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More mini pets, backgrounds, and goodies were added to the mini mall today. This release also marks the first pet goodies that can be set on either the left or right side of your mini (by choosing the L or R box). Now your dog can have his frisbee, your cat can have her mouse toy, and so on. (The previously released pet goodies items are still glued to one side of your mini, however.)

Today’s release includes the backgrounds Pogo Pet Adoption Center and Reigning Queen of the House, Esmerelda. The dogs are Bashful Beagle, Beau Bulldog, Bodacious Boxer, Darling Dachsund, Litter O’ Pups, Regal Shepherd, Revolving Miniature Schnauzer, and Silly Shih-Tzu. The cats are Basket O’ Kittens, Black & White & Butterfly, Gray Striped Cat, Observational Orange Cat, Persian With Toy, Scratchin’ Calico Cat, and Stretching Siamese. There are also birds, fish, reptiles, and pocket pets with this release: Canary of Convenience, Clever Cockatoo, Happy Parrot!, Small Parakeet, Fanciful Fish, Karmic Chameleon, Unusually Exotic, You Wanna Iguana, A Gaggle of Guineas!, and Domesticated Rat. The goodies for all of these pets are Colorful Pet Toy, Flying Soft Disc, Mouse on Cheese Toy, and Pet Stroller.

This is a pretty hefty release! If you want to purchase all of the items released today, you’ll be spending 92,000 tokens and 198 gems.

We’ve gotten a little bit more information about Operation Mania for you, this time it’s more detailed information on the badges and ranks and mini items you’ll be able to earn in this upcoming downloadable game.

There will be (not 50, but) 51 ranks in Operation Mania, and as with most Pogo game ranks, each will have a name. The first and last are “Anesthesia Technician” and “Super Surgeon”. To advance in rank you will cure patients. For each rank you earn, you will also earn a picture to hang on your hospital wall.

Five of the six Operation Mania badges will be awarded at levels 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50. (We assume that also, as with most deluxe/downloadable games, you’ll receive a badge just for trying out the game, somewhere between ranks 0 and 1.)

We’ve shown you the Operation Mania mini items, but now we also can report that you will receive a full set of mini items (not sure what order they’ll be awarded in yet) at ranks 5, 15, 25, 35, and 45.

In addition, the game will feature a “trophy room” where you can display trophies you have received for various in-game feats (kind of like achievements, if you are familiar with the Xbox achievement system or “postcards” from the recent Slingo Quest games). Some will probably be very difficult to acquire.

Here are the mini items you’ll be able to win for your mini in the upcoming August release Operation Mania.

Male and Female Hairstyles:

Female Outfits:

Male Outfits:

Goodies:

Here is pretty solid confirmation that Pogo has been secretly working on a downloadable, deluxe version of Pogo Bowl! Someone at Pogo let the cat out of the bag today by accidentally releasing a bowling ball mini goodie item to the mini mall. (It’s the fourth one featured below, and it shows up in the ‘goodies’ section of your closet in the mini mall.)

Here are the six bowling ball goodies you’ll be able to win for your mini when and if the game is released:

There are also full outfits (hairstyles and bowling league uniforms) for males and females:

With today’s release of casual clothes and amusement park items, you’ll be able to take your mini to Pogoland. These clever items are a nice way to celebrate the lazy days of summer, so grab your gems and tokens and head to the mini mall!

This release includes the women’s outfits Petite Fleur Dress, Silky Teal Top, So Soccer Mom, Tropical Shorts, Velvet Va-Va-Voom; and the men’s outfits Casual with a Twist of Style, Comfort & Ease, In Charge, Striped & Hyped, and Turbo Tank Top. The Pogoland goodies are Giant Stuffed Nelson, Giant Stuffed Pai Gow Panda!, Giant Stuffed Spike, Helpful Signpost, Hey, I’m Spike!, Pink Wisps of Heaven!, and Poppity Popcorn Maker. The backgrounds are Family Flume Ride, Main Street Magic, Pogo Coaster, Pogoland Dream, Poppit! Old School, Ready Steady Claw!, and The Mysterious Carousel!.

Today marks the fifth year of Club Pogo — as with every year so far, we’ve all (well Club members have) been awarded this special edition badge. You’ll see it in your Badge Album under Special Edition Badges.

Over the five years, Pogo has created 38 Club-exclusive games, over 1500 badges, and tons of mini items (and pets)! You’re also among over one and a half million Club Pogo members — pretty cool, huh?

Don’t forget that also as part of the celebration Pogo has put some mini items on sale for 20% off and over 50 mix and match badges are on sale too.

Coming soon for our minis will be fun alien-themed items. There are some static backgrounds with soft scenes of aliens and alien terrain. There’s also a ray gun and an alien robot that will be available as goodies. You’ll also be able to dress your mini in a full-body costume as an astronaut. Keep your eyes out for these fun items in an upcoming mini release.

Also, changes are in the works to the way that goodies and pets currently work — soon you’ll be able to choose which side of your mini (right or left) displays your goodie. That way you can always have a goodie and a pet in your current mini shots!

Pogo’s graphic artists have been busy creating an animated daschund, poodle, boxer, shih-tzu, and schnauzer; as well as a static basket of puppies for dog loving minis! For the cat lovers, there will be animations: stretching siamese, a tuxedo cat playing with a butterfly, and a persian and her mousie toy; and there will be a static basket of kittens as well. There will also be a cockatiel, a canary, and a couple fishtanks. And to round out the collection, there will be a background image featuring dogs and their owners playing in the front lawn of the Pogo Pet Adoption Center at the corner of Pogo Way. How idyllic!

Pogo’s 5th anniversary is right around the corner (July 24) and in addition to discounted Mix-n-Match badges, they’ve also put selected items in the mini mall on sale for 20% off. This sale is only good until the 26th of July, so stock up on gems and spend all of those free tokens Pogo has been handing us lately!