I have one of it a0102, but never knew, that it was a special series.
You have some nice tray icons :)

@spiderman1804
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thanks for the detailed information.

Old price system until October 2014.
All shows of the series Axxxx (VirtuaGirl), Cxxxx (DeskBabes) and Bxxxx (VirtuaGuy) were offered for the price of 2 credits (new 20 credits).
All shows of the Dxxxx series (VirtuaGirl Classic) were priced 1 credit (new 10 credits).

Since the end of October 2014, there is a new pricing system in which a discount is granted depending on the user status.
New were the shows with quality "Crystal Clear".
The basic prices depend on the quality level:
"low" (480p) for 1 credit
"medium" (720p) for 1.6 credits
"standard" (1080p) for 2 credits
"crystal clear" (3K) for 3 credits (later reduced to 2.5 credits)

With the iStripper version, the payment has changed. This change was not a price increase.
The basic prices depend on the quality level:
"low" (480p) for 10 credits
"medium" (720p) for 16 credits
"standard" (1080p) for 20 credits
"crystal clear" (3K) for 25 credits

The purchased credits were also converted accordingly.

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There were different possibilities in the old price system not to pay the full price.
# Subscription for 1, 3 or 6 months
# Bosster packs with 10 shows on a theme (for example blonde or bikini)
# single random shows for the price of 1 credit (new 10 credits)

I'm not sure, but in the old VirtuaGirl software it could have been the possibility that a kind of calendar added a random show every day to be displayed there. If no subscription was active, then from the last 14 shows the show could be bought for a reduced price.

You are forgetting about the discounts. The 10 you paid already included a membership ranking discount. 10 credits then compares to a medium quality card today, As a triple diamond member they cost you 8.80 today, so acctually they are cheaper today.

Those cards are now many years older and lower quality than currently available so it seems reasonable they cost less now.

My earlier point was cards (the newest and best quality available at the time) went from $2 to $2.50 and they ended the ability to buy the new cards as they were released for a $1. That's an effective 250% increase as far as I am concerned.

I never ***** about the increase I simply wondered if I would have become a member at all had the cards cost that much when I joined. Too fully clarify my original point, I wondered if a discount based on the number of cards you are currently buying would be more palatable than a discount based on the number of cards you have already bought.

I have almost 2500 cards and imagine I payed about $2300 for those cards over the last 11 or 12 years so either way is fine by me but I think a lower cost of entry will help grow the membership and thats good for everyone.

Cards were 2.5 credits
Cards are now 25 credits.
I paid only $1 / 10 credits not $2.50 / 25 ... maybe they just liked me but pretty sure regular price was $2 but there was ample opportunity to catch the $1 deal.

The subscription was very cheap maybe as little as $0.25 a card for 6 months; I tried it and thats where I learned I only wanted the cards that I wanted and still regret buying the subscription to this day.

You are forgetting about the discounts. The 10 you paid already included a membership ranking discount. 10 credits then compares to a medium quality card today, As a triple diamond member they cost you 8.80 today, so acctually they are cheaper today.

Even more surprisingly, it shows one unreleased card from Alexa Nova and another one from Celeste.

I really hope endly such cards, and other unpublished ones, to be released. If they have quality problems, short timings etc. they could just be sold at a lower price.
I also ask @lukaszr please not to remove them from his site...

@Corbomite

If I am not mistaken, the preview clips are only playable on older versions of the software. If Totem existed in a perfect world, we would all be running the lastest versions, and the points that you made would not be applicable.

That's just one of my bad habits.

Depends... if they are on sale for all, Yes. If not, No!

I want to be able to buy all cards in the store.

The Special Event Cards should definitely be included in the Girls Store so that people can see the preview clips, view the sample photos and read feedback to get an idea of what the card contains. These cards should also be given a special category (e.g. "Special Event" or "Exclusive") so they can be easily filtered in the Girls Store. These things would help users determine what they might win in a special promotion and whether to keep throwing money at it.

To avoid *****, the details pages for these cards should have an explicit statement that these cards cannot be simply purchased. For example, the red "Get Her Naked" button could be replaced with some text that says "Available only through special promotions". As it is, the "network error" response when trying to purchase an exclusive card is rather misleading and could cause frustration as users keep hitting that button in hopes that the network will finally connect. 😟

Throughout much of 2012 several cards were released from the earlier days

14 cards were released in 2012 to fill in some of the gaps
These were cards that had errors or problems at the time they were shot / processed,
and with the new encoder ( 2012 ) they could be released.

you can copy and Paste this into the Store or into your My Collection Text Filter box

a0033|a0065|a0070|a0072|a0075|a0084|a0085|a0087|a0093|a0101|a0102|a0105|a0116|a0265

@jizzlobber ; Thank you for that.😊

I have never been a full collection holder, nor do I plan to do so in the future. As it is, since I had no interest in collecting cards of the mentioned models, I failed to notice that they were later releases from older sets. My bad.

Entirely separate from the issues of whether they should exist at all, or the associated sales tactics, I do like being able to easily see what Totem has produced in the past, even if they may never be in my collection.I'm not sure how seeing them in the store is any more disturbing/offensive than knowing that they are out there somewhere but hidden.

Exactly what I think. As long as we don't have a separate "inventory"-tab, or something of that nature, in My Collection, Girls Store serves that purpose as well: the history of previous releases, available to buy or not.

And even if I missed some of the special event cards, I certainly wouldn't be upset seeing them there. Infact, I would like very much if we could also see the card images of all the deleted/withdrawn cards in the Girls Store/inventory (Alizee... et al.), disabled of course, without previews etc., but I do understand if even that is not legally possible anymore.

BUT to satisfy everyone, if a separate "Inventory"-tab is not in the plans, I'd like Totem to make it easily possible to filter the contents of the Girls Store to hide cards that are not available to purchase. I don't need it, but apparently many would like one.

@Chicsans - Throughout much of 2012 several cards were released from the earlier days - some that come to mind were from Maggie, Lucie O, Carla Pacini, Jennifer Galbina, Natalia V, and Demi. I think there were some others, though...

Does anyone else remember the days when Totem would regularly release old unreleased cards?

No. When did they ever do that?

Bummer... I've long been hoping to see the unreleased Alexa Nova and Celeste cards. 😪 Perhaps someday, though I shan't hold my breath lest I asphixiate and die...

Does anyone else remember the days when Totem would regularly release old unreleased cards?

That's not how I read it, but reading and comprehending words written in the English language has never been my strongest skill.

I use an older version so I can also play the demo. Since I will probably never get the chance to own them it is nice to view the demos if I choose.

I voted no. My Istripper experience is in no way ***** by seeing those types of cards in the store tab. i would however like to see some type of way to earn or win them in subsequent events.

No variable X in price. One single goal with one single price for everybody? Sounds fair. :)

@chicsans

No I do not expect Totem to give them to me.

As @Wyldanimal said
There was no defined path success.

I expect Totem to make all special events cards available at some time in the future with a defined path success so that I can collect them all.

Entirely separate from the issues of whether they should exist at all, or the associated sales tactics, I do like being able to easily see what Totem has produced in the past, even if they may never be in my collection.

I'm not sure how seeing them in the store is any more disturbing/offensive than knowing that they are out there somewhere but hidden.

Here is your chance to have your voice heard to Totem about "Special Event Cards".......

Pretty simple......should Totem put "Special Event Cards" in the Girls Store.......

My two cents on the special event cards and the means of procuring them:

Re: the scratch game:

I did not participate, but I would have considered doing so, had the odds of achieving key results been disclosed. If I buy a scratch ticket in my local convenience store, I have the odds disclosed prior to purchase. Hell, the scratch games may (emphasis on may, as I'm not an attorney) even be illegal in some jurisdictions because of it.

Re: Black Friday:

I would have changed my approach to the promotions, had I known what they were and what the specific reward would be at the onset.

I, for one, will not be buying anymore credits until ALL the special events cards are in my collection.

And I am feeling a little ***** with this. Does this poster mean that he has thousands of credits banked to spend on gambling games In the hopes of gaining special events cards, or does he expect Totem to just deposit the special events cards that he does not have into his account. 😕

@tyqi19my
You should have included a poll in this thread.

@Wyldanimal
Re the following comment in one of your aforementioned posts

So I believe that is the only flaw with this most recent Special Event.
It was 100% random, with No Defined Success Path or Paths to obtain the card.

I entirely agree with you.
This randomness has lost Totem a lot of goodwill.
I, for one, will not be buying anymore credits until ALL the special events cards are in my collection.

Well said ! Out of the 4 Special Cards in want 3 of them but i´m not going to follow gambling games to get these...

@hotdiva
As you have no installation of the software, you can't play or purchase the cards. Download and install the software to use your cards.

Unfortunately this is a bug. Anyway, thanks for pointing this out. I will try to fix this when I'll find the time.

Usually the "Coming very soon" list on the @lukaszr showroom site (https://www.isworkshop.eu/showroom) shows only cards for the next week or two. However, today it shows 29 cards, apparently the line up for the next month (without release order). Even more surprisingly, it shows one unreleased card from Alexa Nova and another one from Celeste. If this isn't a simply a scripting or DB error, then this is going to be a pleasant surprise for fans of those girls. Their outfits can be seen when viewing the list with the "Content: full images" setting.

Cards were 2.5 credits
Cards are now 25 credits.

I paid only $1 / 10 credits not $2.50 / 25 ... maybe they just liked me but pretty sure regular price was $2 but there was ample opportunity to catch the $1 deal.

The subscription was very cheap maybe as little as $0.25 a card for 6 months; I tried it and thats where I learned I only wanted the cards that I wanted and still regret buying the subscription to this day.

I was used to paying $1 a card then Totem switched to the new credits

Yes. Long ago. Many years ago you could get the cards for 1€ per card, but that required a monthly subscription.

Totem didn't shut down the subscriptions.
they did stop selling new ones.
As long as your Subscription payment renewed, your subscription continued.

when I joined was 2€ each now they are 2.50€

Yes, that was 10 or 11 years ago, single cards were 2 credits each, and a credit, when bought in bulk, was about $1 per credit.

But at the time that the credit system changed to 1 credit = 10 credits.
the single card price was 2.5 credits. Single cards price is now 25 credits.

So the 10x credit change did not affect card prices.

as stated above, the cards had a 25% price increase in the last 11 years.
and No increase in at least the last 8 years.

I was used to paying $1 a card then Totem switched to the new credits

Yes. Long ago. Many years ago you could get the cards for 1€ per card, but that required a monthly subscription. Single purchase of cards was at a different price, As said by Wyld, prices has not increased by 250% - not even close. Single purchase cards when I joined was 2€ each now they are 2.50€ That is only an increase of 25% over an 11 year periode. Add to it, that the technology has increased making the card tehnically better (higher resolution, better editing etc)

But hey... you know what? Your wages has also gone up during the years. (and in the unlucky event your wages hasn't increased, then you really ought to discuss that with your employer and/or union and not with Totem)

I really dislike the special events also. I just want to buy them. Ive spent hundreds on this. Special events dont make me buy stuff. Content I like does.

That's why I worry about update stickers. I think at least half of the cards in my collection have update stickers on them, and I just don't have the data allowance to be re-downloading hundreds of cards.

My case is different. I bought it in 2016 and it didn't have the update label earlier; moreover, it was a true update and card was redownloaded.

I've had a 'New' sticker on Nekane's e0300 card ever since I bought it in 2015.

Today I noticed my Nekane's 0300 and Erica Fontes's 1528 cards to have update marks.
Would it be possible to get, at least here on forum, a description of updates made to the cards?
It would be good to be knowingly able to decide if it's worth to update the card(s) or not.
Thank you.

Are there any more Anissa Kate cards coming out or is that it?

then Totem switched to the new credits and substantially raised the prices (250%?)

Totem has Not raised the Price of the cards by 250%

It was an Even 10 to 1, just like the Credits.

Cards were 2.5 credits
Cards are now 25 credits.

49.99 for 50 credits was the old price.
Now 49.99 for 500 credits.

and I don't believe the special event cards are even meant for collectors, they are also meant to entice those that are filling their collections.

Well they definitely aren't meant for me :) but I think they are for anyone willing to do what it takes to get them. As far as I can tell member with any size collection can participate one way or the other. And the last offer seemed to favor those with full collections. I don't buy stuff I don't want and I don't like to waste anything .. particularly my money so I am excluded. But as long as you are willing to compromise then the cards are available to you.

As I said in another thread "[...] you get 45% discount as a triple diamond member. Obtaining such a lucrative discount is pure appreciation of the customer."

We'll maybe but when they did it was the only way they kept me as a customer. I was used to paying $1 a card then Totem switched to the new credits and substantially raised the prices (250%?) but then they offered the loyalty discount. It made sense but without the discount it would have been to much sticker shock for me. It was a good way to get newer members paying more without rocking the boat with older members. I still think setting a fair price then giving away a free credit after so many purchases is the way to go. I'm not sure I would have bought in at $2.50 a card and when you are new it's a long way to get that discount. Who knows maybe I would have caught a sale that I liked and joined anyways. That's what really started it for me back in the day.

so Ok!! i'am 3d

We are all 3D? We'll except iStripper ... so far.

Flawed logic if ever I heard it... Totem operates on a business model, they do not "loose" thousands of credits at all. Brand loyalty is built by spending money with the company, putting something on the other side of a pay wall is a good way to drive off customers, thus destroying loyalty. Calling others 'slanderous' for pointing this out is like the pot calling the kettle...

How would you like it if they removed the 45% discount and gave you the special event cards instead? So if you buy 1000 cards in the future...which is likely...you would spend $2500 without discount. With DDD discount you will pay $1375. So you save $1200+ and even more with reload discount and preview discounts. Totem knows that collectors will buy all cards regarless of discount yet they still provide thousands of dollars of free service. Their newest promotions are attempting to get more people to mass buy, and I don't believe the special event cards are even meant for collectors, they are also meant to entice those that are filling their collections.

Spot on. Well said.
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As I said in another thread "[...] you get 45% discount as a triple diamond member. Obtaining such a lucrative discount is pure appreciation of the customer."

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There is no need for a threatening attitude... people are allowed to talk about such things.

I am all for talking about things and I am often critical of totem but the person I responded to said that totem offers "no value for loyalty". That is a slanderous statement as it is utterly untrue and I pointed out a true example of how totem "loses" thousands of $ a year by providing a discount that is based solely on loyalty. With triple diamond if buy 1000 cards then totem gives you a discount of AT LEAST 1200 dollars but actually a little more if you are smart about other discounts. I don't like the special event phenomena but I try to be honest...totem does some things really well, one is istripper, another is their discount system.

No one else has yet spoken up for Marica Hase?