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Mini Mall: Gifts and More!

by Lura on November 17, 2009

gifting Mini Mall: Gifts and More! Pogo’s given us a gift today in the form of Gifting Services! We’re now able to give other players items for their minis, Mix-n-Match badges, and Premium Badge Albums.

Update: If you’re a privacy nut but your profile is still public, you’ll want to make sure you adjust your Gift Settings (which can be found by going to the “My Gifts” link on your home page, then choosing “Gift Settings” from the left sidebar). If you were to receive a gift and open it, by default the item, the sender’s name, and the message they included with the gift would be displayed on your profile to whoever has rights to see it. Make sure to check the boxes for “Keep sender names private” and “Keep messages private” to stop that from happening.

In addition, we got a release full of holiday items today as well! There’s just over a page full of new backgrounds, goodies, and clothing for our minis!

Mini Mall Holiday 2009 release

Update 11/19: they’ve added 3 more items to this release, all token items. Hooray! Thanks MomsBassetHound for letting us know about today’s mini Mini release!

And last, but not least, they’ve put up a free token offer (which we’ll also add to our Free Tokens page) to celebrate gift-giving!

Thanks, as always, to everyone who wrote in to let us know about these new additions!

Sneak Preview: Take a Trip PBA

by Lura on November 11, 2009

Take a Trip premium badge album Pogo’s got yet another Premium Badge Album in development. This one, which will probably be released next month, is called “Take a Trip”. When it’s released, it’ll cost you $5.99 or 86 gems. It includes the following 10 challenges:

Click to view animated badges and challenges

Cirque du Solitaire Premium Album Released

by Lura on November 3, 2009

cirquedusolitaire-aaa Cirque du Solitaire Premium Album Released Pogo has released the Cirque du Solitaire premium badge album today. It’s got ten solitaire badges and challenges and the album completion badge, as usual. This one will cost you $5.99 or 86 gems. Click through to see all of the badges and discuss them!

Click to view animated badges and challenges

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Gifting Services Coming to Pogo

by Lura on October 22, 2009

gifting Gifting Services Coming to Pogo Soon, you’ll be able to give more kinds of gifts to your friends via Pogo! Currently the only “gifts” we can give are Premium Badge Albums, but Pogo is going to be implementing a whole My Gifts section where you can give and see what you’ve received. You’ll be able to give Mini items, Premium Badge Albums, and Mix-n-Match badges to your friends. It’ll show you exactly what you’ve received too, and who gave it to you.

In the Mini Mall, for example, you’ll be able to select “Give as a Gift” (in addition to “Try” or “Add” to your cart) and it’ll stick the item in your Gift cart. You then choose your recipient and send away! It appears as if you’ll be able to send items worth tokens and gems, though that may change in the future.

Let’s hope Pogo gets this neat feature up and running before Christmas, I suspect a lot of people’s shopping lists will be shortened considerably if they could easily gift tons of mini items and mix-n-match badges to their Pogo friends!

Do you think you’ll use this feature? Do you like the idea of now being able to gift more than just PBAs? What else would you want to gift to your friends?

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New PBA in Development: Cirque du Solitaire

by Lura on October 15, 2009

cirquedusolitaire-aaa New PBA in Development: Cirque du Solitaire Check out this cool new Premium Badge Album that Pogo is creating for us! It’s got ten badges and challenges — all in solitaire games — with an album completion badge, as usual. When it’s released, it will cost $5.99 or 86 gems.

Click to view animated badges and challenges

Released: Out of this World PBA

by Lura on October 6, 2009

outofthisworld-aaa Released: Out of this World PBA Today Pogo released the Out of this World Premium Badge Album. It costs $5.99 or 86 gems. (All of these challenges contain the number 51, as in Area 51.)

Click to view animated badges and challenges

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Sneak Peek: Out of this World Premium Badge Album

by Lura on September 22, 2009

Here’s a look at the badges and challenges for the Out of this World Premium Badge Album. It should be released in October and will cost $5.99 or 86 gems. All of these challenges contain the number 51, as in Area 51. All of the information here is under development and is subject to change before release.

Click to view animated badges and challenges

Sneak Peek: Badges for Out of this World PBA

by Lura on September 14, 2009

Pogo’s working on a new Premium Album for us to enjoy in October. It’s called “Out of this World” and will have 10 badges and challenges, plus the usual album completion badge. We don’t have details on the specific challenges yet, but here’s a look at the badges:

Released: Pogo Turns 10 PBA

by Lura on September 8, 2009

Continuing the celebration of their 10th anniversary, Pogo has released the Pogo Turns 10 Premium Badge Album. It’s available for $5.99 (or 86 gems) and contains the following challenges/badges:

Poppit! – Pop Ten Badge
Release 10 Stumpy McDeal prizes in 10 days! (Stumpy has a blue shirt, red shoes and big mustache)
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Word Whomp – Gifted Gophers Badge
Find 10 6-letter words in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2001 tokens!

First Class Solitaire – Skywriter Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2002 tokens!

Jungle Gin – Gin and Tongue It Badge
Go gin 10 times in 10 days! (Knock with no deadwood in your head to go gin)
Win this badge plus 2003 tokens!

Mahjong Garden – Monkey See, Monkey Fu Badge
End the game while in Autumn season 10 times in 10 days! (Make an exact match for 2 Autumn tiles before you finish each game.)
Win this badge plus 2004 tokens!

Stack ‘em – Stack-crobats Badge
Remove 10 or more animals with one move 10 times in 10 days! (You’ll receive credit only for your biggest group in each game)
Win this badge plus 2005 tokens!

Hog Heaven Slots – Hog Heaven Rain Badge
Use 10 halos in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2006 tokens!

Thousand Island Solitaire – Sail and Celebrate Badge
Reach 10 treasure chests in 10 days! (Match the number to the left of your stack of cards to reach a chest)
Win this badge plus 2007 tokens!

Everyone Wins Bingo – Pogo Picnic Badge
Call 10 diagonal bingos in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2008 tokens!

Lottso! Express – Extravagant Expression Badge
Complete 10 Mega Lottso cards in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2009 tokens!

Album Completion Badge

Cute fact: the amount of tokens you earn for completing each badge is the year the game itself was released.

If you’d like to discuss this album or the challenges in it, please leave your hints and tips below. Thanks!

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Released: Back to School Premium Badge Album

by Lura on August 24, 2009

Back to School PBA On a rare Monday release, Pogo has put out the Back to School Premium Badge Album. It is on sale for $5.99 (or 86 gems) and contains the following 10 challenges and one album completion badge:

Boggle Bash – Lunch Time Badge
Find 415 words of 4 letters or more in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Monopoly – Go Directly to School Badge
Land on a Transport Space 18 times in 9 days!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Poppit! – Pop-up Book Badge
Make 80 SUPER POPS in 8 days! (Pop groups of 8 or more balloons to earn the SUPER POP Bonus)
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Boardwalk Sea Ball – Boardwalk Rolling Badge
Roll the ball 520 times in 7 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Dice City Roller – Dice City Display Badge
Correctly place 330 dice in 6 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Lottso Express – Express Explosion Badge
Get 140 bingos in 5 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Thousand Island Solitaire – Ship in a Bottle Badge
Reach 40 treasure chests in 4 days! (Match the number to the left of your stack of cards)
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!