Astro-Knights Island, Sneak Peeks

The Egg Pops…!!

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(Disclaimer: The following story is a work of fiction.)

Boooom.

As more and more dark clouds filled the sky, the sky kept rumbling with loud booms, and Detective Tongue became more and more panicked. She was on a mission to capture a huge, mechanical Firebird that had escaped from its home in the mechanical jungle. Thanks to the bad weather now and the fog earlier that morning, she was now lost in what appeared to be a metal junkyard. Dozens of red-and-blue metal eggs wrapped around some barbed wire could be found all around her. She stuck out her tongue as she usually does when she gets excited, and started jumping on top of the eggs. “Happy Easter…!!!!” she yelled.

But during one of those leaps, she landed on the egg too hard, and the metallic shell popped open. Out came…

Blog Post Title: Easter Adventure
Description: Hunting for Easter eggs is a dangerous activity on this planet!
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…the very Firebird she was looking for! Its perfectly round, hard head was attached to a spring in the egg. To her horror, when she peered inside the egg she found the bird’s body flattened underneath! Mission accomplished, but what should I do with the bo-, her thought was interrupted. The bird was glaring at the detective fiercely, pecking her hard with its sharp beak. “OW!” yelped Tongue, and fell to the ground in pain.

Astro-Knights Island Tip: Don’t be so quick to judge your success! 😉

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A Light in the Darkness

Thanks, O Peg, for the “new shirt” update.

It’s a light in the darkness for Poptropica’s April weekly T-shirt, ComicKidImage:

As promised, Poptropica will be releasing a new T-shirt at their online Zazzle store every week’s Friday during the month of April 2009. In this one we see Poptropica’s logo in gold, and Comic Kid’s shadow standing into the brilliance of a bright light, yet he is also on the black background of a shirt. The words below his shadow says, “Comic Kid” in gold. The font being used happens to be Anime Ace 2.0 BB, which like the Poptropica speech bubble font (Creative Block BB), is a Blambot font. You can download Anime Ace for free here: http://blambot.com/font_animeace.shtml.

About ten days ago, Poptropica Help Blog turned into Club Penguin Help Blog, which you can read about here. A poll came up about April Fools’ Day on our site a few days later: Did you get fooled on April Fools day? This poll is now closed; here are the results:

Vote Option | Number of Voters | Percentage
I got fooled by Poptropica Help Blog! | 281 | 41%
I got fooled by someone else.  | 106 | 15%
I can’t remember if I got fooled. | 36 | 5%
Why would I get fooled? | 71 | 10%
I have never been fooled, and I never will! | 191 | 28%

Our poll on advertisements is back up: Advertisements in Poptropica: What’s your favorite section? Make sure you submit your vote! 😛

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Secret Stickers

😀 Happy Easter! BUNNIES RULE! 😀
(A huge thanks to Codien for the awesome header!)

The best secret agents of Poptropica work secretly yet efficiently. Admire the Popularity Contest winner with Poptropica’s latest merchandise… Secret Agent Wall Prints!

Shark Boy says:
For those of you who haven’t noticed, we’ve added 2 new wall prints to our store. Get a Secret Agent sticker for your laptop, locker, or room and show off the Poptropica awesomeness!

There’s also a new poll on the Poptropica Creators’ Blog: Which would you like to see more of? The options are (with their vote popularity):

  • Single-player games (4th place)
  • Multi-player games (3rd place)
  • Special abilities (1st place)
  • Unique outfits with items (2nd place)

Maybe we’ll get more of these features in the future! 😀

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