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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 21 > WHEELS ARE SPINNING OVER YEAR’S HOT TOY

WHEELS ARE SPINNING OVER YEAR’S HOT TOY

Zhu Zhu Pets, $7.99 fake hamsters that don’t make a mess, are so popular that parents race from store to store to find one

By Stephanie Rosenbloom / The Bulletin
November 21, 2009

Who’s laughing now, Elmo?

The hottest toy this holiday season is not a ticklish red monster. It’s a fake hamster.

Known as Zhu Zhu Pets, the artificial rodents have some advantages over the real thing. They do not stink, chew electric wires or run around their cages making noise at night. In....

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