Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
A few new items went live in our games this morning…and you guys are clamoring for the info. So let’s get right to it and break down the quick details of the Platinum Scratchers, Hostess Miss. Springfield & Chippy!
Before I get into the post…first a note about Players Club points. This is REALLY important, so please pay attention. Players Club points (
) are NOT awarded until the item you unlock or purchase is placed (and built) in your Springfield. So if you won a prize that’s a building, you won’t unlock the associated points until you place it in your Springfield and it has been built. If you purchase a character, like Cat Hostess Miss. Springfield the points will not be awarded until Cat Hostess Miss. Springfield is unlocked in your town. So don’t freak out you didn’t get the points..check to see that the item is in your town and NOT in your inventory.
Now on with your regularly scheduled post…
Let’s start with the Platinum Scratchers.
These have been in the files FOREVER. They’re basically a more expensive version of the Golden Scratcher, with higher donut payouts. So yes, these cost cold hard cash..not in game cash, actual cash from your real life pockets.
When you enter Springfield today you’ll see this popup from Apu:
Apu: People are winning so much at the casino that no one wants to waste their money on my lottery tickets. Preying on human gullibility is the only way I stay in business. Or wait… what if I tried to provide a great customer experience? No more gouging. To say “Thank you, come again” and *mean* it. Eh, maybe I’ll try and lure those idiots back with a fancier Scratch-R.
The Platinum Scratchers are $7.99 each (USD, your country may have a different cost). And the minimum prize you can win is 100 donuts..and the jackpot is 1,000 Donuts!.
You’ll find them in your Kwik-E-Mart, just like the other Scracthers…
But you’ll notice they’re only available for 3 days…so they are limited time and will leave Springfield on March 4th. So if you wanna try your hand, buy now before they’re gone!
Here’s the prize payouts:
I purchased one and won 115 donuts..
Not very exciting…at least for me anyway.
And a quick reminder…For $4.99 you can purchase 60 donuts and for $9.99 you can purchase 132 donuts. So At a minimum of 100 donuts, it’s not a bad return. Also, remember the Golden Scratcher only costs $0.99 and the Jackpot there is 100 Donuts.
My Opinion… If you’re a premium player it’s worth spending the $7.99 to see what you get, at least once. If you’re a freemium player who never buys donuts or the $0.99 scratchers…why would you buy these then? And if you’re the player who casually buys $0.99 scratchers and occasionally $9.99 worth of donuts it may be worth it to try this out, but I can’t speak for you or your finances.
And now for the new stuff in our stores….
Two new premium items arrived today. Chippy and Cat Hostess Miss. Springfield. (and a rebate deal if you don’t already have Miss. Springfield) Let’s quickly break them down..
Chippy- 50 Donuts, awards 60 ..when you PLACE him in Springfield. If you store you won’t earn the . You MUST see the character unlock message first and then you’ll get the . Chippy is an NPC. So he’ll just roam around Springfield.
Chippy Leaves Stores March 17th
If you already have Miss Springfield
Miss. Springfield Hostess Bundle- 110 Donuts. Awards 775 …when you PLACE her in Springfield. If you store you won’t earn the . You MUST see the character unlock message first and then you’ll get the . Comes with the Golddiggers Casino Sign…but only if you ALREADY have Miss. Springfield. The sign does NOT have a bonus associated with it and impacts Vanity. And yes…I’ll have a Should I buy on it up soon. Also, Hostess Miss. Springfield does not earn event currency. (not that I can tell)
Miss Springfield Leaves Stores March 12th
If you do not have Miss. Springfield…
Miss. Springfield Bundle- 225 donuts, rebate back of 115 Donuts. Does NOT come with the Gold Diggers Sign. Instead you’ll get Miss. Springfield, the Cat Hostess Costume & the Sleep Eazy Motel. Net of 110 donuts. Should I Buy on Miss. Springfield can be found here.
Awards 775 …the are for Cat Hostess Miss.Springfield NOT Miss. Springfield. So just unlocking Miss. Springfield will not earn you the . You need to go into your inventory after you purchase her and use the Cat Hostess Costume.
After you see that character unlock message you will THEN be awarded the 775
This offer is only available until March 12th
And that’s it my friends…the breakdown on the new items to hit our games today!
What are your thoughts on the new additions? Have you purchased any of them? Win big on the Platinum Scratcher? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
Bought Chippy last night. Have stored him and placed him multiple times now. Still haven’t got the 60 club cards. That’s half the reason I bought him. Also, he is supposed to produce a coin, which he hasn’t.
Help please…. I really want those club card points
Thank you
All i can say is contact EA
It takes 24 hours for him to produce a token. As for the club cards, is it possible you could’ve missed seeing them they might’ve popped up and disappeared while the Character introduction screen was up? Maybe?
Apparently Chippy earns a game token every 24 hours. At least that’s what the info in the store says, I haven’t bought it.
I have not received any tokens or player reward points as advertised. I hope that if you get the chippy character you get the rewards.
Greg G to get my points i had to go to the character screen and tap chippy and came out to chippy in the town and my points appeared.
Hey all!! I’m back been in the hospital for the last 7 days w/o access to TSTO but I’m back and hopefully can get the last prize in the last few days of the first set but probably not.. It’s ok because I’m better now and that’s what matters really so just glad to be back and tapping again!!!!!
Feel better Bryan!
If you’re not tapping you’re dying. 😉
Welcome back, and glad to hear you’re better now!
Good luck with the prizes. 🙂
The daily scratchers don’t even appear at the kwik-e-mart for me. Any ideas?
see if it triggers tomorrow. If not contact EA
Surprisingly EA has been so good to me!!! I just love Miss Springfield AND I got a (playboy) bunny costume 🙂 🙂 at least, that is what it reminds me of <3 Couldn't be happier 🙂 I got Barney and Miss Springfield for a great price! Thanks !EA
P.S. Really APPRECIATE all of you through this event 🙂 thank you
More like Playboy Kitty :p
Right!!! 🙂 Love it… it makes me happy lol
To your town I go!
Chippy gives you a free token every day when you click on him. I bought him and that was the message I got after purchase.
So hard for me to talk myself into spending 7. 99, but I won 200 donuts! Totally worth it 😀
Got Chippy (so cute) and he’s prancing around my town, but didn’t get the 60 club card points. Anyone else have this situation? Am I missing something?
It happens fast as soon as they hit the sidewalk, you may not have noticed. If they still didn’t pay out and you don’t see the difference in your totals… Contact EA.
Same here. I bought Chippy because I was 20 club card points from the 2500 casino chip prize, figured 60 would put me over the top. Tried storing and replacing, tried visiting Krustyland, no club card points 🙁
Resolved itself after earning some more coins opened up Lucius Sweet. Then both the points for him and the points for Chippy hit.
I had the same results and still have not gotten a token either.
THAK YOU, EA, FOR OFFERING ME AN EVENT RELATED DONUT REBATE DEAL FOR SOMETHING I DID NOT HAVE! 🙂 I wonder, will they be offering the Diggers sign separately at some point. I really like the sign. Very Vegas-y.
Seriously, between this and Barney, as a player who joined a few months after Whacking Day I finally feel like I’m getting what I should have.
I broke down and bought a platinum Scratch-R and won 100 doughnuts. I wanted Rich Texan. I might do it again and get either Plato’s Republic, or Florence of Arabia. I’m no longer Freemium. I’ve now spent a total of $33 on the game in two years. I guess I’m a hybrid player. It seems like a lot of money for a game like this, but I know many of you out there probably spend $20 or more a month. So I don’t feel too bad about it.
I did, too. Tried it once. Good suggestion. I won 125 donuts. Bought the Miss Springfield Bundle pack. I think $20 a month is rather moderate. The large events I spend some money on. The little mini-events are always up in the air. Ever since they changed the way they do their donut specials, (they used to give donut deals, now they do “rebates”, forcing you to make a larger purchase), I don’t spend as much. I liked the control I had over my money. But, they are a business, and a quality game to boot.(Who offer ALOT of free stuff for your Springfield, or in house currency stuff) So its not to hard for me to spend money. 🙂
I don´t have the scratch option on my Kwik-E-Mart. Anyone knows how to enable it?
See if it starts tomorrow for you. If not contact EA
There’s something new with the Daily Challenges today. Instead of offering donuts for completing the tasks, it says “Finish challenges for a special BONUS PRIZE!” The image in the upper left that used to show a bunch of donuts now shows a mystery box. I hope that mystery box has donuts (:-) (Not sure how to add a screenshot.)
Yea it’s one of the features…
I got another 10 day Challenge for 6 donuts. That is going to eat away at this event. I JUST got off a 15 day Challenge for ten donuts. I think I would rather have smaller prizes over longer challenges. 🙂
Ah, but the payoff is better on the longer ones.
Agreed, but during an Event, I believe I will missout on this BONUS PRIZE feature. FOMO 🙂
Enjoy your bomb shelter!
Seriously, though, I prefer the guarantee of a few donuts to an M.B. How many challenges do you need to complete to receive it?
Oh no. It’s THAT mystery box. Boo. I thought it was something shiny and new. I guess there is still the ever so slight chance I’ll get 10 or 30 donuts. We’ll see in 5 days!
I got that mystery box today…another Itchy and Scratchy billboard. Not exciting, but better than another bomb shelter, I guess…
Raspberries
A Bomb Shelter is exactly what I got.
More stuff for storage LOL
I have just enough donuts to buy Miss Springfield and the Vegas Wives. I’m glad I waited on the Wives, since I had to buy Miss Springfield first for the rebate. I do feel bad for the other premium players, but her and Barney last event were such great deals.
I assumed she would have a casino job, and was disappointed that she didn’t, but I don’t regret the purchase. Fortunately, I’m almost 2 days ahead of the calendar, because my casino workers will all be grinding at monorail tasks for the next three days.
I just hope there are no more great deals in the next two months, as I will be donut broke (although, I am earning about 35 per week right now, so it won’t take too long to get back up to 200 or so).
Not really interested in Chippy.
Umm, would you mind sharing how are you “earning about 35 donuts per week right now” ?? I know you get 5 from the Monorail. But do you get another 30 per week from the daily challenges?? I don’t think I ever got 30 bonuts from the daily challenges, in any week : OO
And neighbor visits don’t seem to pay bonuts anymore. I tapped in neighbor towns for several days during this event, but got no bonuts, so I stopped visiting neighbors ……….. Anybody else getting bonuts from their neighbors, AFTER the daily challenge system was introduced??
It does add up fairly quickly if you’re doing all of the bonut-related tasks
As you said, Monorail is 5 donuts/week…if you play Where’s Maggie you collect 3 donuts every 2 days, so let’s call that 10/week…neighbor visits still pay donuts, I find it too time-consuming to do all 100 neighbors each day but I’ve been getting them even just tapping gamblers to get chips from neighbors, so let’s call that 5/week conservatively.
And the daily challenges are easily 10/week, if not more. Altogether that makes 30/week on the conservative side, and then once you get Lucius from the event, you can collect 3 donuts for every 8500 chips you collect which can cash in twice a day if you have all the premium characters.
It all adds up pretty nicely, but it can be time-consuming.
How do you get donuts from the monorail? I didn’t make it to the rail yard during the event so maybe that’s why I’ve never gotten any?
That is why. The rail yard offers a chance for donuts for folks who grind and grind away at it.
Two bonuts up till now from friend visits during the event (i.e by tapping gamblers). So they do come.
More nuts are from find Maggie (3 nuts every 2.5 days) and the daily challenges.
Last week I earned 36 and the two weeks before I earned 32 each week. I’ve been keeping a count every Thursday morning, before I finish the Monorail (usually Thursday night).
Let’s run the numbers.
5 for Monorail.
For Find Maggie, I try to play about 4 times every 3 days, but often only get to play one time per day, so worst case is 7 plays per week which is another 6 donuts for the week. (plus an early start on next week).
2-3 donuts per day for friend visits (Let’s be pessimistic and say 2 per day which comes out to 14 for the week)
That’s 25 so far.
I get about a donut a day from the challenges. I reject any challenge that is not donuts, and the second one often is. So let’s say 5 donuts per week from the daily challenge. Plus, worst case for the bigger prize is 3 donuts for 5 days, that that’s still another 8 donuts just for daily challenges.
That comes out to 32 for the week, and that’s taking worst case for daily challenges. I often squeeze in a extra Find Maggie if I can play at 8:00 am and Midnight on the same day. I’ve had days where I have gotten 0 donuts from friend visits, and days where I’ve gotten 4. I’ve also had some bigger payouts from daily challenges, like 3 for a single day, and 6 for 5 days.
If you’re *consistently* getting 2-3 donuts per day from visiting neighbor’s, then you’re significantly beating the odds. There’s a .05% for each tap X 300 taps means an *average* of 1.5 donuts per day. Getting 2 or 3 in a day isn’t that unusual, but it should be balanced out with other days of getting 1 or none. So, over the long haul, you shouldn’t be averaging 2-3 donuts a day. (Although, with the way odds can work, almost anything is possible in the short run.)
Yup – got two from neighbor visits last night! 🙂
Also, you’re forgetting about the potential for at least 6 donuts from Maggie each week.
I’ve been getting at least a couple of one-donut, and at least one three-donut daily challenges each week. If it happens to be a week that I finish a “set” of daily challenges, that can be another 3 or 6 donuts.
An average of 1.5 donuts a day from neighbor visits means another 10 donuts (potentially).
So, yeah…30 is quite possible, although I wouldn’t count on hitting that every week, necessarily.
(And that doesn’t include if you happen to finally get your 300th tap at Sideshow You and get the 5 donuts for that out if the daily tasks happen to be more generous.)
I cannot over-expressify my extreme gratitudinousness for the addition of the veneratable Lucius Sweet to my humble village of Springfield. This is a moment of the greatest monumentability!
Good choice of words 🙂
You’re that far already?
When Apu’s dialog came up – did anyone else think he was going to introduce the strip club facade for the Kwik-E-Mart?
Who needs the Nude-E-Mart?
I don’t even know about that….
I think I was looking for the open thread
🃏 🙂
I can’t purchase the cards. I have regularly purchased the scratch-r without any issue but now am getting a message to say in-app billing is not available 🙁
Might be an issue with your device. Is it iOS or Google? I know i had issues with iOS and had to call them to unlock it. (four times…)
Restarted the game a few times and eventually working now. Paid €7.99 and won 115 donuts so not bad as 132 cost €9,99 usually.
Hi there does Miss Springfield new costume come with any tasks particularly outdoor ones?
It’ll be on the SIB. I need to evaluate it myself and can’t until I’m at home later tonight
Thanks Allissa think I will buy
Her outdoor tasks are act like a cat (4 hour task) and take selfies for Instaspring (24 hour task).
Thank you! That settles it. 🙂
Her “act like a cat” task is hilarious. I won’t spoil the surprise.
I posted pics of her task list for you Alunited1961, (at the other place, it’s easier) but don’t know which tasks are outdoor or indoor except the one that I’ve done which was the “magazine article” one and that was in a white house
I’m sure Alissa will enlighten us in due course
🃏 🎰 🐾 🙂
Other site.
Thank youeverybody
I’m going to add 300 donuts later, I already have just over 100(I am a freemium player normally, but if there is a good deal or something I like I will add donuts, so I guess I’m a hybrid), I was going to get Jesse as I didn’t before and he helps with the Monorail and the Redwood, but I will wait. I will buy Miss Springfield’s deal, I have wanted her for a while, and now she comes with a bonus skin(when I saw the store image I didn’t recognise her), will give me a lot of points towards the players club and is also better than half price! I would like some of the other characters, I would like to get Plato’s Republic as that is another casino to go with the event items, but that is permanent and probably won’t help me too much so I can wait. I will have just over 300 left after that, I think I’ll wait and see but I am tempted just to splurge them on the Vegas Wives and La Belle Frottage. It earns currency(I would hope that it does for the other acts too) and it looks pretty good. On the other hand, it is very big. I’ll buy Miss Springfield and then see what act II brings. I imagine I won’t be too interested in buying some things by act III, especially as they won’t help me as much as there will be a lot less time.
FWIW, Johnny Tightlips has a job at Burns’ Casino…
I know thanks, I would buy it, but as it is a permanent addition I think I will wait and instead spend my donuts on some of the limited time items while I can buy them. Thanks for that though!
Ehh hem….EA, CAN YOU PLEASE OFFER AN EVENT RELATED DONUT REBATE DEAL FOR SOME THING I DON’T ALREADY HAVE?
thank you.
I’m considering skipping Chippy and getting another limo instead. Fifteen years ago my in-laws took the kids and g-kids to Vegas for their fiftieth anniversary. She had contracted with a limo service to pick us up right after a Danny Gann show for an open top tour of the strip. Well, we waited and waited and finally were told they forgot about us (not the credit card charge though) and would send one in its place soon. Forty-five minutes later up drove a bench seating extended old Cadillac that we could look out the windows to see the crowds. As a family it’s one of those memories that we occasionally bring out and laugh ourselves silly over.
MIL will be ninety in May and even after suffering a stroke four years ago while packing for her trip this will be the second time not celebrating her birthday there since 1952. I’m not a gambler but she could walk (or the last few years roll in her wheelchair) by a slot machine and put some money into it and win so my Vegas will be all about the memories of trips with her.
…But it’s Chippy!
I know. And really, what’s 50 donuts after buying all the islands for three games I was playing back then….. I’ll probably do it, but those limos are sooo tempting. I wish they had taxi’s for sale because I’d buy a dozen just to have mixed in with all the other vehicles on the strip.
🙂 I was just teasin’ ya. 🙂 I think that Chippy isn’t too bad, but I need the WDTCF to know the origin in the show. The one token a day seems cool.
I agree on the taxis, especially with this Vegas theme.
Ok, is this going to be an ongoing trend with EA? New buyers get the character, with its building, and skin for cheap, while players that already own the character get screwed over and have to shell out more money if they want the skin….I’m kinda sorry I became a premium player a year ago, should have started now!
I have to agree. There has to be a better way. I personally, will never buy another character/building at full price. I will be waiting for the “deal”, no matter how much I want it or if I have enough donuts.
I’m surprised they didn’t do it with Luann and the squirrel costume tbh. Would have been another perfect opportunity. In saying that, I paid for her full price so I’m glad they didn’t. :p
I guess that is one way to look at it. It’s a game. I kinda see it like buying something at the store and then X amounts of months/days/whatever pass and then it goes on sale. I don’t see it as the store trying to screw me over because I didn’t wait for a sale. I mean, would you just stop shopping at the store completely? Probably not. If anything, I curse myself for not having more patience. Not saying you need to have patience in this game. Sometimes things like this are going to happen. I just never understand the need to cry foul at EA.
I understand what you are saying, but my point is if we already shelled out say 100-250 donuts for a character, the skin should automatically go into our inventory for free, not having to shell out ANOTHER 100 or so donuts for the skin. Like with the Barney promotion, I couldn’t care less if I had the shuttle, but the skin in that case helped with the event. Do I want to spend 100 more donuts (or whatever) for a skin to help with an event for a few weeks, for a character I ALREADY paid for? no! But yet players that don’t have the character, get this stuff added, for free.
Just to give another perspective, Barney was offered as a prize during the Christmas 2012 event (event ended in January 2013) & Miss Springfield was a prize during the Whacking Day 2013 Event (event ended in May 2013). Afterwards, they were both offered as Premium characters for donuts
So EA is offering rebates on them, almost 3 years after they were introduced in the game. I don’t consider that unfair. What do you all then think about the Black Friday deals that EA has been offering since the last 2 years? When Premium characters are also offered at discounts/rebates? Do you all still feel discomfort then, knowing that others are getting characters/decorations at cheaper prices when you paid in full for them?? : OO
EA is a business, and is in it to make profits. I am a completely 100% freemium player, and have not paid a single penny to EA so far. Yet, I still get to enjoy the game and all the levels & characters & events for free …… I started playing in October 2013 (during the Halloween event) and have played all TSTO events since then, and have won ALL event prizes of all Acts while still playing Freemium ……… Premium characters will reduce the time to win the event prizes, but you dont really need them to win all the stuff that is offered for free during any event
Also EA offers several freemium donuts through out the year. I have several premium characters in my town, all purchased with freemium donuts ………. It all comes down to patience & control, and knowing that all things in the game are pixels, which will all go away one day whenever EA decides to shut the TSTO servers off …….. If you dont want to miss out on the dialogue that comes with Premium characters, search online. You will find all the dialogue & you can chuckle (for free)
Coming back to the topic, I’m a fan of these Black Friday deals & rebate offers, so please EA, continue offering them regularly!!
I know what you are saying, and I do agree completely, but come on, for the ones that have the character already, is it too much to ask to give the skin for free? lol
I hear what you’re saying …… but let’s try another spin on this. From EA’s perspective, people either got Miss Springfield for free (as a prize) during the Whacking Day event, or they purchased her with donuts. Since she was introduced in 2013 and was available in the game for purchase, since then throughout 365 days a year, anyone who really really wanted her must have ALREADY gotten her by now (She’s almost 3 years old in the game now lolzzzzz)
Sure, there could be players who started playing only months ago or a year ago, and maybe they bought Miss Springfield for 225 donuts at full price …….. but then, if I were EA (which I’m NOT), I wouldn’t actually go into company records to see if any newbies bought her recently …….. I mean a newbie buying Miss Springfield over Frink or Duffman or Dr Nick or Bumblebeeman (you know cheaper characters) would be extremely rare ……… I highly suspect Miss Springfield was NOT a popular purchase, given her expensive price & limited visual tasks, so maybe that’s why EA offered her on a rebate (a lucrative offer, which many people took, including me)
Coming back to your comment “is it too much to ask to give the skin for free?”, well I would “suspect: you bought Miss Springfield a long time ago. EA is interested in making NEW sales (They need money every month to meet expenses, salaries etc). So giving someone a new item for a purchase they made months/years ago, wouldn’t make good business sense ……… This is similar to how the Stonecutters skins/items (originally offered for free or as prizes to all players who played the Stonecutters event) were brought back BUT for donuts for anyone who started playing AFTER the Stonecutters event ……… So EA does reward long-term players who have stuck with them : )))
The Barney skin was not THAT useful during the Deep Space event …… I have 3 towns and Barney is in only 1 of them. Yet, I got all the event prizes in all 3 towns (even in the 2, where Barney isn’t there)
The Cat Hostess Miss. Springfield skin does not help with the event at the moment (apart from the Players Club points). Even if she does not help with the currency in the other 2 Acts also, I wouldn’t mind. I’m just glad to have her in my town : ))
I can only “suggest” that from this point on, don’t buy characters at full price, but wait for Gil deals, or Black Friday deals or rebate offers, because I assume EA is going to continue with these offers (They earn fresh cash inflows for them) …….. Or be consoled by the fact that you got to enjoy these characters in your towns, months/years before they were offered for rebates (It’s not like EA offered recent new items (e.g. Level 57-59 premium items) on a rebate)
Cheers!!!
I see what you are saying, but speaking for myself, for whatever reason ( I can’t explain lol ) I JUST got Bumblebeeman a couple weeks/month ago, and still don’t have Dr Nick. So its not always about price, but how much you like the character, or sometimes I think to buy one when I finish a questline and it gives the pop up, want to know more about this quest? Buy so-and-so and find out. All I’m saying is, for everyone that has her, the skin should be a given, not cost almost as much as the character did innitially, since like with the new Barney sale, I couldn’t care less about the building, just wanted the skin.
Basically what I’m saying is, fine, put the character on discount, I don’t care. But if a skin is 100 donuts for one person, it should be 100 donuts for all, don’t include it for some and not others.
TSTO Addict, for some reason, I dont see the Reply button next to your latest comments, so Im replying (to your latest comments) on a previous one
I also have several premium characters/favorites I would LIKE to buy (e.g. Frink, Duffman, Hank Scorpio, Dr Nick, Bumblebee Man, Belle, Luann) and more often than not, I have the freemium donuts to purchase some of them ….. BUT I do NOT…… Because playing the game for almost 2.5 years (I started in October 2013) has taught me to patiently wait for EA to come up with discounts/rebates on premium characters. Apart from the Black Friday deals, I got Uter on rebate during the Oktoberfest 2015 and Jimbo on rebate during End of School Promotion 2015
So 2015 teaches us to wait for the rebate deals to arrive & then capitalize on them ……. And 2016 (so far) teaches us to wait for events to launch to purchase premium characters on rebates ……. Dont buy premium characters in the absence of an event/promotion
Yes, in a perfect world, a new skin for a character one has previously purchased, should be offered for free/at a discount to the prior purchasers …… But apparently, that’s not how EA seems to be working. So you just have to Survive EA (Outwit, Outplay, Outlast). The tribe has spoken ; )))))
P.S. I just checked & both Sleep Easy Motel & Bowlarama were offered at discount during the Black Friday 2014 event, but the 2016 discounts on them are much better. I feel bad now for the people who bought them in BF 2014
Lost the thread organization completely so this is to everyone – I just think that they shouldn’t be charging so much to the players who already paid in full for the character. I’m not begrudging a “deal” to the people who are purchasing now, I’m saying there should be a way for EA to make it a win-win without making the existing premium supporters feel so disrespected. Make the skin like 20-30 donuts with the premium item. It puts a bit more money in the coffers and makes them happy. To buy almost an entirely new character just for a skin and an item that doesn’t even offer a bonus %? That’s just disrespectful. It is.
I’ve responded to this MANY times over the past couple days…all I am saying is, as I’ve said in another post, I couldn’t care less if they put a character on sale, make the character offer a dollar for all I care. What I’m ticked at is the “free” skin offer…which was NOT offered before….should be free to all, or 100 donuts for all, not 100 for some and free or others! The whole point has NOTHING to do with the character price.
I dislike like it when EA does offers that excludes players.
It doesn’t exclude, it segregates. Everyone gets a deal this time, as opposed to the Frink Deal.
Everyone gets a deal…my deal was I get to give EA 110 more donuts if I want the skin for a character I already have, even though others are getting it free with purchase lol.
Sorta. You pay part of that 110 for the sign. We just don’t know what portion. With Barney it was like 70 (or 45) for the skin. I forget exactly now.
I think EA would be better if just gifting the skin to those who already have it. It wouldn’t make me feel bad at all if the exact same 110 donut offer was offered to us latecomers but you guys just got the skin free. Well, I’d like the skin free, too. Just in case I don’t buy her right now. I have a Jasper skin but no Jasper, that’s a good thing.
See that’s what I’ve been saying all along. Those that already have the character, should have the skin, no questions asked, but instead, me mentioning that on here gets me bombarded with people responding letting me know how business works, and that those characters were once offered free, when I didn’t even mention the characters I mentioned the SKINS lol. Color me frusterated.
Maybe skins for premium characters should always be free. You’re paying twice, otherwise. 😉 Dunno.
Wasn’t Miss Springfield Premium? Thought she was, I know Barney was, and his skin wasn’t “free”
Both are premium, yes.
They should be free, the skins, for premium characters. I guess I’m not saying it right.
It’s all good, I probably didn’t word things right either throughout my discussion of my issue with the skin lol. Was only confused because I was thinking back and thought some had said she was offered free at the start, so was trying to remember if I had paid for her or not lol. My fault, not yours 🙂
Checked WIkia, and yes, she was a premium character as well. So, thank you for proving my point 🙂 lol
But, I agree with you.
I’ll probably pick up Miss Springfield since I’ve kind of always wanted her but thought she was overpriced until now. I’m hoping they also offer a deal on Drederick Tatum at some point.
Alissa, can I ask why you always write it “Miss. Springfield” with the added period? Is it an in-joke, or just the way you write “Miss”? 🙂
Habit.
Habitat?
This is confusing….
😛
Her full first name is actually Mississippi.
Nobody answered my biggest question. Can Miss Springfield be used in the Casino?
No. I answered it in the post. I said she doesn’t earn event currency…
Sure, in the post, but would it have really been so hard for you to personally email him that info? You’re slipping Alissa. 😉
Nobody here. Only Somebodies.
I already have Miss Springfield ….. Not sure if I want to spend 110 donuts on just the skin. Is it worth getting or will there be something better to buy with my donuts in this event. Loving event so far 💕💕
Well, we’ll be getting Nessie eventually, and she’ll probably be premium.
Who’s Nessie?
Check the “Casino Staff” character collection; you’ll see her.
Okay, after all this time, I do not know how to bring up the character collections. I only ever see them when they pop up because I actually got a character. How do I pull them up??
Any Menu, Homer statue lower left corner.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/11/14/tappers-101-navigating-the-new-main-menu/
Ohhhhhhhhhhh! Can’t believe I could never figure that out. Sneaky little icon… Thanks.
Not sure if this is a spoiler or not, but she’s supposed to be a part of one of the prize tracks 😊
Ooh, even better!!
Aww come on spoiler alert, lol kidding Ciara.
Ciara don’t give a fudge.
Come on, Ciara, don’t bogart the fudge. 🙁
Why are so many people hating on Miss Springfield? She’s a reoccurring character, has a task with the Mayor and comes with an iconic location. This and the Drive-in movie theater were my nostalgic “must buys” as the motel reminds me of the cheap hotels my family would stay at on road trips to Disney World.
*squeaky squeaky*
Anyone not seeing the Platinum Scratchers? Mine still only shows gold. I do see the Miss Springfield and Chippy options. Running on iOS.
Same thing here. Running Android tho’.
you need to free apu
You need Moe free for this to say his words and start this offer. You probably got him doing some long-time work.
Sorry, I meant Apu.
I’m iffy on getting a platnium scratcher…I don’t want the worst payout, then I should have just bought donuts normally…but if you win big it could be good.
They are $12.42 here in Canada
Really? I live in canada as well and its $9.99 for me.
I’m in Canada on iOS and they are $10.99
$12.42 for me too. I’m in Toronto, Ontario. Perhaps it has to do with which province you’re in and what the taxes are in that province?
I’m thinking it has more to do with Google Play vs IoS or whatever shop is selling it. If I’m not mistaken they set their own “taxes” so they can get their pay day too.
I’m in Ottawa, Ontario. I didn’t click it so maybe it ends up charging $12.42 with tax? On the screen though in the Kwik-E-Mart store, it says $10.99.