I've never owned a Jubjub, but I've quite liked them since their feet stopped hiding their faces- they're cute in the most simplistic, big eyed and fluffy sort of way. They don't have many colours remaining, and most of the ones that they haven't got are the newer ones- Camouflage, Relic, Zombie- although it seems amazing that such an odd shaped pet managed to be done in all the colours, and in many cases really quite well (Maraquan and Island, for example). Last year's colours (Silver, which was incredibly faded; and Snot, for which I have no words) were disappointing. Are this year's any better?

Desert was always going to be a little tricky. The result reminded me immediately of Royal, which is probably because a shiny headdress/crown is the most obvious piece of clothing to put on a Jubjub. Less obvious is the loincloth, which is really rather pointless (though removable, I assume). I don't think I like very much how the headdress fits, it looks rather like it will fall off at any moment. It also has the eye make-up which has become usual for Desert pets.

Speckled is an interesting subtle departure from the usual colourscheme. The base shade of green is much paler than the usual shades used, and the feet are even paler. Speckled used to be a very boring colour, but recently there have been some more inspired examples like the Kau. This, unfortunately, is a return to the usual dull 'spots randomly all over a green base' formula. Why are the feet not in a darker shade like the Kau's hooves? And why has it got ugly orange eyebrows which clash with the other colours? Fortunately the usual blue eye colour goes quite nicely. I find it hard to imagine how Desert could have been done better, unless they broke with the formula completely and went for something totally original. But Speckled could have been so much prettier with relatively little effort or imagination.

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