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Last week, TNT announced the 40 cities where they plan to have community-run events to celebrate the 25th birthday of Neopets. At that time, only the cities were announced; dates, times, and venues were still all TBD.

Since then, much of the meetup details have been released! At the time of writing, 31 of the 40 locations have their details posted on the Neopets Portal:


Why not all 40? Well, there have been some logistical challenges in some locations. TNT Dragon has shared an update in unofficial Facebook group Neopets Nation with some explanation, as well as plans for expanding the celebration due to the level of interest. We've broken up the announcement into thematic sections. UPDATE, NOVEMBER 5th, ~10PM NST: A version of this announcement is now also available on TNT's official Neoboard.

Attendance is Exceeding TNT Expectations

🎉 Update Regarding the 25th Anniversary Birthday Bash 🥳

We’re thrilled by the overwhelming support and interest in the Neopets 25th Birthday Bash Community Meetups!

Originally, we envisioned smaller scale, community-led meetups, but didn’t anticipate the outpour of interest that has exceeded our initial expectations and accommodations from the planning stage. We want to empower our community to come together and celebrate this major milestone, and we encourage you to do this in your area if attending a Birthday Bash is not feasible.

The incredible enthusiasm we have seen has led us to work with hosts to expand capacity or look at alternative solutions, which has understandably led to some confusion and frustration within the community. We’re here to address these concerns and ensure clear communication with everyone.

Avatar and Merch
The announcement includes news that meetups will have virtual prize codes for an item that will in some way be used to unlock an avatar. However, the item can be "lent or sold" and so likely can be unlocked by anybody whether they attend an event or not! Also, as previously announced, TNT will provide merch for hosts to use for giveaways.

These gatherings are driven by community hosts, and we’re supporting them with some irl merchandise for raffles and lucky-draw activities. In addition, all event attendees with a Neopets.com username will receive a virtual prize, which includes a Birthday Bash Avatar awarded through an in-game item, and can be lent or sold onsite to other players.

Our hosts have been fantastic partners, helping us explore what’s feasible to accommodate the high level of interest. We have so much appreciation for their support and dedication.

More Celebrations to be Planned
To accommodate the high level of interest, TNT intends to plan additional events for a full month after the birthday weekend. These may include additional events in the 40 cities already announced and/or in other cities not already included!

IMPORTANT BIRTHDAY BASH UPDATES❗️
- While hosts have worked hard to ensure we have several gatherings on our birthday weekend, we have also decided to extend the meetup period through December 15, 2024.
- Some events are not yet listed as we are working with hosts to find ways to increase capacity, but the landing page will be updated regularly.
- We are reviewing previous applicants to reach out to some additional hosts in cities that have reached capacity very quickly (we see you NorCal and Ohio!). These events will run after the birthday weekend.

🚨The landing page with all information can be found here:
https://portal.neopets.com/news/oct28-neopetsbirthdaybash
Event listings will be transitioned into 2 categories:
1) Birthday Weekend Meetups (November 15-17, 2024)
2) Ongoing Meetups through December 15, 2024 (Dates variable based on hosts)

A few of our cities initially announced, (but that do not yet have confirmed details like Toronto & São Paulo, Brazil) may transition to the second category, so they can more adequately prepare for the larger turnout.

TNT is Thankful and Open to Questions

We appreciate all of you and we are grateful for a community that holds this much passion surrounding Neopets. With a clear path forward now determined, questions can be directed towards TNT Dragon in this thread, but please note that The Neopets Team does not tolerate harassment directed towards staff, players, or hosts.

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Do you plan to attend one of the events? Do you have a location you'd like a new event to be planned? Let us know in the comments!

Last month, TNT announced plans to have 25 community-run events in 25 cities to celebrate their 25th birthday. Applications to host opened on September 18.


This week, selected hosts have been receiving their notifications. And this morning, TNT has released an official list of host cities, expanded to 40 after receiving over 300 applications! The selected cities are as follows:


What can you expect at the events? The announcement states that "each event will be unique in its offerings" as it is up to the individual hosts to plan, but that TNT will provide "merchandise giveaways" and "virtual prize codes."

The announcement currently promises "details coming soon" for all 40 cities.

Today is the official release of the first Neopets graphic novel, Neopets: The Omelette Faerie. As a result, the rare item code inside the novel is also now available, which awards the following weapon:


Each graphic novel contains the same code, and the code can be claimed by anyone at Grundo Warehouse by entering the following code:



Note that this code is not a Space Faerie eligible code, so it will not award her as a Battledome challenger.

Although Neopets did not have a booth at LACC this year, they were the topic a panel hosted by their merch partner Andrews McMeel.


The panel was entitled "Neopets 25th Anniversary Celebration! Live AMA and Graphic Novel Teaser" and featured TNT Aesop from Neopets, Bobby Coovert (Neopets TCG Product Manager at Upper Deck), Erinn Pascal (Senior Editor at Andrews McMeel Publishing and co-author of Neopets: The Official Cookbook), and Rachel Cash (co-illustrator of Neopets: The Official Colouring Book, out in March 2025). The panel was moderated by voice actor Jenny Yokobori (Genshin Impact/The Simpsons/Pokemon/Rainbow High/many more).

Check out our recap of the panel, which revealed exclusive info about upcoming graphic novels Neopets: The Omelette Faerie (officially releasing this Tuesday!) and Neopets: The Discarded Magical Blue Grundo Plushie of Prosperity (releasing in August 2025), upcoming official colouring book, the next expansion of the Battledome TCG from Upper Deck, and more!

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Neopets has been attending a lot of conventions this fall! You can catch our recap of their display at Brand Licensing Europe last month, and look forward to our recaps of the Neopets presence at RetroGameCon from this last weekend and gamescom asia taking place right now!

What live events would you like to see TNT attend? Let us know in the comments!

New York Comic Con is this weekend, which means another wave of fabulous new merch from What's Your Passion. While Neopets will not be present at NYCC this year, attendees can find Neopets exclusives from What's Your Passion at booth #3053 from Thursday, October 17 to Sunday, October 20. Convention exclusives will also be sold online until Monday, October 21 at 8:59pm NST (11:59pm EST).

Some wraith-themed items have arrived just in time for spooky season. First, there is a new convention exclusive Wraith Lanyard and Wraith Paint Brush pin. The paint brush cannot be purchased on its own. If you spend $45 or more on Neopets merchandise, it will be included FREE with your purchase, while supplies last. If you can't get enough Wraith, a non-exclusive Wraith Usul pin can now be yours, too.

Redeeming the code from the Wraith lanyard grants the following new background:


Another round of gold and silver convention exclusives are now available. This release features the 25th anniversary logo, Meerca, Kau, Jetsam, and Grundo.

Redeeming codes from the above pins will award the following new wearables:


Cybunny and Xweetok join the UV Anniversary pin collection. These codes award items from the anniversary prize pool. These are not convention exclusive.

A pin featuring the Omelete Faerie from the new Neopets: The Omelette Faerie graphic novel has been released, as well as 3 new baby pins for some very underrated species: Vandagyre, Skeith, and Ogrin. None of these are convention exclusive.


Share some holiday cheer with the Grey Faerie this season with this new Faerie Snowglobe ornament (she could really use some love right now):


Finally, there are 5 varieties of anniversary-themed 30 oz tumblers available: anniversary pets, Aisha, Cybunny, Kougra, and Xweetok. Each design is available in black or white. Unfortunately, these are not offered for international shipping at this time.


Redeeming a code from the above tumblers will grant you the following new handheld:


If you aren't familiar with how What's Your Passion virtual prize codes work or would like to view the prize pools, check out our guide: