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Today's AMA has just wrapped up.

There is no exclusive prize code from this month's AMA.


If you missed the AMA live, you can find rewatch links or read through our summary here:


Notably, Dom announced a big rule change: you are now allowed to mention social media sites that Neopets is on, such as YouTube, on Neopets.com! However, you still cannot link to them, or mention specific profiles.

Upper Deck's new Neopets Battledome TCG has officially launched today in the USA! The game is available for purchase online at Upper Deck Store and at many local game stores. (You can check with stores in the USA and Canada on this store list to see if they have it.)

Booster packs retail for USD $3.99 a pack and Starter Decks USD $19.99. Starter decks come with a code redeemable for the associated avatar:


International Orders: UpperDeckStore.com does ship internationally to some countries. These orders must be placed manually by contacting them so that they may check to see if they can ship to your country as well as what shipping costs will be.

Many stores are also running events and tournaments to celebrate the launch. To support future events, Official Battledome League (OBL) Season One promo cards were announced today. These 22 cards come in packs of 2 (one Codestone and one other card) and are available now for retailers to order from their distributors. These packs can be given out for free with purchase or for participating in events, but not sold. All cards are foil and use a unique foil printing method which makes them different from those in the Defenders of Neopia Set.

Six cards have all new artwork, including six Full Art variant Legends cards and three variant Codestone cards, all designed by Anthony Conley. The remaining 16 cards are the same art from Defenders of Neopia, but feature the unique Foil printing. In some cases, (such as Money Tree which is Starter Deck exclusive) this is the only way to get the card in a Foil version.



Additionally, accessories are coming! Playmats and Card Sleeves will be launching at Gen Con (August 1-4 in Indianapolis) and Binders, Deck Boxes and more in the months to follow.

Upper Deck is also working on expansions with additional cards!


Local game stores have also received some promotional materials to advertise and promote the TCG launch—many thanks goes to JN user taylord from Tokyo Toybox in North Carolina for writing in with these great photos! She also notes that if your local game store doesn't have the product, they may be able to order it if you ask—showing demand will help the packs show up in even more stores!


Will you be purchasing any booster packs today? Let us know which cards you're looking forward to collecting most in the comments!

TNT have announced the date for the next live event and AMA with Dom, the Neopets CEO. This will be held at 5pm NST on the 27th of June. It's expected to be watchable live on Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter. Note that this will be on a Thursday, unlike previous AMAs which have been on Wednesdays!


This AMA has been dubbed "The Battledome TCG Edition," and will focus on the upcoming Battledome TCG from Upper Deck. TNT Luna will return as host.

The announcement this time does not mention an exclusive item code, but does mention an opportunity to win a starter deck and booster pack.

Rather than a StrawPoll, TNT is gathering questions on the Neoboards this time. Make sure to follow the format noted by Luna to make sure your question gets consideration!

The Neopets Fan Art Program was first launched last January 10th and accepted applications for approximately a month afterwards.

TNT Luna mentioned in the January AMA that it would take a while to review all the applications. It seems that process is now complete, as acceptance emails from [email protected] went out to several applicants last night. Here is a copy of the text:

Greetings from Neopia!

We have neo-tastic news!

Your application has been successfully selected for the Neopets Fan Art Program and we're thrilled to have you on board!

Your store exhibited amazing talent, passion, and love for the creative Neopets community, and we are delighted to showcase it on our official Fan Art page soon!

There are some next steps we need to finalise in order to ensure your store and creator profile is correct.

Here are your next steps:

Artist Icon: Please provide us with your preferred artist icon. It should be in PNG format and 100x100 pixels in size.
Short Bio: Please send us a brief bio (max 200 characters) for your artist profile
Banner Dimensions: Your banner should be [insert dimensions here].
Preferred Store Link & Name: Kindly confirm your preferred store link and name. This is also an opportunity to update us on any changes to names or store platforms.

If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] and ensure ‘Fan Art Program’ is in the title with all relevant details to assist.

We can't wait to see your creativity in action!

Best regards,
The Neopets Team

We are not sure how many artists applied, how many were accepted, if these acceptances will go out in waves or have been completed, or a timeline for when the Fan Art page will go live. It seems there is not (yet?) a rejection email of any kind.

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UPDATE, afternoon: Following some discussion and confusion, Art & Design Ambassador Sosu was able to get these clarifications from TNT:

they will be sending out both acceptance and rejection emails! everyone should get an email regardless of their situation. i'm not sure when they started to send them out or if they're still doing it but if by mid june someone didn't get either email, please let me know and i'll pass it along!

He was also able to clarify that the banner dimensions missing from the email should be 16x9 ratio.

Jellyneo attended the Las Vegas Licensing Expo last month, where Neopets was showcasing a bunch of new merchandise and products in the works!


Read about all of the cool products we saw in our convention coverage guide:

What merch are you most excited to see? And what else would you like Neopets to make? Let us know in the comments!