    Hello and welcome to Issue #4 of The Furby Post :)  Currently there are 58
    members to the list, and we just keep growing, thanks to everyone for all
    their help, forwards and support :)

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    And now for some statistics:

    1668 hits for furby in Ebay's engine, 251 in Amazon, and about 1850 hits
    from Yahoo's auctions.

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    Furby Chat with Tiger Electronics President and Representatives
    June 21st, 1999, 6PM PT in #Shopping on MSN Network

    I attended the chat and so did about 50 other people.  The chat was pretty
    full and due to this the channel (chat room) was moderated for the majority
    of the chat.  All questions rom spetators were submitted to the channel
    operators and they were put into a queue and given to The fellows from Tiger
    to answer.

    The quarter of the chat most people talked about the company Tiger
    Electronics and it's past and how things got to the present day company.

    The following are the big highlights of the chat;

    >From Laura: The story of Furby Cloud and its inhabitants coming to Earth
    lends itself well to an animated TV series. (Though more English would have
    to be incorporated into the Furby language.) Is Tiger planning to license
    the Furby character for this use?
     Furby is presently is actually represented by CAA in Hollywood
    and we are close to signing and announcing a business relationship that
    should lead in this direction.

     from furbylover87, when will the furby babies come to the stores?
     First, babies..... they will be taking America by storm late
    this summer.  Look for exciting news and a major launch soon.

     From Furby Fan: When can you tell us more about Yoda?
     Regarding Yoda, we are thrilled at the progress being made in
    the development of Yoda.  We have already recorded the voice of Frank Oz!!!
     The vocabulary of Yoda will be significantly greater than any
    previous product, as one would expect from an 800 year old Jedi Master.
    Much more details to follow in the near future, keep watching our Star Wars
    web site at: http://www.tigertoys.com

    Crystal31..Could you give us more information about the Gizmo Furby as well?
     Gizmo is a very exciting character and wehave just finished
    recording Howie Mandel, the original voice from the Gremlins movie for our
    product.  Gizmo will even interact with all exisiting Furby's

     Is it true that Furby was banned from the Pentagon?
      Not the Pentagon, but the National Security Agency
    inadvertantly circulated a message claiming that Furby may be able to record
    sensative material.  This was quickly dispelled and they have since recinded
    any "ban"

    Furbster asks: There are many people, including myself, that have had their
    Furbys replaced when sent in for repair.. I was told you only replace, will
    there be Furby repairs in the future or will it always be replace?
     For the time being it will likly emain replacements.

    Topsy_Furby says: What do you think of products such as "Foobie" and
    "Furbish", the furby imposters?
     Poor attempts at knocking off aa grat product!  We dislike that
    consumers may be misled, and ultimatly dissapointed with this inferior
    product.  we will continue to take any and all steps at our disposal to
    prevent these   poor knockoffs from entering this country

     there are a lot to discuss...we have justed completed shipping
    our 2nd asst. and the 3rd is now shipping. the newest asst consists of the
    folowing patterns (as our internal names only) leopard, lamb, gorilla, frog,
    elephant and the secret color
     pink flamingo
     the best way to stay up to date on all new furby colors and
    developments is at our website  http://www.furby.com

     we also have new special editions coming this year, watch for
    "Fall" and "Christmas" and the new Millenium Furby

     Do you go to Furby websites, newsgropups or chats incognito?
     websitees are cool if they provide good information and work
    with tiger

     Does the Canadian Furby speak French as well as English. And is
    there a German speaking Furby?
     each furby spoeaks only 1 other language besides Furbish.
    There is a german speaking furby

     Someone on E-Bay is taking orders for Yoda, has production started,
    how can they take order so early.
     yoda is not in production and won't be in stores until later
    this year.  any order taking is not with Tiger's blessings at this point

     are there really such things as "rare" furbys?
     all furby's are limited in production, but there are some that
    are more rare than others, such as the spring furby and graduation furby,
    and rarest of all the, the Hi-C furby that was a premeium in a contest
     yoda will not interact with others

     yes all furby's retire when next asst begins, and yes there
    will be matching buddies for all furby's and special editons.

     international furbys, italian, german, french and japanese will
    all be available directly on our furby.com web site!

     kaybee is going to offer japanse furny's in some locations

     yes gizmo and furby interact.

     4th generation furby's are designed and will be announced
    soon...some hints...cheetah and landy bug to name 2

    There was a hint a possible Koala Bear Furby Fur pattern for the future.

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    Furby Babies
    The Furby Babies official release date is
    08/25/1999 and the "suggested" retail price is supposed to be $29.00.  As you
    will see when they are released, this price may go up or down.  Furby Babies
    are in Pastel colors and have 8 censors.
    I have pictures and information on these Furbys on the website at:
    http://www.mimitchi.com/html/furby.htm
    Look in 'Furby Accessories' section.

    --

    FAOde to Furby
    The winners have been picked and there are already a few of the entries on
    the site.  In the next coming weeks they will be adding all 24 of the
    winning enteries for the Furby contest.  All of the winners will receive a
    limited edition Furby.
    Check out the winners here:
    http://st2.yahoo.com/faoschwarz/faodwin.html

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    Japanese Furby
    While KB Toys is selling Japanese Furby on their website, sometimes you will
    go and find when you try to add the product to your cart it will say they
    don't have enough stock and to pick a lesser quantity.  Now and again this
    message will come, but keep the page bookmarked because they do get more in
    stock from time to time.  With patience you'll get your chance to order
    yourself a Japanese speaking Furby.
    http://www2.kbtoys.com/kbicat/itempg.icl?orderidentifier=ID929929252468776C7
    D6A783D4F&secid=15&itmid=1432&dirpage=dir&eflag=0&numitems=0&curitempos=0

    Or go to http://www.kbtoys.com/ and search for Furby.

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    3rd Generation Furbys
    As you all must know, the 'secret' Furby color is Pink.  I have been on the
    search for these new Furbys and have found that like the originals that
    their seems to be some colors more common in others packaged per case.  From
    what it looked like the Brown Bear and Green Frog Furbys seemed to be the
    most 'common' ones.  There didn't seem to be as many Blue Elephant and White
    Lamb Furbys.  The least common seem to be the Leopard and Pink Flamingo.  I
    talked to a fellow at KB Toys and he said the Pink is definitly the most
    rare one, said there was only about 1 per every 2 cases (of 12 Furbys per
    case).  He also said that he liked the Pink better then the rest and it's a
    very cool looking Furby.

    I have not seen the Pink Furby as of yet, but have seen all the others and
    they all look pretty good.  The Lamb has wool-like fur, and seems smaller
    then the rest.  They are all out there though, just keep looking!  Best
    thing to do is get to the stores early and even call ahead of time.

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    WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1999--Parametric Technology
    Corporation

    (NASDAQ:PMTC - news) today announced the winners of the seventh annual Pro/AWARD
    competition held this week at the Pro/USER International Conference in
    Dallas, Texas. The D9R Track-Type Tractor design submitted by Caterpillar
    Inc. received the Dr. Samuel P. Geisberg Award for the Best Overall Entry
    among a field of 514 entries from companies worldwide. Other winners
    included the aerospike rocket engine submitted by Boeing Company, Rocketdyne
    Power and Propulsion Systems and the Furby submitted by Hasbro Inc.

    Furby won in the category of Consumer Products.

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    Furby FAQ Answer of the Letter:
    After being asked so many times by people, Furbster compiled a list of all
    possible furby names and here it is:

    Furby Names

    Ah-May
    A-Loh
    A-Tay
    Boh-Bay
    Boo
    Dah
    Kah Dah
    Kah
    Doo-Moh
    E-day
    Koh-Koh
    Loo-Loo
    May-May
    May-Lah
    Mee-Mee
    Nah-Bah
    Dah Noh-Lah
    Noo-Loo
    Toh-Dye
    Toh-Loo
    Toh-Loo Kah
    U-Tye
    Way-Loh

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    Furby Poll
    The poll on the website is updated every 2 weeks, be sure to stop by and put
    in your vote and check out the latest results!
    Furbsters Poll
    http://www.mimitchi.com/html/fpoll.htm

    --

    Furby Word of the Issue:
    "Dah/A-loh/U-tye"

    Literally translated, this means "Big Light Up" but to Furbys, this of
    course means Good Morning.  Not everyone knows this so use it to impress
    your friends :)

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    Furby Newsletter Poll:
    Here it is again, last week's poll question:

    What do you think the best part about being a Furby is?

    Responses can be sent to:

    MAILTO:"capngo@earthlink.net"

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    Well, that's it for this issue, hope you've enjoyed it :) I'd love to hear
    comments or questions regarding The Furby Post if they come up, so if you
    have any, feel free to write me at:

    MAILTO:"capngo@earthlink.net"

    And I'll get back to you as soon as possible :)

    Brendan, Editor in Chief of The Furby Post

    Special Thanks to Kat for practically writing this whole newsletter for me :)

    And an Extra Special Thanks to Dave Hampton for creating such a wonderful
    and loving toy.  I don't think Mr. Hampton is getting enough recognition for
    his work, so do what you can to help people recognize that Furby was not
    originated by Tiger Electronics but he was the brain child of a wonderful
    inventor.

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