The sensational hit toy from the late 90s returns! Hasbro announced a new line of Furby in celebration of the toy's 25th anniversary. Furbies became an instant craze as the animatronic pet that could ...

In the fall of 1998, something new arrived on toy scene, and it’s never been quite the same since. I’m talking, of course, about Furby — that colorful, Mogwai-esque, nonsense-gabbling creature that ...

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In the months leading up to Christmas of 1998, parents assembled in droves to buy their children a furry, talking, animal-like toy—equal parts gerbil, owl, and gremlin. It was no bigger than a Nerf ...

When Furby hit store shelves in November 1998, it was an instant hit. Kids loved it. Parents loved it. People paid three times the Furby’s retail value just to get one for the holidays, and within ...

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.

It's not exactly the return of Furby, but one of the hottest toys this holiday season is a robotic hamster. Stephanie Rosenbloom of The New York Times introduced us: Known as Zhu Zhu Pets, the ...

Roger Shiffman was perfectly cast as the public face of a toy company, Tiger Electronics Inc., maker of Furby, Giga Pets and other hits of the 1980s and 1990s. He had a jungle of curly brown hair and ...