Wednesday Updates 29/2/12

In a minor note, the icon for the KinzChat phone is slightly edited. Now it turns completely grey when off, has a slightly more noticeable antenna, is slightly larger, and has a very small glow.

 

1. Two new Challenges have been added.
2. Nafaria has returned.
3. The T-Shirt Designer and Solar Suit have been retired.
4. The Lorax gift boxes have arrived.
5. Webkinz World has begun a promotion for Mirror Mirror.
6.  Three contests, a Peek-A-Newz event, and a Click-To-Win have been scheduled at Webkinz Newz.

Check after the break for an in-depth report.

Series 3 Adventure Park Pets Announced

The following 4 Webkinz are announced Series 3 Adventure Park pets. If you own, but have not adopted, any of them, then it is advised to wait until February 29, 2012. From that date forward, they will be considered AP pets.
The pets are: 
Bengal Tiger
Caramel Lion
Pinto Horse
Pink and White Cat

Wednesday Updates 15/2/12

Contrary to what the floating chocolate ribbons insist, the POTM is still the Pom Pom Kitty.

 Check after the break for the full, in-depth list of the Wednesday Updates.

1. Spree now gives out 2 daily rolls, rather than the usual 1. 
2. Ganz has revealed how to get the Sleepy Woodland Dragon.
3. The Lorax promotion has begun in WW.
4. Fijit Friends Newbies are also being promoted.
5. Webkinz Newz has provided sneak-peeks of 4 new Webkinz pets.
6. Webkinz Newz has announced a click-to-win for new Adventure Park clothing. 
7. Three new Challenges have been added. 

Webkinz World Runs Promotion for The Lorax

Webkinz Newz has announced that, starting on Feb. 16, a promotion for the new movie, The Lorax, will run through Webkinz World. Features of this promotion include:

• A Lorax-themed twist on the Arcade game, Where's Wacky
• A Lorax Click-To-Win event in Webkinz World from Feb. 18 to March 3, 2012, with exclusive prizes to be won
• Gift boxes awarded upon logging in on Feb. 29, March 1, and March 2
• The Adventure Park will be once again opened to Webkinz World Members, regardless of if they own an Adventure Park pet or not, for a special quest that is available from Feb. 16 until March 4. The only requirement is that your account has third-party content enabled. Otherwise, seeing as how this is a third-party promotion, your account will ignore the quest.

Wednesday Updates 1/2/12

As promised, the Valentine's Day Quest has been added to the Adventure Park for anyone to play.


However, the author's computer cannot tolerate a room with 10 Webkinz in it, much less the park with 45 Webkinz in it like the one I found myself in, so details on this new Quest will be added at a later hour, perhaps in its own post. I do know that you have to talk to Alex the Tiger to start the Quest, if this helps anyone, and that, among other neat prizes, the Grand Prize for this Quest is the Chocolate Factory Machine (which is animated, too!).

Remember that this Quest ends when February does, and afterward the Quests are limited to just AP pets, so play while you can!

Three new Exclusives have been added.

In place of the Elephant Fountain, Wading Pool, and Tractor that were retired today, three new Exclusive Items have been added to the Wish Factory. If your pet is a budding scientist, then the Time Machine is for them...make sure they read the user's manual first! Speaking of the past, the Medieval Torch is a perfect addition to that castle your pet's been working on. Or perhaps they prefer to preform? If so, then the Dance Rehearsal Costume Rack will fit nicely in their room. 

Two new Challenges have been added.

Does your pet have team spirit? If you answered yes, then there's a perfect challenge for them: the Cheerleader Tryout Challenge. This is a 3-part challenge. Also, the Kinzville Babysitter Crew Challenge is available, which contains 2 sets of tasks. This Challenge is for Deluxe members only!

Ganz introduces a Retro Video Challenge.

 This is a normal Video Challenge, featuring A Dog With A Bow In Her Hair, the POTM song for the White Terrier, the Pet of the Month for February 2010. After watching this video and answering the questions, you are awarded with a A Dog With A Bow In Her Hair album cover, previously an eStore item. Limit 1 per account per day.

Webkinz Newz is holding a special Valentine's Day Click-To-Win.
Running daily from February 2-14 (excepting Feb. 4 and 11), you are searching for this heart.

Once you find it flying around, click on it to win any of the below prizes...

You can win a Heart Warming Wall Art, Be Mine Sneakers, Love Topiary, or Love Chocolate for your Webkinz World account. Sweet! These are all new prizes, even if some are merely recolored vectors, but hey, freebies. I'll edit this when I find out if the Love Chocolate is decorative or edible.

Sneak Peek of Webkinz Signature Bengal Cat and Adventure Park Valentine's Quest Grand Prize

The Signature Bengal Cat will come to stores in March 2012! What beautiful eyes and markings it has.

Also, Ganz has announced a sneak peek of what the grand prize for the Adventure Park Valentine's Quest is...

The Chocolate Factory Machine! Remember, the Valentine's Quest can be played by any Webkinz World member, regardless of if they have an Adventure Park pet or not!

WKN Announces A New Adventure Park Quest for Any WW Member to Play!

Ganz has posted an article recently at Webkinz Newz.
As you may know, the Adventure Park is a place added to WW back in August 2011. However, only owners of a Chimpanzee, Spotted Frog, Koala, Pink Pony, Mud Hippo, or Spotted Leopard could enter, and only those who had adopted those pets after August 2011 could participate in the quests. Later on, Ganz added the Husky, Fox, and Velvety Elephant to the Adventure Park, but again, only those who adopted them after October 2011 could use them in quests. Of course, WW fans were quite annoyed by this, especially those who already owned all of those pets and couldn't/wouldn't buy another one of the same pet.


Well, that is momentarily no longer an issue! Ganz has announced that, for the entire month of February, ALL Webkinz World members will be able to access the Adventure Park to play the Valentine's Quest! So no matter what pet you own or when it was adopted, you'll be able to play this quest! What great news this is!

Lots of Exciting Updates in Webkinz World!

 We at Let's Talk Webkinz hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

 The Christmas Theme has been released at the W-Shop.

Oh my. I must say that this year's Christmas theme is amazing! At longest last, we have been provided with play houses for Webkinz to play in...and at a very modest price, too!

This year's theme is called the Christmas Carol theme. It only goes outdoors or in treetop rooms, but the design uses these limits for a good purpose.

Have a look:

See? We get little shops and a fancy fountain! Plus cobblestones! Thank you, Ganz!

 Here are the items and their prices:

Cheery Christmas Home: 350 KC

Darling Garland Home: 375 KC

Festive Fountain: 265 KC

Festive Sidewalk Lamp: 200 KC

Festive Sidewalk Tree: 190 KC

Festive Wreath Home: 375 KC

Fine Clothing Shop: 400 KC

Frosted Window Home: 345 KC

Gourmet Food Shop: 345 KC

Holiday Toy Shop: 425 KC

Snowy Holiday Fence: 190 KC

Tasty Treat Cart: 395 KC

Town Square Bench: 200 KC

Town Square Chair: 100 KC

Town Square Tree: 500 KC

Christmas Carol Cobblestones: 150 KC (they take up a quarter of the yard!)
Town Bulletin Board: 180 KC
The windows of the houses light up when clicked on!

Ganz has changed the programming of the Adventure Park mini-quests:
You may now send a mini-quest to anybody on your friends list, if they have an Adventure Park pet or not!

There are also a few more challenges...
The Tidy Up, Shopping Spree, Lights...Camera...Action!, Keep Kinzville Clean, Picnic with Cowabelle, and Webkinz World Beauty Pageant challenges have been added! 
Also, a great piece of news for Webkinz players still on the Teacher's Pet challenge: The challenge "send your pet to recess", which can take a maximum of 15 days to do, has been changed to "feed your pet 10 apples". Huzzah! 

Of course, log in today to find your Thanksgiving Gift Basket and an Arthur Christmas gift!

 If it is November 24 in your account's time zone, you'll get this gift no matter when Thanksgiving is observed in your area. The Thanksgiving gift contains two food items: Chocolate Pecan Pie and Thanksgiving Dinner, and a furniture piece: Cornucopia Chair. The Arthur Christmas gift contains a letter to Santakinz (decoration), a chattering teeth toy (decoration) and a Candy Cane (food).

There are no clothing items in this year's basket, but don't distress! Webkinz Newz is holding a click-to-win for a Turkey hat on November 24, 25, 27, and 28. 

Some Updates

November's CandyKinz pet is the Licorice Fish. 

This pet comes with a Taste Tester Fountain and some Gummy Guppies. Wait, it's a candy fish...that eats candy fish. O-o

Buy one before November 6 to get a Delectable Donut Chair.

The Velvety Elephant, Fox, and Husky are now Adventure Park pets. 
You must have adopted them after November 1 for the quests to work.

Lots of New Contests at Webkinz Newz

There seems to be something going on every day for November at Webkinz Newz!

Here's the calendar...It will be updated as more contests and events show up.

All Month:
Reindeer Contest: The Webkinz Reindeer is December's Pet of the Month, and you can win one during an all-month long contest! Just list the top 10 things you are thankful for a chance to be one of 5 lucky winners of a Reindeer code, just in time for December.

Walrus Treasure Hunt: Complete this Treasure Hunt to win a virtual Pop Groovin' Gorilla figurine. This Treasure Hunt ends on November 30.

November 1: Click-To-Win for the Too Cool Ball Cap; Autumn Owl Contest begins; Adventure Park Peek-A-Newz begins. This Peek-A-Newz works exactly like the Adventure Park Peek-A-Newz that was run in August, only this time, you look for Alex the Tiger and win a Kinz Crew plushie or a poster. The Autumn Owl (picture above) is a new pet that will come to the eStore on November 12. The contest is to design a fall-themed garden.

November 2: No event.

November 3: No event.

November 4: Roberta Click-To-Win, Day 1. The prize is a random piece of Adventure Park clothing, the same clothing given out in the previous Adventure Park Peek-A-Newz. (hopefully that Cloud Dress will be easier to find this time...)

November 5: Find a Spree! ad for a free Spree! roll; deadline for the Pink Treasure Hunt.

November 6: Click-To-Win for the Old School Pants. 

November 7: Roberta Click-To-Win, Day 2; Halloween Theme scheduled to be removed from the W-Shop.

November 8: Click-To-Win for the complete DJ outfit. This is an eStore item that normally costs 3,000 points!

November 9: Roberta Click-To-Win, Day 3.

November 10: Click-To-Win for the Too Cool Ball Cap.

November 11: Autumn Owl Contest deadline; end of the Adventure Park Peek-A-Newz.

November 12: Find a Spree! ad for a free Spree! roll.

November 13: Click-To-Win for the Old School Pants. 

November 14: Roberta Click-To-Win, Day 4.

November 15: No event. 

November 16: Roberta Click-To-Win Day 5, the final day.

November 17: Click-To-Win for the complete DJ outfit.

November 18: No event. 

November 19: Find a Spree! ad for a free Spree! roll.

November 20: No event. 

November 21: Coolest Thing is Everything Rap Video Contest deadline; Click-To-Win for the Too Cool Ball Cap.

November 22: No event.

November 23: Click-To-Win for the Old School Pants.

November 24: Click-To-Win for the Turkey Hat.

November 25: Click-To-Win for the Turkey Hat.

November 26: No event.

November 27: Click-To-Win for the Turkey Hat.

November 28: Click-To-Win for the Turkey Hat.

November 29: Click-To-Win for the complete DJ outfit.

November 30: Deadline for the Walrus Treasure Hunt; deadline for the Reindeer contest.

Webkinz Adventure Park is now Open to All Pets

Ganz announced a few hours ago that they have allowed all pets to visit the Adventure Park!
Keep in mind though, this means that any pet can walk around and explore the Adventure Park, but you still need to have a Pink Pony, Chimpanzee, Mud Hippo, Spotted Frog, Koala, or Spotted Leopard that was adopted after August 17, 2011 to be able to do any quests.

Adventure Park Contest!

There is a new Contest at Webkinz Newz!
Contest: Send a story about your pet's greatest adventure (in 1,000 characters or fewer).
The Prize: A virtual Adventure Park Pet!
Contest Dates: The Contest opens August 22, and the deadline is on August 28, 2011.

For the Rules, click here
To enter the Contest, click here

Good luck to all participants!