My four year old loves Zhu Zhu pets but not enough for me to pay 3x the retail price. I cannot imagine that anyone would be suckered into such a rip-off. I am searching target, toys-r-us and wal-mart and have fould a few pieces. If I don’t get everything before Christmas I will save it for her birthday. Stores won’t be able to give these things away after Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, the product is great but NOT $30.00+ dolalrs great.

My daughter (9 yrs.)was so excited to get this and it seemed to break right out of the package. The screw that keeps the battery compartment closed doesn’t stay in which is really frustrating. My daughter lost interest within a day and it’s been banished to the floor ever since. During the brief time it did work it wasn’t all that interesting and would probably be most appropriate for a very young child.

I got up early and was able to get Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters at WalMart. So glad because I know they are selling out stores because I’ve been calling everywhere.

Anyway, my kids have been playing with them all day. And then hair got wrapped around the little wheel and I thought one had broke so I spent forever trying to get the hair off — but that’s not what was making an additional squealing noise and making the wheels stop turning.

The little Zhu Zhu pets hamsters just needed new batteries. They came with 2 AAA batteries from the manufacturer — and I’m sure they weren’t in the store that long so that little hands could’ve worn out the batteries thru the “try me” window.

They must’ve just come with batteries not as good as the ones I changed them into. Because I just popped in some Duracel or whatever batteries — and now the Zhu Zhu Pets run even faster than when we first bought them this morning.

My children are playing with them as I write.

Now we want all the Zhu Zhu pets in the collection — and the accessories. Maybe by Christmas or before…