Monday 18 November 2013

Countdown to content removal (chairs)

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. Today the spotlight is on chairs...

Chair Cost Date added Theme
Winter Chair 7,500 coins 3rd Jan Winter
Crystal Chair 38,000 coins 10th Jan Winter
Pretty Pink Chair 4 gems 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Romantic Chair 6 gems 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Flower Chair 2,200 coins 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Love Chair 10,000 coins 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Mardi Gras Chair 18,000 coins 6th Feb Mardi Gras
Red Heart* 5,000 coins 12th Feb Valentine's Day
Roska Chair 4 gems 20th Feb Swedish
Krona Chair 40,000 coins 20th Feb Swedish
Frontier Chair 2 gems 27th Feb Western
Meditation Chair 7,000 coins 6th Mar Asian
Zen Chair 2 gems 13th Mar Asian
Shrine Chair 2 gems 27th Mar Asian
Origami Chair 37,000 coins 27th Mar Asian
Spring Bloom Chair** 18,000 coins 3rd Apr Spring
Fiesta Chair 12,000 coins 18th Apr Mexican
Twirling Chair 14,000 coins 18th Apr Mexican
Theater Seat 45,000 coins 24th Apr Theatre
Gran-Gran's Chair** 250 coins 1st May Gran-Gran
Modern Bistro Chair 1,000 coins 8th May Gran-Gran
Memorial Chair 2 gems 14th May Memorial Day
Patio Chair 2 gems 29th May Spring
Spring Chair 16,000 coins 29th May Spring
Birthday Party Chair 5,000 coins 5th Jun Birthday Party
Cruise Deck Chair 17,000 coins 12th Jun Cruise
Cruise Chair 20,000 coins 26th Jun Cruise
Shell Chair 2 gems 27th Jun Cruise
Hey Bale Stool 4,500 coins 3rd Jul Carnival
Balloon Stool 20,000 coins 17th Jul Carnival
Bistro Chair 18,000 coins 24th Jul French
Modern Chair 17,500 coins 31st Jul n/a
Coral Reef Chair** 3,200 coins 7th Aug Under the sea
Pencil Chair 7,000 coins 8th Aug Back to school
Pirate Chair 2 gems 21st Aug Under the sea
Flight Chair 18,500 coins 28th Aug Airplanes
Music Chair 19,500 coins 4th Sep Musical
Saddle Stool 4,000 coins 11th Sep Old West
Leaf Chair*** 2 gems 18th Sep Autumn
Autumn Chair*** 2 gems 25th Sep Autumn
Mushroom Stool*** 1 gem 6th Nov Thanksgiving
Fall Forest Chair*** 3,950 coins 6th Nov Thanksgiving
Cornucopia Chair*** 5,400 coins 20th Nov Thanksgiving
Barnwood Bench 22,000 coins 27th Nov Old West
Holiday Lights Chair 6,200 coins 4th Dec Christmas
Log Chair 6,200 coins 11th Dec Christmas
Cinnamon Stick 2 gems 18th Dec Christmas
Ornament Chair* 4,000 coins 18th Dec Christmas
Frosty Chair* 1 gem 18th Dec Christmas
Ornament Ball 2 gems 25th Dec Christmas
Starry 6,800 coins 1st Jan New Year

Last updated Thursday 2nd January 2014.

(*) These chairs were a 2011 or 2012 removal, but have been re-added in 2013. They are expected to be removed again this year. The Christmas chairs among these are expected to be removed shortly.

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

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

That's a total of 51 chairs added in 2013 which are still available. That's a heck of a big game of musical chairs! Any of these could be removed in the New Year, so buy up any you want now in case they vanish.

Note that 6 further chairs were removed on Friday 15th November 2013 as part of the Halloween content removal, while another was removed on Tuesday 26th November 2013 - they are not listed here.

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

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