Back in 1998 the world went a little apeturd over the Furby. While
Amazon was still just getting off the ground and didn’t much suffer from
the craze, brick and mortar stores were crawling under the demand. The
£24 ($40 USD in 1998 dollars and $56 today) could be resold for as much
as three times its price. It’s now a collector’s item and the company
that made it, Tiger Electronics, seems to be planning on releasing a new
version for the Holidays 2012. There isn’t much information on it
aside from the picture you see above.
Toy expert Peter Jenkinson of www.toyology.com said: ‘The image
suggests that the moving facial parts have been entirely replaced by an
LCD screen. ‘This will prompt lots of talk, not all of it intelligible,
on Furby forums.’
Other “experts” are predicting Wifi connectivity and only
Furby-to-Furby interaction. Truth is, no one really knows. And no one
is sure if the little fur balls will be able to recapture the insanity
of their first arrival.
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