Furby (Purple)

How to fix your dead Furby
I bought a purple one of these for my 7 yr. old daughter and a black one for my 9 yr. old son. They both loved them. But that is where the good part ends. After only 3 days, my daughter's stopped working. I thought "wow this thing really eats batteries." So I changed the batteries, Furby still dead. Tried some new batteries, these ones tested in other electronics to make sure they worked. Still no go. The Furby just inexplicably stopped working. So, I returned it and got her a white one. While we were waiting for her new Furby to arrive, my son's stopped working too! Same thing, change batteries, check batteries, change again, still no go. This time we tried 4 sets of fresh batteries, just to make sure it wasn't the batteries. I thought surely we can't have 2 defective Furbies?! Now my daughter has a working (for now) white Furby, and I have to return my son's black one. If either one breaks again, I'm giving up on Furby (sorry kids). Oh and in case you're wondering if...
Multiple Personalities but a Successful Reboot!
I am an owner of one of the original Furbys so I pulled it out (a couple of them actually) to give a good comparison.

A quick crash course in Furby: Furbys are interactive robotic pets with various modes of interaction to which they respond, Furbys are loud and have no off switch (You have been warned!!!) but will go to sleep if you leave them alone for a bit. To wake them simply tilt them. Furbys begin to speak in "furbish" which is their own simplistic language. As time goes on they learn English one word at a time replacing their own furbish vocabulary. These take 4 double-A batteries which are not included and have 9 methods of interaction: Shake Furby, tilt Furby, feed Furby (with your finger or a free I-pod app), pet Furby, tickle Furby, talk to Furby, pull Furbys tail, introduce two furbys to each other, and play music for Furby.

First the original gen furbys had specific differences: stripe mane or poof with tail, pitch of voice, names, eye color, etc...
cuddly pet
I bought the pink cotton candy furby from toys r us for $44.00 dollars. They had $10.00 dollars of the orginal price, which is $54.00 bucks, the deal was for black friday. The furby takes 4 double A batteries and it last around four days, depends on how much you interact with furby. Furby do not have an on and of switch, he will just fall to sleep when you stop playing with him. He is so cute and cuddly, you will fall in love with him. Your furby will take on your personality . For example if you pet his head, rub his belly and feed him regularly he will be good and loving. If you neglect him by not feeding him, holding him upside down and pulling his tail, he will behave badly. So don't let to much people handle your furby because his personalty could change. If his personalty change and he becomes bad, it will take about 6 days of petting his head and hugging him to change him back. If furby turns bad he will turn evil and he will make farts and burps noises and say mean stuff...
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