Zhu Zhu Pets
Limited Supply!
The most wanted but most unavailable toys now are Zhu Zhu Pets, robotic hamsters that dart around, play in tubes and talk to each other. Many stores, including Toys"R"Us, Walmart and Target have sold out of the toy, and the only hope appears to be bidding on eBay .
Zhu Zhu Pets are little toy Hamsters that come in five different characters: Patches, Chunk, PipSqueak, Mr. Squiggles, and Num Nums. These five different hamster characters can function on their own but they are much more fun when you purchase the accessories to create a hamster habitat.
A good way to begin the adventure is with the Funhouse Set with Hamster. This will get you started with 1 hamster, Patches, and a funhouse environment. The package includes a large kitchen and living room, a hallway, and bathroom areas. This is the beginning of your Hamster Habitat.
If your kids enjoy this initial set, then you will want to purchase the other Hamsters as well more accessories for the funhouse. This allows you to see the full "intelligence" of the hamsters as they play in their habitat and make interesting sounds and funny movements.
Zhu Zhu Pets are designed for ages 3 and up but are probably are not good gifts for teenagers as they appeal to those under 10 year old. My kids, ages 3 and 5, enjoyed all the add-on accessories to the Hamster habitat but probably enjoyed the Hamster Wheel and the Add on Garage the most. With the Hamster wheel, you get to see the little robotic hamsters make the wheel spin and then slide down the ramp afterward. And with the Add on Garage, you get a sedan car and garage allowing the hamster to cruise around your house.
The enormous popularity of the Zhu Zhu Pets is a testament to how much the kids enjoy this toy. Kids love little snuggly pets as well as moving objects. Zhu Zhu Pets combine these two elements to make for the most popular toy this Christmas.
Zhu Zhu pets were released in the third quarter of this year and have been selling out all over the world, many stores can simply not keep up with the demand for these plush little fellows. It also looks like some of the more devious clients out there are hoping to cash in on the huge demand for zhu zhu pets by buying them by the case load in hope that people will pay extortionate prices for them when the Christmas rush really hits home. It is easier for those shady scrooges to do this because of the very reasonable price that zhu zhu pets should be retailing at, from $7.99 up to $24.99, this is also part of their great appeal for cash strapped parents this year. So with the reasonable prices appealing to parents, kids have also gone toy hamster crazy with the very exciting and colourful advertisement for Zhu Zhu Pets that has been released by Cepia the makers of Zhu Zhu Pets.
Move over Tickle Me Elmo and bust a move Beanie Babies — there’s a new toy in town. This Christmas, kids across America will be pestering Santa Claus for their own Zhu Zhu Pet hamster, a new “smart” toy somewhat reminiscent of last decade’s lovable talking Furby.
Looking more like a child’s furry slipper than a real hamster, the Zhu Zhu seems to have the same kind of sensors that make the Roomba vacuum cleaner work, so when the critters are dropped into their habitat (sold separately), they appear to navigate about as well as a living rodent. There is a level of artificial intelligence in the Zhu Zhu’s OS and it can make over 40 noises depending on the stimuli. The little Zhu Zhus appear to have minds of their own as they dart around the room, zip up the ramps of their habitat and ride in their own little cars. It’s actually a pretty amazing toy and unlike real hamsters won’t poop, smell funny or procreate furiously!
There’s only one problem with the Zhu Zhu Pets: there aren’t enough of them to meet the demand. Predictably, they’re showing up on EBay and via Amazon Marketplace dealers at vastly inflated prices. But it’s not like the Zhu Zhu Pets are an endangered species, so you might want to just chill until they show up again on the shelves of your local retailer at their normal $9.95 list price.
Most stores are sold out of Zhu Zhu hamsters. The Zhu Zhu pets are the most searched for toy this Christmas season and every child wants a pet hamster. Zhu Zhu Pets are reportedly selling over 220,000 toy hamsters a day.
The zhu zhu pet hamsters and the accessories are well built and give endless hours of entertainment for kids. Please note that this toy is not meant for children under 4 years old. The zhu zhu hamster has wheels and a little motor that causes it to scurry around and that is part of the fun, however, care should be taken not to get things caught in the way of the spinning wheels, as is the common sense case with any small children and toys that have moving parts.
The accessories that are available for the zhu zhu hamsters allow your child to expand the interactive nature of the hamster pet and really get the most fun and play time with them. The Funhouse is the most popular accessory which essentially provides a hamster habitat for your child’s zhu zhu hamster to go scurrying around in and out of. Other accessories include from hamster wheels to cars to slides.
If you’re looking for an low-cost toy and you want to reduce your children'spleading for the latest toy craze, then you really can’t go wrong with a zhu zhu pet hamster. And considering the state of the economy and a cheap gift that your kids will love is pretty much prefect. As with all Christmas toy crazes, if your youngster has their heart set on a zhu zhu hamster, you would be best advised, as most parents that have been jammed in this trap before, purchasing it early and hiding it for Christmas morning. This is especially true since Toys"R"Us has just added zhu zhu petsto their Christmas top ten toy list. This means that there will be limited supply and that means you will have to either pay a ludicrously high cost or let your kidgo without. This warning is mostly for last minute shoppers, I know you're reading this! These hamsters will keep your child busy for hours and they will love their new toy (it's a win-win).