Is Webkinz World expanding too fast?

(Sunday) March 9, 2008   •   admin

webkinzI’ve been doing some thinking lately and talking with different users. After examine my observations a few thoughts came to mind and I thought that we should look deeper into them. The first thing that I wanted to cover is the rapid expansion of Webkinz Pets in 2008.

The team at Ganz has been pushing the pace in 2008 with releasing multiple pets in almost every month so far. I guess that there are two sides of the rapid expansion. The kid in me loves the new pets each month, but with so many new pets it’s had to keep up. There are a few kinds of Webkinz users out there. You have your basic user that buys a plush pet and just plays the games casualy. Then you would have the collector or addicted Webkinz users, these users are very commited to Webkinz World. They purchase and collect alot of pets and many strive to have a complete collection of the plush pets. This 3-4 pets being released each month that adds up to be a lot of money for people to pay out.

I am not sure if the rapid expansion of pets has an effect on other things, but Webkinz World continues to suffer from technical glitches.

To break down the expansion so far for 2008 I will show you what pets have been released and what is scheduled for upcoming months. You will see from the list below that I have compiled that in the first six months Ganz will be releasing no less than 30 new plus pets. That is a rapid expansion compared to previous years.

The following pets were released in January. (Tie Dye Frog, Velvety Elephant, Duck and Grey Arabian Horse)

The following pets were released in late February and early March. (Webkinz Brown Dog, Webkinz Bengal Tiger, Webkinz Tiger Snake, Lil’ Kinz Black Lab, Lil’ Kinz Pink Poodle and Webkinz Zingoz)

The following pets are releasing in March 2008. (Lil’ Kinz dalmation, Lil’ Kinz Bullfrog, Lil’ Kinz Leopard, Tiger Snake, Brown Dog, Bengal Tiger, Lil’ Kinz Pink Poodle and Lil’ Kinz Black Lab)

The following pets are scheduled for April 2008 release. (Webkinz Cocker Spaniel, Webkinz White Mouse, Webkinz Chicken and Lil’ Kinz Leopard Lizard)

The following pets are schedule for May/June 2008 release. (Webkinz Striped Snake, Webkinz Whimsy Dragon, Webkinz Rhino, Webkinz Lioness, Webkinz Gecko, Webkinz Samoyed Dog, Webkinz Lemon-Lime Gecko and Webkinz Pink Googles)

I guess my point is that while most of us love these little creatures. One of the most attractive things about them is that they are collectible. Kids and adults strive to accumulate a full collection of these pets and with so many out there it’s going to be very hard for most users to continue their collections. I encourage you to leave your thoughts in the comments and I look forward to see how others feel.

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2 Responses to “Is Webkinz World expanding too fast?”

  1. worldofwebkinz on March 10th, 2008 2:57 am

    Thanks for the article. I for one am not a fan of the Webkinz of the month. I feel that it’s a way for children who cannot afford 12 pets a year to be left behind and in return they lose enjoyment out of the game.

  2. melanie on March 20th, 2008 1:10 am

    I also agree with this article. My children have a very difficult time signing on to webkinz because of their “technical glitches”. It is also very upsetting to them to be logged off mid-activity and then not be able to log back on because of high volume. If it doesn’t improve soon, we will be looking into other sites such as penquin, etc.