All of the rumors regarding the Webkinz eStore can finally be put to rest. The eStore website is now officially open, and ready for business. You may remember several months ago we brought you pictures of some eStore items that had been mistakenly awarded with Carrier and Backpack codes. Now all of those items, and more, are available for purchase at www.webkinzestore.com.
The items currently available for purchase are:
Blast Off Rocket Bed - US $9.00
Picnic Basket Bed - US $9.00
Railway Dreams Train Set - US $5.00
Night And Day Chair - US $4.00
Large Garden Waterfall - US $7.00
High End Fridge - US $5.00
Designer In-ground Pool - US $8.00
Modular Sofa - 3 Seat Combination - US $6.00
Modular Sofa - Expansion Pack - US $6.00
High End Stainless Steel Stove - US $5.00
Knight's Suit of Armor - US $7.00
When you purchase the item, you recieve a code, similar to a Trading Card code, that you then enter in the Webkinz Code Shop to claim your prize. Once placed on your account, these items cannot be traded or sent via KinzPost. Also, please keep in mind that trading of codes is NOT allowed on Webkinz Insider.
Thank you to jmetree for letting us know the site was up and running and thank you to Uppies for sharing a picture of her Leopard Lizard in his new Knight's Suit of Armor.
We've just recieved word that the Cat Theme is about to be retired from the W-Shop. Based on the survey conducted in Webkinz World, members decided that they'd rather keep the Dog Theme and have the Cat Theme retire. We don't yet know if the Cat Theme will move to the Curio Shop, like the Hockey and Country Themes did, or if it will really be gone forever. Either way, if you have plans to do any cat decorating in your house, you'd better hurry while the items are still available.
UPDATE: The Cat Theme is now being sold in the Curio Shop. All pieces are "Curio Shop Only" items.
Congratulations to sgiles53, a member of our forum, on her first place win in the Beauty Pageant. Here is a picture of her Black Cat, Ebony, dressed in her winning outfit, posing next to the First Place Medal (on the wall). Along with the medal, Ebony also won a prize of 9000 KinzCash. Good work sgiles53 and Ebony!
Ebony credits the win to all of the hard work she has done in the KinzVille Academy. She has managed to reach Level Eight in the Fashion Class. Remember, it's the work you do in the Academy that affects your score in Stadium competitions.
On this first day of June, we've confirmed the first known adoption of the last "unadopted June Webkinz", the Webkinz Striped Snake! A new member to our forum, garlex mom, was the first Webkinz Insider user to activate and report her adoption to WI!
Here's a couple of pictures of Silly Snake!
She did tell us that there was a hiccup with the adoption and that she didn't receive any of the adoption gifts, so for those of you with Striped Snakes over the next few days, you may want to wait until the next update to Webkinz World before activating the Striped Snake. Here are the pictures of the Gift Box, "Seasoned Mole Dariole" Pet Specific Food and the "Bakin' Snake Stove" Pet Specific Item!
Keeping with their tradition of always keeping us guessing, Ganz unexpectedly retired the Webkinz Rhino and the Webkinz Black & White Cheeky Dog today! Both of these Webkinz have only been out for a few months, so it is quite a surprise to see these relatively new Webkinz retiring already!
We know that it is hard to believe, we had trouble believing it ourselves, but we have confirmed the information with Ganz!
Congratulations to kbamomea, a member of our forum, for the first known adoption of a Webkinz Lemon-Lime Gecko! The only unadopted June Webkinz is now the Webkinz Striped Snake!
Here's a picture of her newest Webkinz, Acklay, along with its PSI, the "Lemon-Lime-Time Clock" and PSF "Locust Leckerli"!!
The Webkinz Cares Program has officially kicked off in Webkinz World. You may remember our report a couple of weeks ago about the strange red tags some of our members were finding on Lil Kinz at Walgreens. We have learned $1.00 from each sale of these special Lil Kinz goes to support the Webkinz Foundation, an organization created by Ganz which "is dedicated to improving the welfare, development, health, and safety of children."
These special red tags contain a code that can be used in the Code Shop. Activating a code will win you a Secret Recipe, some KinzCash, and one, two, or more of the new W-Cares Prizes. It will also unlock a W-Cares Game that you can play once a day for five days. The game gives you more chances at winning some of the W-Cares Prizes and some other Webkinz World items.
For every prize you win, an identical prize will be awarded to a random member in Webkinz World. It could be someone you know, but most likely it will be someone you don't know.
Congratulations to leopardgirl314, a member of our fourm, on having the first known adoption of a Webkinz Siamese Cat and of a Webkinz Pink Googles.
It looks like the programming for the Pink Googles hasn't been fully updated, so "Blush" is invisible right now, but we are able to show you "Queenie" posting next to the Siamese Cat's Pet Specific Item, the Stylish Siamese Settee and next to the Pink Googles' Pet Specific Item, the Googles Gem Zen Garden. Also, the special foods for the Siamese Cat and the Pink Googles are Succulent Tureen Of Sardine and Jumbled Googles Caboodles.
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We've just recieved word that the Cat Theme is about to be retired from the W-Shop. Based on the survey conducted in Webkinz World, members decided that they'd rather keep the Dog Theme and have the Cat Theme retire. We don't yet know if the Cat Theme will move to the Curio Shop, like the Hockey and Country Themes did, or if it will really be gone forever. Either way, if you have plans to do any cat decorating in your house, you'd better hurry while the items are still available. 
Wow! Ganz pulled a fast one on all of us. 
