#furby and friends

[skizabaa]

The newest member of the DJ crew! A... Furby?

[needlepine]

Firbee is a valid warrior cat name

[raynecatwings]

Silly me I forgot to post him when he was done

(Can you see the resemblance?)

Oh and he has included removable organs! yum!

100% WILL post more pictures of him if I ever do go outside again!

[small-spark-of-light]

BACK TO WHITEBOARD DOODLES/POS

ive been wanting to draw the skrinkles for so long!!!

[oodlefurb]

Has anyone coined a term for this phenomenon/aesthetic? because it's been a trend across all girls toy design, not just plush, and seemingly kicked off in the late 2000s to early 2010s

Littlest Pet Shop is the earliest example I know of

Compare 90s Littlest Pet Shop vs the 2005 reboot vs 2010 era toys. The designs just trend more cartoon-y and rainbow-y over time

FurReal Friends were another victim, with a sharp shift happening around 2012 towards big googly eyes

And we can't forget the Beanie Babies/Beanie Boos! The Boos launched in 2009

Even the Ubisoft Petz games took a swing at this style for a couple games, though it failed to save the brand lol

Build a Bear admittedly still offers both, but the Honey Girls line is still a good example of the phenomenon in action

And of course we can't forget our friend the Furby, just the latest victim to this phenomenon.

Now this probably just a case where one brand started using this aesthetic, got successful, and everyone else started copying it to the point where it's now the default. Probably with a big pinch of "toys are being targeted to younger and younger kids" thrown in as well. And maybe it really does test better with kids, idk. But I know when I was a kid, I would have picked the more realistic one, every time.

[archimer]

Long Furby concept

[gadgetini]

hanging out

[bluuscreen]

silly joke based on my silly headcanon that virgil likes customising furbies

[losersinthecorner]

me in a nutshell :3

(pls moot me i need friends)

[dailymolars]

I love being an art student cause we needed to take photos for an art thing so I brought my long furby and now I have really nice photos of my long furby. also my dog took a nap on him

(pssst. tumblr followers. he has a blog on here. it's @seagull-bath-bones. don't tell the Instagram crowd it's our secret)

[2kfurby]

Pon has arrived! She's being used as a model for a necklace for my friend's 05, Gale. Roughly 48 beads for a perfect fit. Only her lower legs and beak move, her upper gear train seems stuck but I'll try massaging the parts and see if that helps. Mostly speaks furbish, and she loves footwork songs :)

[gh0st-b0und]

the sleepiest guy of the west

[dizzypossum]

Sebastian head will be eaten by Coco

[trinkh0rn]

Mghrhggugh they have taken over my mind and now he's taking on more and more new forms in this reality🍞🍞