Category: Snapshot Series

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Congrats to the next Poptropica Superstar!

Shaggy Tornado

EDIT: Sorry about the deleted picture of the video for the Smurf’s ad. I have no idea why they would delete it.

The Creators’ have introduced the next installment of Poptropica Superstars with today’s superstar: Grey Icicle! 😀

Poptropica Superstars: Grey Icicle

Introducing another Poptropica Superstar: Grey Icicle!

Not to be confused with our first Poptropica Superstar, Grey Icicle is nevertheless a dedicated player who you’ve seen most recently as one of the first 10 finishers of Shrink Ray Island. Grey Icicle has been playing Poptropica for over 2 years, and in that time has torn through some of our toughest islands within days of their release. He’s also won 93 games of Skydive!

Grey Icicle, congratulations on being a Poptropica Superstar!

We at the PHB Give you a big hearty congratulations on this Honorable position! 🙂

In other news, 2 new ads have made their way into the Poptropica world: The Smurfs and Fijit Friends. Screenshots are provided by Striped Grape!

First off, the Smurfs ad isn’t a building ad, but a video ad. When you watch the video (which is about the movie coming out sometime this m onth), at the end, you get a free Smurfs costume!

The video ad of The Smurfs

The next ad is Fjit Friends, which is for girls. It’s a product that is a girl’s best friend and can say a lot of phrases. Inside there is a video, a quiz game, and a dummy with a costume from one of the Fijit Friends.

The building for the Fijit Friends ad.

Well, have fun with these ads, and congrats again to Grey Icicle! 🙂   ~ST

Snapshot Series

The next superstar: Fierce Moon!

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The creators are very eager and zealous to continue this new series it seems. I’d have to say, NICE IDEA, creators. They’re starting to recognize VIP players and top gamers in the world of Poptropica. The new PCB post is all about the newest Superstar.

Say hello to Fierce Moon!

She’s completed 19 out of the 20 islands – all except Red Dragon Island. Get out there and FINISH IT, Fierce Moon! It says in the new superstars post that it she’s also completed all the miniquests including Haunted House, Dr. Hare’s Secret Lab, etc. Work hard to beat everything, Fierce Moon. Have fun being recognized as a star. 😀

Also, Hijuyo recognized that yesterday’s superstar, Grumpy Icicle, is a PHB reader. He even commented on the post! According to several comments from PHB readers on this post, Fierce Moon runs the Poptropica fansite known as PoptropicaSecrets. (The original PCB post referenced with the phrase “Poptropica secrets.”) So if you’re reading this, FM, we wish you a big congrats!

Snapshot Series

I wanna be a star too :D

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The creators have started a whole new series on the PCB. Remember snapshot sagas? It’s almost just like that except that they don’t just go to random players. They actually look at your record and select top players from Poptropica. Players familiar with snapshot sagas will probably be drawn into this as well.

The new series is called Poptropica Superstars! They select top players that are totally into the game, and then mention them into a new post. Todays superstar is…*drumroll*….Grumpy Icicle!

Poptropica Superstars: Grumpy Icicle

Millions and millions of kids love Poptropica, and we love you all right back. That’s why, all this week, we’re going to showcase some of our most dedicated players right here in the creators’ blog. Say hello to the first Poptropica Superstar, Grumpy Icicle!

Grumpy Icicle has beaten 18 of the 20 Poptropica Islands, including the toughest one, Astro-Knights. He was number 1 on our list of the first 10 Poptropicans to finish Cryptids Island, and he just missed appearing on the list of the first 10 to finish Shrink Ray Island. Grumpy Icicle was number 11.

Whoah. Top finisher on one island is pretty amazing. Top finisher on two islands? You’d have to be pretty big of a fan to do that. These people work fast :D. He’s completed 18 out of 20 of the series of islands. Job well done, Grumpy Icicle. You’re a true star!

Well, 6 more days until I get back to good old US. EP out!

EDIT: Just wanted to add that we’re honored to say that Grumpy Icicle is one of our many PHB readers, and he has commented on this blog a couple times. His username is Xalevoid, and you can look him up on the Avatar Studio for proof. If you’re reading this, G.I., the PHB says congratulations! 😀 ~Hijuyo

Bonus Items, Snapshot Series

Young Bug models for the Poptropica Store

Slanted Fish

There are new outfits at the Poptropica Store, and it’s full of awesome gear! Here are just four of them, as posted by Hazmat Hermit on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog:

Blog Post Title: Do you want fries with that?
Description: Personally I’d never leave the safety of my Hazmat suit, but if you feel like a change in your wardrobe, look in the Poptropica Store for these new outfits.
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fyUhortwA8M/Sje7YTWt6kI/AAAAAAAAAA8/1OT8mmb33s0/s1600-h/newStoreOutfits.png
Image Name: newStoreOutfits.png

Check out the Poptropica Store by clicking on the star symbol on the top-right corner of the gamescreen! You may also want to buy more credits in order to gain access to even more cool stuff.

What’s New Now:

  • Large Fry Outfit (See the leftmost figure in the above picture)
  • Soda Pop Outfit
  • Big Burger Outfit
  • Ice Cream Outfit
  • Pirate Captain Outfit (There is a boy’s version (blue; middle-right figure in the above picture) and a girl’s version (red; rightmost figure in the above picture))
  • Rock Singer Outfit (Boys only; middle-left figure in the above picture)

And remember, if you want something from the Poptropica Store that is not available for your gender, just use the randomizing cheat (Ctrl + Shift + R) until it changes your gender! (Warning: This will also change your entire appearance.) You can then buy the costume you want and change back to your original gender.

Update! Soon after the release of all these tasty costumes mentioned above, even more outfits – and another item for their “Cool Stuff” section – has been added to the Store!

Blog Post Title: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Description: We’ve added some new items to the store. Hope you’re not afraid of snakes!
Posted by: Dr. Hare
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AkTCxo8C1Ys/Sjqxud0KY5I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7JHTcugmn74/s1600-h/newChars.png
Image Name: newChars.png

What’s Even Newer Now:

  • Cowgirl (leftmost in the above picture) (Girls’ only)
  • Cowboy (2nd from the left in above picture) (Boys’ only)
  • Baseball Batter Outfit (4th from the left, it has 3 different color options – green, blue, red (boys’)/pink (girls’))
  • Baseball Fielder Outfit (3rd from the left, 3 different color options – green, blue, red (boys’)/pink (girls’))
  • Medusa (5th from the left, it is part of the “Cool Stuff” items and costs 250 credits) (Works like the FrootOctorizer!)

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Vlad the Viking makes his first trip to the kingdom of Arturus… a.k.a. Astro-Knights Island. It’s not always safe there, as he was able to find out today. Read on for his tale:

A visit to Arturus was a chance of a lifetime, and I had been waiting MONTHS for this! It was going to be grand, taking a trip to the famed castle, and visiting the small museum dedicated to Mordred, the infamous scientist!

When I had finally taken my first steps into Arturus, a great rumble filled the air and the ground shook. It soon became apparent that a great battle had begun at the castle, and all I had was my trusty camera! I am no coward (well, not a coward all of the time), but I couldn’t fight these flying ships without a sturdy axe, and I just had my hair re-braided, and… well… I just couldn’t jump into the fray.

A laser blast exploded near my feet, and I was thrown back through the doorway of the nearby Crop Circle Inn. This was just getting to be too much! My freshly braided hair was still intact, but my favorite boots were practically ruined from the searing heat of the barrage!

With the sounds of battle still ringing outside, I decided to hunker down in safety with the other Poptropican’s that apparently had the same idea as myself. One Poptropican in particular caught my attention. His name is Young Bug, and he was a Ninja! I definitely didn’t feel cowardly knowing that even a Ninja equipped with nunchaku wasn’t too fond of entering battle against flying machines with laser guns!

Congratulations Young Bug, you have just been featured in Snapshot Sagas!

Be safe while rescuing Arturus from danger, and watch for me as you travel throughout Poptropica!

Fellow customers, if you are thinking of purchasing the ninja costume from the Poptropica Store, Young Bug definitely did a good job modelling it for us. Want the same clothes Mr. Bug is wearing? It’s only 75 credits! 😛

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In other news: If you log in to Poptropica, you’ll notice a new ad on both sides of the screen. It’s advertising an original movie from Disney Channel called “Princess Protection Program” and it has the names “Selena Gomez” and “Demi Lovato” on the top. Under that is their description, which says “Royalty meets reality.” On the other side it says “Premieres Friday, June 26 8p/7c” with a sign that says “Click here”. If you click on that, it brings you to this webpage:

http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/originalmovies/princessprotectionprogram/index.html

Bonus Items, Snapshot Series, Sneak Peeks, Uncategorized

Poptropica Credits, Stats, Store, Stuff and More!

Slanted Fish

A big WOW!!!

Poptropica Creator Shark Boy has just revealed a major update that will be coming soon. We don’t know a whole lot about it, but here’s what Shark Boy said on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog:

 We’ve been working on a bunch of “super-special” outfits, new abilities, and some other awesome stuff that we will be offering for Poptropica credits. You can earn FREE credits for each island you beat, or you can purchase more credits. Poptropica credits can be used to get some cool stuff from our store. Stay tuned, coming soon!

Looks cool. From SB’s post, we gather this info:

Stats
There will be a new interface called “Stats”. This will have/show:

  • Your character’s Poptropica name (such as Invisible Foot in the picture)
  • A picture of your character’s current look
  • Your battle ranking from playing multiplayer games in chat rooms
  • The number of “Poptropica Credits” you have, and a button to be able to purchase more of these credits.
  • An option to change your account’s password
  • Which island medallions you have
  • Your recent Poptropica activities – whether it’s just logging in or winning/losing a multiplayer game
  • A box telling you what’s happening around Poptropica: the example talks about Astro-Knights coming up!
  • Poptropica Store: you’ll get to spend your credits on cool rock star outfits and more!

Store
There’s also going to be a “Store” tab. So far, this is what we know:

  • Poptropica will be having a store for buying in-game items and powers. The “super-special” costumes they are working on can be bought here, as well as some new abilities (possibly Comic Kid’s new emotes from the many previous sneak peeks?) and other awesome stuff!
  • To shop at the store, you need “Poptropica Credits”, which are going to be Poptropica’s “money”, or their type of currency.
  • Some free credits can be gained from completing island quests.
  • You can purchase more credits, most likely with real-world money, such as American dollars.

Stuff
Lastly, there will be an interface titled “Stuff”. We don’t really know what this is, but maybe it’s a new type of inventory. Maybe all your equipment from Time Tangled, 24 Carrot or whatever island will be moved to this tab. (Just a guess.)

So now we know what the “super-special” outfits were for. At least we get credits for finishing an island too, so even if you aren’t allowed to buy stuff off the Internet, you’ll still get a chance to spend a few. Magic Monster suggests that maybe winning multiplayer games might also get you credits, because they mention winning and losing Soupwords and Balloons in the “Recent Activity” section. However, that could mean we could get credits just for logging in – which is a bit unlikely, but we don’t know for sure. What do you think?

Also, as Incredible Fish noted, you will soon be able to change your Poptropican’s password! So when this update comes, please don’t give away accounts on the Poptropica Talk page (or anywhere else on this site) to the public, or it may become out-of-date very quickly because there are people out there who like to mess up accounts. Other people won’t be able to use most of our Poptropica Talk accounts soon, so enjoy them while you can!

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Snapshot Sagas
Vlad encounters a “visitor of mysterious origin” in this next episode of Snapshot Sagas! Check it out:

I had such a relaxing week! I was sipping some coconut milk at the Coconut Cafe and taking in some sun on the tropical Shark Tooth Island beach. My relaxing time didn’t last long however, because I ran into something out of this world on my latest trip to the Coconut Cafe! It was a Poptropican named Striped Hero, but I couldn’t be sure if he was really from Poptropica because I had never seen anything like him before! He was just as friendly as any other Poptropican that I have met, and I was able to take a photo with him, but his origins are still a great mystery to me!

Congratulations Striped Hero! You have been the latest visitor of mysterious origin featured on Snapshot Sagas!

Keep looking for me anytime you visit an island! You could be the next Poptropican (or mysterious visitor) featured on Snapshot Sagas!

Congratulations from the PHB, Striped Hero! And as Cheerful Claw said, we definitely won’t have to worry about them delaying Astro-Knights any longer because they’re acknowledging the fact that the cyborg-face is out. Take a look at The Mechanical Fever news post to learn more about this metallic mask!