Zhu Zhu Craze Hits Mobile

They're called Zhu Zhu Pets, and they're one of the hottest Christmas toys this year.

Kids can't seem to get enough of the fuzzy electronic hamster toys. They say they're like real hamsters, but,you don't have to clean up after them.

For parents, part of the appeal is the price...about ten bucks for one Zhu Zhu Pet, that's if you can find one in a store.
Today, Kim Ibanez and her 9 year old son, Joshua stood in line more than four hours for the chance to buy a Zhu Zhu at the Toys R Us store in Mobile.

"My friend got a email this morning, she called me. I jumped in the shower, and got here as fast as I could, and told her there was no line, so she better hurry...and people started coming right after I got here", says Ibanez.

Ibanez the Zhu Zhu is all her son wants for Christmas. Joshua says,
"They're fun to play with and you, you can sleep with them..and they snore a lot sometimes".

Toys R Us quickly sold out of the Zhu Zhu's today. No word on when they'll get more in.