So I have tried googling to no avail. How does one get a 2006 collection item when the march 2006 donation present does not exist? In particular I am after the which I haven't been able to find for sale

isnt that year still known as donation present?

edit: nvrmnd never noticed those werent in the cs, which is really dumb

According to SL:

So seems like your best (only?) options right now is buying it from another user or waiting for it to pop up on the Hustler. Wew. Have a feeling begging staff to turn those DPs into proper items isn't really an option...

Yeah it is from the before times haha. That is what I was afraid of. I have had the hustler pop up blocked for years. Thanks for the info. Time to fingers crossed find one.

During the Black Friday sale, they brought back individual items from those older donation presents. I'm not sure if was in the sale last year, but I know from March 2006 was in it, as I bought that one for a treasure chest.

Thanks for the information. I don't think it was because I bought all the CS beanbags during the sale. But I will keep an eye out for sure during the next sale.

Oooh this is good to know as someone also working on collections rn... thats super frustrating! Hopefully staff brings them back somehow, either by having the individual items show up in the Cash Shop sometime or just making some new openable items, could just do one for the entire run of items from that time and call it "Lost Donation Present" or something