It's official! According to lists released by Toys "R" Us and Amazon.com, the toy of this holiday season will be the "Zhu Zhu Pet," an animatronic hamster that "explores" a habitat, drives a little ...

You always figured that a rodent who drives his own car would be able to withstand the recession, right? As retailers ramp up for the all-important holiday shopping season, at least the toy stores ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying “Please! Please! Can we buy them?” Seeing a fully ...

NEW YORK — When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?" Seeing a fully ...

might as well be in the witness protection program. This Christmas, it seems as if anyone with young kids desperately wants to put a hamster under the tree. In case you’ve never flipped past the ...

Zhu Zhu Pets: because every holiday season needs a trend story about a toy or electronic that parents get into fistfights over. Last year, it was Elmo Live, and the year before that, it was the ...

For decades, Russell Hornsby has pitted his small, family-run company against corporate titans such as Hasbro and Mattel, trying to conjure up the magic of the must-have Christmas toy. The basement of ...

You will then be able to snag them Sunday in the stores. The price is $10.99. There's a limit of 2 per customer. There's not a guarantee that every location will get the pets. You'll be able to check ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zhu Zhu Pets™ hamsters have invaded the United States! From baseball stadiums to children’s hospitals, this new collection of adorable, furry, interactive pets is expected ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. NEW YORK > Top awards for Zhu Zhu Pets — The popular Zhu Zhu Pets, manufactured by Clayton-based toymaker Cepia LLC, took top ...

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, ...