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Webkinz, the ultra-popular line of stuffed animals released by manufacturer Ganz in 2005, is officially back. And if you didn’t live through the original demand, let me paint a quick picture of their ...

The Wonderful World of Webkinz: 2005-??? Born in the hazy, nostalgia-filled years of the early 2000s, Webkinz was nothing if not a product of its time. A 2D computer-based video game paired with a ...

If you have or know a kid around 6 to 8 years old then you probably have heard of Webkinz and chances are you too may have been bitten by the bug. Webkinz are real small plush toys that virtually live ...

The phone calls begin to pick up in early afternoon, after school gets out. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Often, it’s kids. But ...

For about a week my 6-year-old son, Mark, was having a grand old time on Webkinz, one of several children’s Web sites that have exploded in popularity in the last year or so. Then it dawned on him.

Nell Matthews has 19 of them. Luke Ryan owns 15 but desperately wants at least three more. And twins Sarah and Eddie Kornache finally got the black cat they begged for, even though the spotted frog ...

Let me tell you a little bit about my son. He's obsessed with automobiles. My wife, Natania, wrote about her life with cars back when our kid was three, and his obsession with things that go vroom ...

Claim: Children's Webkinz are being murdered online. My children came home from school today, and all the talk in first and second grade was of some kind of webkinz malware. A black, red or yellow box ...

Evie Fordham, 9, left, Daniel Nance, 10, center, and Alex Johnson, 8, right, in 2007 when they won The N&O’s Webkinz essay contest. Juli Leonard jleonard@newsobserver.com Ten years ago, I had the most ...

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