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06-30-2016, 07:02 PM
Furby is back, more Internet-connected than ever and too cute to resist
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Roughly four years after Furby underwent a modern reinvention to re-emerge with LED eyes and app-connectivity — and a cuddly Furbacca version (http://mashable.com/2015/02/11/furbacca-star-wars-furby/#cuH6IXMwTSqR?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)*— Hasbro has an**unced the Furby Connect, an even more adorable hamster-owl robot.
New to the Furby Connect are full-color LED eyes capable of even greater expressions, more advanced Bluetooth LE connectivity with smartphones and tablets, and a new LED antenna on its head that doubles as a joystick.
SEE ALSO: Furbacca is the most epic 'Star Wars' Furby in the galaxy (http://mashable.com/2015/02/11/furbacca-star-wars-furby/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
When the original Furby launched in the late '90s, the TV commercials gave me nightmares. I was among the first group of press to check out and review the redesigned Furby in 2012. It was less creepy than the original, but I still didn't want to keep it in my home. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/furby-connect-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Roughly four years after Furby underwent a modern reinvention to re-emerge with LED eyes and app-connectivity — and a cuddly Furbacca version (http://mashable.com/2015/02/11/furbacca-star-wars-furby/#cuH6IXMwTSqR?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)*— Hasbro has an**unced the Furby Connect, an even more adorable hamster-owl robot.
New to the Furby Connect are full-color LED eyes capable of even greater expressions, more advanced Bluetooth LE connectivity with smartphones and tablets, and a new LED antenna on its head that doubles as a joystick.
SEE ALSO: Furbacca is the most epic 'Star Wars' Furby in the galaxy (http://mashable.com/2015/02/11/furbacca-star-wars-furby/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
When the original Furby launched in the late '90s, the TV commercials gave me nightmares. I was among the first group of press to check out and review the redesigned Furby in 2012. It was less creepy than the original, but I still didn't want to keep it in my home. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/furby-connect-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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