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Mar 10, 2015 11 years ago Official
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The Bento Cucumbers is actually in the Cash Shop Hustler right now.

Holiday items like Honey Sweetened Milk and Chocolate Bubbling Vial will come out in some form during their holiday :) (like old retired survival came out in vending this year and Carl did gave out some stuff last year)

KEEP THAT KIND OF THING IN MIND

Mar 10, 2015 11 years ago Official
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We have a plan for old plot prize collection like items (beanbags, plushies, books, stickers). :)

(wow i'm super vague SRY)

Mar 10, 2015 11 years ago Official
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We put old real world holiday items in the Crystal Shop. We are bringing the Honey Sweetened Milk back this year for Fireside along with some others. No, it won't be restocking (as you've seen we've been trying to move away from bringing back all the restockables that way), but it'll be back. :)

Mar 11, 2015 11 years ago Official
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I'm going to third the

and I'm going to move to item suggestions :)

Mar 16, 2015 11 years ago Official
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:) I've already posted multiple places that the purity potion will be in the Millionaire Center year round after spring.

We have plans of bringing the stickers back in ways too.

We also have plans to bring old collectables from past restock wars/events/etc as an sP sink. :)

I don't think it's cruel to use TS items, especially when we can easily restock them again so the prices don't get out of control. I'd say using a BHH item would be horrible and I'm 100% against that.

Mar 17, 2015 11 years ago Official
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When we do TS restocks, we check the prices they are going for in shops (to make it still worth the tokens) as well as how many are on site. :) I've done restocks before for Token Shop of items that have nothign to do with the season/holiday happening. We brought back that candy cane last night to the Crystal Shop ... when it's clearly not Luminaire season. That hot sticker has already been restocked in January of this year, along with other expensive items in the TS.

And yes, collections are supposed to be a challenge. But we don't want to make them impossible, which is why we are doing the sP sink of old collectibles you can't get anymore soon. Things like stickers, plushies, books, etc. They'll all be involved in this. and I are making a point of going back through old practically unbuyable trivia prizes and putting them in the Crystal Shop. Not everything can happen right at once, but we are working on it. :)

Mar 17, 2015 11 years ago Official
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We could always put them in the BHH ;)

Mar 17, 2015 11 years ago Official
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We try to find a way to balance getting old items out with not just completely devaluing them. It isn't always perfect, but it can be difficult especially with the old Trivia/other event items that don't have a specific value. I really hate things being actually unattainable, but even on Subeta that is sometimes the reality of it. The great thing about the Crystal Shop is that it (generally) doesn't flood the market TOO much. I only ever restock 100 at a time, at enough tokens to prevent them from being bought out as quickly as Token Shop items. When I put items in there, I make ones that currently cost more on the shop search cost more tokens.

It actually has a conversion on the admin page that lets us see how much it would cost to just buy the crystals without doing the work, so we have an idea of how much it actually costs to obtain. It's always a fraction less than the item is currently worth. I don't bother putting anything in there that's not an incredible bargain to buy with crystals. It just takes some work. I mean, I just put an item that was being sold for 50 mil in for 400 crystals. At 6k a crystal, that's only 2.4 mil! It also helps keep some junk items worth something because they're being used when they otherwise wouldn't be.

You did remind me that I need to do a meetup soon!

Mar 17, 2015 11 years ago Official
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When it's items that are unbuyable or nearly unbuyable, we usually start with 100 to gauge interest. It's really interesting seeing what actually sells and doesn't. I forget exactly how many Shinwas Lightning I put in there (20?), but only 20 exist right now, and when I cleared the shop there were 11 remaining in stock. Sometimes if they sell out super quick we'll do another restock. If they just sit around, we wipe the remaining stock every so often.

May 24, 2015 10 years ago Official
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Just to let you guys know, and I do look at this thread! We've got a list of things we wnat to rerelease places and with us doing weekly TS/Crystal Shop restocks, it's nice to see what you guys really want out. :)

I've pushed a change to the hustler to get those prizes going back out. I don't when they were taken out of the queue of prizes, but they should be going out again! :) the Book of Affection will show up in the winter rotation of the millionaire center! The Pop-Up Haunted House Storybook is on my list for future TS restock :) I’m thinking of throwing that BG into the TS tbh since the game we originally planned for it never happened. working on a place for the Skull Fungus, too!

May 24, 2015 10 years ago Official
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We are looking into adjusting the odds for the beanbag and minions. :) It's kind of ridiciulous to get one right now whoops

lol I wouldn't really call that a plot, it was a mini quest of running around if anything. I'LL TALK WITH ARIEL :D

May 24, 2015 10 years ago Official
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No! They were for the Keelhaul thing. Bro who runs the jewelry store lost his jewels and had to help clean the pirate inn or something. and I are trying to figure out where we can put them (honestly i'm just excited to joke around in a news post about them)

Feel free to post whatever items you feel need to get back out! Those cash shop items might pop up in the CS Hustler, but I can look into the other items too for various things. :)

May 24, 2015 10 years ago Official
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OMG ELWOOD GETS A NEW PLACE FOR HIS BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE TO CLEAN IT OH GOD HOW CUTE

May 25, 2015 10 years ago Official
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Oh huh. That was meant to be a challenger item... that was never used (lol 0 on site). I'll see if the BAs want to use it for anything and if not, and I will use it somewhere else. :)

May 25, 2015 10 years ago Official
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Yeah, Ariel and I are thinking of a way to rerelease all those because all three shrubs have not many on site :x

May 26, 2015 10 years ago Official
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the oracle plushie is on our list to release c:

May 26, 2015 10 years ago Official
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@Clockwork I’ve put more of those hatchets in the BHH!

May 26, 2015 10 years ago Official
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Okay so for some reason, the Tri Jaw Fish wasn't going out via fishing game like it was supposed to. I just fixed this, though, so you should start seeing it pop up :D

A lot of you guys have posted some things for the Crystal Shop, which is great. and I are doing Token Shop and Crystal Shop restocks once a week, so don't be surprised if you see some of these things you guys have pointed out pop up!

Those missing old Donation Present items or Monthly Collection items will be pretty happy soon, too. :x :x :X

May 26, 2015 10 years ago Official
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As you can see, we are bringing back some unreleased things (yay the skull fungus thing). I'll look into those though!

May 26, 2015 10 years ago Official
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Added most of those to my list (you guys will never get the bear sry just for me)

Looking into that! I think it was used for a testing thing, but I don't see why we can't rerelease it. :)

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