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 ...
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The phone calls begin to pick up in early afternoon, after school gets out. Often, it’s kids. But sometimes, say the managers of The Wishing Well in Cherry Hill, N.J., parents are among the 20 to 40 ...
Back in 2005, Webkinz became a browser game, hitting its peak in 2009 with a player base of about 3.2 million. There was quite a charm about getting to the store with your family, finding a stuffed ...
Mattel's interactive vinyl figures and new virtual world may appeal to adults as well as kids too old for Webkinz. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether ...
Put down the frog: There's no need to do anything rash. That'll apply to you, reader of a very specific age, if you were thinking of throwing out your old Webkinz—the toys-to-life plushie that was ...