🏝️ Poptropica Help Blog 🗺️

UPDATE: Check out our Valentine’s party recap here!

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Hey everyone! I’ve been busy lately, so I’ve not really had time to post. The PHC-ers (people on our Poptropica Help Chat) have been asking for a Valentine’s Day party, and it sounds like a great idea, so we are having one! The date will be Feb. 14, 2014 (Valentine’s Day, obviously), and for US residents, the party will be at 8pm EST, 7pm CST, 6pm MST, and 5pm 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. There will be PHB authors in attendance, as well as other PHB readers, and… it’ll be better than third-wheeling!

Bring your candies, heart costumes, and other Valentine’s Day 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), and along with chatting on Xat, we’ll be sharing Multiverse codes so we can meet on Poptropica!

To access the chat, click “Chat” in the navigational bar at the top of this blog or go to 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! 😀

Labs (Land), Membership, Monster Carnival Island, Store

Ringmaster Costume & Poptropica Labs fan video!

February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 Samwow5

Hey everyone! I went on Poptropica and I saw, in the Store, that the Ringmaster Costume for Monster Carnival Island is already out! It hasn’t even been posted on the Creators’ Blog yet! The costume has three colors: Red, White, and Purple. (I like the red one the most. xD)

This costume is for members only and it is one of three items coming out for Monster Carnival Island. Also, it’s for a limited time only; it’s available until the end of early access for the island and then it’ll be gone! So go get it today!

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The Creators recently posted about a fan called Perfect Sky making a video about Poptropica Labs, and whoever she is, she’s very lucky, seeing as it’s the first time the Creators have posted a fan video on their blog! I like some of her builds, they are really detailed! Check it out:

That’s it everyone, I just wanted to inform you about these two things, and look forward to a special post tomorrow from me!

~SW5~

Viewer's Showcase

Viewer’s Showcase: February 2014

February 6, 2014February 7, 2014 HPuterpop

(¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.-> Hi Gs, <-.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯)

–How do you like my new intro? Tell me in the comments! And now back to the scheduled programming. 😛 —

We all have talent, but most of the time it doesn’t get the right recognition. Not anymore!

Art

I received a little piece of fan art by “StraBurri Cook”. I thought it was so cute (as well as good)!

You have made my stinking day! That is the cutest thing evah! I’ll be changing my Gravatar to this dude for a while. 😀

Spotted Dragon also made an equally awesome pic of me. I’m proud to be creative! 😀

Another amazing artist in the community goes by the name Cool Berry, the Unicorn Cat. She makes fun little pieces that I think we can all enjoy! 😀

Stories

This month, origin stories seem to fit. Sticky Clown has written a little origin story of Dr. Hare, or Harvey Hare in the story. You can find it hosted on the PTFP.

The Return of Binary Bard is an ongoing story with unpredictable plot twists, and a hearty amount of script. Be sure to check it out, hosted on the PTFP.

Blog of the Month

I love to have a community of fellow artists, and Clean Shark is one of the artists who make it possible. Check out his fun blog, Poptropica Fun Blog, for frequent updates, and some quirky art. 😛 (It even has a fanfic of its own! 😉 )

Check out the fun you’ve been missing out on here: http://cleansharkandpoptropica.wordpress.com/

You see me back, so obviously you know that I decided to continue Viewer’s Showcase. Turns out A LOT more people like VS than I expected. Thank you! 😀

Also, I’m thinking about changing my intro! If you can, please tell me which intro you like best in the poll below. 🙂

-HP

Daily Pop, Monster Carnival Island

Carnival Crazy and more Daily Poppin’

February 5, 2014February 5, 2014 Slanted Fish

With Monster Carnival Island set to be released sometime this month (can you believe it?!), the Creators wanted to remind us that the MCI wallpaper & poster are available on the Tour page – but of course you already knew that, right? What we really want are more sneak peeks…

These are from the Daily Pop, and they look like they might belong in the carnival. But there are also some sneak peeks with not-so-certain origins… such as this snowy landscape* that looks like it’s part of the winter wonderland mentioned in Fuzzy-B’s post. One of the winter pics in his post contains a bird – perhaps related to these bird character sketches (pictured below)? And what of this wilderness survival book* – will we be going on another forest adventure anytime soon?

*a couple of these Daily Pops haven’t been released yet, but they will be – if you’re interested in how to discover Daily Pops a day or so early, check out our Behind the Scenes page! 🙂

Finally, here’s another reminder that we are looking to publish your Poptropica stories, island ideas, fan art, and more for the next issue of The Poptropican’s 911, coming out in March! Please email your entries to poptropican911(at)gmail.com (replace at with @), and refer to our Magazines page for more details. For inspiration, check out our most recent Pop magazine issue!

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Future Island, stickers, and more

February 4, 2014February 7, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

Who likes stickers? Are you questioning where I’m going with this?

This post may seem very uncertain, but please stick with me to the end. Here is the premise: I happened to look up Poptropica Books on Amazon one day perhaps a week ago. All the normal, released books came up until I got to the end of the list. Two new books without any covers sat there. Their names were “Poptropica: Future Island”, and “Ultimate Sticker Collection: Poptropica”.

Now, before you go looking up those books, I have to clarify something: Future Island is no longer there. It disappeared the day that the Creators announced the two new Poptopic books. Sadly, I don’t have anything but a memory of it; and you’ll just have to take my word for it! 😛

But first, about this sticker collection: it’s scheduled to be released July 21, 2014. Here’s the description:

Welcome to the fantastical world of Poptropica® with Ultimate Sticker Collection: Poptropica®! Kids will explore the Islands and meet the colorful characters. They can re-create scenes from their adventures online or create exciting new ones with more than 1,000 full-color fun stickers. Full of fun facts and interesting information about kids’ favorite virtual world, Poptropica, the fun will never end with this new ultimate sticker collection from DK!

Now, back to Future Island — this is the major question; is this going to be an actual island? All I know is that none of the recent SUIs have been made into books. It was scheduled to be released sometime in August, and there was no description. Time Tangled Island already has a section of time dedicated to the future, so this would be a little more than unoriginal. The Creators are rumored to be running out of ideas (Dream Island Contest then Monster Carnival), so is this possible? And could they release a book based on the island the same year the island is released?

Further more, futureisland.com leads to an error page… but it was made in 2007, the same year “poptropica.com” was made. It may be a subdomain of Poptropica that hasn’t been finalized yet. No solid proof, but just something to think about.

So what do you think? Is Future Island an upcoming island? Leave your ideas and theories in the comments. 🙂 And in relation to Fuzzy B’s latest post, could Future Island be about ruin coming to our beloved islands in the future?

-HP