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Ads – Dragons: Defenders of Berk & The Pirate Fairy

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Hey Poptropicans, there are a couple of new ads on Poptropica’s Main Streets right now! On Monster Carnival, I found this video ad for Dragons: Defenders of Berk, a TV series now on DVD, based on the film How to Train Your Dragon. Watching the video gives you the Terrible Terror Follower.

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Also, on Mocktropica, there’s an ad building with a game for Disney’s The Pirate Fairy, a new Tinker Bell movie coming to Blu-ray and Digital HD April 1. Anyway, head inside and you’ll find out that all the fairies have lost their powers. You’ll be sent to sneak around on a pirate ship, and every time you see a pirate, you’ll need to click on Tinker Bell to blast them away. At the bottom of the ship, you’ll find the thieves who stole the blue fairy dust, and you’ll win two prizes.

From the Pirate Fairy ad, you’ll win an unnamed power (which simply advertises the movie on your screen) and an untitled costume. I think the dragon follower from the other ad was cooler… 😛

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Anyway, enjoy the prizes! 😀

PHB Parties

The PHB’s 11 million hits party!

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The party has ended! Click here for the recap. Hope you had fun! 😀

Hey Poptropicans, believe it or not, the PHB just recently hit the big milestone of 11 million views! Wow, that’s a huge number. To celebrate, we’ll be throwing a PHC/Poptropica party! 😀

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(But that’s not all – we’re also raffling off 11 rare Monster Carnival costumes, and all you need to do is comment on our Monster Raffle post!)

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You heard right! We are having party to celebrate the great eleven million! The date will be March 29, 2014, and for US residents, the time will be 9pm EST, 8pm CST, 7pm MST, and 6pm PST. If you don’t live in the US, use this time converter to find what time the party will be in your time zone.

You’ll get to meet PHB authors and other bloggers and readers of the Poptropica community, so bring your fireworks, balloons, and other party gear! Get ready to battle in Multiverse rooms, chat with Poptropicans, and add some new friends to your list! The party takes place on the PHC (Poptropica Help Chat), which you can access by clicking on “Chat” in the navigational bar at the top of this blog or visiting xat.com/thephc. The chat will be moderated, so it’s a safe environment. Any rule-breaking will result in a kick or ban, so please don’t spoil the fun. If you have any questions, ask me in the comments! It’s going to be tons of fun, so join in the party! 😀

Here’s a pic of the PHB hitting 11 million! 😛

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Samwow5: author’s note

The PHB has been fortunate to get a lot of viewers and thrive under it. I remember coming on here every day so I could be inspired by the great PHB writers, and for two years, I watched as the blog hit 7 million, 8, 9, 10… and now 11 million. This blog has meant so much to me over the past couple of years. If I was stuck on something in Poptropica, the PHB always had what I needed.

When I became an author here, I was overjoyed and was shaking for days, so know this: I hope you all can be inspired by me and any other bloggers out there. Dear PHB readers, we couldn’t have gotten this far without all of you, so thank you. 🙂 As always, keep coming back to the PHB for the latest & greatest Poptropica everything! Thanks for reading, and see you at the party this Saturday!

Monster Carnival Island, Survival Island

Survival (ep. 1) out for members & Monster Carnival here for all!

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Psst! The Survival Island Guide for Episode 1 is now on the PHB!

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Hey everyone! Today’s a big day regardless of your membership status, because there’s good news either way! Survival Island: Episode 1 is now out for members! No demo for non-members, though.

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Non-members can now play Monster Carnival Island fully through! Be sure to check out our Monster Carnival Island Guide so the monsters don’t get you down.

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After six years of rumors, the legendary carnival is finally in town for all Poptropicans! So non-members, is the Ferris wheel’s face creeping you out yet? And members, how’s your fire going? Take the poll below, and tell us what you think of these islands in the comments or on the PHC! 😀

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The Survival Files: the Winged Creatures

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Yes, the winged creatures. These birds of all kinds, from seagulls to owls to woodpeckers, will quite frankly be haunting your life in Survival Island. These are the Survival Files, and danger awaits…

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Let’s discuss the birds that we may be seeing in Survival Island. In some of the early pictures from Reality TV Island (which is based off of Survivor), the main setting was a mountain theme. In one such sneak peek that never became a reality, a seagull and its nest are shown.

In Survival Island, one of your main goals is to survive, and one way to do that is to find something to eat. Comic Kid is not sure if the bird would like it if he were to eat the eggs laying inside the nest.

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As we know from the Daily Pop, one of the items from Survival Island is a nest.

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But enough about seagulls — let’s talk about owls. In a Daily Pop from a few months ago, an owl in horrible shape is shown. He seems to have fallen apart, but it’s probably for the animation pivot points. This owl also seems to have multiple babies (then again, perhaps it’s just the process of animation).

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Perhaps this will be the final boss of the owls, because this island appears to house many other owls. From the looks of it, they will be jumping out at you for the most part. 😛

Besides seagulls and owls, it looks like woodpeckers will also appear on Survival Island. You can find one flying through the forest in the desktop wallpaper.

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And that’s just the birds! Tune in next time for More on the Story of Survival Island. 😉

-HPuterpop

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App updates, NPC advancements, and hair-raising ads

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Get ready to be hit by a ton of updates…

Poptropica iPad App Updates

I have a lot of things to go over concerning the Poptropica iPad App. First of all, it’s coming out for Androids and iPhones soon! Pixel first posted about it on his blog, getting the info from Poptropica Official Twitter, but the info page for the app also houses the fact:

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This means that, if I’m not beat to it by someone else, I’ll be able to make a review of the app soon! 😀 And, if you haven’t noticed, the Poptropica homepage now has a bunch of NPCs running by — with iPads in their hands! 😛 There are rumors that there is a hidden code in the app to redeem the iPad handheld, but rest assured, these are all rumors! No one really has any code.

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And if that wasn’t enough, the Main Theme for the app has been uncovered on the Behind the Scenes page! Such melodic awesomeness. 😛 Jeff Heim also uploaded a new track to his Soundcloud — the Super Power Island Main Theme! You might recognize it from the app trailer.

You may also run into a survey link when you log in – but if you say that you don’t have an iPad, the survey abruptly ends. 😛

100 Times the Charm on Early Poptropica

My friend Pixel (whom I mentioned earlier, isn’t he on the ball? 😛 ) and I recently hit 100 replays on Early Poptropica. If you don’t believe us, my username is “puterpop”, and his is private — but you can check out the picture below for proof. I stopped at a 100, he went on and accomplished bigger feats. 😛

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And speaking of medallions, the Survival Island – Episode 1 medallion has been added!

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New NPCs

I might just be going crazy, but auto-generated NPCs (like on the Main Street of Early Poptropica) have been looking a little more complex lately. I think they’ve been updated with new clothing — the combinations are just different. Take a look and decide for yourself —

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Now, think about it; have you ever seen an NPC (non-player character) with freckles, or those neat glasses that the first one has? Have you ever seen the 6th one’s kind of hair on an NPC — have your ever seen it anywhere, actually? Look at their mouths — they’re supposed to be generated by the start page’s options. NPCs are becoming more advanced, so it seems. What do you think?

The Poptropica Police Network

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I just want to mention a current blog project I’m working on called the Poptropica Police Network. It’s different than any other blog, and I’d be really glad if you could check it out. 🙂

I’m currently hosting a contest there for the 1,000 hits that we just achieved. I hope you can participate! 😀

Check out everything else about the blog on these posts. 😉

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Advertisement Updates: Mixels & Muppets

You may have heard about the new LEGO Mixels ad on Poptropica, but in addition to the two Mixel powers you get by going into the advertisement building, there’s also a costumizable Mixel Mask (alliteration ftw) card, featuring three different Mixels – grey, yellow, red:

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I gotta say — these masks are pretty cool! They make up for the shabby “power” cards you can find in the building. 😛

You can also get the new Constantine Criminal Power by watching the trailer for the “Muppets: Most Wanted” movie. I found the ad on Time Tangled Island. When you press the “Steal Hair” button, a clip from the movie plays, then it cuts back to the screen.

You’ll now have a mole and suitcase, while everyone else on the page has a lack of hair! Hey, Muppets? Have you been getting ideas from Poptropica? 😛

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What’s really cool is that you can press Ctrl+Shift+S (not on SUIs), which changes your skin color but lets you keep the mole and suitcase forever! It does something strange in the Costumizer, however. 😛

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Also, don’t press Ctrl+Shift+S if you don’t want to lose your original skin color. If you do mistakenly change your skin color, you can always change it via the Colorizer card in the store. 😉

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So, yeah. I hope you enjoyed this… thing. 😛 If you did, tell me in the comments!

And the meme of the day is…

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-HPuterpop