Legendary Swords isn’t here quite yet (it will be released later today), but you’ll get a new item in your backpack when you next log into the game. It’s the Poptropica Holiday Wish List for 2011. When you click on the Open Wish List button on the card, it launches a .PDF in a new web browser window. You can …

The newest Poptropica Island has been announced and the name is Ghost Story Island. The official story from the info page on Poptropica’s web site is that Hemlock Harbor is a town with a secret. Restless spirits are said to haunt its shores, but no one knows who they are, what they want — or how to get rid of …

Have you ever wondered what fonts Poptropica uses in the game? No? Well, I did! Hey, I was a little bored while waiting for Legendary Swords to come out. I created a page in the “fun” section that shows the different fonts that they use for the logo, the in-game dialogue text, and even the store cards. What’s neat is …

Tomorrow is the last day that you can enter the code to win the prize for Scavenger Hunt #2 in the Poptropica Guide Contest. Every two weeks, a new item becomes available and you can enter a promo code that you figure out with clues from the book. This week, the code is EXPLORECOLLECTCOMPETE, which you enter in the promo …

Have you been to Google today? The Google Doodle is for Marie Curie, the famous lab researcher. If she were still alive, today would have been her 144th birthday. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, was the first female professor at the University of Paris, and she coined the term, radioactivity. And as all Poptropica …

Anyone who purchases the Poptropica inflatable blimp toy gets special access to a new mini-game called Blimp Adventure. To get access, you need to enter the code that comes on the green coin with the toy. This game has five levels, and in the game you need to put out fires set by the dastardly villain, Dr. Cumulo Nimbus. The …

Game Show Island was released to members on Poptropica earlier today. It’s a fun island: kind of a cross between Reality TV Island and Cryptids Island. There’s an introductory part where you learn about how the robots took control of the planet and made humans their servants. You then find the inventor of Holmes, the computer that began the revolution. …

Wow, big news in Poptropica today! In just a few hours, Game Show Island will launch for members. But there’s another new announcement today and it’s one we’ve been waiting to hear for a long time: the release date for Legendary Swords. It will be launched on November 11, 2011 (or 11/11/11 – which is a very “binary” date). Legendary …

Game Show Island will be here very soon (only a day away!) Yesterday, the Poptropica Creators released a new costume for members into the Store. It’s the Game Show Robot Costume. It features a silver metallic outfit with a cool helmet that has an old-school Cylon eye-piece (here’s a link to cyclons on Wikipedia if you don’t know what I’m …

Halloween is coming soon and there are a lot of big things coming to Poptropica. You probably already know that all month you can play the old Haunted House mini-quest for free. And members are eagerly awaiting the release of Game Show Island, which will launch on Thursday of this week. There’s also the new Legends mini-game that was originally …

One of the last Poptropica Toys to arrive is finally here. It’s the giant Poptropica Inflatable Blimp. It was announced earlier this year along with all the Poptropica toys, but wasn’t available until this week. It’s 30-inches long and the blimp portion actually inflates! It’s perfect for hanging from the ceiling over your computer while you’re playing Poptropica. The blimp …