Permanent icon record
Pixelated desert scene with a sphinx statue, palm trees, and a blue sky, showing text animation from 'M' to 'MYSTERY' over time.
Pixelated desert scene with a sphinx statue, palm trees, and a blue sky, showing text animation from 'M' to 'MYSTERY' over time. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Dr. Sloth N…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
Dr. Sloth Neopets AIM Icons
- Source title
- aim_desert_sphinx.gif | Neopets Image Emporium
- Category
- drsloth / AIM Icons
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 05:58 UTC
Somnolescent Neopets AIM Buddy Icons
- Source title
- Neopets Buddy Icons (Locations) | The Somnolescent Archives
- Category
- hoards / neopets aim icons / locations / neopets buddy icons locations the somnolescent archives
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Observed
- July 10, 2026 at 06:25 UTC
Internet Archive Neopets AIM Icons
- Source title
- aim_desert_sphinx
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Virtual Pet Fandom
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:46 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 2.7 KB
- Motion
- Animated (8 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/db/dbd96f2ed750304fda648dd2610942442921db195cc090bf4a28fd599fcac663.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- dbd96f2ed750304f
- SHA-256
- dbd96f2ed750304fda648dd2610942442921db195cc090bf4a28fd599fcac663
Full source records (3)
Dr. Sloth Neopets AIM Icons (drsloth-neopets-aim-icons)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Type
- tagged image database category
- Category
- drsloth / AIM Icons
- Title
- aim_desert_sphinx.gif | Neopets Image Emporium
- Alt
- aim_desert_sphinx | AIM Icons | tags aim buddy icons animated lost desert sphinx mystery
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 05:58 UTC
- Rights
- licensed Neopets assets indexed by a fan database; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- tagged Neopets AIM icon database with official asset URLs, dimensions, category, and free-form subject tags
Original: https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/aim_desert_sphinx.gif Download: https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/aim_desert_sphinx.gif Page: https://www.drsloth.com/view/10488/
Somnolescent Neopets AIM Buddy Icons (somnolescent-neopets)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Type
- curated static archive
- Category
- hoards / neopets aim icons / locations / neopets buddy icons locations the somnolescent archives
- Title
- Neopets Buddy Icons (Locations) | The Somnolescent Archives
- Observed
- July 10, 2026 at 06:25 UTC
- Rights
- download-friendly archive, still verify before product redistribution
- Slice
- official virtual-pet/game-community promotional icons
Original: https://archives.somnolescent.net/hoards/neopets-aim-icons/locations/aim_desert_sphinx.gif Download: https://archives.somnolescent.net/hoards/neopets-aim-icons/locations/aim_desert_sphinx.gif Page: https://archives.somnolescent.net/hoards/neopets-aim-icons/locations.html
Internet Archive Neopets AIM Icons (internet-archive-neopets-meteor-aim-icons)
- Kind
- internet-archive-item
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Virtual Pet Fandom
- Type
- Internet Archive item with hundreds of original AIM image members
- Title
- aim_desert_sphinx
- Alt
- aim_desert_sphinx
- Archive entry
- aim_desert_sphinx.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:46 UTC
- Rights
- copyrighted game imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- broad Neopets species, character, item, and site-culture AIM icons
Original: https://archive.org/download/aim_icon_meteor/aim_desert_sphinx.gif#aim_desert_sphinx.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/aim_icon_meteor/aim_desert_sphinx.gif#aim_desert_sphinx.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/aim_icon_meteor