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Littlest Pet Shop VIP Dog
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| Price: | $28.00 |
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Ships from and sold by Collectors Paradise
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Product Description
Now there's even more ways to add to your Littlest Pet Shop pet-lovin' fun. Enter the virtual Littlest Pet Shop world with your very own Virtual Interactive Pet (VIP) puppy. Find your pet's secret code hidden in its collar, and then visit littlestpetshop.com to unlock exclusive games, activities and other fun surprises. Play with your virtual pet pal online while snuggling your plush pet at home. This sweet, snuggly pup measures approximately 6" tall.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10385 in Toys & Games
- Brand: Hasbro
- Model: 63996
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 6.75" w x 4.25" l, .30 pounds
Features
- Enter the virtual LITTLEST PET SHOP world with your very own Virtual Interactive Pet (VIP) dog!
- Find your pet's secret code hidden in its collar and then visit littlestpetshop.com to unlock exclusive games, activities and lots of other cool surprises that you can play with your new virtual pet pal!
- Play with your virtual pet pal online while you snuggle your plush pet at home
- Now you've got even more ways to add to the pet-lovin' fun!
- Littlest Pet Shop - how BIG is YOUR collection?
Editorial Reviews
Amazon. com Review
The Littlest Pet Shop VIP (Virtual Interactive Pets) is a cute plush animal that will give your child hours of cuddly fun. With its own online world full of games, activities, and lots of other fun surprises that your child can access, this VIP will quickly become your child's favorite playmate.
 Children will love these cute and soft stuffed animals. View larger. |
 In the virtual world, there are many worlds to explore and games to play. View larger. |
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With large heads, giant curious eyes peering at you, bright colors, and a super-soft plush body, the cute Littlest Pet Shop VIPs will quickly be vying as your child's favorite playmate. The VIPs measure about 7 x 10 x 4 (WxHxD) inches and are weighted at the bottom so they can stand on their own.
An Online Virtual World With Your Own House
The fun doesn't end with this plush animal, however. Each pet includes a code on its tag that lets you play online at LittlestPetShop. com for a year. To play with the online component, you will need an Internet connection and sign up for a new account at www. littlestpetshop. com. There is no software to download as the game is completely Web-based and only uses a Web browser.
Parents may need to help their children get started by registering a new account. Once the account has been made and the secret code is entered, a virtual version of your adopted pet will be visible on screen. You can name this virtual pet anything you want, and the pet even has its own house and garden.
Moving your character around the virtual world is accomplished by simply clicking where you want your pet to go. There are various games within the world, symbolized by icons such as a soccer ball or water balloons, and that are accessible simply by clicking on them.
One game that is accessible early in the world is Water Balloon Poppin, a puzzle game that is both fun and promotes problem solving. When you finish, you see your score compared to high scores from other players around the world. If you have a high score, it is saved. Depending on your score, you earn kibble coins (virtual dollars) that can be used in the various shops to purchase items such as clothing, home decorations, and plants.
With these new purchases, you can feed your pet, dress your pet up with different clothing (your pet then walks around with the new accessories), decorate your pet's home, tend your garden, and perform many other fun tasks.
The scope of the virtual world is impressive. There are many places to explore, including the playground, the vet, the forest, the dock, and the village. At each of these areas, there are different things to do and different games to play. In total, there are 25 games, including Water Balloon Poppin, Pet doctor, All Paws Soccer, Horse Shoe Toss, and Miniest Golf. The world includes lots of activities to keep them happily occupied.
Keep Up with the News
A newspaper keeps players up-to-date on the goings-on of the virtual world. New games will be announced here, and high scores are also displayed. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the virtual world is quite complete. Some features such as the "Home of the Day" section in the newspaper are still under construction.
Safe, Friendly Playing Environment
Parents will be happy to know that the virtual environment is designed to both fun and safe. Names are never fully displayed, and language is filtered to eliminate "bad words. "
A cute, plush animal has an added online component that makes it fun for a long time. With a virtual environment that is being added to with new games and items, the Littlest Pet Shop VIPs holds children's attention longer than traditional plush animals.
What's Included
Littlest Pet Shop VIP plush toy, code for one-year subscription to virtual world on collar of pet.
From the Manufacturer
Enter the virtual LITTLEST PET SHOP world with your very own Virtual Interactive Pet (VIP) dog. Find your pet's secret code hidden in its collar and then visit littlestpetshop.com to unlock exclusive games, activities and lots of other cool surprises that you can play with you virtual pet pal! Play with your virtual pet pal online while you snuggle your plush pet at home. Now you've got even more ways to add to the pet-lovin' fun!
Customer Reviews
This pet only gets your child online for one year
This pet actually is a bit bigger than the description states. Sitting up, this pet is just over 8.5 inches at the ears. The pet only came in a ziploc bag instead of retail packaging. It would have made such a nicer gift had it been boxed properly.
How the pet works is you go to http://www.hasbro.com/littlestpetshop/default.cfm and click on "VIPS are here" to enter your online access code which can be found in the tag around the neck. This code will give you one year of unrestricted access to play games, feed your virtual pet, decorate your virtual house, and read the littlest pet shop newspaper. It's a great bargain compared to Toontown and other pay by the month kid friendly sites. Kids will have a great time earning points, called kibbles, and redeeming them to buy virtual things for their pets. Each VIP pet comes with 100 kibble in the account automatically.
If you are unsure if this is a toy your child will enjoy, you can still register, and then "borrow" a pet rather than adopt. You will be able to try out the games and see how the web site works before adopting a pet (i.e. Buying a VIP pet).
I found the games to be fun and age appropriate for 5-7 year olds. 8 year olds may even enjoy the site, as well as advanced 4 year olds but you will definately want to try out the site by "borrowing" a pet as stated above just to make sure this is right for your child.
The VIP dog is very soft and cuddly!
Great Bargin for hours of fun
My 10 year old loves littlest pet shop and also loves animal computer games. For $7.50 she gets one year to play on line with her littlest pet - great bargin in my book. She also figured out how to visit her best friends VIP pet - so now they visit each other on line - she loves this toy!
Littlest Pet shop VIP Pets
This is the second purchase of The littlest Pet Shop VIP's for my kids. This will bring our grand total up to 4. Two per kid.
You can log on to the Littlest pet shop web site enter the code found on the collar. Name your pet and then log on to play.
When you collect multiple pets you can play bonus games that are only available as a premium member. By playing the games which are short you earn money. Then you can take the money you earn to buy items for your house and garden, or Food, and Clothing for your pet.
My kids get to play for 30 minutes daily after they finish their homework. They take that time to "care" for their pets. Feed them play with them etc. I think this a good start if you don't have a real pet that shows kids how to care for animals.
When I find 2 more at a great price like I found this and the turtle (We already own a cat and a monkey) I will be purchasing more.
