I've been waiting to respond here until I could decide for sure, but it's just so hard to choose, and I still haven't decided!
Wands or butterflies or mushrooms? The physical prizes are a whole other set of choices. The only thing I'm certain of at the moment is the patch! I'm also curious to see what the gnome will look like. Gnomes can be pretty cute, so we'll see.
While I like the collectibles, I'm most likely going to try to sell what I can to earn TBT.
Aside from the obligatory Fair Patch, if I have spare tickets leftover after sales, I want to keep a Bluebird of Happiness Plush for myself. Birds are my favorite types of animals, it's adorable, and if in some unlikely event I ever come to own a Celeste Chick Plush, it'd go together well.
I've been tied up this month, but if I can participate before it ends, and if I get enough, the only one I have interest in is the blue bird of happiness. Lilly of the valley is really nice too.
To be honest, none of them. While some of them do look pretty cool, I'm just going to be going for the non-collectible items this time around. I already have the collectibles I want and I don't need any more TBT, so I'd rather have something physical that I can touch and look at in real life.
I refrained from posting until now as I had my eye on a couple physical prizes that I wasn’t sure I was going to get. If I wasn’t able to get them I was going to get more of the collectibles. Since I did end up getting both physical prizes after all I’ll probably just get the Bluebird Plush as I’m collecting the Plush collectibles (also maybe the fair patch if I have extra tickets at the end). All of them look lovely though.
I did end up snagging a mailbox prize! I’m interested in seeing the contents of the box. I’m sure there’s some cool stuff in there! I hope everyone was able to get the physical prizes they wanted. Those Celeste plushes went so darn quickly.
I so far have wound up purchasing the Bluebird Plush (it's so cute!) and I'm hoping I'll be able to save enough tickets up to buy the Wand, and both of the Butterfly Spirits!
Small update, just bought the bluebird of happiness plush, so I'm happy! I totally forgot I have the puppy plush too, but I think the bluebird is my real first plush. A little more on the expensive side I would think.
I ended up using most of my tickets to buy 5 of the new collectibles (Enchanted Butterfly Wand, Lily of the Valley, Opalescent Crystal, Caustic Crystal, Indigo Mushroom Lamp) for other people. I'm glad I was able to help some people out with their collectible wants, but a bit sad that I wasn't able to help more people out just due to running out of tickets in the end.
I am happy to report that after receiving my final tickets, I’ll have enough for all the Crystals and a TBT Fair 2022 Patch. What else I get will depend on if I get a staff favorite. If not, I think I’ll buy an Indigo Mushroom Lamp and some raffle tickets. If I happen to get a favorite, I really want a Bluebird of Happiness Plush so I’ll likely get that instead.
So in the end, I purchased the Glowing Butterfly Spirit, Gleaming Butterfly Spirit, and one Lily of the Valley with my own tickets. I also bought the patch since I had enough tickets leftover. I bought everything else I wanted from other members. I'm so glad I had been saving up my TBT for just such an occasion.
I have 9 tickets left with at least 6 more to come from my contest nomination. I'll wait to see if I get any staff favorites and find out what kind of collectible raffle is on offer, but more than likely I'll be looking to sell my final tickets once I've got them.