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Post by Killix on Dec 20, 2022 14:42:52 GMT -5
I still have all of my Neopets merch, even though I stopped playing years ago.
Some Petpet plushies from back when they were sold exclusively at Claire's, A talking Disco Aisha, Black Kougra... maybe something else that I'm forgetting? Oh, and a small pile of the McDonalds plush.
I also own one of the Neopets V-pets, and two of the talking electronic pets (Kougra and Kacheek).
Whenever I'm organizing and I come across them, I wonder if they're worth anything... then shrug and pack 'em back up because they're a weird nostalgic and I'm not sure I'd want to sell them. XD
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Post by Breakingchains on Dec 20, 2022 17:17:33 GMT -5
Ooh flash sale. I'm low-key tempted to get me a custom Wezsley keychain, but I'm in such a squeeze until income tax season. xD; One day I am going to go on that site and spend like $500 and nobody can stop me
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Post by June Scarlet on Dec 20, 2022 22:04:52 GMT -5
Ooh flash sale. I'm low-key tempted to get me a custom Wezsley keychain, but I'm in such a squeeze until income tax season. xD; One day I am going to go on that site and spend like $500 and nobody can stop me Custom keychains aren't part of the sale anyway. I ordered some more pins myself. |
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Post by Kat on Dec 21, 2022 7:49:50 GMT -5
Unfortunately, 15% is not much when I still have to pay for the shipping. As much as I'd like to add the Jeran pin to my Kadoatie and Weewoo pins, there are things I'd rather spend my money on presently.
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Feb 1, 2023 23:30:37 GMT -5
Small Tarot Cards update. No, they haven't arrived, according to my Geekify account they're still processing. I checked the Tarot Cards page on their website as it said they were being sent out late January 2022 (an obvious typo as it originally said late December, they changed the month but forgot the year). However it has now changed again saying "early February 2023". Well at least they are still updating the page when needed and them saying "early" instead of "late" gives the impression they do expect to start sending them out soon. We shall see. Annoyingly though, I never got a response back about my inquiry concerning the bonus gift.  |
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Feb 27, 2023 23:32:10 GMT -5
Huh, that's strange, I could have sworn I included the update from February 9th. *Checks JN* Ok, I posted the update on JN but for some reason forgot to do it here. Well, on Feb 9th I got the following message from Geekify: "Hello Neopians!
The long wait is over at last! We've got our first wave of Neopets Tarot decks in and we've just been waiting for the green light from the Neopets team to start releasing them into the world after they finish their final look throughs on their sample decks. We'll be starting to send them out into the world over the next week or two, so look for order confirmation emails and/or tracking numbers in the near future!
If you have any updates to your address at this point, let us know!
**Important note about codes**
The Tarot decks come with a code for a unique item, but the Neopets team has been backlogged in creating the item and the code pool that accompanies it, and needs some more time to complete it. We'll be sending the codes out by email once we have them in, but anticipate probably late March or early April to get that email!
Thank you for all your patience, and hope you enjoy your decks! We put a lot of labor and love into them and are thrilled to have them going out into the world. Have great readings, and we'd love to see pictures of your sets in the wild!
-The Geekify Crew" Of course, that was about two weeks ago. I got a new update from them: IT HAS BEEN SHIPPED! Yes, it looks like the card got approved, are now being shipped via USPS, and I've been given a tracking number. Don't know when it'll arrive, but at least it's on its way!  |
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Post by Carolyn on Feb 28, 2023 15:18:15 GMT -5
I look forward to seeing your deck, Pikachu! I've been strongly tempted to get one for myself and will enjoy seeing what others think of their decks when they come!
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Mar 1, 2023 18:40:42 GMT -5
Tarot Update: They're here! It's a bit late so I'm going to wait tomorrow to really open it up. Don't worry, I plan on taking a lot of pictures (I may or may not scan the cards, I'll see if JN needs someone to do it or they have a staffer who also bought the Tarot Cards that'll do it). |
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Post by Carolyn on Mar 1, 2023 18:50:30 GMT -5
YAY! Looking forward to your photos!
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Post by June Scarlet on Mar 1, 2023 20:48:25 GMT -5
I got my package of Neopets tarot cards as well today. I haven't opened yet, and I don't know if I'll have time tonight, but I'm looking forward to it.
Probably kind of late to ask, but what can you do with tarot cards anyway? I mean, you can look at and admire them, of course. I'm not really interested in fortune telling. Maybe story-prompt generators though? And I think I've heard you can play card games with them too, though I'm not sure what those games are.
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Mar 2, 2023 0:42:47 GMT -5
I got my package of Neopets tarot cards as well today. I haven't opened yet, and I don't know if I'll have time tonight, but I'm looking forward to it. Probably kind of late to ask, but what can you do with tarot cards anyway? I mean, you can look at and admire them, of course. I'm not really interested in fortune telling. Maybe story-prompt generators though? And I think I've heard you can play card games with them too, though I'm not sure what those games are. Inside there will be an instruction booklet which tells you about each card and how to use them. Now it'll tell you how to use them to fortune tell, though not sure if it'll go beyond that. Look on the internetz, I found at least two games people have used Tarot cards to play: Tarocchini and French Tarot. Looking on Youtube, in addition to videos of Taracchini and French Tarot, I found one on Troggu, Tenacious Tarot, and Solitarot. This of course also don't include games which can incorporate Tarot Cards, like RPGs (for example, Dungeon & Dragons or other such games may have a fortune telling character or some items which use the cards as part of their function (the most famous being the Deck of Many Things)). You could certainly use the cards to tell stories. I found a dozen ways to online, all a bit complex as to tell a story with the cards it involves the meaning and, most importantly, interpretation of the card. From what I've mostly seen, you do a fortune telling for your characters and then base the progression of their story on that (or on ways the characters try for avoid fate if that's part of the story, whether they can succeed or not up to you). When it comes down to it, using Tarot Cards isn't about a rigid system of rules but rather what your imagination can do with them. I'll be honest, I decided to splurge for the novelty of them. What really attracted me is the artwork. And now if I ever need a deck of Tarot Cards for whatever reason, I have a deck! |
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Mar 14, 2023 17:16:09 GMT -5
So some updates: 1. The Neopets Tarot Cards rare item codes were just sent out! I redeemed mines, and they're the same for everyone... and unfortunately they were what I expected them to be: a Toy item of the Tarot Cards (the image is animated with sparkles which is nice). Was hoping they would maybe do something a little more interesting (granted I haven't played with them so maybe they do something special when they do... but also knowing JS I'm afraid they may go poof if I do), like a unique BD equipment or wearable (even a book though I wouldn't want a consumable item). Oh well, the product I wanted are the physical cards so no biggie if the bonus item is merely a digital souvenir of them.  ---------- 2. So some may or may not remember, but when the Tarot Cards we announced there was also a mention of pre-order bonuses for before November 1st. Not sure if Jellyneo ever mentioned them, but the Instagram of one of Neopets artists, Anthony Conley, did: http://instagram.com/p/ChY7mtLqssn No mention of the pre-order bonuses have been made since. So, now that I have both the cards and rare item code, I used their "contact us" form to ask about it. And they got back to me with some interesting information: Checking my order, I did indeed get a $10 discount which is nice. I also did get the "bag", it's a nice blue velvet pouch with the Neopets logo sawn on; sadly the box doesn't fit in it but I guess if I don't want to bring the box I could put the cards and guide book in it? However it's the middle bonus which interest me. As they say, and can be seen in this unboxing video (which also includes the bag if you're curious), my cards have gold foil gilded edges. Nothing too fancy, doesn't change the front of the cards, though still that means there's technically 2 versions of the tarot cards then: one with gilded edges, and one without. While the bag and gilded edges aren't that major, I'm still wondering if it shouldn't be mentioned somewhere so that those who have ordered after November 1st won't be wondering why their cards didn't come with a velvet bag or their cards don't have the gilded edges. I also wonder what were the other ideas they had for the pre-order bonus and why TNT nixed them. Like, I was expecting something like we'd get a poster or few of some of the artwork (maybe for each getting a random one/selection).  ---------- 3. Speaking of unboxing, so I've had some difficulty with getting the pictures. Due to the gold foil, they reflect like so the pictures of them come out a bit wonky (plus I don't have a flat surface to work with). I haven't tried actually scanning them, though before I do just wanted to see if there was any interest for me to do so. Also, scanning the guide book is a no-go, at least not without damaging it which I don't want to do. I could take pictures of that but it has 100+ pages so would take some time (and would take even more time to type out each page). Once again, gauging interest (or if you just want to hear about some of them I could just do those).  |
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Post by Duke Pikachu on Aug 24, 2023 5:51:33 GMT -5
A bit late on this, but wanted to take my time and not waste anything. So, Neopets was at this year's Comic-Con and one of the things they had there was Neopets G Fuel flavors! While it looked like it was just going to be a special con exclusive promotion, early this month a limited time run of them was announced to be sold on G-Fuel's site. While you could buy the flavors on their own, the main purchase was the set which included a plastic (reusable) Slushie Cup (one side having the circled "N" you see on all Slushie items on the site, the other side having "Neopets + G Fuel" collab logo) and a band with a Neopet charm (of one of the "retro future" Neopets that was this year's mascots) that goes around the Slushie Cup (though obviously meant to be reused as a normal wrist band of whatever else it can wrap around; you were also able to buy the bands separately). It's all detailed here on JN's post of the announcement (and here's a link to the merch page): Being a Neopets fan and I do drink G Fuel, I decided to get a set. I didn't immediately make an order, waiting till my lunch break which was like 30 minutes after the launch, and already the Aisha Band was sold out. I nabbed the Shoyru Band (no more complicated reason as I like the color blue; could have also ordered a separate Kougra Brand, but since the Aisha was sold out couldn't get the whole set so I decided to leave that for someone else). And lucky I did as a few hours later the entire collection was sold out! And a few days later it arrived in the mail, surprisingly quick too! The Slushie Cup is a nice hard plastic, like I could probably easily break it if I wanted to but I'm not afraid it'll break from a accidental drop (also like how the straw has a bulge at the bottom to keep it from falling out, it's also made of the same reusable plastic). The band and charm is nice, just another Neopets collectible (I say that as if I was ever going to use the Slushie Cup to drink from; I have a normal G Fuel shaker cup). So, let's get to what everyone is waiting for, the flavor review! Each flavor is named after an actual Slushie item on the site, so in addition to judging the flavor I'll judge it according to the Item description on the site as well. One more thing, these flavors aren't original, G Fuel has other tubs still on sale with these flavors and I'll mention which ones they are:
Cheops Slushie/Cherry Pomegranate: I taste mostly cherry (never tasted a pomegranate before so don't know how much of that flavor there is); very sweet. Cheops are said to taste like cherries so that passes; I guess they went with pomegranate as it's root, stem and peel are poisonous (not deadly from what I understand, but still bad for you), which also tracks with the Cheops Plant's description. Overall pretty good, is this is how Cheops Plant taste I can see it being a popular flavor. The normal G Fuel tub of this flavor is called "Clickbait".
Electric Blue Slushie/Snow Cone: Subtle sweet fruity flavor (if G Fuel's normal Snow Cone flavor image is anything to go by, seems to be a mix of cherry, lemon, and blue raspberry); not bad but not exactly a "shock to the system" as the Slushie item description says it is, so kind of disappointed. Looking at possible other flavors G Fuel could have used, "Sour Blue Chug Rug" (Sour Blue Raspberry) potentially may be what I was more expecting (I say without ever tasting it, but it's sour and blue so sounds fitting). As mentioned, the normal G Fuel tub of this flavor is called "Snow Cone".
Loveberry Slushie/Raspberry Lemonade: The description of the Loveberry Slushie item says it's quite sweet and a bit tart, but I'd say this G Fuel version is quite tart and a bit sweet; Raspberry is the stronger flavor, but I can still taste the lemonade. I still like it though the tartness might not be for everyone. If this is how Loveberry taste I can see it being used as a specialty flavor treat. The normal G Fuel tub of this flavor is called "Hype Sauce". So there you have it, the Neopets G Fuel flavors. All of them are good, though I wished the Electric Blue was more "shocking". Also, and I know this is a nitpick, wished they would have gone for a flavor that would have been green or yellow in color. Having both red and pink makes the blue one feel out-of-place. But hey, I liked they at least chose Slushie flavors they had to get a bit creative with. Anyway, I already cut off the labels of the (surprisingly small) tubs so I have them to remember by. |
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