Countdown to content removal (counters)

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. The penultimate category is the counters...

Counter	Cost	Date added	Theme
Winter Counter	6,000 coins	3rd Jan	Winter
Crystal Counter	10 gems	10th Jan	Winter
Romantic Counter	10 gems	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Love Counter	8,000 coins	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Sparkle Counter	6 gems	24th Jan	Sparkles
Mardi Gras Counter	42,000 coins	6th Feb	Mardi Gras
Valentine*	6 gems	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Dala Counter	6 gems	20th Feb	Swedish
Krona Counter	38,000 coins	20th Feb	Swedish
Frontier Counter	38,000 coins	27th Feb	Western
Meditation Counter	5 gems	6th Mar	Asian
Zen Counter	40,000 coins	13th Mar	Asian
Action Counter	5 gems	27th Mar	Asian
Buddha Counter	36,000 coins	27th Mar	Asian
Twirling Counter	10 gems	18th Apr	Mexican
Fiesta Counter	40,000 coins	18th Apr	Mexican
Bistro Counter	2,600 coins	8th May	Gran-Gran
Memorial Counter	10 gems	14th May	Memorial Day
Patio Counter	10 gems	29th May	Spring
Spring Counter	40,000 coins	29th May	Spring
Anchor Counter	10 gems	26th Jun	Cruise
Shell	10 gems	27th Jun	Cruise
Carnival Counter	10,000 coins	3rd Jul	Carnival
Balloon Counter	45,000 coins	17th Jul	Carnival
Glassed Counter	50,000 coins	24th Jul	French
Sea Anemone	5,600 coins	7th Aug	Under the sea
Lunch Box Counter	15,000 coins	8th Aug	Back to school
Chest Counter	9 gems	21st Aug	Under the sea
Engine Counter	42,000 coins	28th Aug	Airplanes
Musical Counter	5 gems	4th Sep	Musical
Dynamite Counter	6,100 coins	11th Sep	Old West
Autumn Counter**	6 gems	18th Sep	Autumn
Fall Counter**	43,000 coins	25th Sep	Autumn
Tree Counter**	44,000 coins	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Harvest Counter**	5,600 coins	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Cornucopia**	5 gems	20th Nov	Thanksgiving
Hey Bale Counter	48,000 coins	27th Nov	Old West
Holiday Lights	6 gems	4th Dec	Christmas
Snowman Counter	5,800 coins	11th Dec	Christmas
Cinnamon Stick	2 gems	18th Dec	Christmas
Gift*	6 gems	18th Dec	Christmas
Ornament Ball	6,800 coins	25th Dec	Christmas
Starry	20,000 coins	1st Jan	New Year

Last updated Monday 30th December 2013.


(*) These counters were a 2011 or 2012 removal, but have been re-added in 2013. They are expected to be removed again this year. The Gift counter is set to be removed shortly.

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

Altogether we've seen 43 counters added to the game in 2013. That's a lot of space for food! These counters are all at risk of being removed in the New Year, so I suggest buying up any that you'd like soon just in case they are among those which go.

Another 6 counters all released for Halloween have already been taken away through the Halloween content removal, while another (the Pumpkin Counter) was removed in the second bout of removals, and thus they are not listed above.

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