Toy OTD: Eric So Sprite Figures: Scratch, Stereo, Twin Boy, Twin Girl (2001)

This set of vinyl toys (I'm assuming) is a promotion for Sprite. There's eight characters (Scratch, Stereo, Mono, Twin Girl, Twin Boy, Subsonic, Scream and MC) and they were the first Eric So figures that I encountered.

The designs are really cool, the sculpts and paint jobs are quite nice, and you can actually use most of the accessories (meaning they fit on, or can be held by the figures - surprisingly, that's not always true). The biggest minus is balance - as I recall, some of the have trouble standing on their own. Making removable vinyl sneakers is a cool idea, but it usually leads to balance problems.

These toys have been out for quite a while, but you can still get some of them online. There's a set of four (Scream, Scratch, Stereo and Supersonic) for $179.99 + shipping at toywiz.com. These figures generally go for $35-$40 each, so that's not too bad.

There's a variant of Scratch for sale ($49.99 + shipping), a signed Scream ($39.99 + shipping), a Scream variant (ditto), all-blue versions of Scratch, Twin Boy, and Subsonic ($60 + shipping each) at toytokyo.com. They also have keychain versions of MC, Twin Boy, Subsonic and Scream for $14.99 + shipping (each) if money is tight. I bought Scratch back in the day, and it's quite good for the price!

Toyeast.com has all-blue versions of Scream, Stereo, and Subsonic for $40 + shipping (each), as well as two sets - one with the first versions of Subsonic, Scream, Stereo and Scratch for $170 + shipping, and a set of the second-pass variants (I think - I may have the color passes reversed) of all eight characters for $180 + shipping.

So they're out there! You may have to do some digging to get the specific figure (or version of it) that you want, but considering that they're seven years old, they're pretty accessible and affordable. Good luck!