Last time we ended with poor innocent Toothpick being left to a mysterious and dangerous helicopter, with an unknown fate. The other three, Hawk, Birdy and Stone, got saved by a flying pirate ship, captained by three kids (yes, it’s cameo time, baby! 😀) and will now decide what to do next. Should they go back to try to save Pick, or stay with the trio in questionable safety? Let’s find out…
Sack Lunch: Don’t forget to pack the produce.
ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES, ALWAYS ZOMBIES!
A Zomberry Series
Episode Twelve: Let’s Do This!
The flying pirate ship was soaring through the cool night sky, gently parting past fluffy, cotton-like clouds and over the damp gray ones. After all the tension and thrill of the previous events, Stone, Hawk, and Birdy felt somewhat dejected and dismal. Even though they were quite high up in the air, they couldn’t have felt more down.
They needed to get back to Pick. They couldn’t just leave him behind to the zombies, and to whatever was going on with that helicopter.
Maybe the helicopter would help Pick, Birdy thought, but somehow the thought of that strange helicopter made the three surviving friends even more concerned.
Hawk leaned against the side of the ship, and looked down, down, down. It was night, so he could hardly see the sea below, save the shine from the waxing gibbous moon.
Stone was walking in circles on the other side of the ship. After a few circles she almost tripped over something. She bent down to pick it up.
CUT TO inside the interview room. DR. HARE is alone at his side of the table, with DIRECTOR D and MOREAU facing him. They are talking about anything but therapy.
HARE
Ok, the plan was Crawfish would go down where the other prisoners are and make a huge ruckus.
Yes, I know it’s super simple and…bad, but it was really the best idea we could come up with. We’re short on time—I think Jupiter’s already taking him to wherever he put the others.
Yoohoo Poptropicans! It’s LJ coming back at you with the answers to round 4 of Guess That Poptropican from last month. Let’s see who the mystery Poptropicans were this time…
Poptropican 1
I am a celebrity
I have ran for president
I’ve apparently solved global warming
I like pizza
I have my own historic landmark
I am Bucky Lucas from Reality TV Island!
Poptropican 2
I have radioactive powers
My color scheme is mostly monochromatic
I have multiple personalities
I’ve become rich selling illegally copied music
I am Copy Cat from Super Power Island!
Poptropican 3
I have an arch enemy that doesn’t walk on land
I had a near death experience while on the hunt for my enemy
I am the one to gift you the medallion on my island of origin
I am Captain Boomer from S.O.S. Island!
How many were you able to guess correctly? Thanks to everyone who gave it their best shot, and shoutout to Cherry for being the first to get all 3 right. I’m open to making more rounds in the future depending on demand, so let me know down below in the comments. 😊 Until next time…
Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Invisible Ring. Enjoy!
Welcome back, Poptropicans! As my new Future Machine News show states, the grave silence on Poptropica’s official blog has kept all of my new guest posts from coming in, including this one.
Upon completing that news show, I saw this Pop Petition on the PHB about Mighty Action Force trading cards, and decided that enough was enough. Here is my all-time most important guest post, and your long-overdue gift that’s sure to hit the charts here on the PHB. Enjoy!
It’s anyone’s guess as to whether I’m a pirate still on a major motion quest, an average visitor at PoptropiCon, or just lost.
Perhaps I’m all of the above.
It all started when I quested across Poptropica to keep making my movie. I wound up in PoptropiCon while it was in full swing, so I blended right in.
…And then I got lost in the hallway awhile. It was excruciating! Dozens of others got lost in there, too, so it was very NOISY for a pirate with hypersensitive ears. You’ve got mech pilots and aliens and wizards complaining about this maze of identical halls making them miss the convention’s events. And others still, complaining that they’re hungry, thirsty, and tired. There was even chatter of wanting a PoptropiCon map and a functional drink machine.
But among the ruckus, I heard an alien say:
“Wish I had one of those card games to pass the time.”
The Mighty Action Force card game… That gave me something to think about.
When I finally made it out of the halls and into the tech lounge, I took a rest break and thought long and hard about it.
For years I’ve visited this place. More than any other Poptropica island I’ve ever been to! I challenged every player there I could, countless times, from the easy-going hippy player, to the challenging hallway player, to the super-challenging high-tech player.
I loved playing the Mighty Action Force game so much that I wanted to play it outside of PoptropiCon. How would I do that? I’d make my OWN Mighty Action Force game. So from the summer of 2016 to the summer of 2020, I built my own private game box with Mighty Action Force cards and game boards and everything.
…Boy, was that fun. But today, as I met all these Mighty Action Force fans once again, I realized there must be so many others who want to play Mighty Action Force anytime, anywhere. I once thought that marketing the game was a must, but after all the archives I researched from the Poptropica Creators’ Blog, I realized the one sure way to go…
…Downloadable PDFs. And unlike most kids, I’m no tech wizard. But I’ve learned enough about computers by now to know how to make these PDFs. And with all my practice back in the day building my own game set from the ground up, I had EXACTLY the skills I needed to make it all happen, just as sure as I was that THIS would be the groundbreaking news hit of the year. So now that you have the story, I won’t make you wait any longer.
Behold! 💥 The ULTIMATE Mighty Action Force printable Game Kit PDF. 💥 And it only took me 3 months to put it together!
No joke, everyone. This is for real. And to prove it, here are two videos I made to go with the game. The first video demonstrates how to construct your own game board:
And the second video demonstrates how to play the game. True, you can always learn how to play on PoptropiCon Island, but PoptropiCon isn’t gonna last forever. So, you’ve got both videos.
That’s a lotta work for one happy camper in a pirate outfit! But it doesn’t end there. My original goal was to press on with my pirate movie, now summed up in this new pirate movie trailer. Mission accomplished!
Wow… to think about it all: seven years of PoptropiCon playtime and projects, all wrapped up into this one tremendous tale! Thank you all for reading, and you’re welcome for the grand game kit and videos. PoptropiCon Pirate out. PEACE!
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Hello Poptropicans! Once again I nearly missed making this for October, but here it is right on the dot at the start of the new month. 🍂
Like past Poptober events, the “rules” are simple: draw something according to these Pop-related prompts. For you ambitious artists out there, you can opt for the full challenge of drawing each prompt every day. But otherwise, feel free to pick and choose or do an alternate version of the challenge, such as every other day or every week. 🧑🎨
Poptober takes inspiration from creativity challenges like Inktober or Mermay, and there are no particular rules on art mediums or how to interpret the prompts. Just keep it Poptropica-themed!
We’d love to see your creations, and there are plenty of ways to share them with us. ✨ You can comment on this post with link(s) to your art, post on Instagram with the hashtag #Poptober2023, or share on the #pop-art channel of the PHC, our Discord server.
Have fun creating, and I’ll hop on here again later!
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