Neopies 2025

[Pickles]

Heads up:

The Neopies is upon us! Join us for the event starting February 1st (2/1), we've got some exciting new things in store such as Premium bonus items and a secret reward for all users! If you haven't already, sign up for the Neopets Premium Subscription to get some cool prizes during the event and access to the new perk: free monthly random fortune cookies! The Premium Goodie Bag will also be rejoining us again next month so be on the look out!

If you have any questions regardies this year's Neopies, you can check out the FAQs here!

Starting tomorrow (Feb 1st), GO VOTE!!!

Yes, there will be premium bonus items, and yes, they are advertising hard again. So far, the ones previewed are all existing items. Their value will plummet imminently. Here's the ones pictured in the news article and their prices as of now:

Flosset - 8 mil
Lever of Doom Coin - 5 mil
Lutari Transmogrification Potion - 18.5 mil
Speckled Bruce Plushie - 15 mil

I expect by tomorrow, they'll be at least half those number if not 1/3. The auctions/TP will be flooded with panicked sellers tonight (and probably even more so tomorrow once the full prize pools for both are figured out).

[Siniri]

Day 1 bonus: Strawberries and Cream Dress

I voted for the AC, probably because of recency bias. Because of my concussion, I only have vague memories of the events from last spring, and the rhyming irked me more than it should have. And TOT is nice, but I had to rush it, so... The AC it is.

They had a button for me to click to "do not show again" the premium bonuses, which I only saw because I clicked to see them to begin with. Thanks, TNT. I'd really rather just not have to watch ads to load the SW though!

[Blue]

Oooh. missed this yesterday. Thankfully, Day 1 is actually 2 days (or at least 1-1/2 days)!

Day 1: Flosset & Polka Carrot

Flosset already down to 1.8 million

[Pickles]

Sorry I didn't bump the thread yesterday, but yes, day 1 is a days and a half. Tomorrow (3rd) we should have the next round of voting.
Day 1: Mega Sandwich & Faerie Vandagyre Plushie

First item is the premium one, second is regular pool.

Some additional information:

Prizes for Voting
What’s a celebration without rewards? Every time you vote, you'll have a chance to receive a random item from the Neopies Prize Pool. This year’s Prize Pool is packed with 65 incredible items, featuring some of the most popular and enticing prizes from 2024. For Premium Members, there's an added bonus—a second prize from an exclusive Premium Prize Pool!

Bonus Prizes
If you visit the Neopies every day and cast your vote for each Category on the day it’s released, you’ll receive two exclusive bonus prizes (three for Premium Members) at the end of the event!
Plus, there’s a brand-new Neopies Avatar this year! Can you discover how to find it?

I hope the avvie is just for voting on all categories. Interesting that there will be 2 exclusive prizes this year (and an extra past that for premium) for day-of voting. O.o That could be...dangerous, depending on what they put in those slots.

JN has a full list of both prize pools at this point. I am actually much more excited about the regular prize pool than the premium one. It includes only items released this last year, and there are FOUR stamps there that have been stupidly expensive (7-18 mil) that are now much more affordable, so I'm hoping to add those to my album before the month is over. There are also some nicer wearables, etc.

ETA:
Day 2:
Rainbow Bridge Scroll + Supreme Deluxe Faerie Queen Makeup & Contacts

[Siniri]

Day 2: Virtupets Space Station Snowglobe

[Blue]

Day 2: Kelp Forest Trinket & Deep Space Galaxy Markings

I generally don't do the NC event stuff, so... Faeries looked good :/

Flosset down to 965k... Maybe I'll put in my shop for 600k? Nah. That would require effort and time that I do not have today.

[Siniri]

I voted for Halloween yesterday because it had a different vibe from the others. And today, of course I had to vote for the slushie!

Day 3: Benny the Blade Stamp

Is that one of the ones you need, Pickles?

[Pickles]

Day 3: Graveyard Silhouette Fence Foreground + Kiko Ice Cream Sandwich

Yes it is - I need all 4 stamps that are in the regular pool (but none of the ones in the premium pool, go figure), but I promised my kiddos I'd buy off them first if they want to sell. I'm waiting until probably around the 20th or so to see what I have and haven't gotten by then to do any buying.

[Blue]

Day 3: Thorny Vine Garland & Arctic Aurora Borealis Background

[Pickles]

Day 4: Golden Caviar + Xweetok Tail Pastry

Apparently, the avatar is unlocked if you correctly guess a winner. I did not for the first category. We'll see if/when that happens for me. I usually get at least a couple winners, but I tend to like things that most people don't, so...

[Siniri]

Day 4: Twig

I got the avatar for day 1. It's fairly likely we'll all get the avvie without really trying, but there are always days where it seems fairly obvious what the winner will be just in case.

[Blue]

Day 4: Day and Night Wig & Twig

Hmm. 'tis a two twig day.

Agreeing with the popular vote: 0 for 1

[Pickles]

Day 5: Kelp Forest Trinket + Polka Carrot

Still no stamps. Sigh. And I find it very unlikely that any of the things I've voted for so far will win, but I'm not swaying my vote on that at this point.

[Blue]

Day 5: Inside TNTs Breakroom Refrigerator Background & Starry Eyrie Plushie

Agreeing with the popular vote: 0 for 2

[Siniri]

Day 5: Neopian Times Issue 1000

2/2 on popular vote. This feels very strange.

Edit: day 6: Xweetok Tail Pastry

My third day vote was the least popular (and my second choice came in just slightly ahead of it). That feels more familiar. (I suspect I voted for the most popular again today, unless there are more diehard baby fans than I thought. Juni is too cute.)

Voting results:
Firsts: 2
Fourths: 1