Webkinz - several review
By Momof2Disneyboys onBack in the fall of 2007 my children started to mention Webkinz. I wasn't really sure what they were or how they worked, but it seemed that all of their friends were starting to get them. My husband and I finally gave in and got our oldest son one in November.
Webkinz are a stuffed animal, but also a game. The reason I put this in the collectibles category is that I was at the "Hobby Show" at my children's school last week and several children had huge collections of these.
Each "pet" comes with a tag and it's own personal code to go online with. Your child can then go online to www.webkinz.com and adopt their pet. Then the fun begins! They can play games, go to school, hunt for gems, get a job, and so on. Each activity they do earns them "Kinz Cash". With the Kinz Cash they can buy their pet food, clothing, toys, rooms, furniture, etc. They can also go online at the same time as their friends and play games against them.
My children have 2 Webkinz pets each now. We have the Collie dog, the St. Bernard dog, the Tree Frog, and the Black Cat. They come in all sizes, colors, and varieties of animals. All very cute! Some of their friends have 20+ Webkinz in their collections!
The only negative thing about this is that a lot of the time the Webkinz website is VERY slow. Especially on the weekends. This can be very annoying. It seems like their website is not equipped to handle the volume of users they get. Hopefully they will fix that soon!
Funny, my son just asked for one of these. I had no idea what they were.
I've seen these around and they look like a great hobby for kids. My daughter is too young yet but I will check them out for older kids' gifts. Thanks for the information!
I am really going to have to get my child one of these. They sound really interesting
This is one collectable for kids I am so glad my children never got into. We already are overflowing with thomas the tanks engines and beenie babies, they are really cute but I do not have room for anymore.
my daughter would like one, but she is only 4...i don't know if this is a good idea or not...
I remember the beanie baby craziness when my children were younger, thankfully my 4 year old grandson hasn't had an interest in these yet. Saves my pocketbook!!
Wow, never heard of this but it sounds great. Another great idea for my grandkids when I have them LOL! This even sounds like something I would love. I love stuffed animals. Thanks
I'm an adult Webkinz fan and I think this is a very good explanation. My daughter is starting to lose interest in the computer games for the very reason you stated, too slow on the weekends. But she loves showing off her collection.
Webkinz are definitely collectibles! Many of the Webkinz are limited editions and the prices of these go way up! Think Beanie Babies! If you check out Ebay you will see how high some of these limited editions that are no longer on store shelves go for. The highest bids are for those with all the tags intact, including the code, with unbent cards.
These truly are the rage now aren't they?! They are pretty darned cute!