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 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 ...

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, ...

ST. LOUIS — A consumer group contends one of the holiday season’s must-have toys is unsafe. San Francisco-based GoodGuide named the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters on Saturday as one of the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Hoping to bolster flagging sales, Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. has teamed up with another local toymaker: Cepia LLC of Clayton, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. NEW YORK -- Last year’s breakout toy, Zhu Zhu Pets, is adding new ...

CPSC investigates after consumer group claims chemical dangers in popular toy. Dec. 7, 2009— -- There will be no recall for the popular Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters following a contested report that the ...

Zhu Zhu Pets — one of the holiday season’s hottest toy crazes — do not violate safety standards, federal toy regulators said Monday after a consumer group raised concerns over the presence of a heavy ...

The must-have gift of the Christmas season is causing a new headache. At least one parent says the Zhu Zhu hamsters -- who earlier this month faced bad press after it was reported they contained ...

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 ...