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2000 Advertisement for Sega Poo-Chi robot pets, from Nakayoshi magazine

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Pretty sure it's Nuna and probably Pikobis from the Star War Phantom Menace Swamp Creatures Battle Bag:

Thank goodness you found the pic because otherwise I would have never made the connection, but I remember having a little figure like that in our bin of Star Wars toys and was able to reverse engineer from there.

Hello NostalgicFriends! I'm back with another completely off-the-wall toy to try and identify using only the vaguest of childhood memories (we're going almost entirely on vibes here) and the two least helpful pictures you might ever see.

Luckily, I will also include an expert artist's rendition.

So it was, I believe, a set of two little aliens. They were reptilian/amphibious in nature, and one was round and froglike (pictured below) and the other, I believe, stood more upright like a little dinosaur.

Now here's the part I'm not sure was real: I swear I remember them coming in a little black bag of goo and you had to find/recover them out of the goo. It had, like, a vaguely top secret alien theme, maybe? These things might be entirely unrelated.

Artist's rendition of how I remember it in my three to four year old memory:

Additional unhelpful information:

I incorrectly remember it being Men in Black themed, so maybe around that time?

I thought my dad got it for me at dollar tree but honestly who even knows

I DO have the Absolute Worst pictures of the round green one that I tried to draw above. (The pictures were found AFTER the drawing and I don't feel like redrawing it so just. there.)

Any step in the right direction would be so appreciated as this is one of the few toys from my childhood that I remember SO vividly but can't even figure out if it was real or not!

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if anyone's heard of the 90s computer game "petz", I'm doing an Artists for Palestine-adjacent program where if you show me proof of donation you can buy in-game creations from me.

So if you want something like one of these...

...or dozens of other things I've made as a virtual pet to play with on your computer, download one of the games and then shoot me a message to sort stuff out. Links to the free download, my portfolio, and the official forum thread (not necessary to post in, but may be of interest) will be in reblogs since I'm not sure if all of the links are clear for Tumblr searches.

if you're not interested, please still reblog! this is my only major creative outlet and I know it's niche but I've already had people donate for it so I know there's potential to make a difference.

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Emulating Nintendogs is super difficult cause basically no DS emulator is good enough at emulating the mic to get past the tutorial. Thankfully someone on the retro achievements forum has shared some save files with the tutorial already beaten, you should be able to just download one of these and play the disc and agility contests without having to use the mic at all. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if you can play the obedience contest without training more tricks but 2/3 isn't bad:

I have long wanted to put Nintendogs in the death generator, because of the contests. I want to this guy and his silly shirt collar say things

but despite trying many times I just can't get that far into the games. part of that is technical issues with having to play in an emulator, but also it's just that there's not exactly a speedrun guide for these games. I can't just hurry to the contest part and quickly get the screenshots I need to

#nintendogs

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Merry Xmas from Santa Robot!

#he's back #santa robot #Christmas

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Fyi, for those of you in the US, Target has some really good coupons for toys right now! $10 off $50 or $25 off $100. Could be a good way to save some money on one or both of the new Furbys.

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Free 2005 Furby onesie pattern

Hey it’s me again!

I’ve recently added some 2005 lovelies to my collection and I’ve used them to do some sewing experimentq.

This is quickly done and rather easy to put together, it’s a slip-on onesie with no bottom but they look so cosy! I used scraggly fabric for mine because I was just testing it.

I used strechy fabric so be able to slip it on the furb easily. I you don’t I suggest adding an opening with buttons or a scratch.

Enjoy!

Please don’t use this pattern for monetary use, I share my patterns because I’m aware the money’s tight in the community and I want to help.

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a furby pic for you

a furby drawing for you!

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2023 furby custom

Slunk

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Furbish From a Linguistic Perspective

hi! if you're familiar with furbies you probably know the very short conlang (a sketch fictlang in particular) furbish! furbish is the language furbies speak before you "teach" them english by taking care of them. i will only be covering the '98 language, as the 2005 and 2010 language updates break some of the language rules the '98 version sets up, and I don't want to deal with that atm. also, do note i'm not a linguist, i just watch a lot of conlang critic

Phonology

Consonants

furbish has 9 consonants, with one digraph (wh) counting as a consonant for simplicity's sake. these consonants are /m/, /n/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /hw/ or /h/, /l/, and /w/.

Vowels

furbish has 6 vowels (including 2 dipthongs): /i/, /u/, /eɪ/, /o/, /aɪ/, and /ɑ/.

Syllables

syllables are made up of vowels and consonants, shown in this chart. There are a total of 35 syllables in furbish.

Morphology

to make a word, syllables are put together using dashes, though some words are syllables on their own. additionally, new words can be created by putting a dash in between two existing words; like "ay-ay-lee-koo" (listen), a compound of "ay-ay" (look) and "lee-koo" (sound).

Grammar/Syntax

furbish seems to work almost the same as english grammar-wise, with a few differences. like many languages, it follows the subject–verb–object word order. for example, "i love you" would be "kah may-may u-nye". verbs have no conjugations and there are no tenses in furbish, along with there being no distinction between a singular and plural noun. most adjectives and nouns in furbish also work as verbs, and a word/phrase equivalent of "to be" does not exist. verbs have no conjugation, and adverbs go in front of the verb. it has two final particles, "doo" as a way to express that a question is being asked (similar to "ka" in japanese) and "wah" as a way to express excitement.

Proposals (Non-Canon)

i have a few proposals to make furbish a fuller language. for starters, making more syllable combinations for coining new words. secondly, a furby alphabet. each letter would represent a furbish syllable. another thing is filler words. i believe "ah" would be a great filler word, as furbies tend to say it a lot while being played with. i also suggest "doo", which could work as the furbish speaker questioning what they should say. finally, i've come up with a canon name for furbish in furbish. "kah-lee-koo", a compound of "kah" (me) and "lee-koo" (sound). roughly translated it means "my sound".

I'm autistic about furbies and conlangs fascinate me, so I had to make this!! I hope you all enjoyed :]

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I will not elaborate.

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New Furby has dropped, and I am... whelmed. The lack of a moving mouth sucks, especially for $70. Though they at least seem less obnoxious than the Connect, so that's nice. Also no app this time, so they won't end up gutted when Hasbro inevitably drops support

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If you want solid vpet games about cats, the P.F. Magic Petz games are probably your best bet. Unlike a lot of virtual pet games, the cats actually act like cats rather than exhibiting dog behavior (looking at you Kinectamals) and you aren't limited in how you can play with them (looking at you Nintendogs + Cats). Plus, there's a really nice community you can join that's been going strong since the games originally released, who will be more than happy to help you get the game set up and share cool mods and custom content.

If you aren't tied to cats and want something more modern, Wobbledogs is probably the best virtual pet game to come out in a long time and has such a fun genetics system. By default the dogs do die after a certain amount of in game time, but you can toggle this in the settings if you don't like that.

Based on what you've said you want those are my main two recs, but I'll toss out some others too just in case:

Nintendogs/Nintendogs+Cats are actually quite good if you like dogs, it's just the cats that underwhelming

Creatures is a retro one that never clicked with me personally, but I know a lot of people enjoy it, and it can be found legally for cheap on Steam.

Likewise Fin Fin on Teo is retro but still popular/fondly remembered. It's a bit harder to set up but if you search on Tumblr someones set up a VM specifically for running the game.

Catz and Dogz for the GBA are surprisingly quality, though they're more like life sims/visual novels then traditional vpet games so they may not be your cup of tea

Out of the DS Petz games, I'd say Hamsterz Life/Bunnyz, Hamsterz Life 2, and maybe the Catz Clan/Dogz Pack games are the best, though it has been a while though so I could be mixing them up lol

Tales of Djungarian Hamster on switch is pretty simple, but the graphics are super cute and it goes on sale for $5 fairly often

I'm cautiously optimistic about the upcoming Little Friends Puppy Island, though I wasn't super impressed with the first game so we shall see.

Anyways, hopefully that helps! I love vpet games and have played most of them, so if you have any questions about any of these games, or even ones I didn't mention, just let me know and I'll try to help

Hello Tumblr. You can call me PT.

I am seeking game recommendations-- I want pet sims specifically.

The games Wolf has already suggested--

Nintendogs + Cats

A specific DS Petz game

Petz...4? 5? The abandonware one that has a entire community

(My friend B suggested Slime Rancher too but that is more farm sim adjacent)

I would prefer games that have cats and allow you to actually do things with the pets. I am not interested in website pet sims, Tamagotchi, or games where pets will die/run away permanently.

Thank you. (:

#pet sims #petz #virtual pets

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Did you guys know that the most recent version of sharks have fins that are kinda leg like and they like to walk up onto land?

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Furby listings be like

furby 1998 RARE!!! VINTAGE TOY GREAT CONDITION! $150!!!

and it’s literally just a giraffe furby lookin at you like this:

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