In colors and patterns modeled after a real jay, this Lil’ Kinz has boldly striped wings and a long, banded tail. According to the interactive Webkinz website, the Blue Jay is friendly, exuberant, and always likes to make new pals. The Jay, like all Webkinz and Lil’ Kinz, comes with a unique code that allows a child a year of access to the Webkinz world, where he can play games, interact with an online version of the plush toy, and explore an online community designed especially for children.
— “Webkinz are still selling out very quickly,” Janet Gregory, owner of Over the Rainbow Toy Store in Anchorage, Alaska, said of her best-selling plush items in May 2009.
— “That's outselling everything,” Linda Hays, owner of Hopscotch Toys in McMinnville, Ore., said of Webkinz during a May 2009 survey concerning sales in plush and puppets.
— Eight of 43 retailers told TDmonthly in spring 2009 that Webkinz by Ganz are top sellers in their plush departments.