Countdown to content removal (tables)

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. In this post, the focus is on tables...

Table	Cost	Date added	Theme
Winter Table	15,000 coins	3rd Jan	Winter
Crystal Table	8 gems	10th Jan	Winter
Pretty Pink Table	8 gems	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Romantic Table	10 gems	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Flower Table	4,400 coins	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Love Table	20,000 coins	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Mardi Gras Table	6 gems	6th Feb	Mardi Gras
Red Heart Table*	5 gems	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Heart Host Table*	18,000 coins	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Krona Table	8 gems	20th Feb	Swedish
Svanga Table	72,000 coins	20th Feb	Swedish
Frontier Table	63,000 coins	27th Feb	Western
Meditation Table	14,000 coins	6th Mar	Asian
Zen Table	72,000 coins	13th Mar	Asian
Origami Table	74,000 coins	27th Mar	Asian
Shrine Table	75,000 coins	27th Mar	Asian
Spring Bloom Table	16,000 coins	3rd Apr	Spring
Fiesta Table	3 gems	18th Apr	Mexican
Twirling Table	2 gems	18th Apr	Mexican
Film Reel Table	2 gems	24th Apr	Theatre
Gran-Gran's Table**	500 coins	1st May	Gran-Gran
Modern Bistro Table	1,100 coins	8th May	Gran-Gran
Memorial Table	2,500 coins	14th May	Memorial Day
Spring Table	2 gems	15th May	Spring
Patio Table	17,000 coins	29th May	Spring
Birthday Party Table**	6,000 coins	5th Jun	Birthday Party
Anchor Table**	17,000 coins	12th Jun	Cruise
Cruise Table	3 gems	26th Jun	Cruise
Shell Table	4,000 coins	27th Jun	Cruise
Watermelon Table**	5,000 coins	3rd Jul	Carnival
Balloon Table	2 gems	17th Jul	Carnival
Bistro Table	2 gems	24th Jul	French
Modern Table	2 gems	31st Jul	n/a
Sea Turtle	4,200 coins	7th Aug	Under the sea
Starfish Host Stand**	17,000 coins	7th Aug	Under the sea
Pencil Table	3 gems	8th Aug	Back to school
Pirate Table	78,500 coins	21st Aug	Under the sea
Engine Table	78,400 coins	28th Aug	Airplanes
Music Table	2 gems	4th Sep	Musical
Wagon Wheel Table**	5,000 coins	11th Sep	Old West
Leaf Table***	79,400 coins	18th Sep	Autumn
Autumn Table***	80,000 coins	25th Sep	Autumn
Mushroom Table***	2 gems	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Fall Forest Table***	4,350 coins	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Cornucopia Table***	27,000 coins	20th Nov	Thanksgiving
Barnwood Table	80,000 coins	27th Nov	Old West
Holiday Lights Table	34,000 coins	4th Dec	Christmas
Log Table**	7,000 coins	11th Dec	Christmas
Cinnamon Spice	40,000 coins	18th Dec	Christmas
Ornament Table*	6 gems	18th Dec	Christmas
Frosty Table*	15,000 coins	18th Dec	Christmas
Ornament Ball	40,500 coins	25th Dec	Christmas
Starry	2 gems	1st Jan	New Year

Last updated Thursday 2nd January 2014.

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

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

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

So a total of 53 tables are up for removal, while a further 6 which were Halloween themed have already been removed as part of that Halloween content removal. And to add to the confusion, another table was removed on Tuesday 26th November 2013 too. Any of them could be given the heave in the New Year.

Again let me repeat that not all of these tables will be removed. But there's no telling which ones will go, so to hedge your bets and try to buy up any you like if possible!

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