Monthly Collectibles

From: The Gaiapedia, the community encyclopedia about Gaia Online

Monthly Collectibles, previously known as Donation Items are special items that are released once a month. These items are generally of higher quality than other items, both in versatility and art quality. They are only obtainable by buying "Thank You Letters" via the Gaia Store for a fee of $2.50(USD) each, or by buying them from other users.

[edit] History of the Thank You Letter

Between the months of April and May of 2003, Gaia Online users made a thread in the (then) Question & Feedback forum to ease the cost of Gaia Online. The users were aware the Administration pay for Gaia Online out of their own pockets and after deliberation, a donation system was set up.

This option allowed users to donate for the purpose of simply helping Gaia Online out with such expenses. However, the Administration of Gaia Online secretly created a Thank You Letter and manually put them into the donator's inventories. When these Thank You letters were opened, they revealed the first Donation Item, the Angelic Halo.

In 2006, several changes were made to the donation system. The administrators put up a poll about the best time to open Thank You Letters. As a result, as of May 16, 2006 the letters can now be opened at the middle of the month.

Currently, the staff are trying out earlier dates for the MCs to be opened. They will be opened on August Eighth of '08, and depending on the response, the date may or may not change again.

On October 30th, 2006, the items were renamed from "Donation Items" to "Monthly Collectibles," the staff citing concerns that since Gaia is a for-profit organization, it shouldn't give the impression of being a charity.

[edit] Ways to Buy Monthly Collectibles

PayPal - Gaia has a cap on PayPal donations; donating more than $200 will result in your trading account being frozen
Debit/Credit Card - Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover are accepted
Money Order/International Money Order (in USD denominations)
Landline Phone
Gaia Cash Shop

[edit] Monthly Collectible Items

Each month, the items are changed and old Monthly Collectibles will never be re-released. After an item's month has passed, the only way to get an older Monthly Collectible item is to buy it from another Gaian. The only exception to this is to win an item from the "Gaia Wheel" at Gaia Online booths at anime conventions, which is quite rare.

[edit] 2003

[edit] March - June '03

Angelic Halo - The first donation item in Gaia Online. This was the unexpected reward for early donations before and on June when the Donation feature was first introduced.