The Wonderful HISTORY of Webkinz!- Brought to you by: The Wonderful World of Webkinz!-
Webkinz are popular beyond belief now, with more and more people picking up a webkinz for the first time every single day. However, it wasn't always this rosey in Webkinz World! Here's a brief history of Webkinz and how this HUGE craze came about!
Webkinz were made a reality by the company "Ganz" in 2005. Ganz have been around for years and years, making gifts and other children's toys in Canada. I don't know how it happened or where it came from, but they suddenly released a plush toy which could be made into a virtual pet ONLINE!!
Back in 2005, when fun games on the internet was just gaining popularity, and the power of the pokemon craze was ending - some lucky kids started to look into these strange new "Webkinz" creatures, which turned into a virtual world which can only be played with use of a secret code!!Those kids, as it turned out, were the first of literally billions who have discovered the wonderfully addictive life of a virtual Webkinz (including me!).
By 2006, Ganz officially announced that Webkinz World's population was 1 million strong and over 2 million plush toy Webkinz had been sold!
That was a year ago and now, Ganz aren't giving out any more details about how many people have Webkinz! You know what that means?? There may be up to 3 million kids in Webkinz World. Right Now!! How amazing is that? In the space of two short years, Webkinz have grown so strong in popularity. Not only that, but they recently overtook Club Penguin in visitor quantity! Think that Club Penguin has just been purchased by Disney for a staggering $350m!
Imagine what Webkinz could sell for in the future!! IF it doesn't "fail" like Pokemon.
When I started playing Webkinz- It was only about a year ago! :) When did you all start playing Webkinz?
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