Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Kung Zhu Christmas in June!

Last Christmas my kids desperately wanted Zhu Zhu pets, but I wasn't sure they were a good idea in our house. Our house is carpeted, so anything that rolls doesn't work very well. Also, I really wondered about how well made they were (and I didn't want to get too into what I considered an over-hyped toy).

My kids were slightly disappointed but not crushed, so we moved on. Until a few months later, when a good friend of mine told me how well made they were. Her kids will destroy EVERYTHING, so I was shocked that she still had all 7 that she'd bought them for Christmas (and they got played with daily!)

So the Easter Bunny brought my kids each a Zhu Zhu pet and an accessory. Come to find out, the kids love them and they're adorable! They do run better on the tile than the carpet but they still work well enough on the carpet to annoy the heck out of the cat!

The only major drawback was that my son thought they were kind of "girly", since few of his male friends played with them. Fast forward a couple months to Kung Zhu pets, the wonderful fighting version of Zhu Zhu pets! Bok Boy was already planning to buy himself some with what was left of his birthday money, but we hadn't seen them in stores yet.

Then one day my doorbell rang at 9:30 at night. The kids were asleep and hubby was busy, so I peeked out the peephole and saw a gigantic box on my front porch. Big enough that someone could be inside.


Big enough that my cat decided it was the best place for a bed, so he guarded it! I wasn't expecting anything and didn't recognize the return address (although hubby said "That's the company that makes Zhu Zhu pets". How he knows this, I don't know!)

I opened the box and this is what I found:

Oh man did my kids go nuts! MomSelect had sent me a giant box of Kung Zhu pets to have a Kung Zhu party! After I peeled my kids off the ceiling, I had to quickly plan a Kung Zhu pets party (since there was no way that box was going to remain untouched for more than a few days. Again, thankfully the cat decided to guard it for me!)

These are not all the kids that were there, but we were limited to how many would fit in my living room with all the Kung Zhu toys! The kids had a blast, choosing teams and armor and setting the Kung Zhus to battle each other or to work their way through the training grounds.

Pros: Great fun for kids and adults. Allows kids to "fight" without anyone getting hurt or being overly violent. Adorable (especially the camouflage one). Well made and don't break easily (at least we haven't managed to break one yet, and they've even parachuted off the top bunk!)

Cons: Lots of small pieces in the accessories (Luckily most items can attach to each other even if you're missing something).

Everyone went home with a stock of their own pets, armor, tanks and accessories. However, I still have a few left over for my wonderful readers!

The Giveaway

3 winners will each receive:

* Kung Zhu pet
* Armor
* Accessory or training ground

To Enter:

1. You MUST be a follower (and follow publicly)!
2. Leave a comment on this post telling me why you want to win. This must be done first or the other entries won't count!

You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:

* Subscribe to this blog via Reader (on left sidebar)
* Subscribe to this blog via Email (on left sidebar)
* Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
* Favorite me on Technorati (button on left sidebar)
* Follow me on Twitter as sanity4sonya (button on left sidebar)
* Tweet about this giveaway (include @sanity4sonya) and leave me the Tweet link!
* Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
* Blog about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email publicly available on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!

Disclaimer: I received no monetary payment to write this posting.
I received the Kung Zhus from MomSelect and Zhu Zhu pets to sample and keep.
All of the opinions are strictly my own.


Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends July 2 at 11:59pm PT

90 comments:

  1. I follow and this looks like fun. Unfortunately, real hamsters don't live that long, but these will!

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  3. Follower and I'd like to win this for my kids! We already have 1 little zhu zhu pet and he'd love to meet this new one, lol!
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  23. I am following via Google Friends Connect.
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    I have noticed that he has been looking at them online. And I would love to be able to surprise him with these.

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  28. I would love to win this for my youngest daughter. She loves zhu zhu pets. I know she would have a blast playing with this. thank you!

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  29. I would love to win this for my daughter because we are going on a road trip soon and this would keep her occupied in the hotel.
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  30. I'm a follower! I would love to win this because my nephew desperately wanted a Zhu Zhu for Christmas and none of us could find any that didn't involve paying an arm and a leg on eBay. I wasn't able to make his dreams come true then, but his birthday is in 6 weeks and I know he'd just flip for these new Kung Zhu's. Thanks so much for the chance to win!!

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  31. I follow sanity4sonya on Twitter (@amandapersists) -- Thanks again!

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  32. I follow your blog and... my kids have seen all the commercials on their website and have already picked their favorites or "must haves"! I would love to surprise them with this!
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  43. Following publicly as Louis on Google Friends Connect, and the Zhu Zhus would be such a fun toy for my daughter (and I bet my cat will love it too)

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  53. I follow via GFC. I like these because they are more geared for boys. Thanks!

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  54. follow on GFC and the kids would love it. Thanks for the chance.

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  60. I'm a follower and I know my son would go crazy for these. We've seen them on tv and he's already asking for some for his birthday which is still 4 months away. This would be so fun to surprise him with.

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  62. Liz got her first Zhu Zhu pet for Christmas and would like to add more pets and accessories.
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  64. follow&my son felt the same way yours did until he saw this!Great now he wants them
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  65. I am a GFC follower. My son has been wanting these since he first started seeing the ads on TV.

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  66. Im a follower (of course) Id love to win for the kids I babysit! This would be such a time consuming activity!! yay!

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  67. I'm following you via google connect...justine417

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  72. follower

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  79. I want to win because my nephew would LOVE IT!

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  82. I would love to win because my kids would love it! and hopefully it will keep them busy for at least 10 minutes LOL

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  83. I follow as /\Heather/\
    We'd love it because when we see the commercial for King Zhu, we just laugh and laugh!

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