Wow!!! We had almost 900 entries in our 2017 Pet Design Contest! You guys did an amazing job and made it very, very difficult for us to narrow it down to just ten finalists. Every submission was excellent and we think they would all make great Webkinz pets! But we had to narrow it down to just ten.
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Now we want your input. While the final decision rests with the judges at Webkinz, we will take your comments into consideration when making our final choice which will be announced on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2017.
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When looking at all of the creative, wonderfully executed submissions, we tried to choose finalists that had a unique twist. Sometimes it was a clever idea – like making a dragon out of dragon fruit, or a butterfly’s wings out of Webkinz Magic Ws, a turtle out of a rose, or putting monarch butterfly wings onto a dragon. Sometimes it was a unique new animal we hadn’t seen before – like a Hippocampi or an Orchid Mantis. And sometimes it was just a neat pet that we think our members would love – like a chocolate bunny, a Loch Ness monster, an axolotl, or a Jade Fu dog.
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Nine of the following ten pet designers – and our honourable mention – will each receive a 1 Month Deluxe Membership. The winner will receive a virtual version of their winning entry, a brand new Pet Design Trophy plus a 1 Year Deluxe Membership.
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So please take a look at the following entries and let us know in the comments what you think. And come back on February 14 to find out which pet will turned into a virtual pet in Webkinz World that will be sold in Ganz eStore starting Webkinz Day, April 29, 2017. 
Hippocampus by Pokekinz
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Webkinz W Butterfly by ECF
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Orchid Mantis by Poofmon
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Jade Fu Dog by hazzy
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axolotl by taydarsauce
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Chocolate Bunny by bullseyejingles444
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Dragon Fruit by golubm
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Monarch Dragon by autumn88
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Loch Ness Monster by giantturtle
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Red Rose Turtle by duncannut08
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Honorable Mention:
We wanted to give a shout out to Worldcombiner for their adorable submission. The Farm Fresh Egg was one of our favorite entries. Unfortunately we couldn’t quite figure out how to make it into a Webkinz pet at this point, but who knows – maybe one day!
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Congratulations worldcombiner. You will also receive a One Month Deluxe Membership after the winning design is announced!
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Farm Fresh Egg by worldcombiner
I like the axolotl and the dragon fruit. :)
I like the Orchid Mantis the most. All designs are very creative.
my favs are the rose turtle and chocolate bunny
Thank you nada!!
Wow! The Dragon Fruit idea is pure genius! Great job to all the finalists! :)
^u^ thank you very much
Loch Ness Monster is the best thing I have ever seen.
I love the orchid mantis!!!
Ooh I love the Hippocampus! I would like to point out that Hippocampi is the plural form. My favorite is the Monarch Dragon, that is such a creative idea. Then the Rose Turtle, that is gorgeous, and the Hippocampus. The Axolotl and the Chocolate Bunny are great ideas too, as is the Webkinz W Butterfly. I thought that the Decade Dragon was supposed to have Magic W wings, but then they just turned out to be rainbow. The Dragon Fruit, Orchid Mantis, and Jade Fu Dog are very well done too. I’m also a big fan of the Loch Ness Monster, though there is already a Sea Monster Webkinz I believe, which I would totally name Nessie. The Farm Fresh Egg is adorable, too bad it couldn’t be made into a webkinz. Great job everyone who entered!
Too bad none of the octopi made it on to the list! I would love to see a webkinz Octopus.
Thanks Inkblot! Yeah, I really wish I had called it a Hippocamp or Hippocampus… >.<
Thank you very much!! :D
Thank you so muuuch!!
I love the sea horse, the dragon fruit and it would be cute to have a Nessie. I liked the Farm Egg too – maybe it could be a farm chick with an egg outfit? It would be cute to have other hatchlings too! Like baby blue birds hatching out of their blue shell outfit. :)
Thanks Sugarcookie9! :D
The Orchid Mantis is cleverly drawn and has such personality. I would love to have this Pet Design chosen so I can make him a part of my Webkinz family.
My favorites are the orchid mantis; dragon fruit; monarch dragon. I also like the rose turtle.
I love the dragon fruit…..very clever :)
Thank you ^v^
Thanks so much!
Thank you very much! :)