamingdoggo9519 Watch the new direct :)

So instead of refurbishing the Toyland Tours ride, they decided "Hey, you know that crazy tunnel scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that gives kids nightmares? Let's do that, except more boring"

@unwelldanny7108

3 жыл бұрын

That ride was based on the 2005 movie, which had a less scarier tunnel scene.

@otaking3582

3 жыл бұрын

@@unwelldanny7108 I've seen the 2005 movie. This looks nothing like it. If anything, this seems closer to the original book than either of the film adaptations (which is basically just code for "we were extremely cheap")

SONIC IS COOL AND RIP ALTON TOWERS

@tw33xie46

5 жыл бұрын

When did Alton towers die?

Me: Where is the Sonic theming at your park? Alton Towers: Gone, reduced to atoms.

I’m so happy I managed to see both incarnations of Sonic at Alton Towers. I loved the Toyland Tours ride when I was very young and do have memories of Sonic on it - I might even have pictures, I’ll have to check. Years later when I visited I got to go on the Spinball ride when it was Sonic themed. I have a picture next to the statue. Sadly I never got to stay in the room though.

*EeEeEepPpPP yOuUR eEyE oUt foR dR. EgGman nOuWw*

Really good video :) makes me feel sad to see how quick sonics involvement in the park really was. Looking back I wish I bought more merch and took more time to really appreciate that part of the park while it was there.

im from Mexico and I never knew that Alton Towers was a thing, but holy moly, now I only want a time machine and a ticket to the uk, just to stay 5 minutes in that room and buy the medal!!! AWESOME VIDEO!

I remember seeing this ride, I was too scared to ride it as a kid though. I remember seeing the Sonic statue just outside the coaster, that thing towered me as a kid lol. Last time I went, the Sonic theme to the ride was just.. Gone, and I was just like 'wat, where is our boi Sonic at?'.

I've been on Alton towers recently, and I went on oblivion, and I went on the ride that spins 4 times and did 1 inside out loop and this ride that went like 50 mph in 1 second.

My first and most definitely favourite theme park, love it.❤️

I always wanted to go on this when I was 8. Now that they got rid of the Sonic theming, I doubt I'll ever go on.

@comicbookguygamecat

3 жыл бұрын

It's still a good ride just without the sonic theme sadly.

“The problem with the mural was that it was Sonic 4 themed” Jesus Christ dude.... I’m here as a guy who watches theme park content constantly and this is the point where I realized this was a Sonic thing way more than a theme park thing. How is a 74/100 panned? That’s well above average... it’s a beautiful mural I swear Sonic fans are bonkers.

@BadnikMechanic

5 жыл бұрын

This video is 27 min long. The line you quoted is at 22 min. I guess I didn't do too badly then...

@BLIGHTROT666

5 жыл бұрын

Sonic 4 is pretty hated in the Sonic community. If you play it as a non-Sonic fan in a vacuum, it can seem okay, but to the Sonic community it’s just a shoddy mess.

@TheRealAmericanMan

5 жыл бұрын

KamsBizarreAdventure that’s fine but all the Sonic games are shoddy messes. Sonic 4 is ironically again one of the highest rated Sonic titles of the last two decades.

@gavinwilson3707

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealAmericanMan Sonic 2? 3&K? CD?The adveture games? Heroes? Colors? The daytime stages in Unleased? Episode 2 in sonic 4? Generations? Mania?

@TheRealAmericanMan

4 жыл бұрын

Gavin Wilson Sonic 4 Episode 2 is worse than the first 3&K are where some would say the series stopped being good. Adventure had a common clipping glitch early on in it’s first level and Adventure 2 is kind of just an awful game all around. It has like four sonic levels and then everything else is worse than the first by a mile. Generations is an hour long and meh at best. And given it came out years after Mario Galaxy it’s lack of content is embarrassing for a 360 title. Heroes is okay but it’s too button mash-y and the enemies are all so wildly uninteresting. ... Colors and Unleashed are good though. The Werehog gets too much hate considering how bad most of the other games are.

Very good video, loved it!

I remember being 10 when that sonic commerical came out. That was a big surprise. Sadly i've only went to Drayton Manor and not Alton Towers.

i remember this ride, went on it when i was around 9-10 i believe, quite fun from what i remember of it, the sonic mascot was a nice touch too

Was a good documentary, extensive look at the history and heck, I didn't know a lot of this. Good job man, would like to see more if you have ideas.

Alrighty where's my time machine? Both rides looked really fun and now that song is stuck in my head. Definitely a cool look into something which once was, and it was a really in depth review here. I hope we get to see Sonic at parks again someday.

That sonic remix was absolutely fantastic

This was awesome great video

I went there onces..at school... I wish I could go back

I remember seeing a short video of the animatronic and Jesus Christ it’s terrifying

Sonic statue in toyland tours Thoughts:Says it lasted a few years Reality:Was in the attraction on last day of operation

Great video! Would love to see a video on Sega world in London

Oh wow, I had no idea about the exclusive Sonic Spinball medals. I remember grabbing mine around October time, I still have it hanging up over my mirror. The white of the design has started to discolour ever so slightly with age, but it’s still pretty awesome. I seem to remember them not being cheap either, along with the photos I got from the ride in one of the Sonic Spinball gift frames

Slopes game room bought me here and I'm glad he did.

@BadnikMechanic

4 жыл бұрын

He did!?

I actually have some sort of leaflet for sonic spinball's announcement when I bought the first Sega all stars racing game for the Nintendo DS. It really brought back some memories for me.

I wanted to check out the consoles

I'm A Huge Sonic The Hegrehog Fan. Thanks Mate. X

someone i follow on instagram has that big sonic statue that you could take pictures with i don't know if it's the same one

I’ve seen a statue the same as that at Arcade club in bury a couple weeks ago could it have been from the ride

I never known about this before, and it really makes me happy the music has been kept alive! the animatronic was probably destroyed, so that slightly kills my morning mood.

I went on the sonic spinball ride, it was one of my favorites when I went to Alton towers.

I remember going on this ride and it was actually quite fun!

I live in the US so sadly I was never able to see this. Never been to Alton Towers in my life, but it seems like it would be a fun experience.

When it comes to sonic they found a good voice actor that I might befriend

Well, we can wait for Sonic Ride at the Universal studios.

I found a remain of sonic spinball on spinball whizzer when you are spinning down look on one of the poles and eggman is there!

Finally got around to watching this, a very fascinating look into this partnership. Was aware of the Sonic Spinball and hotel room back in the day of me roaming the Sonic Stadium forums but was not aware there was an even earlier partnership featuring the blue spikeball! Gotta give this Sonic at Alton song a listen to, sounds like a bop! And as was mentioned, there was a lot of visual hiccups and even noticed that some of your audio sounded pretty muffled at times. Hopefully these will be fixed in future uploads! Great vid Dave, keep up the great work!

@BadnikMechanic

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah the audio is a bit naff at parts due to the following.... Part of it was recorded on a camcorder... Part of it was recorded on a mobile in a conservatory... The rest of it was recorded on a mobile in my room... then I realised 'Oh heck, am I holding the phone in the same way?' Come Xmas all audio will be recorded on a yeti mic so hopefully all audio issues will be resolved by then. Already working on the next big video. Mascots! Mascots... everywhere!

@ThatSoni

5 жыл бұрын

@@BadnikMechanic Oh boy, that's a lot of mascots! While I do like the Yeti mic, it sure can't beat a Zeti mic.

This is my favorite video from the channel.

Instead of a volume warning, how about leveling the audio? It wasn't even that loud lol!