Paradise Party & Nat Geo 125

Happy Friendship Festival everyone! Wow, an update! I always feel overwhelmed trying to post these. I will just post the major stuff.

There is a new Paradise Party, it looks really awesome! 

There will be a surprise guest too - Birds of Paradise! In the party, just click all the birds to get a prize!

Raccoons have also been confirmed as the new animal, coming soon!

Finally, Animal Jam is celebrating National Geographic's 125th anniversary! 

Around Jamaa there are banners that you can click to watch an awesome video! One is near the Mira Statue.

Great update, AJHQ! For a while there, I was afraid we were going to go back to the dark ages of 2012. This update is one of the best I've seen for a while!

~BlueGecko~

New Login & Activity Book

The first thing you notice when you go to the Animal Jam website, is a new login box!

I like the new Play button, I can find the graphics if you want me to. To enter a code you have to click the check box. Now I have to update my Codes Page. There is also a new font for the page tabs. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the new item. It is probably at the Friendship Party.

As for today's side topic, I will show you my Animal Jam Wild Book of Activities. It came in the same NG Kids Magazine as the poster I showed you yesterday. Click for full size:

 Sorry those photos look so unprofessional! As you can see, it was two page book. It was free, so that is expected. It also came with the code, Gorilla. Thanks for reading!

~Gecko~

Pink Treasure & Animal Jam Poster

Today the new item is in Sunken Treasures, the Pink Treasure. Very Friendship Festival-ish!

Also, it has come to my attention that Snowyclaw has the banner I found on her blog...? Well, I'll give her the benefit of a doubt and say she somehow found it somewhere else.

Anyway, today's side topic is about Animal Jam posters. Yes, there is an AJ poster! Before 2012, advertisements for Animal Jam came in every issue of the National Geographic Kids Magazine. In summer 2011, a special ad came out, in the form of a poster. I still have that poster hanging on my wall to this day! Here it is:

It came out right after Appondale and Elephants were released. At that time, this poster had every animal in Jamaa, except for Seals. Cool, huh?

~Gecko~

Rare Knight Armor & Secret Color

Wow, Animal Jam is finally online. That was quite possibly the longest time AJ has been offline. I guess they had problems with today's Monday Rare, which is on the first page of Jam Mart Clothing. It goes with last week's Rare.

Today's side topic is about secret colors. Secret colors are colors that do not appear on the color pallet. The first one was available in 2011, a sort of crimson shade. You could get it by clicking exactly to the right of light green on the color pallet while editing your animal.

When we got the new color pallet in 2012, the secret color disappeared. Then, after much complaint, it returned. But it was a diferent color, this time a frosty light blue! You can get this color today.

To get this color, go onto the page to edit your animal. Click exactly to the right of the purple color.

If it doesn't work, keep trying. Hope you liked this guide! You can use this light blue color on any part of your animal.

~Gecko~

Heart Locket & New Land

First the boring news, Heart Lockets are now for sale in Jam Mart Clothing. I believe they are the same colors as before.

Now for the awesome news! First of all there is a new "About Us" page on the AJ website. At the bottom of the page it has links to a new Facebook and Twitter account - Animal Jam Parents. On the new Facebook page we have a brand new video, about online safety.

That isn't very interesting... except for one thing. They show lands in the background of the video. Lost Temple of Zios, Appondale, and - a new land? You can see it best at 1:32. It isn't like any land we have today. It is probably some type of jungle... I can't wait!

It also appears in the Twitter background of their AJ Parents Twitter. If you use this image please give credit! Click for full size:

That is definitely a new land. We haven't had a new land since Appondale in April 2011! Most of you don't know how exciting it is to walk in a new land - not ocean - for the first time. It's very full, and when you finally get in its so overwhelming. New games, rooms, and so much to explore! I've expirienced this when Mt. Shiveer and Appondale came out. I am going to have the hardest time waiting!

I'm almost possitive the new land will be here on the map. It has the same terrain as our new graphics!

~Gecko~

Heart Chocolates & February in Jamaa

Well, I'm back. Looks like the third annual Friendship Festival started while I was gone! Today the Heart Chocolates have been resold from 2012 and 2011. Click this item in a den to open/close it.

Today I have a special side topic. For over a year I've wanted to do this. The first day of every month, I will write about what that month was like in past years of Jamaa! So, since I missed the first day of this month, I will write about past Februaries today!

2011
-The first February in Jamaa. This is the Friendship Festival ever. Items like Heart Chocolates and many items we see today were sold for the first time. There was no trading system, and Mt. Shiveer had just been released. "Answeer the Call" polls were released. Here is a Jamaa Journal page from this time period.

2012
-This time period was basically the same as today. Trading was very popular. Penguins were just being released, as well as Sol Arcade. Items started to be released every day, and Rare Item Monday began. Here is a Jamaa Journal from this time period.

I hoped you enjoyed this! Remember to keep viewing daily, and tell others about this blog!

~Gecko~

Amethyst Birthstone

The Friendship Festival is finally here! Lots of new Jam-a-Grams and decorations around Jamaa. There is a single new item in Epic Wonders, the Amethyst Birthstone.

There won't be a side topic today, sorry! I won't be able to post until next Thursday or Friday, either. If my other authors want to post, they can. I hope all you viewers will keep reading this blog when I come back!

~Gecko~