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If you just can't get enough of Zhu Zhu Pets, the hit toy hamsters for young children, wait til next year. Activision, the company that created the extremely violent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, ...

The elusive Zhu Zhu Pets faux hamsters continue to tease those who covet them. They show up at a handful of major retailers and disappear as quickly as they showed up. Most Zhu Zhu hunters didn't even ...

Move aside Barbie, drop that Wii. The hottest toy this Christmas is an interactive hamster that drives a car and squeaks happily when petted on the nose — and doesn’t break the bank for parents. These ...

The 2010 Toy of the Year has made its way to the area. Meet Zhu Zhu Pets, as they embark on their nationwide, 20-week-long “Zhu-niverse Tour” this summer. Since their debut in May of 2009, Zhu Zhu ...

A little more than a year ago, Ana Picazo received a package of Zhu Zhu Pets and an invitation to throw a party and give them away to her children and their friends. Little did she know that she would ...

Smart, unpredictable, battery-powered hamsters are set to hit stores again this fall as Cepia re-launches its Zhu Zhu Pets toys. Zhu Zhu Pets were a hot gift item when introduced for the 2009 holiday ...

I like to consider myself an expert at this, being a former investigative reporter with a fixation on garage sales. Did you know I once found a brand new, $150 Zegna tie for a lousy buck? Or a vintage ...

Like many women, I've spent years raising children who do not lust after ridiculous or ridiculously expensive toys. But this year, they've outwitted me. Here's how. It all started in 2002, the year my ...

This past holiday season, parents lined up at toy stores in the wee hours of the morning trying to score a $10 robotic hamster. It's now more than a week past Christmas and OnMilwaukee.com checked in ...

One of this holiday season’s hottest toys for kids is getting a video game thanks to Activision. The publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Bakugan picked up the rights to put Zhu Zhu Pets ...