Zhu Zhu Pets Review

The good:
Super cute, soft toy with several color options to choose from.  The sensors are appropriately responsive, and aren’t too hard to activate.  Great size, not too small for younger children and a good size to hold in your hand.  Offers several modes of interaction, including “cuddle” and “adventure”.
The bad:
Parents will be hard pressed to get their hands on a Zhu Zhu Pet before Christmas.  These hamsters surprised everyone, including retailers, when they made the number one spot on all the popular Top Ten gift wish lists this year, and unfortunately they aren’t able to keep them in stock.   We were lucky to find one to review (Pipsqueak) online.

Eager Parents line up for sold out Zhu Zhu Pets

Retailer Toys R Us stocked up on this year’s most popular Christmas toy, Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters, but it wasn’t enough for the hundreds of parents lined up on Black Friday.

Line ups began at 5am, with the first 100 people in line at each store given a ticket for a chance to purchase a Zhu Zhu Pet at a limit of one per household.  Within an hour, Zhu Zhu Pets were sold out at nearly all locations.

Retailers are expecting additional shipments within the weeks before Christmas, but parents not wishing to stand in line for this season’s hottest toy list topper can find hamsters and accessories available from online retailers such as Ebay.com and Amazon.com

Zhu Zhu Pets Officially #1

Zhu Zhu Pets are officially #1 on all the Top Christmas Toy Wish Lists, beating out Tickle Me Elmo TMX, the new PSPgo Game System and Guitar Hero 5!  Other entries include Wii Sports Resort, Twilight Edward and Bella Barbie Dolls, Leap From Zippity Learning System, the Fisher Price Smart Cycle Extreme and Disney’s Netpal Notebook.

Zhu Zhu available online!

Its official – Zhu Zhu Pets are THE hottest gift this holiday season! With time running out to do Christmas shopping, its not surprising that this hot toy is sold out at major retailers!!  Want to make sure the special child in your life will be opening their very own Zhu Zhu Pet on Christmas morning?  We’ve located several online outlets that are currently in stock – order quickly to ensure you receive your Zhu Zhu in time.

Good Guide Issues Correction About Chemical Levels

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(December 7, 2009) – In a press release we issued on Saturday, December 5th, we published the results of our testing of chemical levels in toys and stated that certain toys we tested had antimony and chromium levels that exceed federal standards. Since issuing our release, we have learned that the testing methodology used in the federal standards (a soluble method) is different than the methodology we used in our testing (a surface-based method). Accordingly, while we accurately reported the chemical levels in the toys that we measured using our testing method, we should not have compared our results to federal standards. We regret this error.
Suzanne Skyvara