Retired Webkinz

Product Information

Webkinz are toy stuffed animals that were originally released by the Ganz company on April 29, 2005. The toys are similar to many other small plush toys; however, each Webkinz toy has an attached tag with a unique “Secret Code” printed on it that allows access to the “Webkinz World” website. On Webkinz World, the Secret Code allows the user to own a virtual version of the pet for virtual interaction.

Feature Description

The current Webkinz come as cats, dogs, horses, birds, bears, dolphins, buffalo, foxes, panthers, whales and dinosaurs — practically any animal you can think of is available in Webkinz. In June 2008, Ganz opened the Webkinz eStore, where users can buy virtual items such as furniture, clothing, charms, and online-only pets. eStore items can only be used in conjunction with an active Webkinz or Webkinz, Jr. account.

Webkinz

What are Webkinz?

Each Webkinz stuffed animal and Webkinz accessory comes with an 8-character code. By registering this code on the Webkinz website, you “adopt” this pet in the virtual Webkinz World. Without the Secret Code, the user may not get access to the Webkinz world. Toy animals that are missing tags are not supposed to be sold by retailers, and removal of the tags without purchasing the animal is considered shoplifting. If a user forgets a login name and password, they can always go back to the Secret Code to gain access. Without the Secret Code, a user cannot recover a lost account. Currently, accounts expire within one year, unless another Webkinz animal is purchased, and that animal added to the user account.

Once a Webkinz owner signs up the owner gets access to the world of Webkinz. There are currently over one million registered users on the Webkinz website. Every time a Webkinz owner registers with the site he or she is given a virtual pet. The owner of the Webkinz can then assign his or her virtual pet a name, gender and also choose an avatar. Essentially a user ‘adopts’ a virtual pet online.

Once a Webkinz owner has adopted a pet online, a Webkinz owner is given a room, and some virtual furniture to decorate the room. Each virtual pet has its own sets of advantages and disadvantages, and must be fed using a special food item assigned to it.

Adopted pets have a happiness meter, a health meter, and a hunger meter. So in essence a Webkinz owner has to log on to the website regularly to play and entertain the pet. If the levels of any of the previously mentioned meters fall the pet takes ill and has to be taken to ‘Dr. Quacks’ for treatment, however taking the pet to Dr. Quacks usually costs Kinzcash.

Webkinz, a Ganz website offers you services such as online games featuring your favorite Webkinz pets, lets you take a virtual tour of the Webkinz, a Ganz website, gives you the online catalogue, which is different for different pets of your choice and the site also features trading cards through which you can trade points with other users and end up winning goodies and Kinzcash. The Kinzcash can then later be exchanged with goodies on offer on the website.

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Retired Webkinz List

As of April 2009, there were over 40 different Webkinz listed as “Retired” that can still be played online. Below is an overview of the retired list of animals.

Dogs
This seems to be a very popular pet for the Webkinz, since nearly half of the Webkinz ever made were some breed of dog. However, quite a few of them have now been retired. This includes the following:

American Cocker Spaniel (slightly different from the regular Cocker Spaniel)
Basset Hound
Beagle
Black & White Cheeky Dog
Black Lab
Cheeky Dog
Chocolate Lab
Collie
Dalmation
German Shepherd
Love Puppy
Pink & White Dog (Not the same as the Love Puppy)
Samoyed
St Bernard
Yellow Lab

Horses
Several horses are now listed as retired, leaving just one or two of them left. If you are looking to have a Webkinz horse, you’ll need to grab them soon. The ones already retired includes:

American Albino
Black Friesian
Horse (the orignal brown horse)
Pegasus
Unicorn

Cats
Not quite as popular as the dogs, but there’s still a pretty good list of Webkinz cats. Several of them, however, have already been retired. Here are the ones you may have a hard time finding in stores:

Cheeky Cat
Gold & White Cat
Grey & White Cat

Jungle / Tropical Animals
Webkinz has been making quite a few exotic animals or ones that would be native to a jungle. In fact, they’ve got about as many different tropical forest animals as they do dogs! Several have been retired, but there are quite a few still easily found in stores. The list of retired animals are:

Cheeky Monkey
Chimpanzee
Crocodile
Elephant
Leopard Lizard
Monkey
Rhino
Striped Snake
Tiger Snake
Toco Tucan

Farm Animals
These can be quite fun to collect, although some are getting hard to find. The farm animals now retired are:

Brown Cow
Floppy Pig
Sheep

Other Retired Webkinz
After we broke everything into a category, we’re only left with a few more Webkinz on the retired list. Remember, this is as of April 2009, and this list will most likely continue to grow. The remaining retired Webkinz animals not listed above are:

American Buffalo
Blue Whale
Cocoa Dinosaur
Deer
Fantail Goldfish
Grey Squirrel
Penguin
Raccoon
Sherbert Bunny

Where to Find Retired Webkinz

While the local stores may have a retired pet if you look hard enough, the best places to look for retired animals are online. There’s several shops that will either sell all their Webkinz for a set price, or base the price on other factors. Amazon is a great place to look because the prices vary so greatly.

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