Neopets 2010 Advent Calendar Day Nine: Watch that First Step!

Day Nine of the Advent Calendar is sure to make some people grumble. Today I received 986 NP and two very cool looking toys. One is a plushie called the "Island Explorer Plushie" which will make a nice addition to a gallery for those that collect them and the super sweet looking "Geraptiku Play Set". As soon as I saw this pop up on the screen I knew I would be buying a ton of them to hoard. Of course that means waiting for the price to drop. I am sure that people will complaining about the prizes for today since they are both Toys and chances are their value won't increase much over time. You never know when something is going to spike in price so it's best to have some extras in your Safety Deposit Box. Do I need to remind you of the Pumpkin Cookies or Spooky Doughnuts price explosion?

Why won't the two toys today be strong sellers? They are not the same as a Food or Book; unless it gets eaten by a Grarrl, stolen by the Pant Devil or otherwise taken from you, there's no real use for it outside of using it to play with your Neopet to make them happy. Yes, they are both nice looking but they are something that becomes a common item; people sell them cheap because they 'know' they aren't going to be worth much. Maybe not now, maybe not next year but eventually they will retire and people will be kicking themselves for not buying them when they were dirt cheap.

If you were lucky enough to catch it, there was a freebie in the NC Mall. The "Ornament Holiday Goodie Bag" is a cute looking animated bag but I haven't opened mine. I save them up or for the Halloween themed ones, they go directly in to my Spooky Gallery. Hopefully there will be a couple more free bags at the NC Mall; I was lucky to log on and see a Neomail from another Neopet fanatic (and new AC contributor) Jillian letting me know about this awesome free seasonal item.