Furbys

FURBYS


Have you seen the scary movie 'Child's Play' where the evil character was a doll named Chucky? The doll in which dwell an evil spirit? Talking about this, made me think about 'Gremlins', those cute unidentified small cute creatures that became evil when you forgot to feed it. And then there were the small talking furry creatures called 'Furbys'.

What's the connection that all three of them have? :) Well, only that they are small, cute dolls or rather 'electronic toys'.

Some of you may not even know what a Furby is. A Furby is an electronic furry owl like creature that was selling like hot cakes in 1998. It was a big craze at that time that even McD was making small plastic toy Furbys to be given as part of 'Happy Meal'.



What is interesting about these furbys are that they can interact with each of your actions. Just like a real pet, you need to feed, talk and play with it. At first, when you had just bought it, a Furby speaks entirely in Furbish Language (do not worry, as each Furby comes with a dictionary. The more frequent you talk and rub it.. the much faster will the Furby talk in English.

At first it was only the children who played with Furby. Then they become collection items: Adults went over the board trying to collect the Furbys that were limited edition such as the Wedding Furby and the Biker Furby and the price just went sky up.
Then came the baby Furbys , smaller version of Furbys and much more affordable.



Some would say that it's a waste of money but the Furby being a new innovative toy at that time was worth the price. For a kid that was not allowed to keep a pet, a Furby was an answer to everything. It doesn't smell, doesn't need much space and doesn't sxxx. :) It purrs like a cat when you stroke the stomach. To feed them you only need to stick your finger in Furbys mouth. It sings when it's happy and cry when it's hungry. Tickle it and it laughs. And those adorable broken English sentences or baby like talks 'Me deep sleep', 'Me no like' .. :D (hey, we girls do love mushy things)

Must be signs of old age when you start to talk about the 'Good Old Days'.
:) If only life would be like the movies and have happy endings.. dream on, Cat.