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Added on 12/21/09 by Betsy
I found Zhu Zhu Pets this weekend. After a call from my Midwestern sister that her daughter was desperate for a battery operated rodent, I put my skills to work trying to find one. After all, while vermin are novel and adorable in the Midwest, in NYC kids don't need more mice in their lives.
The first thing I did was call the Toys R Us in Times Square, which proved pointless. All of their employees are too busy pushing tickets to the indoor Ferris Wheel with a priceless view of the diaper department to answer the phone.
I really didn't want to go there. Times Square is a very cool place if you go once. Times Square is not as cool when that is where your Toys R Us is. Most people don't have to turn down double-decker bus rides and leap frog over Canadians drunk on electricity to buy a Barbie.
So before riding 2 subways and a bus to electric lady land I thought I would just try the local overpriced toy store that people don't really shop at. I think every town has one of these. Our store is called The Toy Zone at State News and is located on 86th st. on the Upper East Side between Lex and Park.
The shop owner proudly directed me to a mega display of ZhuZhu wonder. He told me the individual hamsters sold out the first day, but for 39.99 I could buy a play house & track set that comes with a. . . (read post) |
