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 ...

Every holiday season, there is one "it" toy that every parent tries to gouge the eyes out of other parents in order to triumph in proceeding through the checkout aisle with it in tow. Most recently, ...

*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 ...

Cepia LLC, the maker of ZhuZhu Pets®, the world’s favorite interactive hamsters, today announced a worldwide television rights and home entertainment arrangement with Universal Pictures to release ...

NEW YORK - Can arming toy hamsters keep the Zhu Zhu Pets phenomenon alive? Ninja warrior Zhu Zhu pets are shown at the American International Toy Fair, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, in New York. Cepia LLC ...

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 ...

They were all Olivia Mondesando wanted for her birthday. "Well, I felt really excited to get Zhu Zhu petsbecause I just love them," Olivia said. "Because of their little cute faces. How they talk." ...

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 ...

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.