Russ Berrie Shining Stars Cow

During the Webkinz lull, when every store was waiting on their backordered plushes, Shining Stars stuffed animals were suggested as an alternative.

My 8 year old daughter plucked a cow out of the bunch. I presented a few more dollars than a Webkinz price to the cashier and home we went to excitedly enter the "secret code" on the Shining Stars website.

My daughter was completely unimpressed, as was I, asking each other if there was more. The plush cow is cute enough, and the website is interesting with some games, but this is NOT a Webkinz substitute. She couldn't interact with her pet, like she hoped. No dressing, feeding, chatting, etc. No building and decorating a house for your pet. Mostly, Shining Stars just has some Flash arcade type games.

The really neat thing about it is that you get to name and register your own star with the International Star Registry and that a portion of the proceeds goes toward the Starlight Starbright...Read more

My friend really likes cows, and so I found this one and really thought she would like it. She loved it, she even named it after me.

I have really enjoyed giving this to my new grandson. I know that having a star named for him will bring him years of enjoyment. Thank you so much for making this available.