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Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to the online, plush toy world of Webkinz for comfort. Webkinz are stuffed animals with account numbers that can be used to create online avatars to ...

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 ...

Life’s never been sweeter for a hound dog. In a parallel, online universe, floppy-eared canines – along with cats, monkeys and other critters – soak in hot tubs, lounge about in pink tutus, dine on ...

In case you haven't heard, Ganz has an extensive, popular line of stuffed animals called Webkinz, each of which comes with a computer-based counterpart. and play with the plush in virtual form, online ...

The phone calls begin to pick up in early afternoon, after school gets out. Often, it’s kids. But sometimes, say the managers of The Wishing Well in Cherry Hill, N.J., parents are among the 20 to 40 ...

If you’ve ever cared for or encountered Webkinz, the plush stuffed animals and their online counterparts that were all the rage in the mid-2000s, you may on occasion wonder: Are my Webkinz still alive ...

Interactive Webkinz keep kids glued to the computer. April 12, 2007 — -- Remember the Tamagotchi craze? Or Beanie Babies? Put them together and you've got Webkinz, the latest toy phenomenon ...

* Photo: Todd Tankersley * What hath Webkinz wrought? When this plucky line of stuffed animals launched in 2005, it had a unique feature: Each creature (like the goldfish above) comes with a code that ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A class that accused Ganz USA of forcing retailers to buy at least $1,000 in unrelated Ganz products in order to buy its popular Webkinz plush toys has settled with the company ...