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June 2013 Webkinz Pet Roundup and Pre-sale

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Submitted by Electrabuzz1 on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 6:04pm.

There is an exciting new line up of pets that will be coming to stores this June 2013. If you would like to add one of these new pets to your Webkinz collection and do not want to be disappointed be sure to visit Ameriwades pre-sale! Ameriwade features a flat shipping rate (up to 8 webkinz) of $5 in the USA and $8 to Canada. Your credit card will never be charged until your order ships.

First off lets welcome the Camo Croc. This is one adventurous pet who enjoys zipping around in it's PSI, the Swamp Hovercraft. The PSF for this pet is Florida Key Lime Pie.

Next meet the Curly Lion! This glamourous pet loves to dress up so their PSI, theMajestic Wardrobe is always busting at the "seams"! The PSF for this pet is Curly Fries.

Dog lovers are going to want to rush out and get the Choco Cheeky Dog. It may be hard to keep your house tidy when you place this pets PSI, the Melting Chocolate Chair. The PSF for this pet isChocobones Cereal.

Continuing with the chocolate theme meet the Chocolate Pup. Every chocolate lover is going to love it's PSI, the Lots of Chocolate Booth. The delicious looking PSF for this pet is Fine Fudge Truffles.

The Signature pet for June 2013 is the Signature Marble Cat. This proud feline indulges their keen curiosity wth their PSI, the Ancient Dig Site. The PSF for this pet is Meowing Marble Cheesecake.

Gemini Butterfly Peek-A-Newz Challenge on Webkinz Newz

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Submitted by Electrabuzz1 on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:55pm.

If you drop by Webkinz Newz you will find that there is a new Peek-A-Newz Challenge. The Gemini Butterfly Peek-A-Newz Challenge will run until May 31st. Completing the challenge will win you an Air Sign prize, including the exclusive Gemini Symbol Wall Decoration seen on the right.

Simply Enter the Campaign on Webkinz Newz, find the Gemini Butterfly five times, enter the required fields and a prize will be added to your Webkinz World account. There is a limit of one prize per Webkinz World account per day.

Sneak Peek of Harvest Sheep

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Submitted by Electrabuzz1 on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:45pm.

I know I am not ready to talk about fall but I do need to tell you about a new virtual pet that is coming to Webkinz World. Meet the Harvest Sheep! This Autumn coloured pet comes with a fall fun PSI, the Autumn Tree Slide. The PSF for this new pet is Pumpkin Parfait! We will let you know here, on Webkinz Insider as soon as this pet is avaialble.

New Things-To-Do Menu in Webkinz World!

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Submitted by Webberlily on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:59am.

Webkinz Insider members will be happy to see a return to the pop-up menu for Things To Do in their Webkinz accounts. Many of our members were having problems navigating the Kinzville Map due to lagging and the dreaded "Please Wait..."

This new menu has even more options than the previous one, including a link to Webkinz Newz. Our readers will remember that the previous menu was removed in October2012 and replaced with the Customizable Map of Kinzville. The new map remains, but the pop-up menu offers an alternate and faster way of moving around Webkinz World.

Thank you, Ganz, for this improvement!

Kinzville Movie Theater Awarded Free to All Webkinz World Accounts!

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Submitted by Webberlily on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:18am.

Webkinz Insider members logging into their Webkinz World accounts are greeted by a lovely surprise. A Kinzville Movie Theater is in your map dock, free of charge! Open your Map Stuff dock to see it.

The Kinzville Movie Theater was first introduced in early April 2013 for the hefty price of 10,000 Kinzcash in the W Shop. This price was reduced to 1000 kc on April 24. But after today's free gift from Ganz, you can buy an extra movie theater in the W Shop for only 5 kc.

In addition, there are floating movie tickets in Webkinz World. Click on a ticket and you will be awarded a random food to celebrate your new theater. Foods are Silver Screen Sours, Red Carpet Cola, Blockbuster Nachos, Giant Tub of Popcorn and Movie Star Candy Bar.

The Kinzville Movie Theater is an item for use only in your Kinzville Map. It is currently showing a variety of short instructional videos on Mazing Hamsters, the Adventure Park, the Kinzstyle Shop, and other areas of Webkinz World.

It is not known how long this promotion will last, so hurry and get your free Kinzville Movie Theater and food prizes now!

Sweets N Treats Theme Retires From W Shop!

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Submitted by Webberlily on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:11am.

In a surprise move, Ganz has retired the Sweets N Treats Theme from the W Shop in Webkinz World, and moved it to the Curio Shop! Unlike other recent theme retirements, there was no advance warning of this move. The items are now appearing for sale in the Curio Shop on an irregular basis as Arte's Favorites, and at prices that vary from 20% over the W Shop price, to special sale prices as low as 40% from the original price. These items will now also appear in the Zum Challenges.

In the past when retiring a theme to the Curio Shop, Ganz has usually reserved one or two items that are completely removed from circulation and never available again. It remains to be seen which Sweets N Treats item, if any, will be retired forever.

On the other hand, one chair from this theme, the Be Mine Chair, is still available in the W Shop.

The Sweets N Treats Theme was first introduced to the W Shop in February 2007.

Sneak Peek at Friendly Monster Webkinz

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Submitted by Webberlily on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:03am.

There's a new virtual Webkinz monster coming soon to Webkinz World! This will be the Friendly Monster, seen above. Webkinz Newz has given us a sneak peek of the pet, his adoption gift box, his Pet Specific Item the Slimy Monster Bathtub, and his Pet Special Food the Booberry Gumball.

Virtual-only pets are usually available only in the Ganz eStore. Stay tuned for more details on how to obtain the Friendly Monster.

Customizable Room Naming Returns to Webkinz World! UPDATE

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Submitted by Webberlily on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 3:28pm.

According to Webkinz Newz, tomorrow's maintenance will bring a change which Webkinz World members have long been asking for. This is the freedom to name your rooms as you see fit.

Originally in the early days of Webkinz World, players were free to name the rooms in their Webkinz house anything they liked. However there were abuses, and some players gave their rooms inappropriate names. To prevent this abuse, in September 2008 Ganz changed the room-naming feature to a list of approved names only. Our members have long been asking for more freedom in room-naming, including our famous "Name Our Rooms Compromise" thread in the Ideas for Ganz section of our forum.

Starting tomorrow, our members will once again be able to name their rooms according to their needs. This feature will be found as before, in the House Map in the top left corner when looking at your Webkinz room. There will be a prompt to select the room to be renamed, and a text window will open where you can type the room name of your choice. This name can be changed whenever you wish.

Give your imagination a free rein, but please keep it appropriate. Thank you Ganz for listening!

UPDATE: The new room-naming feature is now working well. If it won't work for you, clear your browser's cache. If you don't know how to do that, here is a link to a set of instructions that will tell you how to clear your cache: WikiHow.