You can use your account controls to manage your child's access to KinzChat PLUS, sign up for promotional mailing lists, adjust 3rd party advertising settings, or change your email.
Nov 11, 2009 Webkinz fad fades: Web-linked stuffed toys aren't hot stuff anymore. 'Webkinz was the first to do a hybrid product, and it took off like a rocket,' said Richard Gottlieb. Webkinz - the stuffed animal that comes alive online in Webkinz World. Keep your pet happy and healthy and build a home for it with our cool furniture. Play online with your friends and their pets too!
If you've already added a Parent's Email to your child's account, a Parent's Account has been automatically created for you. Otherwise you can add your email for their account when your first log in to your Parent's Account.
About KinzChat and KinzChat PLUS
Webkinz World includes two types of chat to be used in social areas of the site. In KinzChat areas, kids can only use our pre-constructed chatting system called KinzChat. Members cannot type in their own words in KinzChat; they can only use the phrases and words we’ve created.
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In KinzChat PLUS, which we recommend to our older members ages ten and up, we’ve given our members a bit more freedom. They are able to type in their own phrases and words; however the content is filtered by our system which aims to block inappropriate content and personally identifiable information, including numbers. KinzChat PLUS uses word filtering which identifies specific objectionable words, and phrase filtering which identifies specific objectionable combinations of words.
If someone attempts to send words and phrases that we deem unacceptable, that member may be: warned about the need to follow the Rules, silenced from chatting in, or banned from all KinzChat PLUS areas. The length of time for silencing and banning is based on the specific offense or combinations thereof.
KinzChat PLUS also allows members to report other members who they feel are misbehaving, using unacceptable language, or breaking the Rules. Again, any member who is reported for inappropriate behavior or language may be warned about following the Rules, silenced or banned from using KinzChat PLUS.
Please note that even with the word and phrase filtering, it is still possible that you may see something said that you find unacceptable. The best way to decide whether KinzChat PLUS is right for your child is to use the system with your child. Also, please note that unless you specifically grant permission for your child to use KinzChat PLUS, they will not have access to it when visiting any of the social areas of Webkinz World.
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Webkinz are toy stuffed animals that were originally released by the Canadian 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 online play for a limited time (one year). Lil' Kinz are smaller, less expensive versions of Webkinz, while the Signature collection are larger and slightly more expensive. Sales of plush Webkinz toys are limited to the United States and Canada, but international users can buy virtual pets from the online eStore.
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As of 2016, members whose accounts were previously unusable due to not purchasing any new pets have had their content restored. A free membership option was also added, albeit with very limited features. This may be because of the dramatic decline in popularity that the website experienced, meaning that requiring users to purchase new stuffed animals to access the website is no longer a realistic business model.
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Tropes displayed in this web original:
- A Dog Named 'Dog': Fairly common among the young children who name their Webkinz. In-game, there's 'Ms. Birdy', a bird who runs the Adoption Center.
- An Interior Designer Is You: The game allows you to design rooms for your pets with items from the W Shop.
- Everything's Better with Plushies: Well, DUH!
- In-Game TV: If you buy a TV for your pet, you can watch The Secret Chef (hosted by Chef Gazpacho), Monkey & Monkey Show, and Winners' Shows (shows created in the Webkinz Studio that have won contests in Webkinz).
- Merchandise-Driven: Get most of the content unlocked by getting yourself a plush.
- Play Every Day: The game gives a daily gift, daily log-in bonuses, and reward games that can be played daily (Wishing Well 2, Wheel of WOW). In fact, it encourages checking back every hour by having a 'Today's Activities' list of potential rewards players can receive if logged in at certain times.
- Punny Name: The owner of the Curio Shop is named Arte Fact.
- Spell My Name with an 'S': Many people give their pets made up/misspelled names.
- Stealth Pun: Dr. Quack is a doctor who is a duck. He's a pun for a quack doctor, another term for a Snake Oil Salesman 'specializing' in the medical field, although Dr. Quack is a qualified doctor.
- Ridiculously Cute Critters:
- Sweet Tooth: Poncho the Chihuahua in the Candy Bash games. He will never get enough.
- Video Game Caring Potential: You can build a strong relationship with your pet by providing for its needs.
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: Neglecting your pet or feeding it gunk/gak/blech/a food it doesn't like - formerly the only thing remotely close to this trope.
- In the latest update, if you ignore your pet's request to play in a certain area or do a certain activity, they'll say something along the lines of 'I guess not...' and their stats will go slightly down.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: Very frequently guilty of this.