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Web kinz is big. No, its huge. Kids across the country just must own webkinz plush toys or they will be the odd kid without one. If their parents understand why they need to have their own webkinz toys, then all is well at home. Otherwise, there would be scenes of much pleading, crying, screaming, throwing tantrums or just sitting at the dinner table with round, tear-filled eyes that no sound-minded mother can ignore.What hold has Web kinz toys over our kids, you might ask. Well, many. The kids are smittened over them because these toys are adorable. They take a humanized form in cute animal characters in the virtual Webkinz World. Kids first get to name them. Having done that, the kids can adopt their new pets, learn to take care of them, play house and have lots of fun. The kids prepare special foods to feed their pets using special Webkinz recipes. In the virtual world there are rooms to construct, trivia challenges to peak the kids imagination plus lots of arcade games.Nevertheless, the Webkinz toys have only one year to live on one license. To ensure uninterrupted playtime with Webkinz toys, another must be bought. Without one, the kids cannot gain access to the play site on the Webkinz World. Thus, another round of shopping and scrambling for the parents to find more Webkinz toys to satisfy the kids. This is another good reason to have more than one Webkinz toy at any one time.However, these Web kinz toys can also expire before the one year period is up, that is through neglect. If a toy is not being taken care of in the virtual world, it will become sick and die. So what happens when the kids have to go on school trips or attend camps? Well, here is where the parents get coerced into taking care of the Webkinz toys. Usually after a few days, the parents themselves, especially the mothers would get hooked to caring for the Webkinz. Thats only natural because the maternal instincts has taken over! At the same time, no parents want to be held responsible for the death of any Webkinz toy.Webkinz is both interactive and educational. The kids learn about caring for their pets, feeding them and keeping them healthy. The kids learn heaps from answering trivia, doing jobs and responding to weekly surveys. By playing these games they can win KinzCash. With the winnings the kids buy goodies for their pets.Some parents encourage their kids to keep aside their weekly allowances to buy more Webkinz toys. This helps the kids to learn the value of money in the real world. Or they give their parents a long list of Webkinz toys they would prefer for their birthdays or Christmas gifts. These lists of Webkinz toys even get to grandparents, aunts and uncles if for nothing else but as an insurance of getting more Webkinz toys as gifts. And because each piece of these Webkinz toy are relatively inexpensive, elderly family members would generally be glad to buy Web kinz toys as presents.Over the past year, some Webkinz animals have been put into retirement. It means that the animal toy is no more in production. Retired Webkinz quickly becomes a collectible item and fetches a very high price. Some examples of retired Webkinz are the Basset Hound, the Gold and White Cat, the Unicorn and the Cheeky Dog. Some retired Webkinz were recorded to have fetched hundreds of dollars on eBay.
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