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Zhu Zhu Pets Madness!

zhuzhupetsZhu Zhu Pets is the most sought after toy in the recent Black Friday sale in the United States and Canada. As you know, every year there is always a hip, ‘in’ and in trend toy for toddlers and kids out there. And apparently this year is the year of the Zhu Zhu Pets.

What are Zhu Zhu Pets

Zhu Zhu Pets Zhu Zhu Pets are interactive toy pets, each with their own set of over 40 sound effects, squeaks, chirps, etc. Oh and yeah, the ‘main’ zhu zhu pet character is the Hamster.

The pets are made by Cepia, a seven-year-old outfit in St. Louis. It’s the second toy startup for company CEO Russell Hornsby, a Mattel veteran who says his first company, Trendmasters, went under in the 2002 recession after his bank cut his funding…Hornsby, 56, says Zhu Zhus were inspired by his own family’s pet hamster.

Zhu Zhu pet toyszhu were just a prototype as recently as last November. The company tested them with focus groups of kids at Wal-Mart (WMT) and Toy “R” Us stores in Phoenix this past May. The company even changed the product name from Go Go Pets right before the September retail launch

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Beatles Rockband Game Stats – Beginner Quickplay

I bought the Beatles Rockband game CD for Playstation 3 yesterday and I was swell! Immediately played it last night, not patting my own back here, but I was good!

Here are the stats for the ‘beginner’ mode of the ‘quickplay’ option..

Hello Goodbye – 11,691 – 6th – 65524, edisinsane2, snoopy 4ever 11697
Getting better – 15516 – 6th – 54,963 – beingmused, daniel bedwell 15520
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds- 13,130 -6th – 71,551 edisinsane2, monkeyboy_78 13131
Within you/Without You – Tomorrow Never Knows – 5639, 6th – 34,993 internetguy87, jeffray, 5640
Yellow Submarine – 35524 – 6th – 105,752 – 35540 edisinsane2, kevin374
Come Together – 94%, 40 note streak , 31,464 6th – 119,825 – 31471, edisinsane2, jspoirierrudem

Take from my Elizar Palad site. Beatles Forever!

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Rare Superman comic sells for $317,200

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Would you believe that a comic book which was bought $0.35 was sold from an auction fro $317,200? Yes, it happened… This was the oldest Superman Comic from 1938! There was only 100 pieces printed during the first release way back 1938 and not all of the owner are selling.

What makes this comic book a prized possession is that it is in a very mint condition, almost brand new according to news.

Here’s what we read:

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