Hi Penguins!
Recently, I ran a poll on my Twitter about when Project Super Secret will be released. Here are the results:
When do YOU think #ProjectSuperSecret will be released? @clubpenguin
— Garygrayhair (@GarygrayhairCP) January 25, 2016
Most of you said next month, which is pretty exciting! I personally think in a few months, but the sooner the better!
With the release of Project Super Secret, something that Club Penguin has been building up for years, hopefully in return more players will be joining the island. When I first joined in 2008, I remember vividly going to the mall and buying whatever new piece of Club Penguin merchandise was available. Sadly, those days are gone and merchandise is only available through third party sites like Ebay, Amazon, and many others.
The vision, which cofounders Lance Priebe and Lane Merrifield have made clear from the beginning, was that Club Penguin is supposed to be a safe environment for kids. Club Penguin has no affiliation with any of the third party retailers listed above, so how do they know that the seller is actually selling true content, not some cheap knockoff or worse, something completely irrelevant. Some sites do offer protection rules for selling products, but that can only go so far.
As I was saying before, Project Super Secret is presumed to be "bigger than Club Penguin," as Spike Hike stated in an interview. With (again, hopefully) bountiful amounts of players pouring into the "new" and "modernized" Club Penguin, surely Disney will give some recognition with membership sales going through the roof based on the prior years. With that being said, merchandise is another HUGE moneymaking opportunity for Disney and hopefully we will see atlas something being produced.
A few months back, penguins on Twitter started discussing Club Penguin being partnered with Funko, a popular action figure brand. Disney has already been partnered with them for some time now, and if Club Penguin was doing well, hey, why not?
A larger brand, LEGO, has also been discussed by the penguins of being partnered with Club Penguin. As I said above, if project Super Secret goes well and some new penguin faces show up, why not? Money for both LEGO and Disney. Imagine that, walking into a toy store and being greeted with Club Penguin LEGOS and Action Figures. Club Penguin could once again become a household name.
Along with these partnerships, as well as many others I would love to see, the Club Penguin Plushies, they have always been a huge hit. The feeling of walking into the Disney store at the mall and buying a new Penguin or puffle plush felt great. A few months ago, I was in the store Goodwill, a consignment-like store, and went all the way to the back shelf and saw various sorts these plushies stuffed inside a plastic bag going for a buck. I was crushed seeing something that was so big when I was younger, resort to something so small.
I just hope Project Super Secret is a success, not only for a modernized Club Penguin with new players, but for a revival of the merchandise, something that played a big part in my childhood.
Now I turn it over to YOU...
Do you think Project Super Secret will be a success. If so, would YOU like to see new merchandise?
Let us know in the comments below!
Waddle on!
~ Garygrayhair
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