With the amazingly massive Dreamcast bag lifted, today it’s time to check out some more items from the Box of Awesome.

When I was in elementary school, your lunchbox said a lot about you. No self-respecting boy would bring a lunchbox that didn’t feature something cool, like Dinosaurs, or Ninja Turtles, or – of course – Sonic the Hedgehog. Back then, we all imagined ourselves as a super-fast blue dude with sneakers who saved the day and collected rings – now, when teachers ask the age-old “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question, kids have a new option:

“I want to drive a taxi with three clowns in the back seat head-on through traffic, ramping off trucks, through parks filled with people, until I arrive at Pizza Hut or KFC - all the while jamming out to The Offspring.”

I’m not sure how many of these were made, but there’s no doubt whoever has one is among the coolest kids in school.

Next up is the first T-shirt I found in the box. Fly like a butterfly:

It’s a girl’s shirt and also a small, but there were larger sizes (and a male version) made among the originals. I spoke with Clumsy about other Jet Set/Grind Radio merch, and he showed me a very cool shirt from the original JGR for Dreamcast – expect pictures of that shirt on the blog sometime in the future.

Tomorrow we’ll be checking out two more vintage items from the box – one of which is a pretty neat item that involves everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog.  (And that’s no April fool’s joke.) Catch you then!