I'm starting to have deja vu-are we talking LPS or Beanie Babies? Yes, I was one of those sucked into the whole BB craze and now I'm being very careful to not do the same thing with LPS!

My DD just turned 7 and she got her first set last Christmas, from my mom. She wanted the Whirlaround Playground which was about $25. My DM said, "are you sure she'll play with it?" I told her she really wanted it.
Well, it's the best toy she's ever had!

She plays with it for hours at a time. She remembers all of their names (I think she has about 30 now-I get them for her for special occassions and when she does well at school-she's reading at 7 gr. level now-just finished the 6th HP book) She plays alone or with 2 other girls in our neighborhood. On is 9 and the other is 11. They have the best time with them.
She keeps them on the dining room table. Sometimes she puts them in a small red wagon she has-what's great is their little magnets let them stick! She took some on her last trip to WDW and we got a few more while she was there (It was her 7th

).
Now, believe it, or not, my almost 24 yo niece is getting into them (she's also the one who got us into BB years ago

). She recently moved away from home to go to grad school in Utah and she's having a great time tracking them down. She only wants the unusual ones-no cats or dogs. She did make the mistake of buying the owl on ebay for $8.50 and didn't realize the shipping would add $4.50 (and she graduated summa cum laude!

) I talked to her last night for about 1/2 hr about her search. She's letting me know if she finds any for my DD and vice versus. She did find the pony and bird in Utah yesterday (and bought it) but my DD already has it-we found it in Florida in Sept. She really wants the spider and the ferret though, but we aren't willing to pay ebay prices for them (I just have to remind myself of all the BB I still have in the garage to stop that nonsense!)
Anyway, we are currently looking for spider, ferret, snail, baby gorilla, seahorse (for niece-DD already has) and a few more. I was at Target last night and they didn't have anything new. They didn't even have the Target exclusive Fairy Cat.

I was sorry to read about Hasbro taking so long to ship even those items listed as in stock. I won't order from them.
I did buy DD the Biggest Littlest Playset at Sam's Club about 3-4 weeks ago. It was about $35-40 and came with 6 exclusive extra pets for a total of 8! My DD will love it and it'll be her big gift (I haven't decided if I'm going to let Santa take the credit for it or not

)
(I'll have to check out Limited Too-she got all O this last report card-I didn't know they carried them)