Introducing Strawberry Chainsaw! She is mostly done sans her eyes. I'm thinking of replacing her LEDs with eyechips though! I love her to pieces already
This is my first Furby Connect custom! It was a learning curve compared to what I've worked with in the past, but in the end I'm very pleased with the result! She's giving off scene queen vibes and I'm here for it.
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
Shellbies fill a similar ecological niche underwater
2005 furbies are larger due to having more food
2012 furbies are more omnivorous, leading to more vibrant coats
Party Rockers are completely herbivorous
Booms are camouflage speciation of 2012 furbies
Crystal Series Booms evolved hard crystal-like shells on their eggs to defend against predators
Furby Connects are a nocturnal species evolved for stealth and food storage, opting to communicate through signals too high for most to hear, even other furby species
2023 furbies are a hybrid of Furby Connects and Crystal Series Booms, more adapted to be able to keep watch all day
Furby Babies, Furblings, and Furblets are young versions of the 1998, Boom (and presumably 2012) (and I think Connect), and 2023 furbies respectively
Peepys feed off of furby eggs and young and usually roam areas where Furby Booms are present, causing the speciation into Crystal Booms
This little baby is Taro! They are the second Furby Connect that I had the pleasure of working on. They are very close to being my favorite, but Amanita beats them out by an inch.
Moved to a new apartment. Got the furby shelf set up in a new configuration. I condensed it down to have one free square left that I just threw misc. stuff in.