Furbies from 1998 to 2017 mini-documentary
the 1998/1999 furbies have a body that is considerably larger on the bottom than the top, giving them something of a cone/triangular profile.
1998/99 furbies have very stubby pompom-like tails that don't move. These furbies are roughly the size of a squirrel. They are voiced by Tony Pope.
Furby babies from this period are very close to the adults in size, but their features are a little finer, and they lack the hinged bottom that enables the adults to rock back and forth as if dancing.
1999 furby babies are voiced by Mary Kay Bergman.
Taeka Kawata voices the Japanese version.
Furbies from 2005/2006 are much more primate-like, the furby baby from that time has especially human-looking feet. The adult body is still smaller at the top/head area, but it stands on two feet instead of a flattened bottom. The profile is more doll/stuffed animal-like than triangular.
2005/6 adult furbies are voiced by Patricia (Patsy) Thompson
Adult furby 2005/6 is nearly twice the size of adult furby from 1998/99, about the size of an adult chinchilla. Furby baby from this period is slightly larger than adults from 1998/99.
The baby furby from 2005/6 is very top-heavy with a large head, and small fabric ears that are tiny compared to other furbies.
The adult can dance from side to side by shifting its weight from one foot to the other. The baby moves its legs up and down when being held, stretching out to play, and curling up to go to sleep.
Furbies from 1999 to 2006 have doll's eyes with lashes. These eyes open and shut like those of a traditional doll. They do not light up.
The 2005 furbies, adults and babies alike, do not have tails, but the 2006 "Funky Furby" has the longest tail of any furby, and it can be easily wagged or swished from side to side.
Furby 2012 is voiced by Gavin Hammon.
The 2012 furby, 2013/14 Furby Boom 2015 Furbacca (furby version of Star Wars's Chewbacca, or vice versa), and 2016 Furby Connect, are more rounded so they almost look like a ball when in the sleeping position, and are slightly oval shaped when completely stretched during play or sitting up wide awake. F 2012 is just a little less tubby, so has the most definitive oval shape when fully awake.
Furby 2012 has wavy fur next to the Boom, whose fur is short and sleak. Furbacca's fur is woolly and softer than the previous models, and F Connect fur is even softer though still short, giving him a fleecy feel.
Adult furbies from 2012 onward have LCD eyes with plastic lids that open and shut.
The ears of 2012 to Furbacca move back and forth and come close to resembling backward bird wings, or correctly facing angel wings. Furby Boom and Furbacca both have small its near the top of their ears. Furby 2012 does not. All but F Connects ears move back and forth.
Furby connect's ears are slightly larger and much thicker than the previous furbies' being shaped more like a semicircle, and with a much bigger cut-out in the center. They look more like loops than ears. They don't move back and forth, but up and down, independently from one another.
2012 and other full sized furbies from then on, have tails that are much longer than furby 1998/99, but not as long or wide as Funky Furby. These tails can be pulled, causing the furbies to react. The tails also move differently from one another. F 2012's tail moves up and down, and f boom, Furbacca, and F Connect tails move side to side. Some F boom tails are enclined to move up and down as well, or at an angle.
The feet of Furby 2012 are closer to those of the 1998/99 furbies in shape and feel. Furby Boom and Furbacca have similarly shaped feet, which are rubber/plastic rather than plush. The bottom of the furby once again supports the weight. But it is not completely flat, it has more of a natural rounded shape to go with the rest of the body. It looks like a shallow sort of bowl.
The Furby Connect's battery cover has the same function, but is a little different from the others.
The plastic base of Furby 2012 through to Furbacca is a perfect circle, and has two pthin pieces of plastic that come in and out on either side of the battery compartment and help them to rock and dance.
Furby babies from 2013 and onward are termed "furblings" and they are closer to a large Syrian hamster in size.
They have no moving parts, and their eyes don't light up, or open and shut. They are activated when the top of the head is pressed. A furbling will then say one of its phrases to you.
They do not react to sounds you make, but they emit electronic signals to furby booms when their head is pressed. This will make the adult furby respond to them.
Furbling tales wag from side to side, and they do not react when tails are pulled.
Furby Connect 2016's base and battery cover is still like a shallow bowl, but has more of a slightly squared off shape at the front, and no plastic pieces to help with mobility. That is up to the updated mechanism with moving parts inside that make him move from side to side, and bob up and down. F Connect cannot move back and forth.
Furby Connect has an antenna that makes sounds when moved and changes color depending on mood. F Connect also comes with a sleeping mask that can be put over his eyes to quiet him. He has no face plate like the others, and a smaller beak. That does not prevent him from being the loudest, most obnoxious eater of them all.
F 2012 and F Boom has the strange condition of going into different "personalities" depending on how they are played with. Each voice being higher or lower depending on the personality. His sweet default personality has a gentle voice that is the highest among his personalities. He sings and purrs a lot. The valley person and another one that is sometimes called the "princess" or "Chatter Box" is deeper and with a valley girl type dialect. The funny/crazy one sounds like a boysterous young man, and the "evil" personality has a deep rasping voice that sounds like a villainous smurf.
F Boom's default personality as well as the hyper and the feisty personality sound girly, with the dialects being different for each. The "rock star" sounds like a boisterous young man, possibly a rebel of some sort, and the "jolly" personality is perhaps the most unnerving of all, sounding like an intoxicated older man with a British accent.
I do not know who voices the female personalities of F Boom, but believe the males are Gavin Hammon.
F Connect doesn't change personalities, and has only one voice type. If it was evil, it would be very difficult to tell it from Evil 2012, but even with its deep smurf type voice, it acts and sounds much friendlier. There is a reason he sounds so similar to F 2012. F Connect is also voiced by Gavin Hammon.
Here is a comparison video of furby 2012 and furby connect.
Furby Party rockers came out in early 2013. They are not furblings, but they are smaller than standard adults. Party rockers are somewhere between a tennis and baseball in size. Their eyes are LCD. Their tails move up and down, and they react to having them pulled. Otherwise, they have no functional moving parts. Pieces of thick fabric make up the feet.
I am quite sure Gavon Hammon voices the males in this set as well, but would love to know who voiced the females as they are surely not a falcetto.
Watch mini-documentary on furby party rockers here.
Party rockers don't dance, but they love being held, rocked, and shaken by you.
this group doesn't have a standard look, and they all have different voices than one another.
These voices range from a very girly pink bunny to a wark blue with horns and a raspy deep evil sounding voice similar to F 2012 evil personality. One of this group has a definite valley girl sounding voice.
Some have visible ears, some have horns, some have no visible ears or horns, some have standard looking furby beaks, some have large Curious George type mouthes. All beaks are orange except for one.
Non-standard furbies that don't fall into any of these classifications are the MCD's/burger King toys, key chains, mystery/blind bags of tiny pvc furby figures, and other such things.