Each Zhu Zhu Hamter has its own unique personality & whimsical sounds. Loving Mode: Pet them, love them, hear them chatter Explore Mode: Let them scoot, scamper, across the floor. Provide them with their Hamster Habitat.

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4 Stars How do these vendors sleep at night?!
DO NOT PAY THESE PRICES. Call your local TOYSRUS and ask which days they get shipments. Then go those mornings. After 2 Tuesday trips, I had every piece I was looking for. Amazon should not allow people to price gorge like this. These vendors are the ones that go to ToysRUs and buy everything, so the supply is low then mark it up. If they didn’t do that, it wouldn’t be in short supply! Not sure how they can sleep at night!

4 Stars Great Toy, Overpriced here
This is a really cute toy and I am hoping it makes my daughters happy so I don’t have to buy a REAL hamster which is what they really want(LOL). BUT, these prices are ridiculous. Amazon is fulfilling these orders through 3rd parties who are setting the prices so I don’t exactly blame Amazon, BUT it is disappointing the way Amazon is marketing them. However, if you promised a little one these toys, this may be the only way to get them. Someone I know contacted the manufacturer and from what I understand the stores are only getting so many before Christmas and then thats it. Apparently they haven’t been able to make enough to keep up with the demand. I spoke to someone at Walmart today and they said that they already got their allotment and they won’t be getting any more before the holidays and they were sold out already. YIKES!

5 Stars zhuzhu pets
this gift was a request for christmas, sems to be the toy request for the year, great transaction thanks

3 Stars overpriced
If I hadn’t promised this toy to my Grandchild I would have NEVER have purchased it. It wss not a “zhu Zhu”,I can’t rmrember the brand, I have since purchased another at a local Toy store and realized the one I got on line was a knock off. Shame on Me, but it will never happen again.

I didn’t know this toy was so popular and my four year old (after seeing tons of commercials} asked for one, after I said yes and could find one no where in town I resorted to amazon.

My Grandchild is so happy with the pet, I accidently stopped in a toy store, they had very few left but I was able to purchase not only the Hampster, but one of the assesories She wanted for LESS money then I paid for the Hampster on line!

4 Stars Painful Days Are These
I’m more than a bit disappointed in Amazon, usually my favorite “mall” of choice. This little toy – one of “the hottest Christmas toys of 2009″ is designed to be an excellent gift in this difficult times. I picked one up a few weeks ago because it seemed interesting and I needed a small gift for a hospital party with a $[...] limit.

The child who received it was over-the-top excited and I watched the faux rodent zip, dodge and weave all across the floor. It even had all of the adults entranced and laughing.

Handed from kid to kid, dropped, run into furniture and inspected completely by ten four year olds, I believe it is pretty durable.

The other party goers agreed it was a super gift.

At [...] apiece, parents with a couple of young ones can make a super holiday splash with the little stuffed pets and their accessories. What could better as we head into what will surely be a tough holiday for so many?

I’m lucky, my son is grown so the urgency of fun stuff for a budget holiday has receded. His gifts are easy (well, sort of!). But we still have little ones in the family and I certainly recall tough years when we struggled to try and make sure all of the kids enjoyed that same delight on Christmas we had as kids.

Great toy, buy it for [...]

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Each Zhu Zhu Hamter has its own unique personality & whimsical sounds. Loving Mode: Pet them, love them, hear them chatter Explore Mode: Let them scoot, scamper, across the floor. Provide them with their Hamster Habitat.

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5 Stars Zhu Zhu Review
Picked up two of these guys the other day (this was my second) since they happened to be in the store and I happened to be in the store. A little bit of background first: I’m a 26 year-old collector of many things including robotic pets. I’ve tried out Furbys, Micropets, Neopets, Scoozie pets, Petal-chi, Mutsu, Fureal Friends, and more so I consider myself a bit of an expert on the subject.

To start with, these things eat batteries, have triple A’s on hand. Second, I don’t have any playsets, I’m just testing the hamsters.

Upon opening and removing this little guy I tried out “cuddle mode”, which was a little disappointing. The hamster will lie still and make cute noises every few seconds or so but he isn’t really responding to anything. “Try me mode” is when the hamster is off but you can push his nose to hear a random noise, not a lot of fun there. Now play mode, that’s where the fun is. The wheels are fast and the grip is really strong, I promptly put it on my boyfriend to see if it would climb up his shirt and it did, hit the back of the couch, made a springy noise and ran back down. Even he cracked up at it. It tackles carpet and all hard surfaces no problem, and makes a ton of different noises, some 40 in all, and each of the four designs sounds unique!. You have to be careful around stairs but all in all it does what it was made to do and cheaply at that. At normal retail they’re cheaper than most action figures.

(I got mine at normal retail and I suggest you wait until you can too. If you have kids and can’t find them try giving a cute IOU written from the hamster saying how it will come to live with your child after X-mas. They have a guarantee from you, you have a kid who still has something to look forward to after December. All is well.)

Remember these are for ages 3 and up and have motorized parts. It says in the instruction to supervise your child, so do so. Risk is probably minimal but if you have a kid you wouldn’t give a RC car to then they’re probably too little for these.

So to wrap up

Good: Funny and varied sounds, cheap, cute, runs fast and randomly, fascinates my dog!

Bad: Hard to find (for now), eats batteries (2 AAA), can pinch, can be broken with a moderate impact.

Have a hamster good day!

2 Stars Vendors should be ashamed!
The vendors that are selling these toys for outrageous prices should be ashamed! This is a kids toy and parents are not able to find them because people are buying them up to resell at a profit. I was able to get all of the hamsters and accessories that I needed at retail prices by staying ahead of the scalpers at WalMart. The store associates say that they will stock shelves with 24 Funhouses at midnight and that one person will come in and buy every one of them before 7 am. This is just wrong. Do not support vendors who raise the prices in this difficult economy. I hate to think that these people with no scruples will have a prosperous Christmas while depriving kids whose parents can not find them or are smart enough not to pay an a ridiculous price for an [...] toy.

4 Stars Cute toy
These pets are really cute and fun to play with. My son is 6 and he really likes to play with these.

5 Stars Making a young child very happy
I had bought this product for a 6 year old little girl. This is something that she had wanted for a long time but was not able to find it anywhere in the stores. I had went online looking for the product and had finally found it. I had the item delivered to her house as a surprise. When the item arrived and she had opened the box she was very excited. This was the one that she really, really wanted. I was glad that I had made a young child very happy.

1 Star Toy Injured Child
This toy is known to have injured a child already. The wheels spin fast and change direction randomly. When picked up and held they can severely pinch skin and not release. Hair is very easily caught in the wheels and difficult to remove. I am surprised there have not been many more complaints of injury. I would not recommend this toy at all.

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Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Carrier, Bed, & Two Blankets – Pink & Purple

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Hamster Wheel Runner – Toy Hamster Runs in the Wheel

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2 Stars broken zhuzhu’s everywhere
I bought two ZhuZhu’s for my 4 year old. The first one fell off the table and broke. The second one fell off the bed and broke. I ordered three more. Of those, two are still working. One of them broke heaven knows how. These are not very durable all all! I opened up one if the broken ones and the wire connections are reinforced with tiny pieces of masking tape and the wires are connected to the circuit board with a tiny bit of solder (liquid metal). I suppose if I went out and bought a soldering gun I could reconnect the shoddy work and bring the three “dead” ZhuZhu’s back to life. One warning to parents….have a back up ZhuZhu…same color. Something WILL break on yours. Will your kids love it? YES! You’ll be a hero for buying them this. They re cute. Unfortunately a real hamster has a MUCH longer lifespan! Hope this helps!

5 Stars Almost as good as the real thing!
Since there is a history of hamsters in my life, my sisters (both adults, as am I) thought it would be a great laugh to send me the Hamster Runs inthe Wheel. It was! At first glance it looks alive. It will also scoot along the floor and bounce off of furniture. No feeding. No cleanup. A wonderful pet.

5 Stars Fun-loving hamsters!
This toy hamster is a great alternative to a real hamster, my children love it! And you don’t have the icky mess of cleaning up after a real hamster!

5 Stars HAMSTER WHEEL IS COOL
THIS IS FUN FOR ALL AGES. YOU AND THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT. IT ALSO STOP THE NEED FOR A REAL HAMSTER!!!

1 Star Bad experience
Please understand I cannot rate this toy, because I never received it. I ordered it for a Christmas present and two weeks after Christmas I was still watitng to receive the toy. I waited three weeks total and decided to get a refund. I did get a refund. My friend got a hamster wheel somewhere else and they loved it. Thats why I wanted to order one.

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Zhu Zhu Pets Skateboard & U-turn the must have accessory for your Go Go Hamster!! Zhu Zhu pets thrash and grind around the hamster skate park U-turn, then scurry across the floor on the Zhu Zhu skateboard all by themselves! Each go go hamster (sold separately) has its own unique personality and whimsical sounds! Loving Mode: Pet them, love them , hear them chatter, Explore Mode: Let them scoot, scamper bump n boogie across the floor or through their Hamster Habitat. Collect the whole Hamster-riffic gang! Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums, Chunk, & Pipsqueak!

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Features Patches the Hamster who loves to explore his special track playset. He has special fun playing with and pushing his wobble ball around his exciting and colorful play environment. Kids love interacting with Patches as he has special sounds and characteristics all his own.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Get Over It!!!
Get over it people!!! It’s called supply & demand. If it doesn’t sell on Amazon it will sell on Ebay for those prices. And when the supply catches up to the demand, the price will drop. Some people will pay for the convenience of getting something without having to get trampled on black friday or having to call their local retail store every single day to see if it is in stock. I bought mine for an inflated price and my kid loves it. And so be it. Be happy that you were lucky enough to get it at a regular retail price and stop bashing a good product for no reason.

5 Stars Dissappointed
I can not believe in this day in time all of you people price galging kids of this fun toy. You should all be ashamed.

1 Star Rip Off!!
I agree with the rest of the comments! I also wish the company would stop running the commercials if they cannot keep up with the demand. My daughter really wanted this toy and just had to tell her the truth, that we would not be able to buy her this toy until it was available in the stores at the price that it should be. Us parents just need to stick together and not purchase these toys at these prices! We have to stop giving in to our children and teach them that sometimes they just have to wait for things that they want. This is now a world of instant gratification and it is hurting our children. I speak from experience as I am now paying the price with my 19 year old who just wants everything handed to him without working for it (and guess who he blames for this!). I will not make this mistake with my 11 and 6 year old. Thanks for letting me get this off my chest and I hope you make the right decision and not purchase this toy from this seller.

5 Stars Mommaw of 3
I am disabled. Always shop for my sweet grandchildren on line @ amazon.com Today I am very disappointed and depressed. Ordered the Zhu Zhu hamster and starter house set for my grand daughters birthday. Thought it was a high price I couldn’t afford but wanted to get her something she wanted for her birhday. [...] I could have bought her several things w/this outrageous price including the set @ Walmart. We really need internet police if Amazon is going to allow this type thing to happen to rip off the elderly and disabled. I am checking on return policies. It is unfortunate that some company owners can do this and still sleep at night.

1 Star Rip Off
I agree with the other reviewer if people would just let parents buy these for their kids instead of buying to mark up at outrageous prices and stop taking advantage of the consumer. I already had to explain that Santa is unable to get these pets for my twins for this holiday. They wanted to know why and that Santa can do everything…I had to tell them the zhu zhu pet maker machine broke and can’t be fixed so no more zhu zhu pets…they ask why the commercial is still on …so now i have heartbroken kids who won’t get the one thing they really wanted for Christmas….

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ZhuZhu Pets Patches the motorized hamster loves to scoot, scurry and scamper around the Funhouse environment. Includes large kitchen/living room, connecting hallway and large bathroom areas. This playset habitat has lots of openings for additional playset

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4 Stars My Kids LOVE Their Zhu Zhu Pets
We were lucky enough to be chosen to do a product review of Zhu Zhu Pets. We received several components of the habitat plus one hamster. It took a little time to figure out exactly how the components of the habitat fit together, but once you get the hang of it, it’s easy to add another part to the hamster’s playground. Each hamster has its own personality. The hamsters roam around their habitat (or loose through my house) by themselves. The kids can’t keep their hands off of them, but that’s OK, too, because the hamsters won’t bite back when you pull their tails. Ha ha. I think the car is the best accessory. The hamster really goes into the car and drives it out of the garage. Too cute. It’s nowhere near a real hamster, but it’s a fun toy. Of course, there’s no mess to clean up, either, parents. [...]

3 Stars i cant find them anywhere
Does anyone know where I can get just a hamster? I am a single mother on a very tight budget. My daughter will be turning 6 and she would like the zhu zhu pet hamster for her birthday but I can’t find them anywhere. Not even in any stores near me. Please HELP ME.

1 Star Price gouging
My daughters heart is broken. It’s people like these that are ruining my daughters birthday. This toy sells in stores for [...] piece. All of the stores are sold out because of scalpers like these. I cannot afford these outrageous prices. These people should be ashamed of themselves. The Hampsters are only [...]in stores, and are upwards of [...]here and on ebay. I am sick.

5 Stars Great toy!!!
Bought this for my 5 and 3 year olds. They love the Go Go Pets! The hamsters run around the funhouse and go to all of the attached rooms as shown on the TV commercial. We have all of the attachments (wheel, car, slide, etc) and they work great!! My kids LOVE this toy!

1 Star Can’t get it to work!
Go Go Pets Hamster Funhouse with Hamster

We saw this product in the store and it was really cute & fun. We bought it for our grandaughter, 7 yrs old. When we got home, we tried everything to get it to work like in the store. All it would do was chatter & make other noises, but wouldn’t run around within the confines of its area. So needless to say, we aren’t very happy with it & plan to take it back to the store the next time we make it to the big city where we got it.

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Pet bed & cozy blanket

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Pet bed & cozy blanket

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Special ZhuZhu Pets habitat accessory Spiral Slide and Ramp. Hamsters love to climb the ramp and whirl and twirl down the slide. ZhuZhu Pets hamsters sold separately.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Lots of fun for my kiddos
My son wanted a hamster, but we couldn’t have one with our cats. He’s really enjoyed this, and it is about the right amount of responsibility for him! Cute little guys just keep moving & chattering. We haven’t experienced any problems.

1 Star Dangerous Toy and a Rip Off
This accessory toy is part of a pet hamster line which caused injury to a child. The hamster pet toy can severely pinch skin and get entangled in hair during normal play. The wheels spin fast and change direction rapidly. If picked up and the wheels engage skin is caught in the wheels and they do not release. Just leaning in to play with the hamster is enough to be in danger of hair getting caught in the wheels and not just being pulled, but the hamster climbed up to the scalp of a child’s head before the toy could be stopped and almost cut the scalp. The toy should be recalled. Therefore, the accessories are of no use. Also, the price is ridiculously expensive.

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