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August 1, 2012August 1, 2012 Slanted Fish

…nothing is going to get better.” -Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

There’s a new ad game in ~~Thneedville~~ Poptropica’s Main Streets, because The Lorax is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray this August 2012! Thanks to Fuzzy-B for the notification and prize pics, and Brandon C. for the video walkthrough:

The Once-ler and a Bar-ba-loot are riding down the river in a bed (even though this was the Lorax’s fault, he’s calling for help! haha), and you’ve got to save them. Run to stay ahead of the floating bed and reach the branch in time to save the Once-ler! Be sure to avoid obstacles on the way.

Prizes are Truffula Tree Hair and Marshmallow Rain.

How bad can it possibly be? 🙂

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Merchandise, PHB Sneak Peeks

Poptropica Mad Libs and possibly other books?

July 30, 2012August 13, 2012 Slanted Fish

We all know Poptropica released an Official Guide Book, but while searching the Barnes & Noble website, PHB reader Muddy Axe discovered there could be more Poptropica books to be published!

As many people know, Mad Libs is a popular word game for kids where you pick random words based on parts of speech, then fill it into the blanks of a story for hilarious, nonsensical results. And now, Barnes & Noble lists a book called Poptropica Mad Libs by Roger Price available for pre-order.

There is also a pre-orderable book titled Poptropica Lime 1 by Elizabeth Corfe, and according to Amazon, “This title is part of Pearson’s Bug Club – the first whole-school reading programme that joins books and an online reading world to teach today’s children to read. In this book: Discover the online secrets of Poptropica. This title is suitable for ages 6-7 (Lime level).”

Do you think you’ll be buying these new titles if/when they’re released?

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Here come the Dog Days

July 28, 2012 Slanted Fish

There’s a new big advertisement game in Poptropica, and it’s for none other than Poptropica creator Jeff Kinney’s upcoming Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, Dog Days!

This YouTube walkthrough from InsidersNetwork shows you all you need to do to win FOUR great prizes: Fruit Smoothie (Hand Item), Fregley’s Bandaid Costume, Soggy Cell Phone, and Dog Bowl.

Fruit Smoothie: from Snack Bar Waiter, a waiter serving game much like the Mystery Train pre-island-release minigame
Fregley’s Bandaid Costume: from the Perfect Splash game a bit like the Diving event from the Poptropolis Games
Soggy Cell Phone: from the Water Ball Bounce, a beach volleyball game played in the pool
Dog Bowl: from Ice Cream Balance, where you’ll need to bring the ice cream safely to Greg!

Looking forward to the Dog Days movie? It comes out on August 3rd! Click here to watch the trailer.

Have fun & enjoy the prizes!

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PHB Parties, Web Development

A Party “Four” the PHB: Happy Birthday!

July 27, 2012August 5, 2012 Slanted Fish

As you may know, this Poptropica Help Blog (PHB) turned four years old on July 26th! PHB readers were invited to join the mega party on the PHC and it was a blast.

The chatroom was filled with lots of people, the conversations were rapid, there was some DJing with the YouTube player, and the Multiverse room exploded in fireworks, balloons, and birthday cake hats. Many authors showed up for the PHC/PHB Author Night – Slanted Fish, MT, Shaggy, Super Thunder, Brave Tomato, Rainbow Dash, and even past author Cool Wing.

There were lots of chat regulars and new faces, so thank you to everyone who came to hang out with us and have fun! And for those who couldn’t make it, remember that the PHC is open all the time as a regular chatroom for Poptropicans. 🙂

Happy birthday, PHB!

It’s been a great 4 years & we hope it only gets better.

P.S. At the time of this posting, we have 6,865,329 total hits!

PHB Sneak Peeks

PHB Sneak Peeks: Poptropica’s Unknown Glory

July 12, 2012December 29, 2014 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! Ashley Lange, as you may or may not know from our Poptropica Creators Database, is one of the game designers for Poptropica. I recently came across her DeviantArt page, and after searching “Poptropica” in her gallery, I found…

As the title suggests, this appears to be a drawing of a Poptropica church interior, but since its upload on Dec 31, 2011, nothing of this sort has appeared on Poptropica… yet.

However, one of the comments she made on another Poptropica drawing (submitted Jan 11, 2011) offers some insight: “This is the art test – a drawing I made up to see if I could draw in Poptropica style – I submitted about a year and a half ago to Poptropica so they’d consider hiring me – and they did!”