| Go Go pet hamsters or Zhu Zhu pets as they are | | | | by the dozen. |
| also known, this year's must have toy for young | | | | The popularity of the toy hamsters can be put down |
| children, are flying off the shelves at the moment to | | | | to several factors: they are meant to mimic real |
| the point where supply cannot keep up with demand, | | | | hamsters and provide differing sounds and |
| leaving many disgruntled kids and parents in an | | | | movement, giving them the "cuteness" appeal; they |
| unhappy state. | | | | are a relatively cheap toy to buy; they can be |
| Most stores are reporting that their supplies are gone | | | | accessorised and developed creating they're own little |
| at the moment and that they are waiting on the | | | | world and they don't leave a mess. Meaning kids get |
| manufacturers Cepia to produce more of these toy | | | | to interact and care for a hamster without any of |
| pet hamsters and their accessories. | | | | the downsides. |
| This "toy phenomenon" has caught the makers by | | | | Because of this scarcity of Go Go pets at the |
| surprise with it's popularity and the small company | | | | moment, opportunist vendors are playing the market |
| has been forced to triple it's production to try and | | | | and pricing Go Go pet hamsters at extortionate |
| keep up with the demand generated by all the hype. | | | | prices in an attempt to cash in on the popularity. |
| The media has already contributed to "Go Go pet | | | | This leaves already stressed parents in a blackmailed |
| fever" with reports being featured on major news | | | | situation, often buckling under the pressure and being |
| stations on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as | | | | forced to pay these crazy prices. |
| popular daytime programs and articles being written | | | | |