Design Your Own Toy Online with Xoddo  Xoddo - Banner  Kids love
to personalize their toys; it gives them a sense that they have
something unique that no one else has. Services like Build-A-
Bear have seen tremendous success, allowing customers to pick
their own patterns, styles, colors, and textures and wind up
with a toy that reflects their tastes. Now that experience is
online too: Xoddo is a service that lets you design your own
stuffed animal online from hundreds of combinations of patterns,
colors, and accessories. The service is aimed at children, but I
can think of more than a few grown-ups who'll spend hours
playing with the site.  When you're making a Xoddo's toy, the
number of patterns, colors, designs, and customizations you can
use are incredible. You don't get to choose the shape of your
toy, but you can choose whether you get a "Beaner," a small
beanbag toy, or a "Xoddo," a full-sized plushie. The Beaner is
about $18, and the Xoddo is about $28. Even though the general
shapes are all the same, e