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Duckies have been asking if I have somewhere they can further support my efforts. See below for a kofi!

You don't have to, but if you do choose to support, know in your heart that another tiger is born in the wild. <3

Every little bit does help.

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Furby Original Series Check/Wish List, illustrated and assembled by me over a couple days of insane hyperfixation lol

There's a little section at the top to write in how you would like to use the extra symbols!

It is no good situation when you have to choose between two shitty candidates. But you have a two-party system.

russia has previously aided trump during elections, and they will do so again. A call to boycott the elections = a call to support trump

Also, a lot of his goons have been filling a LOT of important spots in the military and civilian fields to have positions available for trump to fill in with his loyalists and to easier do a hostile takeover if he wins the election.

Trump's presidency already gave cart blanche for the international far right rise, and I don't think we need to spell out to people that the state of the world today is directly credited to Trump's presidency, his incompetence, him being Russian puppet, etc etc.

As much as I am actually an opponent of the whole idea that USA is responsible of everything in the world, it does have a huge influence on international politics scene.

SO GO VOTE.

Biden is a leader too moderate for my tastes, who I really really wish wasn't so old. The things he has done have been unexpectedly good despite being hamstrung by the opposition. Love him? Nope. But Biden is making sucky choices from an array of sucky choices, domestic and foreign.

Trump is calling his opponents Vermin, outright explaining that he is 'retribution' and cracking jokes about victims of political and racial violence. He brags about being the one to kill Roe v Wade. In 2020 he asked why the cops didn't just shoot the protesters in the legs. He wants to deport immigrants, including all dreamers, and his plan starts with 'put them in camps.'

I know most people don't track political news. I get it. Its nauseating. But this idiot's gotten stupider, and he's gotten more hateful.

Hi hi! Those who know me know that I keep my furby love alive thru discord, and here’s one I help moderate! Cannot recommend enough 💙 there’s also a giveaway currently happening!!!

A silly “page doll” for my artfight profile! I’ll likely post more about my team/characters when I finish decorating!

I call it...

Furby Days of Pride!

(It's supposed to be a play on words; furby instead of thirty, the number of days in the month of June.)

It won't be anything too labor-intensive. Just celebrate pride with your furbs by posting once every day, tagging it with "Furby Days of Pride 2024"!

In my previous post about a prototype Furby, I said I emailed the voice actor. He replied with some information about the Furby he voiced.

Reply

Hiya,

I'm afraid you've reached the limit of my memory. I do remember the job you're talking about, but it was before I was using Google calendar/email, so those records are long gone.

As I recall, the prototype was being developed by Tiger Toys, and the recording session was several days long in 2000 to capture the many interactive responses they had planned. This was the early days of the internet, and I believe they'd planned sort of a Teddy Ruxpin on steroids kind of thing. I don't remember ever seeing the prototype or if it was ever produced, but it sounds like what would have been called an I-Furby. I don't remember them calling it that. I vaguely recall maybe a temporary commercial with a mockup, but I could be confusing it with the regular Furby spots. I was told the project had been shelved some time after we recorded. I have a lot of the scripts from jobs I did in the early 2000s, but I don't think Furby is among them.

I was able to locate a letter I sent on March 14, 2001 that talks about the project. I've pasted it below. Hope it helps you get to the bottom of it!

Letter

Jeff Jones, Sr. VP of Marketing

Tiger Electronics

980 Woodlands Parkway

Vernon Hills, IL  60061

March 14, 2001

Dear Mr. Jones,

I tried to catch up with you during the Toy Fair, but you were too busy.  I hope you had a successful trip to NYC and that things now are as calmed down as you’d like.

After what I was told was an exhaustive search, I was the one chosen to work with Sandy Schneider and Mark Stebbeds on the now defunct Crigit/Furby2000 project.  I absolutely wanted to maintain contact with Tiger, and now that Sandy is no longer there, I was told to contact you.

As the enclosed CD should show (Track 3 especially), I can provide a HUGE variety of character voices and dialects, and as the sessions in NYC proved, I’m fun and efficient to work with.  I am from the Midwest (moved to NYC from Bloomington, IN) and would be happy to meet with you next time I’m out there, or on your next visit to New York.  The Furby2000 concept sounded really great, and it certainly seems Tiger’s toys are moving in the ever-more-interactive direction.  When further concepts are developed and you are seeking a voice to assist in bringing the character to life, I hope you’ll again consider me.

Sincerely,

Kevin Kolack

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He also mentioned that recording for the prototype occurred in July, 2000, in Manhattan, but he was informed in December that year, that the project was cancelled.