Author: Slanted Fish

Hello! I'm Slanted Fish, the editor-in-chief and creator of the Poptropica Help Blog (PHB). I'm a writer, Hong Kong native, and Christ follower. My Poptropica username is slantedfish 🐠 Don't forget to be awesome!
Fan Art Features, Member Gifts, Monthly Costume Contests

Flying high with costumes and creations 🚁

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, it’s July! 🌞 A new month brings new member gifts, another costume design contest, and ever more fan art. Let’s go!

Members can find their new goodies in the “Gifts” category of the new character customization screen. July brings a Cool Green Copter (with handheld remote), Blue Blaze Rider (why walk when you can slide?), and Red Beat Headphones (also comes with a matching red smartphone, plus press spacebar to jam to pink music notes!). 🎵🚁🛹

Not a member? Join the PHB’s monthly membership giveaway for your chance to win a free membership! All it takes is a few comments. Easy!

Speaking of swag, the winners of June’s costume contest are due any moment now. But before they get their chance on the Baron’s store shelves, it’s already time to announce July’s costume contest, which starts now and ends in two weeks on July 16 at 8 pm PST.

Love Potion Demon and Movie Geek, coming soon to a Poptropica store near you!

To enter, you can use Poptropica’s submissions portal or post on Instagram. All the details are on the Pop Creators’ Blog! ✏️

Finally, here’s the latest from Poptropica’s Instagram story! In addition to a promo for the aforementioned contest, we have some summertime sketches from talented fan artists. Enjoy! 🌞

That’s all for this post! Stay tuned for big, fancy, poppin’ things coming to the PHB this month… and stay awesome, Poptropicans! ✌️

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Creators' Blog Guest Posts, Merchandise, Reviews

Pop Merch Review: Dr. Hare Button 🐰🔘

Slanted Fish

Originally published on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog.

Hey Poptropicans! Sometimes good things come in small packages, and I’ll be sharing about one that I got: the Dr. Hare button!

The Dr. Hare button is available from Poptropica’s Zazzle merch store for US$2.25 and comes in various sizes (ranging from 1 ¼ to 6 inches) and shapes (round or square). I went for a classic round shape with a small diameter of 1 ¼ inch. Here’s the packaging it arrived in:

For its small size, the button sure came in a large packet. Cactus not included.

And here’s Dr. Hare with Dr. Hare to show off the front and back of the button. The way the distinct goggles and teeth are surrounded by lots of negative space gives the design a nice minimalist feel. Overall, it’s definitely a cute pin of Poptropica’s pinkest punk!

  • Front
  • Back

You can stick this button anywhere that the pin can poke through, like your backpack, denim jacket, lanyards, or more. As for me, my Dr. Hare button has found a home among my pin collection.

Can you spot the carrot thief?

Thanks to the Poptropica Creators for sponsoring this post! The Creators kindly hooked up the PHB with a generous Zazzle gift card, so we’ll be sharing more merch reviews here soon. Stay tuned! 👀

For more about all the Poptropica merch that exists, from Zazzle to beyond with toys and more, check out the PHB’s Merchandise Guide. ✨

Fan Art Features, Social Media

Pop-arazzi with Pop Stars and Styles 🤩📸

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, we’ve got some fun fashions in this post, with Pop-arazzi snapshots of celebs, and fan art features, including an epic comic full of villains. 😈 Take a peek! 👀

The Poptropica Creators’ Blog just put out a post serving up red carpet looks, apparently inspired by a recent sighting of an unnamed celebrity near Pop HQ. The Pop-arazzi have arrived to capture the looks of pop stars Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, and Harry Styles, Poptropica style!

Are you batting your Eilishes at these Grande ol’ Styles? Fancy looks are definitely in season, because here on the PHB, we’re getting ready to host our annual Poptropica fan awards show, the Poppies! Stay tuned for the deets on our fashionably fun month-long event. 🔥🏆

Anyway, besides Ariana, this isn’t the first time these famous people have inspired Poptropican looks! You might recall that earlier this year, the Creators featured a fan drawing of Billie Eilish as a Poptropican. And if we go way back to One Direction’s peak in 2012, you can find an old PHB Pop-over of the British boy band, including Harry Styles in all his wild hairstyling. Still looking beautiful after all these years.

  • One Direction (photo: J-14)
  • Pop Boyband
  • Billie Eilish (photo: The Guardian)

On Instagram, the Pop Creators have shared another batch of recent fan art, featuring high-energy villains and OCs! Enjoy the looks:

Be sure to catch the full “He is a villain” comic by adventurersnhunters on the original Instagram post, as it contains more fantastic panels of the Poptropica villain gang than the ones highlighted by the Pop Creators!

That wraps up this post! Hope you enjoyed the paparazzi shots and fan art. Keep on popping on, Poptropicans! ✌️

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Fan Art Features, Store

Virtual reality check: store and siren 🥽

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans! You may find goggles good for where we’re going in this store update and fan art feature. Let’s dive in! 🧜‍♀️

As shared on the Pop Creators’ Blog, there are two new items in this week’s store rotation: a Striped Romper for all and VR Goggles for members only. The VR piece matches with the VR Headset available for members’ pets (“a VRy cute combo”).

  • Striped Romper
  • VR Goggles
  • VR Headset for pets

The Creators’ Blog post also gives a bit of a teaser for what’s coming with The Baron’s Cabin of Curiosities. In addition to what they shared earlier, they added, “The airship also includes a number of other features that’ll bring Poptropicans together and enhance the players’ experience.” 🎈 Guess we’ll have to wait and see what that’s all about!

Over on Instagram, the Poptropica Creators featured a single spectacular work of fan art by the PHB’s Gentle Dolphin! The piece depicts her Popsona as a mythological siren of the sea, with her tail and fins based off of the Amazon River Dolphin. Would you trust her? 🧜‍♀️

“Gentle Siren” by the PHB’s Gentle Dolphin (@phs_animations) was featured on the Poptropica Creators’ Instagram story.

That’s all for this update! What are your thoughts on the new items? Are you excited for The Baron’s Cabin of Curiosities and the free, monthly, winning costume designs, along with whatever surprises await? Let us know in the comments, and pop on, Poptropicans! ✌️

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Free Membership Giveaways

PHB Membership Giveaway: June 2021

Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans, we’re approaching the end of the month, which means it’s time to announce another lucky Poptropican to win our monthly membership giveaway! 🎁

Congrats, Giant Dragon — you can finally unlock some of the epic members’ items you’ve been craving, including the Rumpelstiltskin and Barbarian Warrior costumes from the store! Plus, you can hop on the blimp for an exclusive adventure on Time Tangled Island.

If you’re not a member, you still have the chance (or many chances, in fact): the PHB is hosting a giveaway every month, and it’s easy to enter! Just comment on the Free Poptropica Membership page and leave at least two other comments around the PHB within the month to be entered into that month’s giveaway.

We’ll announce a winner sometime in the final week of each month. If you don’t win, you can always try again for the next month! Full details »

Congrats again to Giant Dragon, and as always, keep on popping on! 🐉