Micropets dance into record books

TINY model pets that sing, dance and even look grumpy when told to entered the record books yesterday as the smallest toys of their type in the world.

Measuring just 3.5cm (1.3ins) high, Chumsley the cat, Sprocket the Dalmatian and the others in the Tomy MicroPets collection have become the latest toy craze for young children, selling nearly one million items since their launch in August.

Now Guinness World Records has awarded them the title “the world’s smallest self-powered sound activated toy”.