Covering his eyes with your hand will do the trick, too.įive-inch Furby looks a lot like the creatures from Gremlins.

If you can stick it out and leave Furby alone he will eventually go to sleep and shut up. And (surprise, surprise), the toy's instruction book advises, in all capital letters, not to remove the batteries regularly. There's no way out unless you remove his power source. If this $30 thing makes it into your home, and chances are it will if you have kids, you'll find yourself frantically searching the bottom for some kind of button to shut it off.īeware, though, the more you hold him in a desperate search for that non-existent button, the more he will make noises, because he's activated by sensors all over his body. Once fed, he'll say 'Yum,' then burp or make a sound that signifies passing gas. If you don't tend to its 'needs,' Furby eventually will get sick and start sneezing, but he won't die. When Furby is hungry it will say 'a-tay.' You have to respond by sticking your finger in its beaklike mouth and depressing its tongue.

He has 800 different phrase combinations.īy translating the toy's Furbish language to English (with the help of a tiny paper dictionary supplied in the box) you can interact with it. Furby's 200-word vocabulary includes some English. The more hours of playtime he gets, the more words you'll understand. Even his little behind lifts off its stand. When he speaks, his ears, mouth and eyes move. When touched, the little fur-ball spookily comes to life.

Furby 1998 instructions