I bought the $100 package twice and I’m currently working on my third villa. I made 200 at least in FPS, the pirate ship fully upgraded, the crows nest fully upgraded, four guard post kits, two royal selection kits, six outposts, two outpost upgrades, four wishing wells, three level 1 villas, seven victory towers, and multiple troops. This was a great event. I spun first thing in the morning when people were sleeping as to not mess up the wheel. All in all, I loved it a lot more than the soccer event. It took me $100 just to get a fully upgraded colossus.
Pretty much the same experience for me, which works out great, cuz I've always been a morning person anyway. I 'only' got one $140 special package deal that they offered that first day though.
I found that just like with the soccer event, I did the vast majority of my damage the first day, coming away with a HUGE haul, and after that it was hot/cold. I've come away with two fully leveled Villa's and a fully leveled Crows Nest so far, which Is what I went into it wanting, along with approximately a metric crap ton of worthless stuff that is barely even worth the time it takes to sell it at the AD. I swear, if I
never see another 10% boost again, it'll be too soon.
I love the production of the Hippo, which is definitely better in FP's, but I like the Villa better in every other way, especially the look of it, which is helped by not being anywhere near as obnoxiously long as I had to make the Hippo to get it to produce like it does. The only reason I was able to fit that thing was cuz of how many houses that I still had at that time that I was able to get rid of.
Along with those two Villa's, The Crow's Nest and the couple of Rouge Hideouts I've gotten, as well as being able to use the diamonds to put down Traz, I'm definitely much happier with this event overall, and my city looks freaking awesome right now, it has really all come together better than I could have even imagined just a few months ago.
I will say that one minor complaint I have about the look of The Crow's Nest and the Villa is that they don't have any animations for either, they just kinda sit there. But, that's really minor, and they both still have a really nice look to them.