Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 4

Day 4 was perhaps the most pivotal day of the entire sale: it was actually Labor Day! On this day we saw a number of new hats and gear items, and a couple of limiteds. Whilst it wasn't the most exciting selection, it was still a fine way to end the four-day long holiday sale. Unfortunately there weren't many discounted items - but most of those were added at the weekend so that users had the most time possible to purchase them. The new items themselves weren't fantastic, but they served a purpose. Let's get into the summary!

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 3

As the third day of the Labor Day sale arrives, it starts off with disappointment, and progressively gets better. For the third day we see new hats, gears, discounts, old items going limited, and even a brand new face! Let's get to the items, shall we?

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 2

With a multitude of items made limited, put on sale, and new versions of old gear, there is something for everyone (provided you have a small amount of robux). I will be listing the items that are featuring in this catalog sale and will be giving them a rating and a recommendation as to whether I would purchase them or not. Of course, as I am writing this in the opinionated style of a reviewer, you may take this in the subjective manner that is intended. You are welcome to make your own decisions on whether a sale item is for you or not. I will just be aiming to look for good value-for-money traits. So let us get into this second overview!

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 1

So it's the first day of the Labour Day Weekend sale and it is already off to a good start. With a multitude of items made limited, put on sale, and new versions of old gear, there is something for everyone (provided you have a small amount of robux). I will be listing the items that are featuring in this catalog sale and will be giving them a rating and a recommendation as to whether I would purchase them or not. Of course, as I am writing this in the opinionated style of a reviewer, you may take this in the subjective manner that is intended. You are welcome to make your own decisions on whether a sale item is for you or not. I will just be aiming to look for good value-for-money traits. So let us get into this first overview!

Interview with HappyRocketwheel

Today I bring you the third Labor Day Weekend Sale themed interview! In this interview, HappyRocketwheel and I  discussed his opinions on the various items that were released over the weekend. 



1) What item were you most excited about before the sale commenced? Why?
Iron Bucket of Ultimate Pwnage because it was like the original Doom Bucket MrDoomBringer wears.

2) Did this opinion change once the sale began and unannounced items were revealed? 
Well no, the Teapot has been overpriced costing a higher amount of Robux.

3) In your opinion, what was the best limited item? 
I should say, Bluesteel Domino Crown was the best limited.

4) What was your reaction to classics being marked up in price for the sale? 
The classics were WAY overpriced. I estimate only 30% of people could have bought it. My reaction was already to go to be the first 2013 buyer, but I ended up spending a lot of Robux.

5) Which was your favourite Labor day user retexture? Why?
The Iron Doom Bucket of Pwnage is pretty cool! I like it because it is a retexture of hard working and a rare retexture of the hat that MrDoomBringer wears or the other Doom Bucket, for example: The Agonizingly Ugly Bucket of Doom.

6) What was your reaction when you found out which items would be going back on sale? Why?
Pretty much, some of these items are REAL classics from 07, my reaction was that I was going to click all of them, but then suddenly I saw all my favorite dream items. 

7) Which was your favourite leopard fedora? 
Snow Leopard Fedora because it is much much snow and shiny a bit.

8) What is your overall opinion on the discounts that featured in last weekend's sale? Why? 
I should say, my opinion is that it is very suprising to see the items to be discounted from the sale.

9) What would you like to see in the next ROBLOX catalog sale? 
Well, in November, there should be another Black Friday Sale, so I am saving up over a lot for that, and also a special retexture of another voidstar: Blue & Steel Void. 

10) If you were to sum up the Labor weekend sale in one word, what would it be?
Obviously pretty surprising, and black and white.


Thanks for reading!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

Interview with llumia!

Last week I caught up with the active ATR forumer: llumia and asked him about his opinion on the Labor Day Weekend Sale in our second themed interview. Check out the interview below! 



1) What item were you most excited about going limited?
Hatbot

2) After the set amount of items were made limited, did your opinion remain the same? Why?
It remained the same.  I got got really excited about Hatbot, but when I saw it drop in value - I was disappointed.  


3) In your opinion, what was the best limited item? 
Hatbot

4) What was your reaction to the Teapot's price tag? Why? 
I was a bit mad at ROBLOX because It was overpriced, and basically 90% of ROBLOX couldn't afford it. But I also agree that it was meant to stay rare, but if ROBLOX doesn't want a rare item to sell, they should never put it on sale in the first place.

5) Which was your favourite Labor day user retexture? Why?
I really like the fedora, because I like leopards, they are my favourite animals. But I didn't really like the bucket because the retexture wasn't as good as all the other retextured hats that went on sale.

6) What was your reaction when you found out which items would be going back on sale? Why?
I was excited for the Teapot, and Katana of the Ninth Moon. But when I found out they were overpriced, I lost interest

7) Which was your favourite leopard fedora? 
The original one 

8) What is your overall opinion on the items that were put back on sale?
Wasn't really as good as last year; I feel that ROBLOX could've done better.

9) What would you like to see in the next ROBLOX catalog sale? 
I would like to see: paper bag, or frenemy.


10) If you were to sum up the Labor weekend sale in one word, what would it be? 
Expensive.


Thanks for reading! Look out for more interviews this week! 

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

Interview with Iciness!

Greetings fellow readers hailing from the realm of ROBLOX! Today I bring you the first of a series of interviews based upon the Labor weekend sale and the ROBLOX catalog. Today, I caught up with prominent forumer and retexturer;: Iciness! 


1) What item were you most excited about before the sale commenced? 
Teapot.

2) Did this opinion change once the sale began and unannounced items were revealed? 
Not really, but the price was insane on the Teapot.

3) What would you say best discount, in terms of value for Robux?
Ro-torcycle, but it still wasn't that great.

4) What was your reaction to classics being marked up in price for the sale? 
Shocked really, I could understand them doubling or even tripling the original price of the teapot but 20k? to much. The Sword Prop really didn't bother me.

5) Which was your favourite Labor day user retexture? 
Black Iron Bucket.

6) What was your reaction to the price tag of the Black Iron Bucket? 
Well, I was shocked that it was below 20kR$ but I still would have purchased it even it was 25k.

7) Were you happy to see the revival of the two broken hats - the Leopard Fedora and the Lolzard? 
Well, yes and no as they shouldn't have made them non-Limited (because they were supposed to be limitedU's in the first place.

8) What is your overall opinion on the discounts that featured in last weekend's sale? Why? 
Not exactly amazing but they were fair.

9) What would you like to see in the next ROBLOX catalog sale? 
Well, I would like to see a retexture of mine published of course, haha! Maybe this. 

10) If you were to sum up the Labor weekend in a sentence, what would it be? 
Overall, pretty good but it was all too...black and white?


Thanks for reading! Look out for more interviews this weekend!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

ROBLOX Labor Day Sale Summary

Hello, everybody. Axelthehedgehog here with my first blog post in quite a long time. I'll be summarizing the absolutely horrible Labor Day "sale", if you can even call it that, in this article.

I apologize in advance if some of my information is off. I didn't actually pay very good attention to what happened during this sale; the discounts, the limiteds, etc. But I'll do my best.

Firstly, I'll review the actual sales of the sale.

Mr. Tentacles

Mr. Tentacles was discounted to 7,070 robux from its original price of 9,090 robux. A decent discount, although I remember getting it for only 5,050 robux during a previous sale, so it could've been better. It is currently still discounted.

Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes, eyewear popular among online daters, was discounted to 100 robux from its original price of 150 robux. It is currently still discounted.

Fried Chicken Fedora

The Fried Chicken Fedora, a hat that came out pretty recently, was discounted to 1,000 robux from its original price of 1,261 robux. Again, I remember this being up for 750 robux when it first was released, so the sale could've been lower.

Father Time

Father time was discounted to 450 robux from its original price of 550 robux.

RAIG Table

The RAIG Table, a gear based off of a popular text meme, was discounted to 200 robux from its original price of 300 robux.

Cloak of the Undying

Cloak of the Undying, an item discounted in many sales in the past, was discounted again. Sadly I never saw what the discount was, but I believe it was somewhere in the range of 500 - 800 robux from its original price of 1,000 robux.

Fallen Artemis Bow

The Fallen Artemis Bow, an awesome-looking gear, was discounted to 1,250 robux from its original price of 2,500 robux, possibly the largest discount in the sale.

Ro-torcycle

The ro-torcycle was discounted to 500 robux from its original price of 1,000 robux.

Next, I'll review the offsale items that were put back onsale for a limited time.

Stage Prop

The Stage Prop, an extremely popular ticket hat among less wealthy users, was voted back onsale after going offsale less than a month earlier. It went onsale at a ridiculous price of 100 robux. A cheap price, but considering the original price was a mere 50 tickets, it definitely should have been lower - there were no ticket hats in this sale.

Nuclear Arms

Nuclear Arms, a gear I thought to be somewhat unpopular, was put back onsale at a price of 1,000 robux. It didn't sell too many times.

Wizards of the Astral Isles: Pegasus

The very fun gear Wizards of the Astral Isles: Pegasus went back onsale for its original price of 2,000 robux.

Katana of the Ninth Moon

The Katana of the Ninth Moon, a pretty rare gear, went back onsale for its original price of 5,000 robux, and sold quite a lot of times considering its expense.

Teapot Hat

Now call me a rager or a crybaby if you want, but I was absolutely outraged by the Teapot Hat. Not the fact that it came back onsale - in fact it was the one hat I was truly looking forward to getting - but the ludicrous price it was put at. A whopping 20,000 robux!!! Its original price was only 1,337 robux, and I was hoping it would be that or at least close to it. But 20,000, that's just ridiculous.

Brighteyes claimed on her twitter when asked about the idiotic price that she made it that expensive to "keep it rare". But other classic hats, such as Biggerhead, Silverthorn Antlers, and Red Stetson went onsale for their original prices disproving BE's logic.

To top off the ridiculousness, the Teapot Hat was only onsale for about 4 hours, giving Teapot lovers very few time to scrape together their 20K and buy it. I myself was not able to buy it because I was not expecting such a huge price jump.

Next I'll summarize the items that went limited.

Mr. Hatbot

Mr. Hatbot actually would've made a good profit if roblox hasn't announced to everyone that it was going limited. Everyone with 5k robux to spare went and bought themselves a Mr. Hatbot mistakenly thinking that they could profit. It is currently selling at a failing price of around 3,500 robux as opposed to its original 5,000.

Deluxe Ninja Swordpack

Because making the original Swordpack limited apparently wasn't bad enough, the community voted the Deluxe version onsale. As expected with the high price and massive number of sales, it failed and is selling for around its original price of 250 robux, a failing price when you include the tax.

Ice Coldphones

Another poor choice of an item to go limited, Ice Coldphones are selling for just above their original price at around 325 - 350 robux, a small fail.

Canute the Great   &  Emerald Clawed One

The two ROBLOX Card-only items Emerald Clawed One and Canute the Great went limited during the sale as well. Canute the Great was bought by a user with very poor judgment for 10,000 robux when it first went limited because of the hype. Despite the massive first sale, it's currently selling at a measly price of only 300 robux. Emerald Clawed One is selling for around 250.

Bluesteel Domino Crown

The only item that went limited during the sale and didn't sell for failing prices. With the going limited of the Bluesteel Domino Crown, the entire Domino Crown series is now limited. The Bluesteel Domino Crown initially was hyped up and was up[but never sold] at prices of 200,000 - 500,000 robux. As the hype died down and more owners got online to sell, it dropped to prices of 100 - 150,000 robux and its first official sale was at a price of about 93,000 robux.

Next I'll review brand-new hats.

Skool Champion

Skool Champion is a cool-looking iron helmet with not some sort of animal tusks, but PENCILS for horns. Priced at a cheap price of 150 robux.

King of the Classroom

King of the Classroom is a regal-looking crown, but with classroom elements replacing fancy metals and elegant gems. Erasers design the front of the crown with crayons and one large pencil surrounding the inside. Priced at a fairly cheap 200 robux, a good price for a crown.

Firebrand Wings

The Firebrand Wings came out pretty late at night. Their original price was 300 robux and 1500 were sold. At first they sold at prices of 600 - 800 robux because people were desperate for last-minute sale money, but as the sale ended and the hype decreased, it casually rose to prices of 1,250 - 1,500 robux, a price range I think a pair of awesome-looking dragon wings deserves.

Leopard Fedora & LOLzard 

These 2 hats aren't actually new, but they were both glitched and unbuyable when released. They both had the same price, 150 robux, and were both onsale for about 24 hours. Almost 3x as many Leopard Fedoras sold as LOLzards, but I guess I can understand why people would want a snazzy-looking animal fedora rather than a lizard that sits on your face.

And now, everyone's favorite part of a sale: the retextures!

Back to School for N00bs

A retexture nobody was expecting, a limited book hat. Its original price was 100 robux and it sold 2500 copies. It's currently selling for roughly 2x its original price making a small profit for any original owners. It was a retexture of an actual user retexture named 'ROBLOX for Noobs' - by ninjabart122.

Flying Nightmare

Another very unexpected retexture, a red version of the Royal Faerie Wings. Its original price was 900 robux and it sold 1000 copies. Even though it was cheaper and had the same stock as the Royal Faerie Wings, it is currently selling at about 1,250 robux, an unfortunate fail of a price.

Snow Leopard Fedora by Voxhall

Voxhall's Snow Leopard Fedora was published a few hours after the original Leopard Fedora. It is 150 robux, an excellent price for such a good-looking hat, and is currently still onsale.

Black Iron Bucket of Ultimate Pwnage by godsend

The retexture that everyone was looking forward to the most, the Black Iron Bucket of Ultimate Pwnage. It was priced at a very high 13,337 robux and was on sale for about 13 hours. Despite the fact that it wasn't limited, which I'm sure disappointed many bucket-lovers, it sold over 600 times in the time it was onsale. If it goes limited any time this year, and possibly any time next, it will probably fail because of its high price and high number of sales, but it looks absolutely awesome and is a cool item to own.

Duke of the Federation

And finally, the hugest and most valuable item in the sale by far, Duke of the Federation. The texture for this hat was leaked on Let's Make a Deal, but not many people expected Roblox would actually go through with making ANOTHER Lord of the Federation. But sure enough, it came out in the middle of one of the sale days. Its original price was a massive 100,000 robux and it sold 25 copies. Despite its high stock[for an item that expensive], it sold out in less than a minute. It was first sold for 1,000,000 robux and the largest value it was ever traded for was Ice Crown[2.8M+] + Rainbow Shaggy[800k - 1M] + Illumina[1 - 1.2M] + ): Purple Indy[300 - 350k]

Well, in my personal opinion, the sale was a huge disappointment. Most of the discounts were too low to be exciting, the limiteds were either too cheap to make a decent profit or too expensive for the majority of roblox to even afford, and the items that went back on sale were close to 20x their original prices.

This "sale", if it even deserves the title of "sale", was, in this blogger's opinion, the worst one we've had by far. I really hope roblox blows us away with the next one, because this really knocked off some respect points.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my wordwall on the Labor Day Sale. Message me on roblox if you have any questions about this article or about the sale.

-Axelthehedgehog

Labor Day Retextures: The Verdict

Wait, don't I do game reviews? Well yes, but due to a lack of time to make articles I shall be putting more variety into my posts, rather than just things about games. And why not start off with the lovely upcoming Labor Day Weekend Sale's rextextures which are a bit... er.



 Snow Leopard Fedora by Voxhall

Another fedora, why am I not surprised. It's totally a retexture too, just compare both of these images and see that the band is pretty much unchanged, the tan turned to white, and the brown spots in the middle gone! So it's basically the actual Leopard fedora in the light, hooray..



 Black Iron Bucket by godsend


I like the texture on this one, but I have no doubt it will be hella expensive since ROBLOX seems to really like that kind of thing lately, great. But it's good to see another "rare" item drop dead thanks to a better retexture.




Let me say it now, this article has gone through about 3 revisions due to time constraints, expect coverage of the Labor Day Sale if I'm not beaten to it. So good day, good night, goodbye.