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 ...

There was a very specific moment in the late '90s when every kid on earth collectively decided that a slightly creepy, slightly adorable talking owl creature was the most important thing in existence.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parents were warned today to prepare for a Furby invasion this Christmas. Yes, that furry mechanical friend, which resembles a malevolent hamster crossed with a chimp, has had its first makeover in ...

Fourteen years later, Furby emerges again with more expressions and just as much uncontrollable enthusiasm. Can it recapture its lost Furbish glory? I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...