In this episode, Michael and Mandy welcome Webkinz artists Mike and Erik to the Podkinz studio and review their favorite entries for the “Design an Item” contest. Mike and Erik also talk about the creative process behind the new Party Time room theme which is being released in the W-Shop on May 10th. Pay close attention… there are 3 Baked Goods codes that you can find during the episode and enter at the Code Shop on Webkinz.com for bonus Baked Goods!
Make sure you visit Webkinz Newz on Sunday, May 14th to find out who won the “Design an Item” contest.
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Enjoy meeting the Webkinz artists? Check out these other Podkinz episodes when Michael and Mandy talk to other artists who work at the Webkinz Studio:
- EPISODE 71 – Countryside Christmas Room Theme
- EPISODE 64 – Hotel Room Theme
- EPISODE 49 – Freaky Forest Room Theme
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These are some amazing items! I really love the Fantasy Theme Column!! Allowing it to rotate is a fantastic idea. Congrats to all of the finalists
So glad you’re releasing the wheelchair – I’d love to see more inclusive items (or even helper ‘pets’) in WW. I’d also love to see the telescope, fireplace and jungle tub coming to our nearest (and only) WShop! :-))
PS: Thank you for the giveaways!! They’re always appreciated.
My 5 favorite items are the fantasy column, modern fireplace, the jungle spa, the modern train, and the general store freezer. I also adore the wheelchair one and am so glad to see it in WW! Good luck everyone! P.S. I can’t wait for the party theme and I’m glad they are both plain and decorated items! :D
Awesome Podkinz! It was very nice meeting you in the Trading Room the other day, Mandy! Cleverlee and I look forward to your next visit :o) Congratulations to everyone whose item designs were featured and good luck in the contest! Congratulations chocolatekat on your winning entry! I’m looking forward to seeing your wheelchair implemented in-game – Enjoy your Sparkling Pegasus! I also liked listening to Mike and Erik discuss their work on the Party Time theme. It turned out fantastically! Congratulations again on your winning theme suggestion, Aunt! ♥ I’m excited to design a room with it. Thanks for the Baked Goods and another great episode, Michael and Mandy! Have a good weekend, everyone :o)
There is something wrong with the first code. It keeps saying it doesn’t exist. Please help.
Make that the first two… the last one worked.
Nevermind I entered them wrong. :P
You’ve substituted the “V” in the last four digits with a “U” — try it with the V instead.
How can you tell what they did wrong?
WHEELCHAIR!!!! That is thrill caps btw. I would love to have a wheelchair. I am in a wheelchair and I could make my webkinz just like me. How awesome would that be. I can’t be the only one in Webkinz world in a wheelchair. Please, please make a really nice wheelchair, it could be a manual wheelchair, electric wheelchair. Just think of the possibilities you could make racing designs, girly chairs, dress up the wheelchairs to be anything. But, you would need to make them go from room to room. That way Gracie could pick up trash in the park. That would be great.
WOW! Great drawings everyone. I especially like the Mighty Jungle Tub and the Starry Sights Telescope!
Thank you for the great giveaways! Very nice rooms!
im so use to saing rooms, i mean items. :P
I think one of my favorite things about designing item contests is seeing the items drawn, then turned into 3-D. So cool! Can’t wait to see the winners items turned into 3-D!!! Other than my drawing entry, I think I like the…. I’m actually not sure which item I would pick, I like them all! Seriously, I like them all! :D
I love the jungle tub, but I adore the wheelchair. My cousin uses a wheelchair part time. She has a rare nerve disorder and uses crutches most of the time to gett around but uses a wheel chair if we go to some place like a zoo or an aquarium where you have to do a lot of walking. She can not sit up in a chair for too long because it gets too painful so she only goes on webkinz for about an hour at the most each day, usually in the early morning because she doesn’t sleep well. She sends me (and any friend that contacts her) many many great items thru kinzpost mail. She has posted several times that she thinks all items should be tradeable since we pay for ecoins with cash money. She is a deluxe member which her parents pay for because there aren’t many things she can do that she likes so much. Her wheelchair is special, it has a reclining back and things that let her prop up her legs like a reclining chair so she can relax and be comfortable in it when sitting up starts to hurt when we go out. I can’t wait until she sees the wheelchair in Webkinz World, she will probably have a few of them for her pets – maybe even more than a few!!
Thank you for sharing your cousin’s story. I also like the wheelchair. I hope they would make it move (like the skateboard does).
frodo thank you for sharing your cousin’s story! I love how they are making the wheel chair it is such a great design and idea! There are so many with disabilities and for them to be included in a webkinz item is so special
Thanks for sharing the story! She’ll probably be so excited when the wheelchair comes out on webkinz. :)