Hello Webkinz Newz readers, Michael Webkinz here with a special report!
When we add a new room theme to the W-Shop, we like to ask for your help with deciding which one to add. The first time we allowed players to choose a new room theme was in 2014. Players had 5 choices to pick from: Sweets & Treats, Plaid, Clothing Store, Toadstool and Lemon Drop. We released a concept drawing of each theme and left it to you to choose by holding a vote, right here on Webkinz Newz.
Players picked the Toadstool theme as their favorite, and it was added to the W-
Shop later that year.
The next theme we released was the Sweet 16 room theme. Once again this was decided by a vote on Webkinz Newz:
Then, we added the hotel theme to the W-Shop. This theme included a variety of items that you could use to build a hotel lobby and guest rooms. We actually released Haunted Hotel items later that year as Halloween prizes, which players could use to “hauntify” their hotels. Spooky!
We also allowed players to vote for our seasonal Halloween and Christmas room themes but the last permanent theme that was added to the W-Shop was the Party Time room theme. This theme was actually suggested by a fan and was picked by players by another vote on Webkinz Newz:
Soon it will be time to add another room theme to the W-Shop which will, once again, be determined by a vote right here on Webkinz Newz. Do you have any suggestions for new room themes that you’d like to see added to the shop? Were there themes that didn’t win in the past that you’d like to vote for again? Let us know by leaving a comment below!
Look for the Toadstool, Sweet 16, Hotel and Party Time room themes in the W-Shop on web & on the Webkinz mobile app.
This has been Michael Webkinz reporting for Webkinz Newz…
This might be off this topic, but does the Ganz Parent Club site ever get updated?
how about a stable for my horse? Or a barn for my farm animals to hang out in?
A theme that I would love to see is a porch, an old fashioned southern type porch! There could be different types of pillars and railings to choose from, seating from old fashioned rocking chairs to a more modern them and anything in betweeen. Serve lemonade on the porch, read a book, watch the world go by. You could even have different background settings for instance a beautiful prairie land, or river, ocean, streets old and modern different porch lights all things porch. Come winter, winter decorations… lights to string a place to put our yard art (santa, reindeer, snoman etc.. Summer laterns, flags for Memorial Day and 4th of July the possibilities are endless for a new Porch themed room! Not a sunroom, an outdoor porch! Wow, thanks for listening!
Awesome! I think Ganz should do a bakery one with sweets. The one in the W-Shop is cool, but I wasted my 10,000 e-store points on a different thing. I want to buy the cupcake theme! So, Ganz should make a Sweet Shop Bakery, Musical Room, a slow in the dark theme where you could turn lights on, and everything becomes dark, except for the furniture and stuff, a superhero theme, a garden theme, a salon theme, a fashion theme, a Kinz’ Friends theme(like harevisiter1 said), a bunny theme, a nightmare theme, an AMAZING WORLD THEME, A Mazin’ Hamsters theme where there could be tubes, a Michael Webkinz theme, a Steve Webkinz theme, a Sally Webkinz theme, a Mandy Webkinz theme, a studio theme with animating items, a Ganz theme, a Webkinz newz theme, and a theme that’s called ‘The Theme’ that has words like ‘Theme’ and stuff on it. =D and there could be pets to go with it!
I’d love to see a bakery or library (Yes, I know Michael built one on Let’s Build once) theme released. Honestly, I want more realistic themes. Whenever you guys release the move room feature Fiona’s hinted at before, I want to make my Webkinz house into an entire town!
Or a doctor’s office!
bAKERYYY!!!
But there already are a lot of realistic room items available across various themes, and you can combine them to create certain room types. For example, all you need for a library is a desk (found in various themes) for the librarian to sit at, several of the bookshelves from the Wizard theme, books from the “Fun Stuff” section of the W-Shop, some armchairs or sofas (also available in several themes) for reading areas here and there, and beanbag chairs for a kids’ area. Using all these items, I (and several other users featured in room design videos) have been able to make a library despite the lack of a theme for one.
Wouldn’t it be neat if a Kinz Character ‘ room theme were to be introduced? There could be an item that fit each one of the Kinz personas from Alex all the way to the Zangos. I remember the now retired, ‘Super Fan’ theme that you may be able to pick up if you click on a magic floating W in Webkinz World. Maybe a Super Kinz Character theme would be a nice addition to the W Shop one day. :)
Yeah! They should do that!
Galaxy, around the world, parade, music room. Thoughts?
I’d love to see the pics of rooms from previous choices again.
That’s a good idea DD_13. >{^;^}<
In reply to DD_13. Yes I would like to see previous choices too.
how about a star wars theme with a millenium falcon that our pets can ride around in. and jedi outfit with lightsabers. i love star wars and always wondered what it would look like on webkinz. the wallpaper can be black with stars, a death star and a few ships flying around it. wookie and ewok costumes
Those are all trademarked things, so they’d be a big no-no :)
Yeah, that’s true, Sally. But you guys could have really pulled it off!
OH YES
My fav room theme of all time is the blooming one..I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pretty colors and since we can put items both indoors and outdoors now..it just adds to its grooviness. I would love to see an outdoor theme of some sort. We need more trees options, rocks, bushes both green and flowering, cute tiles with different flower buds would be amazing too! If we can’t do an outdoor theme how about a GREAT Boy or masculine SOCCER theme. The last one we had was 2010 and it was limited to that time. Or how about a HOSPITAL theme with nursery , Operating room, nurses station and a pharmacy type area..that would be cool..and LOTS Of cool rugs too ;) thanks Michael for asking our opinion. Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with :)
I LOVE the outdoor theme idea. Different flowers when rotated, assortment of trees (1X1) rotating seasonal paths, fencing and maybe some gardening tools, potting tables, arbors or a way to grow flowers ad harvest them like we do vegetables to display in our rooms. I love gardening and would love items that bring that back into style here in ww. Thanks for letting us be a part of it all.
These are GREAT ideas, lemony! I totally agree about a cool BOYS theme; it seems like there’ve been a bunch of pink things for quite a while. My boy pets would like some new choices. I too would love a lot more taller plants and lots of realistic trees! Earthy things for the outdoors, not just fantastical.