The Consumer Product Safety Commission is checking reports that the stuffed pet hamsters known as Zhu Zhu Pets may be unsafe for children because they're made with a toxic substance. That substance is ...

The runaway hit toy of the 2009 holiday season is a fuzzy fake hamster. Go figure. Known as Zhu Zhu Pets, the battery-operated creatures, originally priced at $7.99, are so difficult to pin down that ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Now it tells us. Consumer group Good Guide said today that it may have ...

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 ...

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 ...

The maker of Zhu Zhu Pets is producing its own scientific tests to fight against a San-Francisco-based consumer group's findings that its popular hamster toy contains unsafe amounts of a toxic metal.

Kids are going ga-ga for these cuddly, robotic hamsters known as Zhu Zhu pets. Nov. 20, 2009— -- "Zhu Zhu Pets are everywhere!" -- or so goes their catchy jingle. Come Christmas morning, ...

A consumer group in California says one of the hottest-selling toys this holiday season may not be safe for youngsters, reports CBS Station KPIX correspondent Kiet Do. When it debuted, the Zhu Zhu pet ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A consumer group has warned that one of the Zhu Zhu Pets toys, the popular quasi-robotic hamster, contains dangerous materials, including one linked to cancer and lung ...

Welcome to Santa’s favorite awards show. The 10th annual Toy of the Year ceremonies honored the best-selling Zhu Zhu Pets Saturday night as the top product of 2009, a huge triumph for a small business ...

How does the season's hottest holiday toy hold up against a real cat? The answer isn't pretty They’re the official must-have toy of the holiday season, but how do Zhu Zhu petshold up against their ...