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Level Up Snoopy's Street Fair Without Using Real Money 2

2012-04-01T14:21:00.001+08:00

I forgot to mention that you can keep playing the Snoopy Lemonade game on "Expert" or any other games that you've unlocked with your earned Snoopy dollars. Depending on how fast you complete the task, XP will be rewarded accordingly. Let me know what or how you did on those games as I'm sure some of you would have done a lot better.^_^

Level Up On Snoopy's Street Fair Without Spending Any Money

2012-03-31T19:00:00.001+08:00

Snoopy's Street Fair
I have recently caught on to the Snoopy's Street Fair by Beeline. I have found it pretty engaging compared to Smurfs, but then again I have only played Smurfs as an on-again-off-again type of game and I tend to leave most of the playing to someone else.

It's been 21 days straight and I am still on Snoopy's Street Fair, currently on Level 23, as I write this.

I have been hunting for tips and tricks that would help my Snoopy's Street Fair to level up fast without spending any real money. This means I would have to earn all the coins and earn my own Snoopy dollars without forking out actual cash via my credit card or iTunes gift cards.

Of course it's going to take a lot of determination, some patience and will power as the game is designed to make it difficult for the player to obtain Snoopy money/dollars. It will try your patience as some of the tasks that you need to do will require about 10 Snoopy dollars but the player only gets 2 Snoopy dollars per level and depending how the player has laid out their street fair, it will depend how fast the player's game will level up.

Needless to say there wasn't much information out there, because it involved either having a jail broken iDevice (iPad, iPhone) for most of the tactics to work, tampering with your iDevice clock (as some have done and said that this method might backfire and create more complications for you in the long run) or simply just splash the cash to get it over and done with.

Therefore, the tips you are about to read is not going to be for everyone. It would need someone to be a bit methodical, focused and always be mindful and hungry for the accumulation of XP and coins without spending any real-life money. If you're planning to have fun and enjoy the game and using your money or coins to decorate and make the fair look pretty, this is probably not for you. Although I do enjoy seeing random fairs via Facebook, in between waiting intervals, and you know that they have gone to great lengths to make it as creative as possible. Kudos to them and continue the good work!

However, if you are the player who is interested in gaining XP and coins, the plan here is to diversify and must be willing to sacrifice aesthetics for results, read on to see my 2 cents:

1. TIME: probably about 30mins intervals, twice a day. Of course putting in more time and efficiency will incur better results, in this case, more XP and more Snoopy dollars.

2. MANNED STALLS : Most of the manned stalls, the player is going to have to spend some Snoopy money for them, I think to date there is only about 7 characters that you can obtain via coins alone. Currently I have 6 of them and the last one so far can only be obtained at Level 26. Always upgrade them, if possible.

3. TONS OF FOOD CARTS AND GUESS THE WEIGHT MACHINES (short term strategy - 45 secs - 5 mins)
Never underestimate the power of quantity and the motto of "more is better". The food carts and Guess The Weight machines are one of the cheapest stalls to start you off with. They occupy the smallest amount of real estate and offer incredible value because they drop a lot of goodies like extra XP, coins and Snoopy items which can mount up to over 9000 XP for a single Snoopy costume set at the level I'm currently at. The amount will rise with each passing level. As I write this, I currently have about 50 food carts (45 secs ) and 60 Guess the weight machines (2mins). The raffle machines and are not too bad too but they do take about 4 times the space compared to the food cart and Guess The Weight machine. I only have about 6 of them.

4. DUCK FISHING, GRABBER CRANE, ROASTED PEANUTS, COTTON CANDY, SWEET CORN, POPCORN, SPIN WHEEL, PANCAKES, SLOTS OF FUN
(semi-long term strategy - above 5 mins, under 12 hours)
All of the above are currently in my fair. The Duck Fishing and Slots Of Fun are good but it does take 4 times the space of 1 food cart. Pancakes have additional XP as it drops pancakes for Snoopy to pick up.

5. EXPLOIT THE GRASS AREAS
(long term strategy - 12 hours or more)
This is one of the most overlooked potentials for gaining extra XP. The few items that can give you XP without costing you any Snoopy dollars, just coins, is the Checkerboard Table, Vegetable Patch and Wishing Well. I have about 25-30 of each item occupying the green green areas and every 12 hours, over 120,000 XP is collected. The vegetable patch is going to set you back 220,000 coins for each one. That's why having tons of food carts and Guess The Weight machines is going to help.

6. PUT SNOOPY TO WORK
Clicking on the reappearing leaves stack, canvas or marshmallows gets you extra XP that increases with each passing level. With each different Snoopy costume it's going to cost you at least 10 Snoopy dollars except for the leaves stack which is free but it does give you the least XP.

EXTRA TIP: Laying out the stalls would also be a matter of preference but I always find it easier to section your areas and arrange your stalls based on their waiting times so it'll be faster to collect your XP and coins.

So far, that's about all of what I am doing. Hope that helps someone out there who is up for the challenge of not spending any real-life money, just the Snoopy dollars and coins that you've completely earned from the game.

Feel free to comment, offer extra tips and share new ones. Maybe you've used your earned Snoopy dollars and coins differently and we would love to hear from you and know more:).

Smurf Kinder Surprise 2011 hunt and opening session

2011-12-17T19:37:00.000+08:00

We found a place that we could buy the Smurfs by the box load. We only bought one box that had 2 Kinder Boxes in it, meaning we would be getting 48 Kinder Smurfs altogether. But of course 30% will be dedicated to other generic Kinder toys that is not of the Smurf range. :P

We spent about an hour going through all of them. Quite an exciting and joyful experience as you never know what you gonna get. (Do I hear the echo of the famous line from Forrest Gump about those box of chocolates?)

Funny enough, when we were done, we couldn't even complete one full set!

Gargamel was the only character that eluded us this time round.

Kinder Suprise Smurfs Australia 2011

2011-10-15T13:43:00.001+08:00

Here's the list of Kinder Surprise Smurfs 2011 that were released in Australia

And below are what they look like close-up, enjoy!

Dreamy Smurf

Papa Smurf (comes with potion mixing accessories)

Smurfette

Brainy Smurf

Clumsy Smurf

Baby Smurf

Hefty Smurf

Gargamel

Hush Puppies Tote Bag Plush

2011-10-07T23:42:00.001+08:00

I have a fascination with this dog and would like to own a dog like this someday as a pet. It's the famous Bassett Hound from Hush Puppies and he's here portrayed in the form of a tote bag.

Harry Potter's Owl Hedwig Owlet

2011-10-07T23:37:00.001+08:00

This is a ultra cute version of Hedwig from Harry Potter when she was still an owlet. Made by Trudi and it's an official item for Warner Brothers. Got this from ebay UK, as it is not so easily available in Australia.

Care Bear Share Bear 3D Pillow

2011-10-07T23:34:00.000+08:00

Here's a Care Bears' 3D pillow of Share Bear picked up a few years ago at a local market. This one was from the US and it's apparently not sold in Australia. Definitely a keeper piece.

Mcdonalds Australia 2011 Hefty Smurf

2011-09-23T18:53:00.001+08:00

The mcdonalds version follows closely to the current 3d movie design, not as cute as their Schleish counterparts though.
They are all toys and hefty smurf here can lift the weights, if you press a button behind his head.

Kinder surprise Smurfs 2011

2011-09-23T18:51:00.001+08:00

With the new movie out this year, these little ones are made by Peyo, the toy company that has been responsible for smurfs for more than 20 years. Expect great quality. Spent quite an amount to complete my set, baby smurf was especially difficult for me.

Retro 1980's Snoopy mugs and vase

2011-09-18T16:27:00.001+08:00

Although the weather didn't allow for outdoor bargain hunts but I did manage to get to an undercover one. Here, I found some rather cute Snoopy stuff that had the vintage and original Charles Shulz's prints on them with witty slogans.

Heavy rain and wind conditions and even hail today

2011-09-18T16:11:00.001+08:00

Had to skip bargain hunting today because of unpredictable heavy rain, wind and here I've got a picture of hail stones, the size of rock salts.

Disney Cars 2 Lightning Mcqueen Pit Stop Launcher

2011-09-17T03:33:00.001+08:00

Lightning Mcqueen accessories go well with Lightning Mcqueen variants, don't you think?

Blue Nose Friends first generation

2011-09-17T03:29:00.001+08:00

Here's a bunch of Blue Nose Friends that were and probably still are a craze. Some of these, especially the early ones were sold out so quickly everywhere, people were willing to pay 3 times their value for one. There's some single digits here in this picture like the cat and the duckling.

Shikamaru and Sasuke from Naruto

2011-09-17T03:25:00.001+08:00

Anime is also weakness of mine if any of my favourite characters are available.

Disney Cars 2 with Finn Mcmissile

2011-09-17T03:21:00.001+08:00

For a limited time there was a Toys R Us exclusive for a metallic shiny Lightning Mcqueen. And he was on sale! Finn Mcmissile is pretty slick too with one of his many transformations.

Disney Cars 1 and 2

2011-09-17T03:18:00.001+08:00

This is one of the permanent collections - the Lightning Mcqueen variants. In Cars 1, Lightning Mcqueen came in separate blister packs but not for Cars 2. At the moment, in order to get Lightning Mcqueen variants, one would need to buy him with other sets like the Mac Truck or with other Cars' characters. There's a Ferrari on the left in this picture.

Cookie Monster, 2007 by Sesame Workshop

2011-09-17T02:06:00.001+08:00

I love finding real bargains especially if they are toys that are no longer made. I'm a little bit of a blue addict and especially like Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. This medium-small version is by Sesame Workshop 2007. Along the way, you can find little treasures of your own. Even though, this is mainly about toys, I do sometimes come across other collectables of interest. Feel free to share here too.

Just starting my first post about my interest

2011-08-15T22:02:00.002+08:00

Here's a spot for a chance for people who enjoy cute, soft, fluffy toys. I got into it from my few years of exposure to garage sales, yard sales, collectable fairs etc. I found out that I could get back in touch with some of my childhood favourites like Care Bears, Garfield, Hello Kitty, Snoopy, Eeyore, My Little Pony, Cookie Monster and lots more. These toys were really expensive for my family and we couldn't afford them all the time. Therefore, I would go to the toy section of these toys and just stare and dream and pretend that I owned them all in my room!

I enjoy looking for little gems of a soft toy that are not made anymore, kind of like mid-80's and early 90's or even those older than that would be just a treat!

So stay tuned as I would continually add more what I've found and share it with you here. I think I would be putting some of them up for sale too.:) once I figure out how to sell stuff here since this is my first time at blogging.