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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS – A consumer group contends one of the holiday season’s must-have toys is unsafe. But the maker of the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters defended its product Saturday against a study by San ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Zhu Zhu Pets™ hit stores this week—our largest shipment of the season’s hottest toy. But shop soon, Zhu Zhus scurry out as fast as they come in. I've called a number of locations and no one, repeat no ...

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

LOS ANGELES -- Toy safety regulators said Monday that Zhu Zhu Pets -- one of the holiday season's hottest toy crazes -- do not violate federal safety standards after all. A spokesman for the U.S.