Should you solid your thoughts again to final 12 months’s arrival of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in cinemas, you would possibly keep in mind that SEGA created an all-new Genesis cart as a neat little bit of promotion. The cart itself did not comprise something too particular (character photographs, posters and a small minigame), however it was a working cart and it was uncommon. So what which means…

Yep, certainly one of these promotional carts has now popped up on eBay with an eye-watering $28,000 price ticket hooked up. The vendor, grj409, can also be accepting a “greatest provide” if that beefy itemizing is not hit, although one thing tells us that our humble bid of a fiver will not minimize it.

Within the merchandise description, the vendor describes the cart as “a grail within the Sonic group,” with solely 150 copies identified to have been made. The cart comes full in-box (and it’s fairly the field), with all the promotional gubbins thrown in for good measure and it is listed as a “Model New” situation regardless of a liiitle tear you’ll be able to see on the field nook in one of many pictures.

It is fairly the show piece, for positive, however there’s one thing about that $28,000 that is placing us off slightly. Possibly it is these three zeros on the tip. Who is aware of? Both approach, this is a snap from the itemizing so you’ll be able to see the bundle for your self:

The cart was initially distributed solely to content material creators in November 2024, earlier than a handful of them cropped up as prizes within the movie’s tie-in ’12 Hours of Sonic’ giveaway. The above itemizing offers no indication of the place the vendor procured the merchandise, however it’s actually a uncommon discover — albeit one which we’ll by no means, ever be capable to afford.