1 Webkinz is cheap. 16 Webkinz -- not so cheap. DD just got into Webkinz. She has a chihuahua and will be getting a koala for Easter. However, many of her friends have as many as 12 or more. Some of them can't even keep the names straight.
I wasn't old enough to be in on the big Cabbage Patch Kid rush (although, I was old enough to want one that first year and Santa came through!) and I never bought into the Elmo craze (mostly because my kids never hit it at the right age), but these Webkinz astound me. What a total racket! It's like collecting very expensive baseball cards because a lot of these kids have to have every single one. Even nuttier is that there are people that are willing to pay $60+ for these little guys.
That said, I must admit that they're quite entertaining and totally safe. I've spent plenty of time playing Tile Towers and Goober's Lab, so I know what keeps the kiddos coming back.
I wasn't old enough to be in on the big Cabbage Patch Kid rush (although, I was old enough to want one that first year and Santa came through!) and I never bought into the Elmo craze (mostly because my kids never hit it at the right age), but these Webkinz astound me. What a total racket! It's like collecting very expensive baseball cards because a lot of these kids have to have every single one. Even nuttier is that there are people that are willing to pay $60+ for these little guys.
That said, I must admit that they're quite entertaining and totally safe. I've spent plenty of time playing Tile Towers and Goober's Lab, so I know what keeps the kiddos coming back.
