Jordan

oh yeah its SO dead.

Interesting….

Hasbros removing the connect app

Remind you of anything?

So yeah. The pattern continues

hello furby friends, so perhaps the Biggest break in furby in almost that past 7 years which is WILD to think about, but a prototype for a new line of furbys leaked this morning on ebay at around 8am cst.

AGAIN this is wild, but is shows renwed interest from hasbro in the furby line. but first a general description,

So, bellow are the photos. 

The furby is an early run electroics prototype, these are can be very close to the final design, with the cosmetic proto being handed over for electronic prototyping.  the wires (as far as I can read) are as follows

Motor Ir encoder Microphone Left ear led Right ear led Back cap Front cap Sw & led Spear Mouth sw (switch) Neutral

So it apears they are going somewhat functionally similar to a 1998. this is also shown in the fact that they are using the og 1998 logo on the bottom. 

The board also reads 5-5-2022, so it is for sure recent. 

further into the cosmetics, it apears to be simialr to their fuzzalots brand. 

So it seems thats the direction that they are going in. which to me is… disapointing 

SO what adds to this story is the fact that Hasbro was alerted shortly after to the listing and were VERY interested. showing the first public interest directly in the furby brand in years. 

the ebay listing was the struck down less than an hour later

it was orginaly on auction for $50 then relisted, 

so overall. today has been a very interesting look into Hasbro playing around with a more modern furby… just observing the similarites to fuzzalots if this furby is released, it will retial for around 10-15$ which i think is a good price point, however I think that fans would prefer a more direct homage to 1998s, for those of you in the same boat as me, I think that the best we can hope for is hasbro having gone in a diffrenet direction, And with hasbro pushing their toy appearnce back, I suspect we will see an annoucment in mid september which would be just in time for the 25th aniversery. I will try my best to attend the toyfair in person or online and I will keep you guys updated.

special thanks to Furbccord for being a great place to bounce ideas around! and special thanks to FranistheMan and fubby on discord

Emototronic furbys are gentle giants who tend to be quieter than their smaller counterparts and they have better facial recognition and can remember nearly 1000 faces and use facial expressions to communicate. Their muted colors mean they spend more time on the ground because they can blend in with their environment, thus have grown in size and have specialized feet for walking rather than climbing. They spend most of their time conserving their energy and sleeping. And because they have less predators they tend to live much much longer and have longer gestational periods. Unlike 1998 furbies who are opportunistic omnivores, they are strictly herbivores, eating mainly fallen fruit and soft plant materials. Often they live alongside 1998s because their smaller counterparts serve as lookouts while emototronics look after the less responsible 1998s young and as occasional bodyguards.

And UCD reportedly payed $175,000 for this image to not appear when you search it on google: