Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Guide

If you’re already trying to predict the latest and greatest toy to hit the market this holiday season, let me stop you right there. You’re too late; we already have the first great hit of the season. The Zhu Zhu Hamsters (used to be known as Go Go Pets). These little robots made by Cepia, are available in major retail stores (if they can keep them in stock) and online at Amazon and eBay.

The mechanical hamsters scurry around like the real thing and have unique personalities that relate to both boys and girls; ages three and up. Your children can select from five Zhu Zhu hamsters which all possess individual personalities. Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters (often pronounced as Zoo Zoo Pets hamsters and Zu Zu Pets hamsters) offer hours of fun (I’m not kidding) to a generation that seems to collectively have an attention deficit.

The secret to these smart pets lies in the way they react in specific situations or make certain sounds as they move around their hamster houses or cages. They have a special code reader embedded in them that scans the toy accessories and illicit reactions from the hamsters as they move through their rooms or drive in their car. The special code readers are the essential technology that causes them to act like real live hamster pets.

After the initial launch, the company has tried to distribute a steady stream of inventory. They were extremely surprised that the overwhelming positive reaction to the rollout in Phoenix Arizona. So far the toys have passed both the kid test and the parent test. It is really hard to find any parent or customer complaints about durability. The hamsters themselves seem to hold up well under hours of play.

Although you can purchase just the Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters, you’ll find that buying the toys by themselves is not as much fun. There are a wide variety of accessories that allow for individualistic play. Children who are caring and nurturing will love that the pets come with beds and blankets and carrying cases and in Loving mode will react emitting soft cooing sounds. Those kids who crave action and adventure will enjoy hamster racing and watching the ongoing antics of these critters in their hamster playpen while in Explore mode.

The different quirky personalities seem to appeal to children in a very personal way. The main hamster characters on the market so far are Mr. Squiggles, Pipsqueak, Patches, Num Nums and Chunk. Each has their own distinct color and characteristics. They interact with each other and their environment slightly differently, which makes it fun to watch if you have them all together. The variety of interlocking accessories allow your kids to build complex habitats but just for fun, try hamster racing with all five characters in their cars!

The Zhu Zhu Pets manufacturers were smart. They were able to come up with quite a few unique and lovable characters then couple them with enough accessories and components to make for continuing fun for children of all ages.