Board Thread:Wiki General Discussion/@comment-4011511-20130512190856/@comment-8111497-20130515161833

Just for info, the items in Farmville can be classified into 3 stages based on their release state...

Stage 1: The images are created for them, and made available in their links database... They can either be released or abandoned anytime... Just because there are links does not mean that the item will be released.

Stage 2: They code the above into the actual game, which means that they can be available to the players via one means or the other... once coded, they don't usually remove such items from the game... But this stage does not count for the final release unless it becomes accessible to all the players without any special means...

Stage 3: The actual release, like when the item hits the market, or is a prize for something, etc... Only when they are accessible to the general public as a whole do the items fall under this category...