Everyone knows the story of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” whereby a fictional character named Willy Wonka has a chocolate factory filled with chocolate lakes and chocolate waterfalls. He has many little helpers who run around and make all the chocolate bars that the factory makes.

The Willy Wonka chocolate factory is a factory which no “normal” person has seen inside or even heard about what happens within. The factory is kept an utter secret and is the source of huge debate within the community it serves.

If you can remember the story, the Chocolate factory is one which so many people want to get into that Willy Wonka holds a “golden ticket” contest whereby he put several golden tickets into his chocolate bars, which could then be won by kids all over the country.

Well, for those of you who are intuitive, I guess you know where this is headed… but look at what we have on our hands with Webkinz:

We have kids all over the country looking for Webkinz and are buying them by the handful. They are so popular that shortages are sometimes a problem, but not so much now. Ganz, the parent company of Webkinz, are keeping all their Webkinz statistics a secret, in that they will not reveal how many Webkinz have been sold, etc.

This has created a sense of mystery and wonder with Ganz and what they do. This, in turn has made many Webkinz lovers actually want to see where all the Webkinz are made and where they come from - purely out of interest.

Now Ganz are in Canada and are a pretty “shy” company to put it one way. Especially with their Webkinz Stuffed Animals Toys, Ganz are looking more and more like the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory which is so alike the Webkinz factory.

This has lead me to come up with a great idea for Ganz! Willy Wonka realized that kids everywhere want to see the Chocolate factory and gave out a select few Golden Tickets in order to make that dream come true for a few kids.

Ganz have a similar situation right now. They have a product which kids LOVE and are buying lots of and have a factory which almost none of their market have seen. Hey? You know what - why don’t Ganz offer a secret Ticket Contest to go and see their factory!?

Ganz could include 5 special secret Webkinz codes with their stuff animals or Webkinz Charms, or whatever and then when those secret codes are registered on Webkinz World - the winner is notified with a message on screen!!

The contest could be an expenses paid trip for the winner and their parents / family to visit the Webkinz Factory at Ganz’s headquarters and see how Ganz operate and Webkinz are made!

Ganz could even give the winners every single Webkinz for free on their contest winning visit - which would be extremely generous of them!

I personally think it would be a greatidea. Webkinz lovers everywhere will be snapping up the cute stuffed animal toys like wild fire, thus creating more Webkinz World players, as well as giving 5 lucky Webkinz fans the chance to meet the people who make Webkinz!

What do you think?

 Tags: Webkinz, Ganz, Willy, Wonka, Contest