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The Island Hopper Sweepstakes is on! (also, dinosaurs)

Greetings Hawk-tropicans!ย This is Giant Hawk speaking, and Iโ€™ve got some extremely sweet sweepstakes news for all of you!

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That’s right! After I just posted about this sweepstakes yesterday, the Creators have given us not only the full information on it, but the Sweepstakes have now officially begun! I’d better get to it, because there is a lot of information to go through.

So first off, here is the official description of the Sweepstakes according the Poptropica Creators Blog.

From today until December 31, we’ve hidden one Island Hopper Ticket in every common room on Poptropica. Each ticket that you collect counts as one entry into the sweepstakes. There are over 40 tickets to find, which means you have over 40 chances to win!

‘Nuff said? Well, it’s a bit more complicated then that. So, let’s walk through it together, shall we?

When you first log in, you’ll be greeted by the pop-up pictured above.ย If you click on ‘get hopping‘, you will be taken to this page, which explains the rules and prizes in detail.

Well, now that you are on Poptropica, you can really start playing!

To participate, simply go into any Common Room. If you’re lucky (and if you are visiting from one of theย 50 United States or the District of Columbia*), you’ll find a golden ticket like this one:

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*You must be a legal resident of the US to qualify for a prize, according to the rules of the sweepstakes.

Click on it, and you’ll see a screen like this:

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Simply type the e-mail address you wish to enter the Sweepstakes with in the space given (with a parent’s consentย if you’re a minor), submit it, and congratulations, you’ve done it! You’ve entered the Island Hopper Sweepstakes – at least, for your first time.

What do I mean? Well, go to your backpack and look in the category ‘Island Hopper’. Here, you’ll find your ticket, which will look like this:

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Now you can go hop islands, including Home Island and the separate parts of some newer islands, in search of up to 47 tickets, therefore giving yourself more of a change to win one of the Island Hopper Sweepstakes’ fabulous prizes.

Oh, that’s right! I haven’t mentioned the prizes yet! Silly me.

So what are these prizes? Well, the Sweepstakes’ twenty runner-ups will receive a Poptropica Blimp Toy (which comes with an exclusive code to play a special Blimp Adventure mini-quest) along with a 1-month membership.

Meanwhile, the contest’s tenย 2nd place winners will each receive a 6-month membership.

Finally, the lucky 1st place winner of the Island Hopper Sweepstakes will be able to meet Poptropica’s creator Jeff Kinney in a thirty minute long video call, which will be featured on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog. The grand prize winner also gets aย 6-month membership and a Poptropica Blimp Toy!

In addition, from now to the end of the year, there will also be weekly sweepstakes! Every week, five weekly winners will win a 1-month membership. Each week period starts at 12:01am ET on Thursdays and ends at 11:59pm ET on Wednesdays.

So what are you waiting for? Get hopping, because the Island Hopper Sweepstakes will end on December 31!

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In other news, Pixar’s newest film, The Good Dinosaur, has made its way onto Poptropica!

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Simply head over to Main Street, and you’ll find The Good Dinosaur’s advertisement. There, you can watch the trailer for the movie and unlock the Spot Follower.

So, are you all excited about Poptropica biggest giveaway ever? Are you going to see The Good Dinosaur when it comes toย theaters? Feel free to answer in the comment section below!

Until next timeโ€ฆ

โ€“ โ€“ Giant Hawk

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Dogs on the scent, pumpkins for all, and the return of Cosmoe!

What’s popping, Poptropicans? Blake here, with some Poptropica news. First off, the Creators have posted a picture on the blog of a very familiar Poptropica character being chased by what appears to be a K9 officer…

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Yes, this dog happens to be chasing Oliver, from the Poptropicaย graphic novel! Could some of the Mystery of the Mapย characters be making an appearance in Escape from Pelican Rock? To me, there’s a small chance, since it was previously teased that Dr. Hare could be in the Island as well. But, then again, they mayย veryย wellย not be.

Second of all, perhapsย to celebrate the recent release of the Peanuts Movie (or not, they didn’t say),ย the Creators have made Great Pumpkin Island available for all! How long this will last is unknown as of now, but non-members can now once again get their fill of Snoopy, Charlieย Brown, and the gang!

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Charlie has eyes on the back of his head.

Finally, the ad for Galactic Hot Dogs is now back on Main Street! Could this mark the return of the heroes of GHD for a second shot at making a (hopefully better) Island? Only time will tell. In any case, you can read more about this ad which has appeared before in this PHB post. Customize costumes, shoot at Jacks, and talk to the GHD characters!

Anyway, that’s all for now! Stay popping, Poptropicans, and don’t forget, things are heating up over at my webseries, stupidninjas! We’re around halfway through the season now, and new episodes come out every Tuesday, with some surprise releases popping up really whenever I feel like it. Come check it out, and if you like what you see, stay! I’d be happy to have you!

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Halloween, Peanuts Movie ad, & View-Master on app!

Hey Poptropicans! As Halloween draws near, so do the deadlines for the Halloween Photo Booth challengesย going on over on Poptropica as well as here on the PHB โ€“ so enter while you can!ย ๐ŸŽƒ๐ŸŽƒ

The Creators are accepting entries (they’ve received thousands so far!) up until midnight Eastern time this Wednesday, October 28th (see this post for more info). For the PHB’s contests,ย we’ll be announcing our winners on Halloween (Saturday, October 31st) so you have until then to enter our costume and Photo Booth competition. Check out my Crawfish-nomming entry to the Creators’ contest!

Meanwhile on Main Streets (such as Home Island, where the Photo Booth is located), there’s an ad for the Peanuts Movie coming November 6th! Watch the trailer video to get a Woodstock Follower (this one’s 3D, unlike the one released as a prize for members back when Great Pumpkin Island launched).

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Also, for Poptropica’s mobile app players, there’s an ad for View-Master!ย To get the prizes, youโ€™ll have to complete a minigame where you find all of the reels. The prizes are are aย View-Master Power and an Explorer Costume. For the Viewmaster Power, click “Action”ย to see a few sights.

(Thanks to Mad Apper for the tip and pic! Check out his site,ย Poptropica App Blog,ย to hear about Poptropica from someone who plays exclusively on the mobile app.)

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By the way, if you’ve created any Poptropica fan-fiction and/or fan art, submit your creative fan work to our Poptropica magazine, The POPCORN by emailing [email protected] โ€“ย and your creation(s) could be featured in our next magazine! Check out our magazines here.

Stay popping, Poptropicans. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Photos to Chase after for some Halloween fun!

Hey Poptropicans! Spooky spectacles are afoot!

Black Widow has been hinting at something to come to the Photo Booth: “It might not be a bad idea to start practicing your Halloween photos in the Photo Booth. But perhaps we’ve said too much… for now.” Are the Creators trying to one-up us with a Halloween contest of their own??

Whatever’s up with that, it can’t hurt to make something cool with the Halloween props in the Photo Booth on Home Island, because it might just win you a free membership if you enter the PHB’s 7th Annual Halloween Contest!ย It doesn’t end ’til Halloween. Check out this PHB post for all the details!

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There’s also a Magnus Chase ad on Main Street of Mythology Island. (Magnus Chase is a new book series by Rick Riordan.)ย To win this mini-game, just run up to the top-right corner and hop into the blue portal! Watch out for the Ratatosk and raven along the way.

When you get there, you’ll win aย Ratatosk Followerย and a costume (Sam for girls; Blitzen for boys)!

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Plus, album photos for Timmy Failure Island (walkthrough here) are now available! The island came out a month ago for members without photos, but better late than never โ€“ although, why does only one picture get a caption? ๐Ÿ˜›

In other news, Poptropica’s Twitter is no longer in the hands of Poptropica CEO Jess Brallier! According to this tweet, someone else on the Poptropica team now manages all their social media. Hmm.

Another tweet from Poptropica tells us that there’s been an update in Realms: “Monsters now eat, can become nicer, and will drop Poptanium when full!” Check out our Poptropica Realms Guide for more tips and tricks about Realms!

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Be sure to check out all the recent posts below to catch up on what’s popping! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Hope you’re enjoying the fall & Halloween-themed makeover on the PHB! ๐Ÿ˜€

Stay popping, Poptropicans. :mrgreen:

~slantedfish

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Prison Low, Monster High

Hey Poptropicans!

Something new is on the horizon โ€“ and it’s more than just aย caption stolen from the Daily Pop. In addition to the prison-themed island sneak peeks we’ve looked at before, September wraps up with even more glimpses of what’s to come, including what appears to be something like Alcatraz Islandย (a prison on an island) in San Francisco (noting the bridge), further confirming BT’s theoryย about the setting of this upcoming island. See our Daily Pop Archive for more sneak peeks!

No news yet on when the island is releasing, but stay updated with the PHB as we find out!

Next, there’s a new Monster High ad on Main Streets such as Early Poptropica! This one contains two videos. The left video gives you Catty’s Show Power (press spacebar to watch a few Monster High characters rocking out on a stage), and the video on the right awards a large-wingedย Luna Costume.

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Or, if you’re a guy, you might find a Playmation Avengers ad instead. Watch the video to get your own Repulsor Blaster! (Thanks to Hyper Gamer for the tip and picture.)

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Also, thanks to the Poptropica Creators for the shout-out on Facebook and Twitter about our recent post covering the new Photo Booth feature โ€“ check out the post here! Plus, we (and Poptropica) would love to see your creations, so share them on social media and/or in the comments below! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Finally, be sure to check out HP’s post below about a possible event involving the PHB community โ€“ it only takes a minute to fill out the survey, and your input is appreciated!

Stay popping, Poptropicans. ๐Ÿ™‚