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Toys combine reality and cyber worlds

These days, playing on a cyber playground requires a real-world toy.

Toy producers, aiming to replicate and expand on the success of Webkinz -- stuffed animals linked to an online world -- have unleashed a slew of items and are planning to debut a handful of other toys based on the seamless convergence of online and real-world play.

Everything from Nickelodeon's online world of Neopets...

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