Parents & kids can now share their beloved brand with the Webkinz Friends game on Facebook! TORONTO, May 16, 2012 /CNW/ - Ganz, creator of Webkinz World™, the original kids' online world, is excited ...

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to the online, plush toy world of Webkinz for comfort. Webkinz are stuffed animals with account numbers that can be used to create online avatars to ...

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Dave Swerdlick and his daughters, Hannah, 9, and Zoe, 6, spent a few minutes hashing that out, then it was time for Zoe to work her magic. "Hey, you -- we're gonna have a blast," the first-grader said ...

If you’ve ever cared for or encountered Webkinz, the plush stuffed animals and their online counterparts that were all the rage in the mid-2000s, you may on occasion wonder: Are my Webkinz still alive ...

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 ...

Interactive Webkinz keep kids glued to the computer. April 12, 2007 — -- Remember the Tamagotchi craze? Or Beanie Babies? Put them together and you've got Webkinz, the latest toy phenomenon ...

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.

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The online game Webkinz World, the virtual portal for the plush toys from Ganz, reportedly experienced a data breach earlier this month, leading to a hacker leaking usernames and passwords for nearly ...

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 ...