Birdwatching (Buzzy Bees Cabin)

[Plume]

What if it was...
"Redd sells Gallant Statue (David). Redd created the raffle. The raffle does not sell Gallant Statue, which is the enemy of man's best friend(dogs are afraid of fireworks)."

...
I think I've been thinking about this too long.

 

[BluebearL]

Thoughts from Discord from Nougat and Mog:

-you guys remember when companies were using acnh as a way to advertise their stuff? Eg: Gucci, Marc Jacobs etc etc. Could fit in? Worth looking at some of the threads that discussed advertising on NH. There is a lot of commercialisation surrounding ACNH.

Other thoughts:
-Label and Gracie (bff + luxury??)
-Expanding on Gucci- this is probably too literal and not conceptual enough but Gucci does sell diamond dog tag necklaces???

A few of us agreed that the Griffin is a metaphor- so let's think conceptually- what could it represent?

 

[mogyay]

did mercedes as a car model ever like invent something?? related to a gryphon?? might be more related to the company rather than the user

 

[BluebearL]

Probably nothing but this was an ad on Pocket Camp today- could look for threads discussing the 'luxury'/paid elements of pc. Idk.

 

[Plume]

I'm sorry I haven't been much help in this so far. Real life had me tied up. I have been thinking about the clue though;

I remembered that in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain there is a mercenary group that calls themselves the Diamond Dogs. The Metal Gear franchise was created by Hideo Kajima. Kojima Productions and Konami worked together for many years building the Metal Gear franchise. Kojima Productions created the video games and Konami published them, including Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

In 2015 Konami and Kojima Productions parted ways badly - really badly. Konami stripped all references of Kojima from marketing. Kojima was executive vice president of Konami Digital Entertainment. Konami completely axed the position and removed it from official listings of the company's executives. Later on in 2015, Konami barred Kojima from going to accept the award for Best Action-Adventure Game at The Game Awards 2015. Needless to say fans were not pleased with Konami for that act. Several days later Kojima re-opened Kojima Productions as a stand alone, independent company from Konami.

Konami was originally a jukebox repair & rental company. Then they got into video games. Both jukeboxes and early video game consoles could be seen as "luxury" items. Konami basically "sold out" Kojima who was the artist who created the Diamond Dogs.

That's all I've got so far. I'm not sure how "gryphon" connects to Konami or Kojima but I thought I'd at least share this info.

Adding to this, there's a few gryphon related Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and Konami owns the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise. Probably unrelated.

 

[Milleram]

Not sure if this is related at all, but Pocket Camp has/had a fortune cookie called Reneigh's Luxury Cookie. It doesn't look like any of the items sold in the cookies are related to diamonds or anything, though.

 

[Plume]

Another thought. Marilyn Monroe's real name was Norma Jean. Maybe the first part of the riddle could refer to Norma, the cow villager?

But I don't think cows and dogs are enemies.

& going down the Metal Gear Solid path, maybe the villager Snake could be related?

 

[DaCoSim]

Tesla is a luxury car and David Bowie played Nikola Tesla in the movie The Prestige.

 

[_Rainy_]

Has the game earthbound or the mother games been mentioned yet? There are diamond dogs in that

 

[Venn]

Has the game earthbound or the mother games been mentioned yet? There are diamond dogs in that

I don't know think so.

 

[pandapples]

Hey Buzzy Bees, a new bird is chirping about. Good luck to you all on sniffing this one out!

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

Keywords I'm getting are

"Board" could be something in the bulletin board section..
"Bone" could be Halloween related
"Evolving" could be something Pokemon related

That's all I got

 

[Venn]

I thought of Dizzy Bone

 

[Milleram]

The evolving part made me think of Pokemon. Pokemon also have attacks that cause confusion, which might relate to the dazed part. There are also Pokemon that have bones incorporated into their designs, like Duskull, Cubone, Houndour, etc. Just not sure about the fantasy part.

 

[Plume]

The third clue was found on Dizzybone's dream address bulletin board!
The code is SGTAPN

 

[pandapples]

Awesome find, Plume! Also thank you @dizzy bone for your work of art. ❤

 

[Dinosaurz]

This code broke my IP and the site but it was worth it

 

[Nougat]

The third clue was found on Dizzybone's dream address bulletin board!
The code is SGTAPN
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Awesome! Just redeemed it, thanks Plume

 

[Valzed]

You guys are amazing! I take a day off to water my 20 plant friends and come back to see you've solved two of the clues! I am in awe! You are some super duper Buzzy Bees!

 

[Venn]

Just some thoughts that I wasnt able to finish looking through at the moment, but maybe something will click for someone else: (from discord)
Here was my thought this morning that I was looking into: What if Luxury was ACNL vs ACNH about NPCS and how alot were/are missing from ACNH.
Then I figured the gryphon was the Dodos
then I didnt know how to figure out the second part

Also checking the pages of collectibles after you click them. Some has already clicked on Diamonds/Gems and Dogs, but what about collectibles of other villagers and NPCs? I don't have them all so I don't know them all.