It’s me, Fiona, back for another round of fan mail! As always, for my past answers, click here!
Hi Fiona, will the Webkinz with the stringy hair ever be made again? Thanks! – yungfoo
Bless you heart, those stringy furred Webkinz pets were something special, weren’t they? While it’s definitely possible that some stringy fur may be used, most of the new pets being designed now are leaning to the more realistic — well, except for pets like the Enchanted Giraffe, but you get the picture.
Hi Fiona, I was wondering about the WKF Domino Effect Rug that you can buy with our moneyz…does it move like dominos?? – kiwikat
Thanks for your question, kiwikat! This rug was based on the Domino Cat’s pet specific item — the Domino Effect Area Rug. In both cases, it’s referring to the two-tone color scheme — the rug doesn’t do anything other than cover the floor. Do you have any room designs planned that use this rug?
Dear Fiona, why are all the prizes we get on Webkinz Newz now unsendable, untradable, and unsellable? I know that some people might take advantage of getting extra prizes, but it stinks for people who missed the prize and would only be able to get it through trading or sending. As for selling, it really makes a clutter in the dock if you decide you do not want the prize. Will this always be the case from now on? — winterwarriorwolf
Hi, winterwarriorwolf! Most of the prizes we’ve been giving out recently are super valuable and were originally only available from Ganz eStore. Anything that has ever been sold at Ganz eStore is going to be untradeable/unsellable/unKinzPostable. (That’s not counting stuff inside mystery boxes, or promo items, of course.) We’re starting to move away from having to click a link to get the prize, though, so we can give players a little more time to redeem them — look for more Community Codes in future. While it won’t solve the trading problem, it will make it a little easier for more people to get the prize.
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Dear Fiona! Please don’t be rude to me, this is my first post and I have a question to you, please answer: how can I change appearance (clothing) of my webkinz’s? Before this change we had several different appearance for each webkinz, like sporty or fancy. I cannot figure out how to change it now. Many of my webkinz’s had different appearances and I just change it by seasons or holidays and had specific clothing for different occasions. How can I do this now? Where is all this clothing now? Please help me to figure out how to do that now. I really need your help with it.
I have same problem and need your help with it too. I had many rare items, purchased from estore and now have a problem to find them with my webkinz’s.
To change clothes for your pet of course you choose the shirt emblem just above where you change pets (which is a paw print.) This pulls up the dress your pet screen. In between the two curvy arrows under your pet you will see a picture of some type of clothing. If you click on this picture is will pull up the other styles you can choose to put on your pet such as fancy, sporty, swim & sleepwear. Hope this helps!
Yes, my sisters and I check very careful this page, when you pick webkinz; we found everything, but any button with different appearances styles. What happened with it? How can we do this now? It was much easy before changes. I have many rare clothing for different styles too. Please help us to figure out how to do this now.
@gigiliz – Hi! This is a great question, and I had the same one until a week or so ago when I figured out how to do this! There is a little purple paw and a green t-shirt icon right next to your pet care heart. Click on the t-shirt and you can pull clothing from your dock into the spaces to dress your pet. In that same screen, at the bottom center is an orangey-yellowey button with a pink tshirt and an orange pair of pants. If you click on that, you can find your Sporty, Sleepwear, Swimwear, Fancy, and Casual outfits on the left, and the Deluxe extra outfits on the right. Hope this helps!
I love that stringy fuzzy fur on the older pets too! When I was younger and walked into a store that sold stuffed animals, whenever I saw that fur from a distance I knew it was a Webkinz! I love the way the virtual version looks too! I wish more pets would be made with that fur style again
Fiona, I know people have already asked this, but when will we be able to visit each others houses in WW again? I just made a few rooms, and I would really like to show my friends! Plus, it’s just awesome to invite people over to your house! Is the Webkinz team going to bring that feature back? Thanks so much! :) :)
yesyesyes!!!!!!!! i really want to invite people over! my friend thought you had to be deluxe so she bought a membership and when she couldnt invite people over, she was like “why cant i invite people over?!” XD
I love your name kiwicat! XD i actually have a cat named kiwi!!!!!!
Hi Fiona! I have been playing Webkinz for years, and I have several pets who regularly take classes at the Academy. Unfortunately, after lots of time and effort, I’m virtually stuck on level 9 of strength. While I expect the class to gradually get harder to complete, the main reason I’m stuck is because the higher levels load poorly. Since they are so much faster than lower levels, it is often very glitchy and jumpy, even when I have a great internet connection. Are there any plans to make the Academy a little easier or at least more accessible for players who, try as hard as we may, just cannot complete the courses? Do you think the tutor will ever come back? I would love if there were a way to either make the class easier or maybe get one free “pass” every 15 classes, which would be better progress than I’m making now :) Thanks Fiona, and have a great day!
YAS YAS YAS YAS YAS!!!!!! Thank you, Peanut18!! I have the EXACT same problem!! My pet Brownie is stuck on level 9 of strength as well. When the bar goes up, it will skip like a CD for a second, and then it says “Target Missed!” That would be awesome if the Webkinz team could made it a little easier! :) Thanks a bunch! :)
same! except i am not on level 9 i think…
Same here. The “hiccups” as I call them, mess up my strength, and agility challenges. This is even with ad blocker software turned on. I really want to have at least one pet graduate from the academy, and I’m really close! Fingers crossed… ;)
I have had the same problems with the strength, agility, and speed classes. Poor Greatheart, my first Webkinz: the Clydesdale, has been a “Senior” for at least 4 years now with no hopes of becoming a graduate! It is pretty embarrassing for him, a draft horse, to have problems completing strength, speed, and agility classes, especially the strength class! It makes him sad, but I remind him that he is still King of the Castle, and that he rules over 100+ rooms with great efficiency! ♪♫LadyBeauty♪♫
What? I’m not the only one who’s been the skipping problem?! Whew! I thought I was going crazy! It makes the Strength and Agility classes either unnecessarily hard or impossible (in the case of the latter)! I actually dislike the Academy for that reason. I really hope it’ll be fixed!
Great questions-and great answers! Congratulations to everyone who had their questions featured! I really hope Ganz will consider making stringy-fur Webkinz again! Even if it’s just a few. I have to admit, I wouldn’t want ALL the Webkinz to be that way, I do like the more realistic fur, but stringy-fur would remind me of the older days…ah, I remember those days…my early days of Webkinz…and life…..I basically grew up with Webkinz…though I didn’t like them as much as I do now…..anyway, maybe they could make a Googles! And use stringy fur! That’d be awesome!! ;)
I agree with ya, ilovemoonie! Those stringy webbies were seriously cute… even though they weren’t super realistic! But in my opinion, every webkinz pet is awesome, stringy or non-stringy! :) Here comes a 2002ganz original hashtag XD: #IThinkEveryWebkinzPetIsAwesomeStringyOrNonStringy Sorry social media-obsessed people, I probably just ruined hashtagging for you!! :)
Oh and congrats winterwarriorwolf on being featured!! HIGH FIVE! :)
I agree with the points you made, ilovemoonie! I loved the stringy fur Webkinz, and it would be so cool to see one made with that type of fur again! Although, like you, I wouldn’t want every Webkinz to be made with that fur, since the realistic fur is pretty cool as well. And 2002ganz, ohmygosh, it’s so great to see you again! :D And haha, that’s a great hashtag! XD and no worries. I’m not a social media obsessed person, so you didn’t ruin hashtags for me XD
Yes googles! It would be cool if they brought back stringy fur in new colors, the colors were pretty limited back then. Purple, yellow, mint green..
Hi Fiona, I was wondering, is there any plans to bring kinzchat plus back to the clubhouse? I loved talking with people there! If kinzchat plus is still in the kinzville park, then why not the clubhouse too? Thanks – ilovemoonie
You can use kinz chat plus in the clubhouse, but it is one of the trading rooms. It’d be cool to see kinzchat plus in other clubhouse rooms too! Sometimes I just want to chat with a small group of people, and I tend to prefer the clubhouse over the park because it’s smaller. :)
I still don’t agree with the tradeable, sellable issue. I don’t go to the trading rooms but there are times when I would like to send some things I bought with estore points to a webkinz friend and I cannot. Since I spent my money on those items I still feel I should be able to send these items thru kinzpost. I understand not being able to resell them back to the wshop, it would be a pain for ganz but at least let us send them to friends if we want!?
I would LOVE if the stringy fur made a comeback! It would be very nostalgic for players that have been around for awhile.
Another great a round of fan mail! Those were some good questions! I wonder if Ganz will ever consider using the old stringy-fur model……… Oh, and congrats to those who had their questions featured!
*I meant to say “great round”, not “great a round” in my comment above. Sorry!