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.

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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

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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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