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I remember when Furbys first came out in the 90's, everyone went crazy for them. Fast forward almost twenty years later and the Furby is still around, there have been a few different versions of this iconic toy over the years. The latest edition is the Furby Connect which has recently launched and is set to be one of this years must have toys for Christmas.
Hasbro very kindly sent us our very own Furby to come and live with us, my children love it and it has become their very own pet. We were sent the pink one, which my daughter adores - they also come in blue, teal and purple.
Furby Connects are recommended for children aged 6+, however my three-year-old is totally besotted with her new Furby.
Best of all the Furby comes with a sleep mask, when you want to turn your Furby off or when it is night time you just put the mask on the Furby and it will go to sleep and turn off.
When using the app you can give your Furby a name, which it will learn. You can feed it with virtual food, take it to the toilet - yes really! and play games with it as well as so much more. The app gets updated all of the time and when there is something new to discover your Furby's antenna will glow blue to let you know.
When we opened the Furby I was impressed with just how soft its fur was, it was also rather cute too. My three-year-old daughter fell in love with it on sight!
Setting everything up was really easy, all you need to do is put in some batteries (4 AA) and download the app which is free and super quick and easy to do and that is it. You don't need the app to first start playing but it does make things more fun. The Furby is bluetooth enabled which helps keep your Furby updated and enables you to interact with it via the app.
We found our Furby so much fun to play with as it babbles away in Furbish but they also speak quite a lot of normal words too, it sings and dances, moves its ears, asks you to tickle it, opens and closes its mouth and even breaks wind - much to my little girl's amusement.
The thing that really captured her imagination though was the LED eyes, when you're playing with the Furby via the app or if you are just playing with it on its own its eyes are constantly showing different colours, shapes and pictures.
As my children are so young they have mainly just been playing with the Furby without the app. They do really enjoy just playing with the Furby on its own as they love the way it babbles away to them and the funny little moves and noises that it makes.
I know that Furby Connect will be on lots of little one's Christmas lists this year and if your child has asked for a one for their main Christmas gift and they love interactive type toys, then I think that they will love receiving a Furby connect from Santa this Christmas.
Oh I LOVE the Furby's eye mask - what a lovely touch.
ReplyDeleteMy friends daughter had a furby when they were originally out and I secretly used to play with it! HAHA! Then Heidi had one a few years ago and loved it. Fab review x
All my life, all i wanted was a little furby! but i was too old to play with one! I think its time for me to buy it, for my son though! He is going to love it!
ReplyDeleteI used to have Furby's when I was younger and it looks like they are all grown up. Love that they connect to apps now.
ReplyDeleteOh I love the look of this. We used to have the gizmo furby!
ReplyDeleteI imagine this to be on a lot of christmas lists this year x
Oh I always wanted a Furby as well ha! That sleep mask is genius, all children's toys should come with one ;)
ReplyDeleteStevie xx
I am jealous of the Furby's eyemask ha, what a fantastic toy and I am so glad to see they are so much better than they used to be x
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