Toy Day 2016

Yesterday, I got Hamlet’s goodbye letter in the mail. He included his picture as well. But to my surprise, I also had another letter from him. It said to go ahead and dig up the time capsule I buried for him a few weeks back.

Heya! Could you dig up the time capsule from the other day? I've moved, and I forgot to dig it up. Feel free to keep the contents, Jeff! -Buffedly yours, HamletSo I dug it up and read the letter. It seems a bit sad seeing him talk to himself when he’s not even here any more.

Future Hamlet! When I bought these clothes, they had just gone out of style. But by the time you get them, they should be cool again! -Love, Vintage HamletI thought maybe I would wear the included shirt to remember him by…until I saw the shirt was a pink tartan shirt. I don’t miss him that much. πŸ˜›

Now that Hamlet is gone, a new animal started appearing on Main Street. That animal is Dizzy the elephant. He moved out of town back in April, so it was good to see him again.

Dizzy: Whoa! It's Jeff!I went around town, determined to get all of the Toy Day hints I could. While I couldn’t find Big Top anywhere, I did get both of everyone else’s clues. I figured that should be enough.

Today was Toy Day (Christmas Eve), and I soon met up with Jingle. He gave me the Santa bag, which was filled with gifts for the animal residents of Forest.

Jingle: Happy holidays!My job was to take each present to the correct villager. My first delivery went to Bob. He wanted green furniture, so I knew the lily-pad table had to be his. And indeed, it was.

Bob: A lily-pad table! I'm so happy! How did you know exactly what I was wishing for?

Pashmina wanted pink wallpaper, so she got the lovely wall. Rolf wanted beige furniture, so I gave him the pine chair. I gave Aurora black clothing (BB tee) and Lily pink clothing (heart tee). Agent S wanted a black appliance, so she got the wide-screen TV.

Agent S: This must be, like, the busiest night of the year for, Santa!
Well duh.

At this point, I had two rugs left and an electric guitar. I checked my catalog at the Emporium to verify which rug was which color (when making a list, it’s good to check it twice). πŸ˜‰ Molly got the kitschy tile for her orange carpet and Camofrog got birch flooring for his white carpet.

Camofrog: Ooh, some birch flooring! I got just what I wished for! Yes!

That left only one thing: An electric guitar for Big Top. He was thrilled with it, and my work was complete. But before I could return to Jingle, I noticed the northern lights up in the sky.

The northern lights up in the sky as I sit on my metal bench near my illuminated tree in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

I soon tracked down the black-nosed reindeer, and he thanked me for all my help.

Jingle: Let's see... Yup, yup! You've indeed delivered everything perfectly, kid!

He then gave me a festive wreath, which I hung up in my house.

The festive wreath on display in my New Leaf house.

My recent dream visitors have been Em Bee from The Cove and Mayounna from Amy Rose.

Thank you all for reading, and I hope you have a great holiday! πŸ™‚ If you happen to get a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for Christmas (either for the first time or for a 2nd town), remember to start off your character right with the face guide!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Barbecue Bed DLC & Hamlet’s Goodbye

Yesterday was the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. In New Leaf, that means the sun doesn’t come out at all the entire day! But it was already after midnight by the time I played, so I didn’t even get to see Isabelle at the event plaza. The four-person face-cutout standee was still up, though.

The winter solstice face-cutout standee and a bare town tree at night.Lily asked me if I enjoyed the winter solstice. I didn’t tell her I missed the event, but thanks for caring, Lily!

Lily: Hi, Jeff! Did you enjoy the Winter Solstice, zzrrbbiitt?Next, I grabbed my Welcome Amiibo cards and scanned the Vivian card. I then headed over to the drive-in campground to check out her RV.

Vivian's RV at the drive-in campground in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.The most interesting item (to me, at least) was the hanging chair. I ordered one for my house.

Hanging chair: 3 MEOW coupons.And then today, Hamlet was all packed up and ready to move out of town. I made sure to say goodbye to the little guy. He sure has a lot of boxes!

Hamlet: Heh heh! As you can probably tell by looking, I'm moving out!I dropped off a Cinnamoroll sofa at Bunny’s town Tiger this evening. Her friend Emma also stopped by while I was there. Hope you enjoy the sofa, Bunny!

Bunny and Emma in Tiger.

I tried getting ahold of Alex (and later Elliott), who had asked about adopting Hamlet, but I got no response. After four hours of waiting (in total), I gave up. In the future, please don’t ask me about a villager unless you’re serious about adopting them and you’re going to be around on the date of the move. (Unless something comes up, in which case you should let me know so I can find someone else instead of waiting all night).

I scanned another of my Amiibo cards, this one featuring Maddie the dog. Her RV is picnic themed. I like her swinging bench, although I didn’t order myself one.

Maddie's picnic themed RV.There’s a new Nintendo Zone DLC, so I went to a “Nintendo Zone” and asked for the new item. Pelly gave me the barbecue bed, which was originally part of the 7/11 set released in Japan.

Pelly: Sorry to keep you waiting! I hope you enjoy your new barbecue bed!As you might expect, it can not be ordered from the catalog.

Barbecue bed DLC: Not for sale.

My latest dream visitors have been Rose from NanuΓ©l and Chloe from Melody. Thanks for stopping by! I plan on participating in Toy Day on Christmas Eve, so check back on Saturday for another entry! Hope to see you then!

UPDATE: The Hamlet story has a happy ending after all! Bunny from Tiger contacted me in the comments and agreed to take him. πŸ™‚ So I opened up Forest and she came over to adopt him. I’m glad to see he ended up in a good home. Enjoy your new friend, Bunny! πŸ™‚

Bunny speaks with Hamlet about adoption.Hamlet: I'm going to move to a place called Tiger!

My First Pack of Welcome Amiibo Cards

Yesterday, I got my first pack of Welcome Amiibo cards. Inside, I found Vivian, Paolo, Maddie, Boyd, Boots, and Leopold.

My first pack of Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome Amiibo cards: Vivian, Paolo, Maddie, Boyd, Boots, and Leopold.Boots looks unusually cute for a gator, but I decided to scan the Leopold card first, since I’m familiar with him from the GameCube game. In fact, he currently lives in both of my current GameCube towns.

His RV is set up like a mobile classroom, although the touch screen said the only subject he wants to teach is P.E. (physical education).

Leopold's RV, which features a mobile classroom.Beth invited me over to see Huck’s RV too. Huck is also one of the returning villagers unlocked with Welcome Amiibo cards. I like the coffee and snacks he has, but I don’t like him very much as a character.

Huck's RV in Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Welcome Amiibo.

I received a letter in the mail from Nintendo recently. To honor my escape from the desert island (in the Desert Island Escape mini-game, of course), they awarded me with on ocean-horizon wall. This is what it looks like.

The ocean horizon wall in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.I found Agent S on the bridge, crying because a disco ball said she wasn’t sparkly. Are you off your meds again?

Agent S: So this disco ball totally insulted me last night, dumpling. It said... I wasn't sparkly at all!
Those disco balls need to stop insulting other people and take a good look in the mirror.

I built a new snowmam, and I really like how this photo turned out for some reason.

A snowmam below a lemon tree below the moon.I’m not sure why I did this the other day, but I’ve got my villagers calling me sandwich now.

Pashmina: Can I call you sandwich too?
This nickname makes me feel sub-human.

Today, Rolf asked me for some new furniture. I surprised him by giving him a burger meal I ordered from the campground. Delicious! He thanked me by giving me an hourglass. I don’t have time for this…

Rolf: Oh! A burger meal!

I scanned my Boots card today, and then I headed over to the campground to take a look inside his RV:

The inside of Boots' RV camper in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

The trellis in his RV is cool, but it’s the tall garden rock that caught my attention. These rocks were in the GameCube game, and I used them in perhaps my best room ever: My Mouth of Truth shrine in my 2007 house tour video.

Tall garden rock: 3 MEOW coupons.I may invite Boots to move into Forest at some point, but it won’t be this week.

I got a couple of new Toy Day hints tonight, but I still have a long way to go. Hopefully I can get all the clues I need before Toy Day comes.

Bob: Anyway, I'm really hoping my present this year is green.

My recent dream visitors have been Caleb from Yurtvill, Zachary from Fantasia, Mara from Aurora, Kiki from TuffTown, and Pluto from Gryffin. Thanks for stopping by!

One other note: Sabrina’s Zelda-themed dream town of Termina is back online! See my updated Dream Suite Adventure for more information. See you all next time!