Decoration jealousy

Regardless of what you have or have not, eventually some items return. You just need to chill. I started playing in 2012, but don't wrack my brains out wishing I had some items that others have. I don't always care to get every item available, and or, if they are still available at some other point, then I might add them, or pay with donuts. My town is filled up, and what I do have, I've made my town into a beautiful place.

anna22478 wrote:
As I'm relatively new to the game I often find myself looking at neighbours decorations & wishing I had that. Most seem to be limited time/event items & with the many topics on which craft items to make in this event I wondered who else shared my jealousy? What decorations have you seen in other towns that you wish you had that you missed out on because it was before your time or didn't manage to collect enough crafting items?

My wish list...
Pumpkin patch (not the individual ones)
Homers grave
Bird bath
Skeleton in the tree

Everything relating to pumpkins and the skeleton trees will be back for Halloween so if you play until then you will have a chance to get them, the birdbath was for Vday (I think) and all the Vday items were offered a few weeks ago as a tie in so you are most likely going to have to wait until next Vday, and Homers grave was for a tie in and will most likely never return.

I want candy canes aswell as broken wheel

I've been playing about 8mos. I see things in others' towns that I like and want. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say I'm "jealous" of them, but surely I have a wish list of retired items. Things that come to mind:

Banana Dictatorship
Blocko Store
Duff Party Bus
Duff Party Blimp
Easter Pond
Mapple Store
Money Pool
Nutcracker
O'Flanagan's Pub
Reindeer
Wishing Well

I'm really hoping O'flanagan's and the Wishing Well are re-released this month, and the pond next. I've set aside donuts in the hopes they do.

I have one decoration I regret not getting, and that's the Lincoln Memorial. I have special memories associated with the RL Memorial in DC, the one time I got to visit there, so I really want this. Sadly, it was released within days of my start date and I didn't have $100k to spend back then. At that price, now, I could buy a dozen, lol. Sigh. Maybe next July they'll put it out again, though I'll have to cough up real-world money/donuts (which I will do).

Finally, the King Homer's Skyscraper is something that I've always wanted, and it has been re-issued during my tenure, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend 250 donuts for a decoration that doesn't buff percentage or earn money... Especially during an event with plenty of other premium choices. I dunno... Maybe next time.

What you are describing is part of the addictive quality engineered into the game.

I used to feel this way about the cool brown house, house of evil, and a couple other buildings I wanted.

But I used to be upset I couldn't be a premium player too. just not in my budget. Since then, frustration with the game mechanics (wheels of chance) broke its grip on me, and I started seeing the game as it is, a good time killer, like other phone games.

It's not a collection of rare priceless keepsakes. They are pixels that could vanish anytime EA closes the servers.

So try to reevaluate your perspective, maybe you will also realize that while the things you don't have seem cool, does it matter if it's in your town or your neighbor's town? Anytime I want to enjoy the animation of the escalator to nowhere, I just go to my neighbor Sandwedgeking and look at his excellent display. Good enough for me and it's free to visit anytime.

Of course if you plan to play premium, just keep an eye out as they recycle most of the game features that are limited release.

Happy tapping!

Thank you all for your input. I think 'Jealousy' might have been the wrong word. I love decorating my town & my "jealousy" is more down to wishing I had those decorations to let me do the designs I want to do. But having said that, it's making me more creative with what I have at the moment. I know there are limited time items that I have that others may not have. I'm very much addicted & I do have a couple of premium items but I am careful what I buy (which is why I haven't paid for Bartmans cave) I tend to spend only on buildings/characters that I know from watching the shows so these tend to be older buildings/characters. Now I'm playing this game I have started watching the shows again & like seeing buildings I have in my town. Like today there was the one were Marge & Homer spice up their marriage in the mini golf course. The guilded truffle & the up up & buffet was in that too. I don't ever remember seeing the up up & buffet before even though I have seen that episode a couple of times.

Springfield Falls!!! (I believe that's what it's called.) I've been playing for over a year and haven't seen the re-release. It may never happen. But if it does, that's the ONE piece I NEED to have!! (It would complete me.)

emymarek721 wrote:
Springfield Falls!!! (I believe that's what it's called.) I've been playing for over a year and haven't seen the re-release. It may never happen. But if it does, that's the ONE piece I NEED to have!! (It would complete me.)

Oh yes. I forgot that one. I've seen some amazing designs done with that.

anna22478 wrote:

emymarek721 wrote:
Springfield Falls!!! (I believe that's what it's called.) I've been playing for over a year and haven't seen the re-release. It may never happen. But if it does, that's the ONE piece I NEED to have!! (It would complete me.)

Oh yes. I forgot that one. I've seen some amazing designs done with that.

Me too! I'm green with envy! :(

I think a lot of people have preferences for things that have meaning to them. I know for me that there are some items that I feel like I must have and others that I could care less about. I kind of pick them up as they come up. But I do think there are some items that, while they would be fun to have in my town, I can do without because I can't bring myself to buy the donuts or they just were before my time.

Not really any point in obsessing over something I can't have, but on the other hand it's a treat when they are re-offered and they were things that I would have liked to have (Come on, Mapple Store! :D )