A Furby is an interactive "pet". He sings, he dances, he moves, he talks, he opens and closes his eyes, he speaks Furbish, he speaks English, he asks to be fed, he falls asleep, he catches a cold, he passes that cold to other Furby's, he learns games, he likes to be tickled, he interacts! Each Furby has his own personality. They come in many different colour combinations and there are 4 different eye colours. He takes two AA Batteries. Furby's are sold at almost every toy store and is sold for around $70.00.
             Furby was the invention of David Hampton in 1997. David owns a toy and game design company called Sounds Amazing! in Northern California. He was inspired to invent Furby after seeing the key chain virtual pets. They were very small, with crude graphics and high-pitched beeping sounds. He wanted to improve on the virtual pet idea by creating a real-world cuddly pet with more advanced actions and vocabulary. Hampton sold his idea to the Tiger Electronics company and the rest is history.
             Furby comes in a variety of colours. Some are White, Black, Brown, Spotted, Tiger, Zebra, Afghan, Tuxedo, Giraffe, Wolf, Bear, Dalmation, and many other colours. Each Furby has a different eye colour. Some can be blue, brown, green or grey. Furby can either have a mane down his back or a tail. And all have a little bunch of hair at the top of their head. Also there are limited edition Furby's to collect. There is the Graduation Furby, Spring Furby, Patriotic Furby, Autumn Furby and Holiday Furby. All come with their own individual number. Most are limited to 250,000.
             Furby goes through four stages of development. During the first stage Furby is very playful and helps his owner by teaching them how to care for him. Furby isn't able to speak English and uses his own language, Furbish. The second and thi
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