CEPIA Produces 220,000 Zhu Zhu Pets Per Day And They Are Still Out Of Stock

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

The Zhu Zhu Pets are the hottest holiday toy for 2009. I have not seen anything like this since Furby. The Zhu Zhu hamsters are very basic electronic gadgets far less advanced as the Furby was way back. That is why a Hamster does normally not cost more than $8 to $10, but the demand drove the prices up for a Zhu Zhu Hamster to almost $50 on Amazon.

Bloomberg has today an interesting story that looks a bit behind the Zhu Zhu Pets success and it makes it even more amazing. CEPIA LCC, the creator of the Zhu Zhu Pets has only 16 employees n the United States. The company has 30 more employees in China where four factories produce 220,000 Zhu Zhu Pets per day.
In August Cepia started the production with the first 600,000 Zhu Zhu Pets and they hit the jackpot as kids fell in love with the little hamsters.
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Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:42:22 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best Buy Offers $250 Acer Aspire Notebook

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

Sweet mother of all deals, Best Buy is offering one hell of an awesome gift opportunity this holiday season. As reported the company will soon be making an official announcement for their new notebook deal. This deal will start off on Wednesday, and run through at least Black Friday, if not the entire holiday season. During this time, customers will be able to purchase a full-size Acer Aspire notebook for $250.

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:31:24 CST | by Robert Evans

Apple Store Features Apple Holiday Gift Guide

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

Apple updated their online store in time for your holiday shopping. Apple highlights their engraving option on the iPod family as well as custom configured iMacs.
Apple also offers Holiday themed iTunes gift cards. You can also choose general purpose Apple gift cards or an iPhone gift card.

The Apple Store Holiday Gift Guide features accessories and software that all come with free shipping.
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Posted on Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:19:53 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

1,000 Gifts for Under $10 Available On Entertainment Earth

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

Entertainment Earth, a retailer of action figures, bobble heads, toys, gifts, and collectibles, is offering over 1,000 items, each priced under $10 in time for your holiday gift shopping.
The limited-time offer includes hand-picked toys, action figures, comic books, bobble heads, games, and more from dozens of the world's most popular brands. From Barbie to Buffy to Batman and The Beatles… Sesame Street to The Simpsons to Star Trek and Star Wars… there's something for just about everyone.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hot Walmart $10 DVD Pre-Order Deals Matched By Amazon, A Price War Is On

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

In October Walmart started offering hot pre-order books at $10 and got into a little price war with Amazon, leading to prices below $9. Now Walmart has challenged Amazon to a new $10 online price war. This time Walmart offers 10 hot upcoming DVD movie releases including Star Trek, Night at The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for under $10.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Buy Up on Blu-ray And Get $10 Off A 2nd Blu-ray Disc On Amazon

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

Disney's Up is one of the Top DVD Movie Releases for the Holidays 2009. Amazon just posted a new deal on this page where you can buy the Up Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and receive $10 off the purchase of a second Blu-ray title.

You need to enter promo code DISNEYBD at checkout to receive your credit. You must purchase both items together to receive the discount. Offer ends on November 10, 2009 and is only valid for one item per customer.
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Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Holiday Gift Idea: The Beatles USB Discography

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

Alright, so the remastered Beatles discography still isn't available on iTunes. Honestly, at this point it looks like that might never happen. Thankfully, EMI and Apple Corps have found a way to bring us digital copies of everyone's favorite British foursome. Sure, $280 for an Apple-shaped USB stick filled FLAC and MP3 versions of all the remastered CDs seems a bit pricey but, as Gizmodo notes that's only $60 more than you pay for the new CD set.

For you audiophiles out there, the FLAC quality is listed as 44.1Khz 24 bit, and the MP3s are 320 Kbps. Now, the bad news. 'Only' 30,000 of these special edition sets are being made. They go on sale November 8th, but you can pre-order now at TheBeatles.com.

Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:16:17 CST | by Robert Evans

$99.99 Zhu Zhu Pets Giant Hamster City Playset Pre-Order Is Back

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

ToysRUs is offering the Zhu Zhu Pets Giant Hamster City Playset for $99.99 for pre-order again. Last week it was sold out within a couple of hours.
Visit ToysRUs now to pre-order the Zhu Zhu Pets Giant Hamster City Playset.

The Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters Giant Hamster City Playset includes Fun House, Hamster Wheel, Hamster Car and Garage, Sleep Dome, Adventure Ball, and two Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters.
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Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:21:06 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

GummyDevil Is The World's Largest Gummy Bear And A Fun Gift

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

The GummyDevil is a mutant Gummy Bear and at 9-inches is apparently the world's largest gummy bear. You can actually eat the GummyDevil. The huge candy has 12,600 calories and makes the original German Gummi bear look very, very tiny.
The GummyDevil gummy bear is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized Gummy Bears and weighs 5lbs (2.25kg).

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Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:48:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Merry Madagascar DVD Exclusively on Sale At Walmart

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

Today Walmart announced an exclusive deal to sell the Merry Madagascar DVD. Merry Madagascar is a 30-minute animated Christmas special that premieres on NBC on November 17th.
Walmart will carry the standard Merry Madagascar DVD movie for $5 and a deluxe DVD version with additional content for $8. These DVDs are very nice stocking stuffers.

Walmart stores will also offer new Merry Madagascar licensed pajamas, slippers, socks, throw blankets and other holiday gifts starting this week. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:32:19 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Michael Jackson: This Is It DVD Is The Gift For Jackson Fans

Topic: Holiday Gift Guide

The movie Michael Jackson: This Is It is currently still in theaters, but will soon only be available on DVD.
This Is It is not released yet, but is already #3 on the Amazon Movie bestseller list. You can pre-order Michael Jackson: This Is It on Amazon.com for $17.99 now. The shipping date is still open, but it is for sure before Christmas.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:03:26 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr