Countdown to content removal (appliances)

A removal of 'Winter holiday content' took place on Tuesday 7th January 2014. Only Christmas content was removed. More information can be found here.

Let me take you back to 3rd January 2013...

A pop-up appears to every player on every TeamLava game, and it informs that all holiday content from 2012 will be removed on the 7th. Chaos ensues as players frantically try to decide what is and what isn't 'holiday content', before invading Design mode to buy up items expected to go and desperately trying to master seasonal recipes.

It was a bit of a shambles in all honesty. Only four days notice of a whole raft of unnamed items and dishes being removed with no promise of any returning at any time in the future. So as that time approaches again, here's a guide as to what you should do.

The definition of 'holiday content' is a dodgy one - Valentine's Day, Halloween and Christmas clearly all fall into this bracket, but what about Summer, Autumn, Carnival and Cruise themed items? So for the sake of taking no chances I'm going to class anything added this year as at risk.

Every week I'm posting a list of items released in 2013 for a certain category, comprising of the nine tabs of Design mode and the recipes. On this occasion, I'm going to look at appliances...

Appliance	Cost	Date added	Theme
Fondue For Two	10,000 coins	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Chocolate Maker*	10,000 coins	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Candy Heart Stove*	10,000 coins	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Swedish Stove	15,000 coins	20th Feb	Swedish
Cowboy Stove	10,000 coins	27th Feb	Western
Action Ice Cream Maker**	8,000 coins	6th Mar	Asian
Action Chef Stove**	12,000 coins	6th Mar	Asian
Spring Stove**	20,000 coins	3rd Apr	Spring
Vegan Stove	60,000 coins	29th May	Spring
Birthday Party Oven**	10,000 coins	5th Jun	Birthday Party
Cruise Ship Stove**	50,000 coins	12th Jun	Cruise
Popcorn Maker**	15,000 coins	3rd Jul	Carnival
Carnival Stove**	20,000 coins	3rd Jul	Carnival
Sunken Stove**	10,500 coins	7th Aug	Under the sea
Old West Oven**	10,500 coins	11th Sep	Old West
Saloon Stove**	11,200 coins	11th Sep	Old West
Autumn Oven** ***	11,500 coins	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Barbecue** ***	12,000 coins	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Cocoa Maker**	10,000 coins	11th Dec	Christmas
Christmas Feast Oven**	13,000 coins	11th Dec	Christmas

Last updated Thursday 2nd January 2014.
 
(*) These appliances were 2011 or 2012 removals, but have been re-added in 2013. They are expected to be removed again this year.

(**) These appliances were unlockable through goals, and consequently may already not be available to some players.

(***) These appliances are 'in season' so may be removed in the near future in a removal of the same format as the Halloween content removal.

So most of these 20 appliances are goal items, and thus are no longer available to purchase. There has quite clearly been a change in direction regarding appliances over the course of the year - non-goal appliances were common early on, but since the end of May every new cooker has been unlockable through goals. That leaves only a few that are must buys before New Year.

Any appliances you purchase before the content removal will stay, as will the recipes which are on them. This includes any appliances which you've bought but not yet built. Beyond the removal deadline, there will be no way to access the recipes aboard these appliances for the first time, so build them while you can!

Note that the two Halloween appliances - the Confection Lab and Bewitched Stove - were removed on Friday 15th November 2013 as part of the Halloween content removal.

For a list of all content potentially up for removal at the start of 2014, click here.