The revival of toys from childhoods gone by is fairly common practice among marketers. Trading heavily on nostalgia, reboots seem to crop up once a toy’s original target reaches parenthood. The ...

Little Cat Looks Like a Furby with Fangs and We’re Obsessed originally appeared on Parade Pets. The original Furby doll hit shelves in 1998 and even got a reboot in 2023. These fuzzy little electronic ...

Last year, Hasbro reinvented 1998's hottest stuffed holiday sensation for the early 21st century. Furby got a full-on reboot, bringing improved locomotion, wireless communication, a tablet app and ...

Is Furby, the hottest toy of 1998, still in demand? These days, there may not be actual fights and stampedes breaking out in stores over Furby shortages, but the furry, talking toys can still fetch a ...

Ready to feel extremely old? Okay, here goes: Furbies hit shelves for the first time 18 years ago. That’s right — everybody’s favorite terror-inducing electronic gremlin has been around since 1998.

Those of you who were traumatized by the Furby phenomenon in the ’90s will be horrified to hear that the toy is making another comeback. The Furby line first launched in 1998 and quickly became the ...

The popular '90s toy is back with a bigger and higher-tech personality. July 10, 2012 — -- Fifteen years ago, a little furry toy became all the rage. Toys "R" Us couldn't restock its shelves ...

Of all the childhood toys to update for the early 21st century, the Furby seems like a no-brainer. After all, the hairy ball of amalgamated animal strangeness packed in electronics so baffled the ...

Furby, "the first gigapet you can pet" will be back in stores just in time to create an inflated demand during this holiday shopping season, but it's not exactly the electronic toy you remember. Tech ...

When Stephanie Sanders-Jacob woke up last Thursday, it felt a bit like Christmas: Hasbro had announced a new Furby for the first time in almost seven years. “I have to admit, I cried,” said ...