kung zhu

When Zhu Zhu pets were introduced last year with their sweet pink noses and backs embroidered with stars or hearts or flowers, I thought they looked so fun.  You could buy darling purses to carry them around in or little bean bag chairs for them to sleep in.  When you pushed their noses, they let out darling little squeaks.  They had tons of accessories. 

But George was NOT interested.

Well, some marketing genius came up with the idea to rebrand them for boys.  They now come ready for battle.  Instead of purses or chairs, you buy armor and swords to pit them against one another in the ring. 

And George has been smitten. 

Because he doesn't spend his birthday and Christmas money with the lightning speed of his brothers and sisters, he still has an envelope with cash in the safe.  So when we were in the toy department picking up a gift for his friend Lydia's birthday I let him buy one.  I am hoping it will help him get over his infatuation before Christmas as there will be a season pass to Cedar Point under the tree and NOT more hamsters or a battle arena.