App, Contests

Joy to Week 4 Winners, Appdate, & Orchestra Music!

Greetings Hawk-tropicans! This is Giant Hawk speaking, and today, I’ve got some awesome assorted news for all of you. Joy to the Poptropica world!

First off, our lucky Week 4 winners of the Island Hopper Sweepstakes have been announced! Congratulations to Fearless Big, Prickly Lion, Sporty Claw, Spotted Seal, and Thirsty Penguin!

In other news, guess what has come to the Poptropica App?

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The Holidays have, of course! And on this most festive of updates for this most festive of times, there’s a lot of merriment to indulge in! This includes:

  • a free costume pack of hats, scarves, and sweaters
  • a premium paid bundle of a Jack/Jill Frost and Yeti costume, and a holiday pet follower
  • non-members take note: a free download of Escape from Pelican Rock Island! (Having trouble with EFPR? Check out the PHB’s Escape From Pelican Rock Island Guide!)

But that’s not all the news I have for you today! No sir.

Poptropica’s music composer, Jeff Heim, has just released a mastered mix of a live recording of Carnival Ride, a track from the Poptropica app! The live recording was done by the Western European Symphony Orchestra in Portugal. More details about the making of this track can be found on Mr. Heim’s Facebook page.

Not only can you listen to the track on Soundcloud, he’s made it available as a free download! Enjoy!

This song really is a joy to hear, so don’t miss out on listening to it!

Until next time…

– – Giant Hawk

Contests, Escape from Pelican Rock Island

EFPR Island Guide up & Week 3 Sweepstakes Winners!

Heyyy Poptropicans!

Escape From Pelican Rock got you grumbling like Big Tuna? Maybe you should stay away from angry criminals, but if you’re having trouble on Poptropica’s newest island, the PHB’s Escape From Pelican Rock Island Guide is now up! The written walkthrough is complete, and pics are coming soon.

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Don’t worry, non-members, Poptropica’s Twitter says you’ll get to play EFPR Island by the end of December 2015! (For now, non-members can play a demo.)

In other news, Week 3 of the Island Sweepstakes has just passed, and once again 5 lucky winners were selected to win a one-month membership from Poptropica! Congratulations to Cool Dragon, Cool Walker, Crazy Ant, Short Feather, and Super Dragon!

For all the details on how you can enter and win, check out this PHB post all about the Island Hopper Sweepstakes.

The new common room on EFPR Island is Bert’s Basement Gym, which should add one more chance to win if you can get the ticket, except the common room appears to not be working at the moment… We’ll be stalking that common room until it opens, I guess.

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Update: The common room is now open, so be sure to grab your extra sweepstakes ticket! Also, looks like we’ll be awkwardly walking on air until they fix that. (Thanks to Hyper Gamer for the tip.)

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And just a friendly forewarning to all our PHB readers – we have tons of posts planned for this final month of 2015, so keep your heads up! Here are a few we’ve released recently:

Anyway, stay popping, Poptropicans! Until next time.

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~thanks to Slippery Raptor for the EFPR pics in this post.

Contests, Daily Pop Sneak Peeks, Uncategorized

Trees and cheers for Week 2’s Sweepstakes winners!

Hey Poptropicans! The second weekly winners of the Island Hopper Sweepstakes have been announced, with each lucky winner receiving a one-month Poptropica membership.

Congratulations to Strange Penguin, Silly Pear, Grumpy Skunk, Slippery Tiger, and Busy Pear. Enjoy your memberships! 😀 (Learn more about membership with the PHB’s Membership Tour page!)

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Over on the Daily Pop, we’re seeing some sneak peeks of nature! Not sure what all these trees and huts are about just yet, but at least one of these pictures seems to be for the next Poptropica graphic novel. Plus, it looks like the Home Island revamp mentioned earlier is getting more polished, with a shop building on a ship! (For more, check out our Daily Pop Sneak Peeks Archive!)

Hungry for some Poptropica cake? (Sorry, we’re out of crawfish today.) Check out this sweet confection that popped right out of the oven known as Poptropica’s Twitter:

By the way, the Poptropica Help subreddit is always looking for fresh new posts, so pop on over! Promote your Poptropica fansite! Post your Poptropica artwork! Comment on what others are sharing! It’s a fantastic little platform for whatever you make it to be! 😀

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Just keep swimming, Poptropicans. 🐠🐠

Contests, Reality TV Island, Twisted Thicket Island

That’s the Ticket! (Round 1 of Sweepstakes winners)

Heyyo Poptropicans, it’s Ultimate iPad Expert here with another post! Sure, maybe I posted yesterday, but whatever. Right, guys?

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Yeh, okay. You can’t tell me what to do Picard! Anyways…

Not too long ago, the Creators announced their Island Hopper Sweepstakes. Along with the overall prizes (which you can check out by clicking the link above), the Creators are giving away 1 month memberships to five lucky Poptropicans. Today, the Creators released the first week’s winners. Here they are: congrats to Comical Pear, Magic Burger, Striped Whale, Tough Flame, and White Grape!

The Creators have added their memberships, and mentioned that they’d get to enjoy Escape from Pelican Rock Island (which is coming out in December for members)!

If you’re a winner this week, congrats! But otherwise, you’ll have more chances, because the Creators are going to be giving away 5 memberships once a week throughout December. Plus, you could also have a chance to win one of the main prizes – see this post for all the details!

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Let’s move on to a few little gems from Twitter!

The Creators tweeted out some concept art from the Creators’ files. One, seen below, is of characters from Reality TV:

And check out this concept art of the Nokken from Twisted Thicket:

Both of these are really cool to see. The progression of each character is really great and I enjoy getting a look into the Creators’ process. 😀

So, that about wraps it up for this post! Are you excited to see each weeks’ winners for the Island Hopper Sweepstakes? What do you think about this concept art from the Creators? Comment below.

•Ultimate iPad Expert•

Advertisements, Contests

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

Greetings Hawk-tropicans! This is Giant Hawk speaking, and I’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. 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 the 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 consent 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 ten 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 a 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 to theaters? Feel free to answer in the comment section below!

Until next time…

– – Giant Hawk