2009: Zhu Zhu Pets
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Zhu Zhu Pets, or Go-Go Hamsters (as they were originally known), are exactly what they sound like: little robotic hamsters that zoom around. Their inexpensive price is that made them so sought after. Parents only had to fork over $9 for a cute little Zhu Zhu Pet.
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Once you had your hamster, you could buy it all sorts of amenities and create a whole habitat for it. Like the Tamagotchi, marketers capitalized on the desire to have pets that you didn’t have to care for, just pretend to care for.
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