Countdown to content removal (floor tiles)

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. Time to traipse through the floor tiles...

Floor tile	Cost	Date added	Theme
Winter Floor	1 gem	3rd Jan	Winter
Crystal	2 gems	10th Jan	Winter
Valentine Tile	1 gem	18th Jan	Valentine's Day
Sparkle	2 gems	24th Jan	Sparkles
Harlequin	2,500 coins	6th Feb	Mardi Gras
Heart*	1 gem	12th Feb	Valentine's Day
Swedish Timber	1 gem	20th Feb	Swedish
Moose Tile	3,600 coins	20th Feb	Swedish
Frontier Floor	4,000 coins	27th Feb	Western
Koi Tile	3,800 coins	13th Mar	Asian
Garden Pavers	4,000 coins	20th Mar	Asian
Ancient Tile	1 gem	27th Mar	Asian
Heian Mat	4,200 coins	27th Mar	Asian
Spring Meadow	4,200 coins	3rd Apr	Spring
Tile Mexicana	1 gem	18th Apr	Mexican
Red Carpet	1 gem	24th Apr	Theatre
Memorial	2,500 coins	14th May	Memorial Day
Waves	3,000 coins	26th Jun	Cruise
Balloon	7,500 coins	17th Jul	Carnival
Cafe	1 gem	24th Jul	French
Laminate Floor Tile	1 gem	31st Jul	n/a
Ocean Floor	700 coins	7th Aug	Under the sea
Black Pearl	1 gem	21st Aug	Under the sea
Airplane	1 gem	28th Aug	Airplanes
Sheet Music	1 gem	4th Sep	Musical
Autumn Floor**	5,000 coins	18th Sep	Autumn
Fall Foliage**	6,000 coins	25th Sep	Autumn
Fall Leaves Tile**	700 coins	6th Nov	Thanksgiving
Christmas Rug	800 coins	11th Dec	Christmas
Snowflake*	1 gem	18th Dec	Christmas

Last updated Thursday 2nd January 2014.

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

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

The floor tiles are certainly among the smaller categories of items when it comes to the shear number of removal candidates. That's a welcome relief to my sore fingers!

In total 30 floor tiles have been introduced in 2013. Any of them could be pulled at the turn of the year, so get buying now!

Also, there are 3 floor tiles which were released for Halloween, and thus were removed as part of the Halloween content removal. Consequently, I've not included them here. Another (the Haunted Floorboards) was ditched on Tuesday 26th November 2013.

Now for a little tip: iOS users only need to buy one of a floor tile to be sure of being able to cover their floor with it in the future, even after it has been removed. This is because after placing one of a floor tile, you get the option to 'buy again' regardless of whether or not the wallpaper has been removed. Unfortunately this trick doesn't work for Android - thanks to Alex for confirming this!

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