Thread:MarvelPhx/@comment-31595794-20180507012007/@comment-29878506-20180507013157

The way I look at the reward/award (which are basically interchangeable terms) items is that it was given to the player without them 'directly and purposely' buying it from the Shop.

This includes items rewarded by contracts, from leveling up, from FB/Twitter, new user awards like you are asking about, and so on. This also includes Mystery Depot/Offer Box items as they are a random lottery that 'can' reward items, but the item is not guaranteed.

As for locos/wagons that used to be able to be gifted by neighbors long ago, I feel they are also awards for the purpose of classifying items into the Shop/Offer/Reward sub-categories. We don't need yet another 'Gift' sub-category for locos and wagons.