Never News ~26 April 2012 ~ Queen's Boutique Grand Opening

[Sapphire Sweetfeather]

Mia, I have to say... Bravo! You look fabulous! I still want the other, but it's nice to know that I can make one similar if I don't get it.
(I will be strong like Mia. )

I wonder if we can make the other one too....

[Serendipity Stardance]

I'm not mad, I'm really happy with the new Queen's Boutique, the clothes are just amazing

[Neverbelle]

Originally Posted by Sapphire Sweetfeather

I wonder if we can make the other one too....

This is as close as I could get..

[Jillian Snowdew]

Being a non-member, I am glad that we are able to earn badges, but I am not happy with many things in the hollow that clash together. Now that I think about it, all that members get to do is:

• Visit the Ballroom.
• Play Tea- Room Games.
• Play all the Talent Levels Together.
• Buy rotated items in Summit Styles and furniture shops with Ingredients.
• Personally Craft Items.
• Do some Quests.

I am going to try and send them off a completely different worded letter; from a non-member.
I am sure that they have to reply differently to me. This is not the Pixie Hollow I loved. It was way better before the Pixie Diamonds arrived.

[Mia Lightningwillow]

Yay Sapphire! You can do it!!!!!!

[Sapphire Sweetfeather]

Ok Mia! You inspired me to attempt to use items I had to make the pink outfit. Here is my results.

The Original:


Attempt 1 & 2:
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Flying in game side by side comparison:


**(Special thanks to Ella Jellybell (JovialOne) for modeling and both her and Onionleaf for their support in my endeavor.)

[Onionleaf]

What do you mean Sapphire, how could I not support you this mission? It looks perfect! The second top works really well, I especially love how there is even a stroke of yellow on the side.
And when I saw Mia's outfit in-game, it really blew my mind! Good job, you two, this just shows how much pixie style can rock.

[Sapphire Sweetfeather]

Lol, well... we may have gotten carried away. Ella and I decided that we could and should make Erica the new shopkeeper's outfit. Here is what we came up with!

Actual Erica:


Mine and Ella's versions:
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In game, side by side by side

[Julie Sunripple]

Wow! That's not 'carried away' at all! That's creative!

[Sweet_Jenny]

I have been hollow from 2008....And we had no memberships, no paying, we had lots of fun!!! Ok starting membership was also fine.....But now everything is open for non-members....im happy for them but still wat is the point paying for membership! Gosh! I hate hollow these days! Its better to cancel membership.... Now we need to pay both for membership and for diamonds!
This is so not fair!!!

Jenny

[_Stormy_]

I'm with all of you. I think that the prices for the new dresses and and seeds are OUTRAGEOUS! I love the hollow and of course I want all the new seeds for the garden but I just cant afford it. The allowance that we are given just isn't enough. I am highly considering cancelling my membership That is something I thought I would never do. I am neutral about non-members getting to play all levels on talent games and wilderness adventures. I think they should have just got to play easy and medium and at least have to pay ingredients to visit the wilderness. I really wish that the Pixie Diamonds had never been introduced to the hollow.

Peace&Love

[Jillian Snowdew]

______________________
I did some quick Maths yesterday night and found out a horrifying truth.
To earn all the Gardening Badges:

• You will need 550 Diamonds in total. Just for the badges and plants.
• If we include the Prices of the Newly released Queenly Gowns: It becomes 710 Diamonds.

What is going on? I feel confused and sad.
______________________

I wrote the post on another thread and decided to write it here too.
What do you fairies think about it?

[_Stormy_]

That's outrageous! That's just for ONE fairy I have three fairies. That's about $35 times 3 I think that charging real money for the garden is ridiculous and unfair.

Peace&Love

[strangeseraph]

This whole thing has me really upset. I'm enjoying the idea of a garden, but they should make that ingredients. I mean, they got rid of brooks basic, which was nice cheap clothes you could dye, and even got rid of the new player ingredient fashions.

And they got rid of one of the few places that Sparrow Men could get clothes. I have two Sparrow Men, and I am furious that they got rid of an entire shop for them. They don't release nearly as many clothes for sm that they do fairies already, and now an entire shop is gone, replaced with a shop ONLY FOR FAIRIES. At least have a matching Minister of Spring/Autumn outfits in the new diamond only shop.

Speaking of that. The Pixie Post is also a diamond only shop. Seriously they've done this wrong. They should have made the post office a place that, for diamonds, you could send anything in your wardrobe as a gift to a friend. THAT is what we asked for. Instead we have diamond only fashions there, and now another shop for diamond only fashions. Good grief!

And the garden. That should be ingredients. The fact that you have to take a 'chance' of getting multiples of the same item each time you grow means you're bound to pay more than the cost of that dang Queen dress trying to get all the items from the garden seeds.

All of this is a money grab. And since the player are children and the parents will already restrict their children to either an allowance or a membership, then its clearly targeted to adult players with money of their own (like me) and rich families who can afford it.

Its Farmville for Fairies. Disney is turning into Zynga.

[Onionleaf]

Oh I know Jillian, 550 Diamonds for 9 badges is simply uncalled for! Of course, it also includes all the rewards received from gardening, which will equal to 150 items (at least), but still, I don't think it is a reasonable price.
Mainland products badges are fine in my opinion, since you receive real life toys to play with as well, but these are virtual items and should not be so expensive! And like ConverseGirl said, how could you collect all those badges for 3 of your fairies?

On a side note, there are still over 300 copies of each of the two outfits left at Queen's Boutique Shop, so you might still have a chance to buy at least one of them. I didn't think they would be sold out so quickly though! It's only been one day, hasn't it?