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Night Watch Island: Costume Round-up

One of the coolest parts of Night Watch Island is the costume store called Carnival Costumes. In it, you can find pieces for all kinds of awesome outfits. I’ve put together a visual reference for the costumes (see below). These are what’s available AFTER you finish the island. Like many islands, there are costumes that are only available before you …

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Night Watch Island is Now Live for Members!

A quick note to let everyone know — if you didn’t already — that Night Watch Island is now LIVE for members! Another surprise island launch without a countdown, similar to what they did with Wimpy Boardwalk. Oh well. We’ll have our video walkthrough up as soon as we can, followed shortly by our incomparable written walkthrough. Stay tuned! EDIT: …

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More Teaser Images of Night Watch Island

New images from the Creator’s Blog of Night Watch Island.  The one above shows an eclectic group of Mall shoppers standing in line for…something. Based on the “Buy it Now!” signs in the background, it looks like some kind of electronic device. Looks like Poptropica might be poking fun at the notorious lines that form outside Apple stores when they …

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Movie Island Characters!

Here are the characters you guys came up with for our own fan-created Movie Island! Of course, they’re all awesome. Great job, everyone. That’s it for our Design Our Own Island project. I can’t believe how cool it turned out. Now if only the creators of Poptropica were making a movie-themed island. Hm… Seymour the Stuntman, the Main Villain! Four …

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The Final Act of Movie Island!

  You’ve all voted and the winning plot of Movie Island is…the Plot of Seymour the Stuntman!  Here’s a recap: As soon as you leave the blimp, you get stopped by a talent scout, who will be a helper for the rest of the island, just like the journalist for the New York Times on Mystery Train Island. He says that …

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Love is in the Air

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and the Creator’s of Poptropica wanted to make sure everyone was in the proper spirit. If you go to the Store they’re promoting the Love Potion as well as the Big Hearted costume. The heart you choose can be purple or orange, as well as the more traditional red. If you don’t already have them, go …

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This is Just Weird

  The image above was posted to the Creator’s blog as a hint at an upcoming island. This would be an incredible coincidence, but…are they making Movie Island?! How strange and awesome would it be if the winner of our Design Our Own Island theme was the same as the next island from the Poptropica creators?  We started our project …

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Time Travel in Night Watch Island?

It was pointed out to me in a previous post comment that the car in the teaser image from Night Watch Island is, in fact, a DeLorean, a reference to the sports car time-machine from the Back to the Future movies. The Twin Palms Mall is another reference. In the first Back to the Future movie, Marty McFly meets Doc …

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Vote for the Plot of Movie Island

It’s time to vote for the plot of our own Movie Island! What’s the story going to be? It’s all up to you! Read through each of the entries below, then scroll all the way down to cast your vote. I’ve edited them so they’re shorter or *ahem* more grammatically correct. I also wasn’t able to include plots that didn’t …

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Night Watch Island Tour

  There’s now a Night Watch Island Tour page, complete with a new description of the Night Watch Island Bonus Quest!  First up is the official description of Night Watch Island: After the stores have closed and the shoppers have all gone home, the mall is your playground. But are you alone on the night watch… or is someone watching …

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Movie Island…is real?

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but…a couple of days ago the creators posted this image of a movie theater to their blog.  For those of you who are participating in the Design Our Own Island project, it’s exciting to think that Poptropica might be considering actually making Movie Island!  Okay, okay, it’s unlikely, I know…but still.  Exciting to think …

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