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Trading Cards Series 4
Webkinz Newz would like to present Trading Cards Series 4 — soon available in stores. It’s a whole new series with great new prizes, and over the next week we will be bringing you sneak peeks of some of those exclusive new items. Series 4 Highlights: More stickers on each sticker card! Regular stickers have 5 or 6 on a card. All Dressed Up sticker cards have at least 4! An all new W Tales! Read “Join the Club” – a full length story split over the 90 base cards! Two puzzles, and easier to collect! One puzzle in on the back of the Regular stickers, and another on the All Dressed Up stickers. They both look amazing! More item images! See high-res close ups of our coolest eStore and Curio Shop items – including the popular Jelly Bean Seeds! More exclusive prizes! You loved the all-exclusive prizes in Series 3, so we’ve brought you even more items to collect, including a new set of the popular “Citizens of Kinzville” items! A new super-rare, super-exclusive Webkinz online pet – the Mystical Panda! Can you find one? Limited print run! These will be gone fast! Series 4 will be available in … Read more
New Videos Section
We’ve added a Videos button to Webkinz Newz — making it even easier to find the how-to videos that have been recently posted. Right now there are several videos on My Page, but this section will be expanding to include instructions for everything in Webkinz World, and will also showcase in-room items.
Valentine Rose Rhyming Couplet Contest Now Closed
We’d like to thank everyone for their entries into the recent Valentine Rose Rhyming Couplet contest! Keep checking Webkinz Newz for more upcoming contests.
Sweetheart Symphony Piano – In Action
Watch the video below to see the Sweetheart Symphony Piano in the room and listen to the music it plays. This item, along with other special Valentine items, will be available on select days until February 14, 2009 at the Webkinz eStore.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day with the eStore
This February, there are three Valentine’s Day themed gifts — there’s the Love Dino, which comes with the amazing Cloud Nine Window and the delectable Beautiful Bon Bon Bouquet, and there are two gorgeous in-room items as well. We showed a high resolution image of Cupid’s Shimmering Spring yesterday, but here’s the other one: Sweetheart Symphony Piano Check the Webkinz eStore regularly for these items – they will only be available for a select time until February 14th.
Buzz About Badges
You may have heard about Badges — you may even have earned some already. So what are these Badges? Badges are a neat way of showing off some of things you’ve achieved in Webkinz World. There are all kinds of Badges — like for adopting pets or for taking classes at the Academy. Everyone starts off with eight, but there are tons more to discover! Here’s a selection of Badges that you might encounter. The rest? Well, we don’t want to spoil the surprise! Everyone starts off with these eight badges Get these badges for adopting this many pets Earn these badges for attending Kinzville Academy Earn these badges when you adopt certain types of pets There are lots more Badges to discover in Webkinz World — you never know when something you do will earn you something new!
Make It a Movie Night
If you haven’t checked out the W Shop recently, now is the time! We’ve just added part of a new theme — the Movie Magic theme. Time to build the theater of your dreams! You can expect the rest of the Movie Magic theme to be added to the W Shop in the next couple of weeks.
What Are Your BFFs Doing?
The news feed on My Page has been quiet, until now… so what have your BFFs been up to? Now’s the time to find out!
Valentine Rose Rhyming Couplet Contest
We’re running another Valentine’s Day themed contest — this time for a chance to win Cupid’s Shimmering Spring, one of the new seasonal items soon appearing at the Webkinz eStore. Cupid’s Shimmering Spring Read all about the contest details on the Contests page.
Meet the Floral Fox Contest Winners
Check out the Winners page to read the winning entries for the Meet the Floral Fox contest. All five winners were sent a Secret Code to unlock an eStore exclusive Purple Floral Fox virtual pet. Congratulations to our winners AND to everyone that entered — there were so many wonderful entries to choose from and everyone did a great job!
Lil’ Kinz Robin
Introducing the Lil’ Kinz Robin! This feathered friend will be available in stores by March. With a splash of red, this friendly flyer will definitely make things cheerful and bright! Bobbin’ Robin Jukebox Instant Insect Rice Your Robin will be bobbin’ to the beat with the Bobbin’ Robin Jukebox — and the Instant Insect Rice will certainly satisfy this early bird’s hunger! Be sure to look for this flying friend at your favorite Webkinz retailer in March!
Weekend Challenge Results
Last weekend’s challenge was to play 3 games of Home Before Dark in a row and see what your results are. I had two so-so games and one decent one. Game 1 – Level 6 Game 2 – Level 9! Game 3 – Level 5 :(
Webkinz World Video How-To: Changing Your Theme
In this episode, we show you how to change your Theme in My Page.