They're baaaaack. It's been seven years since those cuddly, squawky balls of fur known as Furbys were widely available on toy shelves. On July 15, Hasbro will release an all-new Furby line at most major retailers, including Amazon. This marks the fifth Furby generation after the 2016 batch, and this latest iteration has a host of new upgrades including more voice modes and over 600 unique responses to prompts.
. It's been seven years since those cuddly, squawky balls of fur known as Furbys were widely available on toy shelves. On July 15, Hasbro will release an all-new Furby line at most major retailers, including Amazon. This marks the fifth Furby generation after the 2016 batch, and this latest iteration has a host of new upgrades including more voice modes and over 600 unique responses to prompts.
It's no accident that Hasbro picked this summer to re-launch the Furby-verse. After all, the interactive toy first hit shelves 25 years ago during the lucrative 1998 holiday season, and became that year's must-have product. The toy giant is certainly hoping that history repeats itself, especially since the Furby brand has been dormant for the last few holiday cycles.
But Furby's return also means that the various urban legends surrounding the toy will be going viral again as well. In case you've forgotten, here's Yahoo Entertainment's refresher on some of the bonkers myths that have attached themselves to their fur — which isn't animal fur, we swear! — over the past quarter century.Their name is Furby... that's it, just Furby.
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