Through the spring and summer of ’97, Hampton and Chung showed their Furby prototype to manufacturers, getting nowhere, until fellow toy designer Levy recommended Tiger for its ability to move fast on ...

When Stephanie Sanders-Jacob woke up last Thursday, it felt a bit like Christmas: Hasbro had announced a new Furby for the first time in almost seven years. "I have to admit, I cried,” said ...

When Furby hit store shelves in November 1998, it was an instant hit. Kids loved it. Parents loved it. People paid three times the Furby’s retail value just to get one for the holidays, and within ...

At 3:25 p.m. Monday, a West Hartford woman scurried into K-B Toys at Westfarms mall, squeezed past the holiday hordes and spied a stockboy stacking computer games. “This is going to be a dumb question ...