A Texas company doesn’t want to make light of the war, but does it want to make a few people smile. Gemmy Industries, based in Irving, Texas, makes Dancing Hamsters – plush toys that sing and dance.

NEW YORK -- Sales of military toys are getting a boost from the U.S.-led war in Iraq. And not just the conventional G.I. Joe. Plush hamsters dressed in military garb from all four branches of the U.S.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Gemmy Industries was founded in 1984, but its products are a perfect fit for the social-media era, screaming (sometimes literally) to be ...