Why not! This uncommon category of Sonic merchandise will feature metal items made specifically as jewelry. Stuff like rubber bracelets or plastic dog-tags that are half accessory half 'toy like collectible' don't really count. Metal collectibles like this are great, since most are immune to aging problems...plus, it's always better when you can decorate yourself with even more Sonic stuff!
This pewter-tone necklace features the Sonic X TV show logo on a simple chain. The logo is both cut out, and cut-in for a nice, sihlouetted look and detail.
This appeared in 2007, & was sold by "Toy Cup" in a metal box. Toy Cup has since gone out of business as they were rather disreputable & had lots of complaints. It was also likely sold elsewhere but
This ring is made of stainless steel & features a cut blue oval cubic zirconia blue stone in the middle. It's loaded with lots of relief detail. Around the stone it spells out "Sonic the Hedgehog" on one side it has 25th Anniversary & on the other a forward-facing classic Sonic under a banner that reads "Class of 1991". It seems the copyright info is inside the ring's band. All the relief-indented areas have a black glaze inside to help highlight the lines & show the details.
This is an adult size ring & it's pretty chunky (as all class rings are) and comes in several ring sizes. With a lot of great detail, sturdy stainless steel construction & a cool blue stone, this is a great ring to collect! It appears in 2017 from www.thinkgeek.com ! Order before they run out!
These small Sonic earrings are 'stud style'. They're little buttons with post-backs that sit right on your ear-lobe surface & don't hang down at all. Each one is an identical forward-facing Sonic face made of stainless steel. These use more of that black glaze to highlight the lines for his eyes & ears. The spikes are just the fronts, to give the look, but still sit on top of the ear.
This cool charm is shaped just like a classic pair of Sonic's sneakers, complete with socks at the top. Look at the buckle, it has been colored brassy / gold so it stands out. The shoes are fully 3D, & at different angles to
It's sort of a necklace...so maybe...but, oh well here one comes from the Sega Shop online in 2018. This is a Sonic Forces item, because lots of stuff for that seems to be military themed instead of actaul Sonic-themed. This flat metal tag has only the writing pressed into it & no image or logo. It comes on a traditional beaded chain. It says "Hedgehog Corps Spec Ops Unit Born to Run Since 1991"
Sonic jewelry is unfortunately seemingly few and far between. In 2021 though, a new item appears from jewelry maker King Ice. This company specializes in making items covered in tiny faceted crystals. Interestingly, their first piece to show up is this Tails Face Pendant on a chain. They are good at what they do...it really does look pretty much just like the stock art of forward-facing Tails. They've even got the bangs as a 3D piece (also covered in tiny stones). The eye borders seem to be textured in somehow, as is the mouth. The nose is a smooth polished metal bump. Even the lead-loop is covered in white crystals. They use black and blue for the eyes, and pale gold-ish ones for the face. It comes in a nice black box with gold foil logo.
These are a 2021 item, can be made from gold-plate or all-gold, and cost 150 dollars to start with. They're also pretty large...this isn't a tiny locket or charm it is over 2 inches long.
It is made of brass with gold plate and has a total of 795 brilliant cut pave-set stones. The face is 3D to a degree as you can tell/it's domed (hollow in the back) so there's room for more stones.
If it's gold:
Then it's solid gold and the stones change but look about the same. The stones switch to 441 diamonds, 344 yellow sapphires 4 black diamonds and 4 blue topaz.
What's super curious is if the King Ice will actually sell any of these. What's a person to do with such a large and costly pendant? Where is it appropriate to wear an item? Diamonds and gold are fancy but it is said by grownups that you can't wear cartoon characters to fancy events. It is a mystery.
The box is matte black with nice gold foil for both logos. The box top becomes a bit of a triangle so you can tip it up for nice display on the shelf.
This also shows the back of the pendant with the King Ice stamp for the lead loop & Sega copyright on the back. The plate thing on the back of the face lets it be 3D and hollow, without making a sealed metal item. This structure is present for all character heads / the back is always laid out the same way.
King Ice is really on top of things and releases all four characters at the same time so you can take your pick of pendants.You can choose Shadow, Tails, Sonic or Knuckles, all set with hundreds of tiny stones. Each character is depicted as forward facing
In this case, their previous run of Sonic character face pendants was a success, so they move on to another set of pendants, this time as figures. These are full body portraits of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow that are covered in tiny appropriately colored stones and made of plated brass or actual gold and real gems. (Your choice) These seem likely to be 3/4 of 3D as they seem to be able to stand up on their own but would still likely be somewhat flattish on the back
Reportedly: A celebrity MAY have worn a King Ice jewelry to the opening red carpet of Mario Movie 2023
Indeed, it is...Neutral Chao!
They've chosen the 'sit and think' pose for a neutral chao, done in all blue, dark blue and yellow stones. Notice the hang loop on this one is simpler, it's just a thin strip with a row of clear stones, as likely this pendant is a bit smaller than others.
This is King Ice's photo, and they had cute collages of chao art as large prints in the background. Price unknown/entry will be updated
As in 2023, they release another 'character head' pendant, this time for Amy Rose. (She'd love pink diamonds!) Despite it also not being in the announcement, hers is the first to appear. It captures her 3D bangs, uses black metal for the eyelashes, and smooth metal for the smile/mouth. The lead loop has clear stones all over the front too, for added sparkle. It does even appear to have her headband there at the back.
As each of their large, jewel-encrusted pendants sells well, they add another to the selection. Here, they bring in Rouge the Bat with a forward-facing head portrait pendant. She's semi-3D as they all are, so you can see the curve of her ears, and that the frill of longer hair at the back of her head is included. She uses white, blue, green and peachy-yellow gems for her colors. Maybe a black one for the nose?
There's a slight issue with the green of the eyes being a touch too close to the eyelids/nearly an overlap in the wrong direction but it's a tiny one that wouldn't be noticed from much distance. It's great to see Amy & Rouge in the same year, that girls aren't being neglected.
This one goes as a bit of 'subtle-Sonic' because he's nowhere to be seen, it's just his most famous shoe variant as a jeweled pendant. This should attract some of the sneaker-head crowd too, because it is just that stylish. With red, white and yellowish gold gems the shoe is colored like the game. It's probably also that high-relief almost 3D but flat-backed build of their other items so it will look good at several angles. The hope of King Ice may be for people to pair up the shoe with a Sonic pendant to wear 2 things at once on the necklace. (And, that does seem like a good idea)
A natural next step. He isn't as contrasty as his normal form, but King Ice itself is still in fine form here with exact gem placement. Even though this view grants a narrow look at the red tops to his spikes, they have included every one. The interior of his ears are also a slightly different color, as they should be--they really are attending to the details properly. It seems his nose is a solid metal polished thing this time, which also looks fine.
King Ice really is doing a great and consistent job in making quality pendants and including a great variety so everyone finds something they want to collect. (I'm sure celebrities wearing them on a movie red carpet also helped things out a bit too)
The sculpting on this had to be tricky...it's a full figure but the back of it is still flat, so it's more like a 2/3 type of high relief to get like a fully 3D leg and arm on one side that come up 'off' of the figure so it has depth.
This will be a winter 2023 release at the KingIce website.