A Great Inexpensive Gift Idea for Children in Your Life

Many adults have heard of Second Life, a 3D online digital world created and maintained by its' worldwide cyber residents. It's a very cool online social concept, that has since been followed up by "Teen Second Life". Now there is a virtual, social playground for pre-teen children, and it revolves around the new toys,Webkinz .To the casual observer, Webkinz are just stuffed, plush animals. But to the thousands of children that own them, they are the gateway to an exciting online world at wekinz.ge. If you haven't heard of them yet, you will soon, as the holiday shopping season starts. The makers of these toys, Ganz, Inc., have purposely kept their marketing of these toys very low key. At this time, they are relying solely on word of mouth and in-store promotions done by a select few retailers. Once a Webkinz animal has been "adopted" is when the real fun begins. Each animal has its' own unique online code that unlocks its' cyber-world counterpart. After logging in and filling out their "Kinz" adoption paperwork online, children are able to live out their new pets' virtual life. They can visit with their online friends, play games and take care of their new "pet".Ganz have produced a "safe" online toy as well. All of the online chatter between "inhabitants" is scripted, although you are able to vary it to some degree (you can't just type in words, phrases have to be picked