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!

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!

Like previous Mini Award releases, there are a few errors and problems (right now Dice City Roller is showing a Mini goodie from Mahjong Garden as already claimed), so you might want to claim what you can now and re-visit the page in a day or so to claim the rest after they’ve been fixed.

And with this release, as we predicted the Puck Head has been removed from our Mini’s closets so it can now be claimed through the proper channel. However, the scoreboard from Dice Derby remains.

Thanks Kathy and wceagles1983 for making sure we all knew about these new awards!

Quick Quack:

Shuffle Bump (this includes the oops freebie Puck Head we mentioned last week, which is sure to be removed from our closets now):

And the upcoming game Puck’s Peak will also have the following mini awards (originally we thought they’d be freebies or for-token purchases at the Mini Mall, but Pogo sure likes to keep us guessing):

It looks like the Stellar Sweeper awards will also be coming with this batch but they haven’t nailed down what levels you’ll be earning them at.

For those of you who are interested in claiming these awards the moment they come out, make sure you are at least rank 7 in Quick Quack, and rank 6 in Shuffle Bump.

Today we got two “Freebie” items, which we’d last seen in the recent colossal sneak peek at upcoming mini award items. Behold:

I don’t really know how or why these magically appeared in my closet (like many others, I haven’t played either Shuffle Bump or Dice Derby in months), but I’m definitely not going to be a Puck Head and complain!

We know there are many more of these items, so where are they now and how are the rest going to be awarded? Only time (and Pogo) will tell!

Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving!
November 5, 2009
Whet your appetite for the big upcoming holiday with Thanksgiving themed Mini backgrounds, goodies and more!

Be sure to check out some of the backgrounds that pay tribute to the Native Americans and nature!

And don’t miss out on Allie, the Siberian Tiger! She’s the Pet of the Month for November!

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?

Autumn Colors and Fall Fashion!

The leaves are turning red, yellow, orange and gold, and with your Mini in the picture, it’s a sight to behold!

Check out the gorgeous Backgrounds, the fun Goodies, and of course, dahlings– the clothes!

Find out more about this event, including some tips on how to participate and — even more exciting — tips from the judges themselves on how to get your mini chosen for Pogo’s Amazing Mini hot shots.

WHEN? Tuesday October 13 at 3:00PM Pacific (4PM MDT, 5PM CDT, 6PM EDT, 11PM BST)

WHERE? Spooky Slots in the rooms “Ze Amazing Mini Halloween 1″ through “Ze Amazing Mini Halloween 24″

Mini Award Backgrounds for: Stellar Sweeper, Squelchies, Harvest Mania, Word Search Daily, Casino Island Blackjack, Pinochle, Dice Derby, Wonderland Memories, Word Jong, and Phlinx(?).

And here are some items of clothing (there are both male and female versions of these, but the female versions are shown below):

Mini Award Goodies for (possibly): Shuffle Bump, Quick Quack, Squelchies, Pop Fu, Phlinx, Bloop, Battle Phlinx, Harvest Mania, Word Search Daily, Word Whomp, Stellar Sweeper, Poppa Zoppa, Casino Island Blackjack, Perfect Pair Solitaire, Makeover Madness, Dice Derby, Wonderland Memories, Word Jong, Greenback Bayou and more!

These items weren’t named by the games they are associated with, so we’re just making guesses as to what item may be awarded in what game. We’re also not really sure what game the music stand and cello go with (Or is it a violin? Musicians, help us out here?) Some of these could also be for future games that haven’t been released and developed yet. What do you think? Leave your comments below.

Please note: while sometimes game-related mini items may mean a game is going to be deluxe, this is not a deluxe game. In addition, these are not mini awards that will be awarded in game. Right now, they appear to be mini items that will be released either in coordination or shortly after the release of the game. (Pogo did this with Trivial Pursuit last year.)

Puck’s Peak-related Mini items: background, goodie, and costume:

These images may give us a hint to gameplay as well. What do you think?