9 different Zhu Zhus, play with Patches, Nugget, Winkie, Jilly, Scoodles, Pip Squeek, Mr. Squiggles, Chunk and Num Nums! + 10 babies Multiple Zhu Zhu toys including, the hamster ball, car and ...

The runaway hit toy of the 2009 holiday season is a fuzzy fake hamster. Go figure. Known as Zhu Zhu Pets, the battery-operated creatures, originally priced at $7.99, are so difficult to pin down ...

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, a hamster from Zhu Zhu Pets, by Cepia, is shown at the Time to Play Holiday 2009 Most Wanted List event in New York.

Zhu Zhu Pets for Nintendo DS allows players to care for and play with their favorite toys virtually. Players will race their hamsters through different mazes to collect carrots, coins and new ...

Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters become holiday toy hit of 2009 ** EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL THURSDAY, SEPT. 24 AT 5:00 A.M. EDT ** In this product image provided by Toys R Us, Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters are shown.

The Zhu Zhu Pet is also a runaway hit throughout the nation, according to an Associated Press report. Retailers have not been able to keep the robotic hamster on their shelves, the AP reported ...

Zhu Zhu pets retail for only $8 -- if you can find one. But on the Internet, they're going for much more. The hottest holiday toy doesn't come from one of the mega toy makers.

Cepia LLC, the maker of Zhu Zhu Pets, is billing the toys as “the best alternatives to real live hamsters” because they “don’t poop, die or stink.” Stores can’t keep them on the shelves.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators say they are looking into the safety of runaway hit toy Zhu Zhu Pets after a consumer group raised concerns over the presence of a heavy metal on one model.

Move aside Barbie, drop that Wii. The hottest toy this Christmas is an interactive hamster that drives a car and squeaks happily when petted on the nose -- and doesn't break the bank for parents.

Zhu Zhu pets, the cuddly, on-the-go hamsters who squeak, roll, even drive their own cars, are on their way to becoming the holiday season's "must-have" toy.

Consumer group Good Guide said today that it may have flubbed when it released a report Dec. 5 saying that this year’s to-die-for toy fad, the Zhu Zhu robotic pet hamster, may contain dangerous ...