Breaking News

We are starting to get reports from across our forum that members are finding the Series 4 Webkinz Trading Cards in their local stores.  Webkinz Insider member jessicabarnhart was the first to share pictures of her prizes with us.

This series of Trading Cards has new Trading Card Furniture, a new series of Posters, new Citizens of Kinzville Furniture, and new Citizens of Kinzville Clothing.

Jessica has this to say about the cards themselves:  "There are 11 different types of cards.  There are:  Newest Arrivals, Kinzville Characters, Get in the Game, Rarest of Rare, Pet's Favorite Food, Pet's Own Item, Favorite Pets, Stickers, Foil, Vacation Sensation, and Amazing Items.  The last two are new I think.  Obviously the Vacation Sensation is shots from Vacation [Island].  And the Amazing Items is all eStore items.  The stickers range from 3-6 on a card."  She also says, "On the back of the different cards there appears to be a story.  Each different card has a different story."  The story names are:  Fluffington's Job, The BIG News, The Newest Member, The Last Spell, The Big Job, The Big Bake Fail, A Second Chance, An Important Meeting, and Accident's Happen.

A complete Picture Gallery of the Series 4 Trading Card prizes has been assembled in this thread:  http://www.webkinzinsider.com/forum/f171/pictures-trading-card-items-368777/

Thank you to all of our members with Webkinz World accounts set to the Asian time zone we can now report to you that the snow has melted in Webkinz World.  Once again our Webkinz can enjoy the green grass in their yards.  Members with European and American accounts should notice the same change in their yards at Midnight Kinz Time.

A new set of advertisements has started running on the Webkinz Newz site for Ganz' new line of "Webkinz Signature" pets.  One of the new ads seems to show a Chimpanzee peeking out from a curtain.  Ganz has confirmed that the first pet in the new series will be the Signature Panda.  Could a "Signature Chimpanzee" be the next pet?  We'll just have to wait and see.

The winners of the Best Dressed Pet contest have been announced.  Congratulations to Carmel, Angie, carrie, raeven, and adam michael.  Ganz has e-mailed each one of these players a code for a Webkinz Phoenix.

NOTE:  In response to all of the questions we have been getting about the Fire Fawn's outfit, the Orange Army Shirt and the Red Sports Pants used to be wShop items.  They were retired from the wShop back in August of 2007.  The Orange Army Shirt isn't available in Webkinz World anymore.  The Red Sports Pants are now a KinzStyle item that you can get with the code that comes with the Red Sports Pants for your plushie.  The Pants cannot be purchased in the online KinzStyle Shop.

While browsing through the pictures on the Webkinz Newz (www.webkinznewz.com) site today, Webkinz Insider members mills96er and ClaraZ25 made some interesting discoveries.  In the preview for the rare Royal Estate Bed, mills96er spotted a unicorn shield, a lion shield, and a bear tapestry.  In the preview for the Medieval Stone Column, ClaraZ25 spotted a pig shield, a bear shield, and a pig tapestry.  Could these new items be coming to Webkinz World in the future?

NOTE:  In response to the comments we have been getting.  The Medieval Unicorn Tapestry (not the shield pictured) was a prize in a Kinzville Newz contest last year.  The Medieval Lion Tapestry (also not pictured) is a Rare item.