New Clothes! Almost Yay!

Seriously pandas, you have to see it. Again, too many pages to take a pic, but it's really cool! The only problem is is that there isn't a single NEW item in there. All old items with new colours. Maybe the basketball jersey. Oh well. It's so cool!
From Misty :-)

And now it's here!

And slightly early too. Here are the prizes.
I LOVE the chair and birdhouse! But I am VERY upset they brought back my shoes :-( I guess it's easier though.

From Misty :-)

Pandanda Newsletter

Pandanda Newsletter April 2012

Greetings Pandas!

The Pandanda Team is excited to announce the annual Pandanda Easter Egg Hunt begins Friday, March 30th! The Easter Bunny has hidden Easter Eggs all over Pandanda. Find enough eggs and you can trade them for fantastic in-game prizes! You'll find the Easter Bunny on West Market Street. The Pandanda Easter Egg Hunt is around for just two weeks and ends on Monday, April 16th, so don't miss out!

Other Current Events

• Updated clothing coming April 1st! Talk to Fitch in Clothing Co. to see the latest Spring outfits!
  
• Earth Day is April 22nd. Be sure to help keep Pandanda clean by picking up any recyclable items you find.
  
• Free Elite Member Day on April 28th!

Your Friends,
The Pandanda Team

P.S. - If you have forgotten your Panda name or password, please visit http://play.pandanda.com
Check out Henry's blog or log into the game at http://www.pandanda.com for more details.

ooo, exciting. Start saving up those coins for the new catalog :D
This is the first time I have got a newsletter. It's really cool how they have started to send them.

From Misty :-)

Easter Egg Hunt!

Annual Pandanda Easter Egg Hunt Starts Friday!

Hey there, Panda Pals!

Each year, spring brings warmer weather, fresh green grass, and beautiful flowers. And in Pandanda, spring also brings the Easter Bunny! Yes, that giant pink Bunny will be back in Pandandaland this Friday, hiding brightly colored eggs all over the place (except in treehouses).

Then the fun really begins! Collect as many eggs in your basket as you can, then visit E.Bunny in West Market Street to trade them for his springtime prizes! I wonder what surprises he will have for us this year? I guess we will all find out on Friday!

I'm hopping with excitement!
Henry

Awesome! This will be my 3rd easter egg hunt...
From Misty :-)

I'm back!

Hi everyone!

I had to go somewhere for a while but I'm back again! I saw the contest results and, while I'm still confused that a computer design wasn't even a runner-up, I think that the winner is very deserving. Sadly I didn't get to compete in the contest as I was away.

I've actually only just got off the plane so I might go and do something more relaxing, like catching a shark at Coconut Beach. Well... maybe not the shark part!

-Blu!

Contest Winners!

Sorry about not posting, our Henry's blog person has left. Sigh. But anyway, here are the contest winners!

Spring Theme Player Card Contest WINNERS!

The judges have finished their judging for the Spring Theme Player Card Contest, and once again, you made it a very hard job for us! We really enjoyed looking at all of the cute, creative, and interesting designs submitted. So, in addition to choosing one Grand Prize Winner, we also chose five Honorable Mentions!

The GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the 2012 Spring Theme Player Card Drawing Contest is:

pandaNUNU!

Congratulations to pandaNUNU! She will have her design turned into an actual player card background with her name on it by our graphic artists, to be available in Pandanda during the Easter Egg Hunt that begins on March 30th. She will also receive:

• a 6-month Elite Membership Gift Certificate
• 5000 Panda Power
• 200 Panda Gold

And here are the five Honorable Mention designs:

From left to right, the Honorable Mention artists are orangeclie, HI8642, carina1998, Drusilla, and Buster55555. Each of those players will receive a 1-month Elite Membership Gift Certificate. Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to the contest. All of us here at Pandanda appreciate the time, effort, and creativity you put into your drawing. Since there were so many great entries, you can look for even more designs to appear for sale in future catalogs!

I am planning another contest for April, one that won't require any artistic ability! Watch my blog for more information in April!

Party on, Pandas!
Henry

I'm slightly disappointed that he didn't pick any computer drawn designs. For example, I don't have a scanner or my own camera, and my parent's aren't going to help. Oh well, good job to all the winners! Amazing backgrounds.
From Misty :-)

Connection Problems?

Today, there has been a few connection problems. Me and a few other elites have been stuck at the "connection successful" loading page thing when we try to log onto willow. I can go on other servers and go on other pandas onto willow, but not my elite panda. Has anyone else been having this problem?
From Misty :-)

New Location Ideas :-O

I was looking through RanRan's blog (It's really cool! ranranpandandablog.blogspot.com) and I found a picture of Henry saying "New locations and ingame activities coming in a big new section hopefully by sum" (the sum ment summer rofl.) Big section? Well, take a look at the map.
So, will this big section be one of the grey parts of the map? We will see. I thought at first it would be the coconut islands, but a lot of pandas asking Henry have had him say there is nothing planed for them. Is the mystery area of the map going to be a new location? Idk. I can't wait for summer.

From Misty :-)
P.S. This is NOT an announcement of something that is 100% real. I am NOT giving away anything. This is just a brainwave. I am probably all wrong. And, I will say it one more time. I AM NOT A MODERATOR OR WORKING FOR PANDANDA! ... Lol. From Misty :-/

Zing Prize!

It's a rainbow top!
Awesome.
It looks really cool! PD has FINALLY made an awesome looking zing prize :D
From Misty :-)

SNOW MELTED! NEW CATALOG!

Logged in, Snow gone. Obviously, this means new catalog.

So I went immediately to the clothing co. And sure enough....
SNOWBOARDS! AWEEESOMMMEE! (apart from surfing, windsurfing, etc. snowboarding is one of my favourite sports) BUT, WHERE IS THE SNOW TO USE THEM ON :-/
Enjoy the new mini-catalogue release :P
From Misty :-)
P.S. If you have ever snowboarded before, you will notice the board has footstraps instead of bindings. Rofl. Maybe I will just pretend it's a kiteboard.

It's HAT DAY!

Who doesn't love hat day? Pandanda makes so many cool, pretty, random and just plain awesome hats that we never wear on regular days, so this is your chance to show them off XD

Pandanda Hat Day!

Hey Pandas!

Today's the day to prepare for Zing Ballyhoo's arrival on Monday by wearing your favorite hat! There have been lots of cool and crazy hats, and other stuff to wear on your head, given out as prizes and gifts in the years that Pandanda has been open. And even more hats have been available in the many different clothing catalogs that have been published.

So let's see every furry panda head covered with some kind of fabulous hat today. You might even want to see how many different hats you can wear while you play today. And if you wear a hat with a certain "character", why not try out your acting skills and become that character! Pirate, Roman soldier, jester, Uncle Sam, princess, knight, wizard, Santa Claus - there are so many possibilities!

You can even vote in the new poll to let us know how many hats you have in your Pandanda closet! The poll is only open for 24 hours, so get your vote in!

Just a reminder, the deadline for submitting your Spring Theme Player Card Background drawings is getting closer, but you still have until 11:59pm PST on Wednesday, March 14th to send your drawing in to us. You can read more about it in my Spring Theme Player Card Drawing Contest! post on March 1st, and in the Contest Update post on March 5th. Remember, you can include a suggestion for a simple animation for your background.

I tip my Hat to you all!
Henry

I can't wait for zing to come back!
From Misty :-)

Zing Returning :D

Mystery Mail!

Hi Panda Pals!

I received an interesting letter in the mail today. There was no name or return address, and all the message said was "See you on Monday!" It was written on the back of this:

Hmmmmm. I wonder who could have sent me that letter? It's such a mystery!
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LOL, well, of course, we all know which of our Pandanda citizens that Golden Ticket belongs to - the amazing Zing Ballyhoo! Zing will be setting up his gold and blue tent in Pandanda for a short visit starting Monday, March 12th. He will scatter Golden Tickets all over Pandanda for you to collect and trade to him for his always unique prizes!

Zing's gold top hat is one of his most unmistakable features. To help us get into the spirit for Zing's return, let's have a cool Hat Day this Friday! Start looking through your closet to find your favorite hat. Can't pick just one favorite? That's ok! Wear them all (one at a time, of course!)

Party on, Pandas!
Henry

Yus, I love hat days. Time to get out my old cinco de mayo hats mwa ha ha. Also, Thanks Henry for posting some COOL news, Us bloggers were getting slightly desperate for stuff to post about XP

From Misty :-)

What did EARLY beta look like?

well, here is a vid.




I hope it comes up. Ok so from 0:00 to 0:04 you will see an old npc (Non Player Character) called James. How cool! But, here is a mystery... Using a widget on Henry's blog, (guess lol) I looked up all the pandas in the vid... half of them don't exist... and the rest are "blanks." Another thing, why is it the only thing any of the pandas say is "Ahoy!" Very interesting.
Personally, I like the bar at the bottom and pop ups a LOT better than the current ones....
From Misty :-)

Spring Theme Player Card Drawing Contest!

Hi Pandas,

Henry posted about the Spring Theme Player Card Drawing Card. I think the season now is Spring. Here is the post Henry updated.


Happy March, Panda Pals!

Let's get this month off to a great start with the first contest of 2012 - a Spring Theme Player Card Drawing Contest!

This goal of this contest is to design and submit a drawing of a player card background using the template of a player card provided. We recommend you use this template, since it shows the placement of where the Panda image appears on top of the Player Card and how it will cover the design.

The theme of your background should be Springtime. If you like, you can suggest a simple animation for your background (for example, the falling snow on the village scene in last year's Winter Festival background.)

For hand-drawn entries, we suggest that you first print a copy of the template, and then create your drawing on that. Hand-drawn images will need to be scanned into your computer or turned into a digital picture using a digital camera so they can be emailed to us. If you use a camera to take a picture of your drawing, make sure it is well-lit and in focus. We want to be able to see your drawing at its best!

All entries must be emailed to us in the format of a digital image (in one of the following formats: jpg, gif, tiff, bmp, pdf, png). Entries that are not in one of those formats will be disqualified.

There is a limit of one entry per email address (the one you used when you created your panda) per day. Entries must be received at contest@pandanda.com no later than 11:59pm PST on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, March 21st in my Blog.

Prizes:

One Grand Prize will be awarded by our panel of judges.

The Grand Prize winner will have their design turned into an actual player card background by our graphic artists to be used in the game, and will also receive:

• a 6-month Elite Membership Gift Certificate
• 5000 Panda Power
• 200 Panda Gold

The really cool part is that the winning design will feature the winning Panda's name on the card - which could even make your Panda pretty famous - who knows? The winner's new Player Card Background will be available during the Easter Egg Hunt Festival that begins on March 30th.

To submit your entry (have your parent or guardian help you):

• Read and obey the rules. Entering the competition means that you and your parent/guardian agree to the rules. A complete list of the rules can be found here. If you are under 13 years old, please ask your parent or guardian to review them with you, along with our website Terms of Use, specifically with regard to the use of submissions you send to us.
• Ask your parent or guardian to email your entry to contest@pandanda.com from their email address, the one they used when they signed you up for Pandanda. Your entry MUST come from the email address that we have on file for your Pandanda account.You can see what that email address is by logging into your Account Management page.
• Type the words "Player Card Drawing Contest" in the subject line of the email.
• Type your Panda name in the text of the email for example "Panda Name: Paige."
• Do NOT include your real name, house address, phone number, or password.
• Email your entry for Pandanda to receive it no later than Wednesday, March 14th at 11:59pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST). You may only send in one entry per Pandanda account per day.

 I can't wait to see your entries. I know there are some very creative pandas out there in Pandanda Land!

Happy drawing!
Henry

If you win you get a 6-month Elite Membership Gift Certificate,5000 Panda Power, AND a 200 Panda Gold.
So what you think? Leave us a comment.