Webkinz Information

Webkinz are stuffed animal plush toys released by the Ganz company in 2005. There are currently 68 styles of Webkinz, including 26 styles of lil Kniz, all distrubted through 30,000 retailers! Ganz’s headquarters is in Toronto, Canada and has offices all over the world.

They are much like the famous “Beanie Babies” but come with a unique, special code on their tag allowing for the owner to make an online world for their Webkinz. This online world is called “Webkinz World”. So far, Ganz has announced that it has sold over 2 million units to retailers and has over 1 million users on Webkinz World!

Most Webkinz are 8.5″ tall but there is also a smaller version in production called ‘lil kniz which are slightly cheaper. The Webkinz have been marketed much like TY Beanie Babies, where they retire certain models of the toy after a certain amount of time. This has lead to those retired versions becoming very sort-after.

In Webkinz World, when you adopt a pet, you are given the “basics”, including 2000 Kinzcash, a room, a piece of furniture and a welcome baloon. Kinzcash is the currency of Webkinz World. Each Virtual Webkinz has a level of happiness, hunger and health - which can be enhanced by playing with your Webkinz.

Like most games, Webkinz World evolves around Kinzcash which is earned from playing multiple games, including quizzes and arcades. The Kinzcash earned can then be used to buy more items for your virtual Webkinz!

There are an increasing number of ways in which Kinzcash can be generated using “cheats” which aim to either con the Webkinz World system or aim to give the player as much Kinzcash for as little effort as possible. Whole web communities have sprung up to aid in this “black market” of Kinzcash.

You must be logged in to post a comment.