# Block Breaker Deluxe 2 - How does the shop work?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 2, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/block-breaker-deluxe-2-how-does-the-shop-work/466206 "2008-10-02T17:59:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/block-breaker-deluxe-2-how-does-the-shop-work/466206/1 "2008-10-02T17:59:01Z")

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I just got this game for my iPhone, but I gather that it’s been around on other platforms for a while, so I’m assuming there will be no shortage of people who can answer a newbie’s stupid question:

How does the shop work? I played for a while, earned enough money and stars to buy some stuff, so I bought the Satellite ball, the Shield, and the Add-on Stack. I went back to the game and . . . Where’s my Satellite ball? Where’s my Shield? Back to the shop, it’s got the little “x” in the first box on those items, so it remembers that I bought them.

So, where are my items? Is there something I need to do to activate them?