Zhu Zhu Hamsters Could Be The Best Selling Toy This Christmas
If current sales returns are anything to go by then Zhu Zhu pets could well be the hot selling toy in the run up to Christmas 2009. Basically, these are a collection of five motorized hamsters which interact both with the kids and each other.
Each of the five different Zhu Zhu hamsters – Chunk, Mr. Squiggles, Patches, Num Nums and Pipsqueak – have their own distinct personalities and unique character traits. Apart from Patches, who is included as part of the “Hamster Starter Set”, all of the hamsters can be bought individually. There are two modes of play – “nurturing” and “exploring”.
The hamsters respond to petting and cuddling when in nurturing mode by making various noises. There are a total of forty different sounds used across all the hamsters and each one has their own individual sound.
The hamsters like to run around when they are in exploring mode. They can either roam freely on a hard floor surface or explore their special hamster habitats. The habitats include things like tubes, tracks, sleeping areas, toys and games and these can be taken apart and then put back together again in various different combinations.
There’s a long list of toys and accessories which can be used with the hamsters. You can get a hamster wheel with a tunnel, a little hamster car, a surfboard, a skateboard, sleep dome, hamster carriers, hamster blankets. There’s no shortage of things for them to play and interact with.
Children seem to love these little furballs. They are cute, they interact and the process of designing and building the hamster habitats in various different forms will stimulate their imagination and make sure that they don’t become bored.
Pets without the mess is the advertising slogan for Zhu Zhu hamsters – and you can see why many parents would see that as a huge plus point. There’s no need to keep them fed and watered and neither will you have to clean out their cage. Changing two AAA batteries once in a while is about as bad as it gets.
The Zhu Zhu pets are motorized and contain some small parts – so they are not ideal for very small children. The target age range is from four, up to ten, years old.
These toys are going to be the next big thing (for a while at least). The manufacturer has released them at an ideal time, just enough time to build up a following before Christmas but not enough time for them to become yesterday’s news before the Yuletide gift season. If you know a child who would like one of these for Christmas then you would probably be well advised to get your order in well in advance.
Learn more about the Zhu Zhu Pets, see the full range, all the toys and discover where they are still available.
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My kids have each zhu zhu hamsters and a funhouse. They love playing with them all weekend. The ultimate favorite is Pipsqueak.
This post just reminded me that Christmas is around the cornor!
GoGo Hamsters are the new number 1 Christmas present ever!
I got my niece one of these for her Xmas – Pipsqueak if I remember rightly. She loved it – and her parents don’t have to clean up after it. Everybody’s happy I guess.