PHB Parties

5 years + 9 million hits = PHB Party!

Slanted Fish

The party has ended, but you can read about it in our recap. Hope you had fun!

5Y9M Party

Previously known as Author Night, this year’s annual PHB party will be in celebration of our five years of existence and the recent milestone of 9 million hits! The Poptropica Help Blog turns 5 on July 26, 2013, and everyone’s invited to join in the party, so here are the details!

  • WHO: You! PHB authors, commenters, and readers! Everyone!
  • WHAT: A Poptropica party where you’ll get to hang out with PHB authors and fans! Bring your color-changing Poptropica 5th birthday balloons, fireworks, or musical instruments if you can. Chat on the PHC, create Multiverse rooms, play games, hang out, have fun!
  • WHEN: Friday, July 26, 2013 @ 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific (find out which time zone you live in and plan accordingly – if none of these apply, use a converter)
  • WHERE: Our Poptropica Help Chatroom (PHC), which you can access by clicking “Chat” in the navigational bar at the top of this blog or by typing in xat.com/thephc. The chat will be moderated, so it’s safe, and any rule-breaking will result in a kick or ban, so please don’t spoil the fun.
  • WHY: Celebrating the PHB’s 5th anniversary and 9 million hits!

There’ll probably be a recap on the blog afterwards, so you might be in it! Let us know in the comments if you have any questions. Here’s to a great time! :]

Membership, Store, Virus Hunter Island

Nano-Combat Training now available!

Brave Tomato

Hey guys, BT here. Now, when I went on Poptropica at about 1:50ish EST, I discovered this new card in the Poptropica Store:

nano-combat training

Now, before you go into the store to see for yourself, let me tell you: it isn’t there anymore. Before this card was pulled off the Poptropica Store shelf, there was an ad for it on the home page (I didn’t take a screenshot of it), and I was curious enough to check it out.

However, when I tried to access this minigame, all it did was bring me into BETA Carrotene. This is really odd.

UPDATE 1 : Fuzzy-B mentions that this “Training Sim” Daily Pop could be a sneak peek for this nanobot-battling simulation game, brought to you by the Poptropica Disease Center (PDC):

UPDATE 2: This quest is now available for real for members. It actually involves the sound and larger screen. And just to warn you in advance- it is like Thunder Volt. Here’s a video from the Creators:

UPDATE 3: The PHB now has a guide for this mini-game, which you can check out here! 😀

BT out!

Daily Pop Sneak Peeks

Lost Levels of Poptropica

Slanted Fish

Recently the Daily Pop has been showcasing various images of three-storied rooms all with the caption “One of the lost levels of Poptropica” – implying, from what it seems, that these were ideas that never made it into the game. Perhaps they were going to be island common rooms or Multiverses?

Future Fest – This one has a bit of that Game Show Island feel to it.

future fest

Fantasy Forest – Reminds me of the Enchanted Forest Multiverse room. An alternate version, maybe?

fantasy forest

Country Cabin – A quaint log cabin for the great outdoors… but where in Poptropica?

country cabin

Ice House – Looks like it could’ve come out of the Ice Planet from Astro-Knights.

ice house

[POST UPDATE] Water World – Ooh, an aquarium. Maybe it was for Shark Tooth, seeing the trees.

Water world

Reminds me of an old image that surfaced more than four years ago, yet another lost level…

aquarium2

What do you think of all these lost levels? Will the Creators release them in the future, or are they going to be locked away in cyberspace forever? Leave a comment and tell us your favorite!

PHB Specials

PHB Sunday Special: Poptropica Doodle!

Slanted Fish

It’s tiiiime for another PHB special! You may have seen my Poptropican in the header or sidebar, but have you seen her doodled? ‘Cause I’ve got a speed drawing video of exactly that right here…

I started out with a rough sketch, traced it in black, and under that layer I colored it in – all that took about 50 minutes, but it’s been condensed into less than 3 for the video. Digital artwork was done by me on Sketchbook Express using a pen tablet. Also, if you’re interested, the PHB has a guide called How to Draw a Poptropican under the Cool Stuff tab.

For more Poptropica videos, please check out the PHB’s YouTube channel, the PHV (Poptropica Help Videos)! The user is MyPoptropicaHelp.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the video! 🙂

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4th of July Special: Captain America Costume

Fuzzy-B

First off, to all those who are celebrating today, have a great 4th of July!

It appears that Poptropica is also celebrating, giving out a special prize that is perfect for today – a Captain America costume! The Disney XD Non-Stop Summer ad building has been updated to include the preview for the new Disney XD series Avengers Assemble, premiering this Sunday at 11AM/10 Central. So far, I have only found it on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island on boy accounts.

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Once you watch the video, you receive the new Captain America Outfit! When you click on the “make me a hero” button, you are inserted into Captain America’s costume, but you will return back to what you were wearing before when you enter a new room/area. That means if you want to be able to wear the costume anywhere you go you have to press Ctrl + Shift + S, but be warned, this will do away with what you were already wearing and replace it with the Captain America Outfit.

The Creators also posted a reminder that no 4th of July celebration is complete without fireworks! You can head on over to the Poptropica Store and pick up the Fireworks gold card now and admire the amazing explosions.

Happy 4th of July!