Webkinz, the ultra-popular line of stuffed animals released by manufacturer Ganz in 2005, is officially back. And if you didn’t live through the original demand, let me paint a quick picture of their ...

The Wonderful World of Webkinz: 2005-??? Born in the hazy, nostalgia-filled years of the early 2000s, Webkinz was nothing if not a product of its time. A 2D computer-based video game paired with a ...

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The phone calls begin to pick up in early afternoon, after school gets out. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Often, it’s kids. But ...

For about a week my 6-year-old son, Mark, was having a grand old time on Webkinz, one of several children’s Web sites that have exploded in popularity in the last year or so. Subscribe to read this ...

If you have or know a kid around 6 to 8 years old then you probably have heard of Webkinz and chances are you too may have been bitten by the bug. Webkinz are real small plush toys that virtually live ...

Claim: Children's Webkinz are being murdered online. My children came home from school today, and all the talk in first and second grade was of some kind of webkinz malware. A black, red or yellow box ...

It's Friday afternoon, and I've called 12 toy stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. All have the same frustrating answer: "We're sold out of Webkinz...sorry. We hope to get a shipment soon." I have no ...

Webkinz is a new kids toy craze, a stuffed animal that also leads a virtual life on the computer. Children can go on line to fed their toy, and play games to earn virtual money to maintain and house ...

If you don't have kids, it's possible you're unaware of the latest interactive toy craze called Webkinz: call them plush animals that take on virtual lives of their own. Retailers can't decide whether ...

In college I was taught that history repeats itself, and we should study old battles to prepare for new conflicts with similar beginnings. In the 1980s a 12-inch doll with a round head and painted ...

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