Comic-Con Phase 4: Stan Lee & Minion Stewies Oh My

UPDATE 8-15 2PM EST (Bunny): Due to confusion from players on Part 3 of “Bombs Away” with Blobulous, his two hour task to get Bombs will be disabled until Part 3 is completed. (People were sending Blobulous 2hr instead of Chris 4hr.) Then it will return. Also, Stan Lee Trailer not dropping will has a fix on its way.

 

Update 10:30 PM EDT: Just received word the update has not hit Kindle yet.  As soon as we hear it’s hit we’ll let you guys know.  In the meantime keep earning that Blam! 🙂

Update 9:30 PM EDT: If you’re getting the Consuela screen with the boost::bad_format_String ERROR… showing up…TinyCo IS Aware of this and they’re working on repairing it.  Sit tight and hopefully all will be restored shortly! 🙂

Hello There Clammers!

Phase 4 of Comic Con is upon us!  Another celebrity has hit our towns and Stewie has changed yet again! App Store Update has hit!

More details are on the way…just as soon as we go through everything ourselves.  But for now…as usual…Peter kicks things off for phase 4!  (note you have to have completed the Enfant Terrible Part 6 questline for phase 4 to start for you)

Warning Mild Spoilers Ahead

First let’s cover the new stuff….

When you first start the update you’ll go through the tutorial for bombing Stewie’s minions…THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!  And can only be stopped by Bombs.  Peter kicks off this part in the questline called Bombs Away.  Here’s the basic details (As always we’ll have a FULL rundown post of the details in the Stewie Bombs soon):

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Once you go through the tutorial you’ll have to reload to enable the full bomb feature in Quahog.

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You’ll have to hard close out of your game and go back in to trigger it to reload.

Various tasks will earn more bombs…or (of course) you can spend clams on them and buy more:

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Now onto the rest of the new stuff….

New Buildings:

Buildings that cost Blam!

perlman petsPerlman’s Pets- 2,500 Blam!, 8hr Build.  Earns $30, 20xp/4hrs

stewie inkMutant Stewie’s Ink and Stationary- 2,000 Blam!, 12hr Build.  Earns $40, 25xp/6hrs

Buildings that cost Clams

fg_building_stanleetrailer@4xStan Lee’s Trailer- 100 Clams, Earns $10, 5xp/ 4hrs.  Always drops Notebooks

used booksOld Timey Book Store- 100 Clams, Earns $30, 20xp/4hrs.  Always drops Classic Books.

film museumQuahog Film Museum- 150 Clams, Earns $40, 25xp/6hrs.  Always drops Movie Cameras.

Organic Bomb StandOrganic Bomb Stand- 200 Clams, Earns $30, 20xp/4hrs.  Always drops Bombs.


New Character:

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Stan Lee- Required to unlock: repair the flag pole, 200 Blam! 8hrs to Repair.

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Movie Camera15 Movie Cameras (Extra Rare) get from: Minion Stewies OR Make Mort Hold a Fundraiser OR Make Patrick Stewart Football Tricks OR Get From Outhouse of Loneliness OR Get from Quahog Film Museum

Note pad Note Book15 Notebooks (Rare) get from: Make Lois Write Passive Aggressive Email OR Get from Stan Lee’s Trailer OR Red Shirt Nerds

Classic Book10 Classic Books (Extra Rare) get from: “Q” Hotel OR Bomb Minion Stewie OR Quagmire Watch My Little Furry OR Old Timey Book Store (Premium)

15,000 Blam!

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Buy More Bombs:

1 Bomb1 Bomb- 10 Clams

6 Bombs6 Bombs- 50 Clams

12 Bombs12 Bombs- 90 Clams

48 Bombs48 Bombs- 320 Clams


New Fabulous Challenge:

This week we’re after the Multipliers Super Vehicle…the Tri-Cycle (a Bike Built for 3)!  We also get a look at what the grand prize is for collecting all the cars…The Fabu-Jet!

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This week’s challenge will pop up sometime after you complete the first part of the Bombs Away quest (where you check out the details).  To complete the challenge you have the check out the Tri-cycle AND Bomb 300 Minion Stewies…in 4 days!

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That’s all the details for this phase of Comic Con!

What do YOU think of the new features?  Thoughts on Stan Lee in the game now?  How about all the Stewie’s running around Quahog?  How many have you managed to bomb so far?  Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you!

985 responses to “Comic-Con Phase 4: Stan Lee & Minion Stewies Oh My

  1. Thanks to one of the posters below (sorry can’t find the one I read now) who said tap the minion stewies and they stand still long enough to get a nice shot in. Been getting groups of 8-10. So far I’ve gotten 5 sprinkles for Chris and 4 books for Stan in an hour. Wonder if the chances of these items increase when you kill a bigger group of minion Stewies. Loving the update, so much to do.

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    • You are then thanking about 10 or more commenters..lol, many great players on this blog that figure stuff out fast. Let’s me be real lazy, love it. I’m really liking this event too, way better than the Full Moon mess, but then again, without it they would not have learned how to improve on the game. My current record is 10, but I’m shooting for a new high score. I found a sweet ambush corner in my town. I can see them coming down three pathways, I just stack them up and BOOM! Yes….I need help! XD

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      • I think 10 is max. I tried it severeal times but some of them just walking along though I hit them right into their faces 🙂
        I got 213/300 so far, and I slept about 6 hours until now^^
        What helps me a lot: I made a small maze out of bushes in the mid of the map, other buildings hugging each other all over the map.
        So if a Minion Stewie wants to wander around, it either has to go into every edge of the whole map or just walk right through the middle and.. also through the maze 😉 got like 6-8 in there every time (I was nearly out of Stewies 2hours after patch launched^^), with a bit tapping quite 10-15 Stewies. Hope this helps 🙂

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  2. Fair play Stan Lee is going to be solid to unlock

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  3. Still unable to complete “Bombs Away Pt. 2”. Tried reinstalling and force closing. Have sent a message to TinyCo ingame. How do they contact us back?

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  4. Ok. Have to wait 2hr to finish faboulus 4 headquarters. So, how you reach 300 Minion Stewies?? That is impossible. How are you able to bomb 300 stewies within 4 days? Someone help!

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    • Sten, it is really easy, the blue nerds drop bombs all the time, lots of characters have short tasks to earn bombs. You can tap on the lil Brats and keep them still until more come walking up then drop a bomb on them. I’m averaging around 7 per bomb. I already am almost half way there and I’ve only been playing a little here and there because I’m answering the comments tonight. You’ll get it Buddy and I know you’ll just love this new Phase. 😉

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    • Very easy to do. You’ll have no troubles. I started last night and had my characters start collecting bombs. I have dropped maybe 24 or 25 bombs and have already eliminated 95 minions and still have until monday at 830ET is when my time is up.

      Also, it is great cause I have 3 books, 4 camera and 1 notebook just from minion stewies. Weird thing is it says to get notebooks you need to do a Lois task, but I got one for killing a minion so who knows.

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  5. Alright guys just a quickie when I vanquish giant stewie for the last time in the quest does he disappear forever? My final pesticide challenge is a 29 one I have 22 with 5 hours to go so if i don’t get to 29 I will have wasted a lot of clams/pesticide/time.

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    • He is here for the remainder of the event. Don’t go for the 29 pesticide “vanquish” (it’s Blam per pesticide ratio is terrible). Let the timer run out, collect more during that time and then run your streak up to the 18 “can” 25X mark only each time and repeat. 🙂

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  6. Shot! 12 minions from 1 bomb. Build a set of double cross roads. 2 roads across and 1 running through to make a giant H, tap your minions so they ink over and over untill you have 10+ sat there then bomb the middle of the H and you will get high minion for bomb count. If you make sure there are no building near you can get a nice big group going. 6 bombs dropped and 62 minions killed in 2 hours. Hope this helps

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    • Awesome tip! I have a little 3 road corner I use. My record is 10. Now I’ll shot for 12 or more! 😉

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      • Mine is in front of the comic con area so i can get my nerds aswel as build high numbers. The minions are a good blam earner. My avg minion to bomb is 10-1 so erning between 150 and 250 per bomb and doing a bomb every 10 mins so im getting at least 900 blam per hour then add in nerds and chars so id say around 950 a hour. 100k dont look so hard now for freemium android players such as myself. 41k total so far and i only got red hot yesterday lunch

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  7. I just had the best luck. I bombed 7 minions and they dropped 3 classic books for Stan Lee! I’m stoked!

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  8. Found the update this morning (about 3h ago), and since then have bombed only 46 minions. The most in one shot was 9, the least 3. Darn things keep scurrying away…
    Does anyone know what the spawn rate is? And how many max at any one time? I gather you can zap more if more are running around.

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    • Keep tapping on them to make them stand still, then more and more will walk up. Then tap on them all one last time, aim, shot Boom….you’ll be averaging 7 to 10 every shot. We don’t know the spawn rate or cap, but I know I haven’t run out of them yet. I’m almost at the halfway point. This car challenge should be a breeze for everyone once they start it. 😉

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  9. Removing your roads doesn’t work. 😦
    But what does is tapping them. They will stay still and squirt ink at you. And keep tapping enough of them as they get in the area and once you get a nice number of them quickly go to bomb mode and blast them to smithereens!!
    Just got a 5 and an 8 kill at once with this method.
    Tap and blast!!

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  10. Slightly embarrassed but where can I click to get bomb target to appear? Can’t find anywhere. I clicked on minions but they taunt me…. They need to be bombed! 😝

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  11. Still need to finish the last 3 parts of the giant stewie quest thing.
    Man I hope we get the android only soon! Its been a few weeks.

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    • The Super Joe outfit? My guess is, it won’t come until the end of the event. Here’s why; it can’t help with the event because the iOS players would be upset (Golden Suit Peter never helps with events) and if it doesn’t help, Android players will be upset. So to keep both groups semi-happy, it will release at the end. Now, this is just one of my “wild” guesses that I love to freely throw out. 😉

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      • My theory is that they will release him with 14 days to go. Ios had 4 blam earning people for 1 week more then andriod. Event costumes earn double blam. So 1 double blam earning char for 2 weeks is the same as 4 standard blame chars for 1 week. Then android and ios have a unique costume each and the same blam earning potential

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  12. They seem to be hugging the streets. Has anyone tried to remove all your roads except for a small patch so all the minion Stewies are all in one place?

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  13. Don’t have the update yet (on Kindle) but looking down the information, am I correct in thinking that there isn’t any immediate new reason to save up batteries? I stopped using them a few days ago when the huge battery packs went on sale, in anticipation of them being needed for some new game mechanic. Looking at this, I’m thinking I may as well start using them again?

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    • Use them, they are not involved with this newest phase. 🙂

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      • I just thought – do the latcher Stewies drop anything needed re: Bombs, Stan Lee items, or do they simply continue to drop pesticide?

        On the subject of pesticide, the celebrity/superhero tasks switched to say “Rare” instead of “Always” yesterday, though so far without the update they’re continuing to drop as before. Does the update change things so they actually ARE rare drops now? Or do they still drop pesticides every time?

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        • That was a wording glitch that popped up, they all still drop “always”. The Latcher Stewies still drop the things they dropped before, but mostly pesticides. 🙂

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          • Excellent, thanks for the info. I’ve been earning 5.2k Blam per day from Giant Stewie, plus whatever extra I get from tasks and other buildings. If they haven’t gimped the pesticide drops, I should be able to unlock the Stewie Factory by the end of tomorrow or early Saturday, and George Takei by the middle of next week! Can’t wait for this update to hit Kindle so I can get started unlocking Stan the Man.

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          • So that’s why I can’t finish ron because there are not dropping film reels anymore

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  14. Well, I’m gutted. I waited out on the Enfant Terrible quest line and I’ve now been made to pay the price. I have a day to wait to build the fab 4 headquarters (a building I didn’t want which is why I’ve laid off this quest), plus the subsequent quests that require me defeating giant Stewie (which with my stash is gonna take at least two days). In the meantime, what can I do to prepare for this phase? Is there anything else I could build that needs building later on or…? So disappointed 😦

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    • No…you’ll get all the bombs you need once you trigger the event. The car challenge timer will trigger later so you’re fine. Also there are some glitches that are being worked on, once you start the Phase it will be smooth sailing for you. Just keep collecting those pesticides and get that quest done. You’ll be fine and bombing lil Stewies before you know it. 😉

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  15. Love the latest update. I got Felicia yesterday and I have just got Red Hot tonight. And finally got my last sundae to make Blobulous! I’ve only managed to bomb 60 minions so far. I think the ComicCon event is pretty good. I have not bought clams and I’m still able to get the characters and costumes unlocked (except Bryan Cranston…lol). I doubt I get enough blam for George Takei though. But it’s a good game that I play for free and I feel I’ve been able to get plenty of stuff without clams so I’m happy. Really ready to get Quagmire’s multiplier suit and have the group complete. Good job TinyCo 🙂

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    • Lot of time left, each new character helps the Blam hunt…..George is getting closer and closer. Focus on the minions and Giant Stewie….the two together will get you a lot of daily Blam. 🙂

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  16. Hey Guys,
    Just to let you know, there is a glitch with Minion Stewie, they don’t always die from a bomb, even with a direct hit. From what I can see if they’re performing an action, ie, they’ve stopped to ink or you’ve just tapped on them, that’s when they don’t die. Also if you tap on a bunch to collect them in one area and hit a crowd with a bomb sometimes some just disappear without counting as kills or giving reward sometimes none die… I’ve raised a ticket but it’s worth spreading the news because I bought a few bombs and feel I’ve wasted them…

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  17. After the update i can’t start my game. After the tinyco screen i just get a black screen. Tried all the usual steps 😦

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  18. Ugh, first a week long wait for this event and now another wait for Kindle? I’m getting bored up here!

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  19. Sorry if this has been noted but I’m also getting bombs from the blue nerds, all the time. I always get one that drops a bomb plus Balm!. Also minion Stewies are also dropping clams once bombed plus Balm! I’ve also found the best trick to bomb the minion’s is to tap on a group of them and bomb them without zooming in. The blast radios seems larger when you are fully zoomed out therefore increasing the amount of minion’s you hit.

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  20. Got a glitch….. I can’t get minions when updated no tutorial and an exclamation mark on a HQ4 building that stewie was on so cannot blast with the zapper but still losing zaps also looks like a bomb on top of the building?? Update not worked?? Help me!!!

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  21. I am having a hard time with bombing minion Stewies. It is very gitchy and Stewies that are obviously in crosshairs it is saying that they were not there and I do not get credit for them. Very annoying. Not impressed at all.

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    • There are a few having this issue. It could be a memory issue effected by so much animation on the screen. Make sure no other apps are running in the background and are all closed before opening the game. It plays perfectly on my iPad 4 when it’s the only thing running, but a little laggy/glitchy when I have forgotten to close TSTO or other games/apps still open. 🙂

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  22. I’m starting to think the last challenge will be something like “claim all comic-con prizes” so freemium players won’t be able to get them. As if not getting George Takei or Robotsaurus is not sad enough. Of course only time will tell

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    • There are soooo many ways now to get Blam that it looks really good for any player that invests a little time to go very far in the event. Still a lot of time left with more stuff coming. 😉

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      • I only spent the 10$ for the clam deal during this event and did not purchase Bryan Cranston or any other Blam! earning merchandise. I am at 42 k, most of which has been earned in the past week. I still have 217 clams left over from the purchase. Very reasonable to achieve the 100k depending on what day you started. I have a desk job and have alerts set up on my tablet so that makes a difference as well. I’ve been blasting the audio around and coworkers are getting a kick out of it. I’m addicted to Blam! … better than meth I suppose 😉

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  23. Do you get to keep the buildings you spend Blam! On? (ie Training Center/Larping Forest)

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  24. Something I’ve noticed. (Unless I’m just going crazy.) It seems the spawn rate of the Blue Nerds has been lowered when the game is closed. (Closed it for like 30-40 minutes, only had six upon return.) HOWEVER, they still spawn 3 at the regular 7.5 minutes when it’s open. Hmmm…

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  25. A tip I discovered for getting many Stewies with a single bomb. When you see a bunch of stewies in the explosion radius, click on them before you bring up your bomb sights. They freeze and squirt ink giving you time to get more for each shot!

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  26. Am I missing something? I updated my iphone app and my android app and still no Stan lee phase … I just finished Felicia though yay

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  27. Anyone have a way i can contact tinyco?

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  28. Also I think it’s quite hilarious seeing my worker hammering away at Stan Lee’s feet lol :p haha

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  29. So far I got 75000 (android player) and I’m currently unlocking Stan Lee n already bombed 88 minions things are looking lovely 🙂 hopefully unlock Stan n George soon

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  30. For anyone not getting the bombsight button, just hard closing didn’t work for me, I had to turn off my iPad as well.

    Thanks for this site, it’s been very helpful!

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  31. Bombs and bombing minion Stewie are incredibly glitchy and not really fun. Many of my bombs don’t credit and many Stewies that are clearly in the crosshairs don’t detonate. Hey TinyCo, you may have a big fail on your hands. Maybe you should stop trying to do too much? All of this plus trying to unlock characters is way too much.

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    • Sorry to hear you’re having troubles in your game. Send TinyCo a message from within your game. I have now literally read hundreds of comments. Except for a few that can’t even play the event, it has been mostly positive feedback. Maybe when the bugs get worked out in your game you’ll like it more, or maybe not. Not all elements are going to be enjoyed by all players (I’m not a big fan of the zapper). 🙂

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  32. stuartgrobinson's avatar stuartgrobinson

    I have a bug where quagmire is in the furry dungeon having completed a task but it has a latcher Stewie on it. When I try to zap it thr game freezes. The gun moves as if firing but no beam comes out and then the only way to get rid of it is to hard close the game. Anyone else had this kind of problem?

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  33. Got all the sundaes I needed (thank youuuuu tiny co )
    So far I’ve gotten 100 minions so that’s making getting the bike east. And getting lots of blam! Hoping to make it all the way to George Takai!

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    • Don’t feel so bad, my very first sundae droped a few minutes ago, AFTER AN ENTIRE WEEK OF NO SUNDAES

      Just keep waiting for them to drop, soon or later it will happen

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    • For those of you struggling to get sundaes, try defeating Giant Stewie with the pesticides and then in the 30 seconds it takes for him to re-spawn, quickly go around and zap your latchers. When giant Stewie is re-spawning the game thinks you have no need for pesticides,meaning the latchers won’t drop you any as rewards. It doesn’t necessarily improve the probability of a sundae dropping, but it does limit the amount of possible reward outcomes, as you’ll basically get either a sundae as a reward or no reward just the normal Blam and Xp. It worked pretty well for me. Got at least 4 of my sundaes using this method.

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  34. 100 minions: 0 Sundaes
    I know it’s random; I just thought I’d throw my numbers in with everyone elses.

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  35. First off, THANK YOU! For this site. You have all been a great help. I’m sure this has probably been said already but just in case. Tap those mutant stewies to stop them and try and get 6-10 of them stuck together than bomb the crap out of them. I have rearranged my town a bit to bottle neck them. Cheers!

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    • Read through the comments, it’s the hot tip of the night. Guess great minds all think alike. 😉

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    • I’m not willing to sacrifice my Quahog’s aesthetics to make my quota. C’mon TinyCo… you know I only complain when your stuff is really jacked, and with mutant Stewie, you stuff is really jacked. These crappy mutant Stewie’s should either go away or be reasonably manageable in next week’s update.

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      • I’m finding it pretty easy to just bomb them back to the Stone Age,

        The squatters are supposed to be annoying to make you want to get rid of the .
        The Lost Boys are still the most annoying. Wish I coulda dropped bombs on them.
        ‘1D is gonna be great FOREVER’ rotflmao

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  36. what the heck, so I had the problem of nothing happening after clicking “bombs away” button (yes i’ve completed tutorials, etc) I tried force closing the game and reopening but still was unable to bomb stewies. Now I uninstall/reinstall and I’m stuck in loading screen.

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  37. So I went through the tutorial and it let me bomb, collected a couple of bombs since and when I click on spider stewie it says I need bombs.

    There’s no bomb count anywhere. How do I bring up the bombing from now on?

    Thanks

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    • It will be an icon on the bottom of the screen next to the zapper battery count icon (it doesn’t show up immediately). You can also call it up by tapping the “collect 300” task on the car challenge task icon in the task bar pop up.

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  38. I’m going crazy not being able to play. My game crashed 6 hours ago and won’t re-open. Tinyco won’t even give me an eta. I’m guessing they’re based in America and are all asleep. I’ve un-installed twice but it still won’t open. This is my only game and my only respite from the real world. If this takes any longer I may have to resort to actual human interaction.

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    • Talk to an actual human!! The horror! Lol…..They are up and working, I can assure you. They are not responding right now because they don’t have an answer yet. I know it sucks, I truly do. If it makes you feel any better, I’m not playing right now either while I help you fine folks out. 😉

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  39. I am in love with this update! I was still annoyed with having been locked out of my game for days and then being so far behind on blam, but the Stewie minions got me red hot Lois and I am now almost caught up to where I should have been if there was no bug that locked players out! Thank you TinyCo. Keep up the great work. And thank all of you at Family Guy Addicts for all your help and tips.

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  40. I’m finding it easy to get bunches of minions by tapping on them to stop them for about 2-3 seconds and tapping others as they come by to keep them still. As soon as I get about 5-7 together I hit the bomb button and drop. Been getting at least 6 per and best was 9. Hope this helps.

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  41. I have a glitch on a quest that just says bomb minion stewies and his has a check mark like I finished it but it wont clear. I sent an in game message about it but I wanted to see if anyone else is having the problem and if they were able to get it to clear.

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  42. Good stuff, guys! 🙂

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  43. Think with this event, memory overload is happen.. Think to much going on with nerds and minions. Time to put a lot more stuff away

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  44. If anyone is having an issue where starting the minion quests force closes, tie your account to email or social media then uninstall and reinstall. Once you reset the game you’ll have to do the first few quests over, but then you can access your old account. Worked for me and now i am once again loving this event. Im a bad shot but its still a lot of fun.

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  45. Good job on all the comments Cybersilly, I’m your #1 fan!

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  46. The minion Stewies are extremely helpful. I have already shot 100 of the little buggers and my blam total has raised from around 29000 to over 32000 since the update.

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  47. OK so I looked in the app store no update,is there something wrong,that there working on.I’m losing time to get the new car.

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  48. Yes! Just unlocked Takei! Now on to the minions bwahahaha!

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  49. hey a friend of my is having problems updating to the comic con event he is running the game on a kindle the store doesn’t give me the option to update game what should he do?

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