Does a species appearing automatically unlock the special bitizen (?) in TDS

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I've noticed a few species in TDS that have appeared in my album, but it has not unlocked their special characters… I have noticed that once they appear the price to unlock them for Bux goes down to 1 Bux.

Does anyone know if these characters ever unlock on their own, or do you have to unlock them in the store for bux? In other words, is it a special process by which these ? bitizens unlock in addition to the notification of the species unlocking?

As an example: I have had both Mon Calamari, and Admiral Akbar appear in my TDS album, but I was not able to unlock the scene for the Mon Cala Aquarium until I paid the 1 Bux for the Mon Calamari special bitizen.

Here are photos as another example: Look at the Toydarian in both photos, and just to muddy the water some, see that Snowtrooper? I routinely get him as a ? bitizen. Anyone have any idea WTF is going on here?

Album Toydarian

Store Toydarian

Best Answer

I too have had the same experience with having the character, but not getting the occurrence of the scene.

I believe that the scene occurring is a random event based on if you have the characters.

If not, then it is one of the large number of bugs that are in the game. The developer has said they are working on them, but until then, this may be the cause of one of them.