The Amazing History of Furby (Paperback)
Langue : anglais
Edité par Independently Published, 2026
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Paperback. A grandson. A grandfather. One very strange furry robot.In 1998, a fuzzy creature with enormous ears and a language nobody had ever heard before showed up in toy stores. Within three years, more than 40 million of them had sold around the world. Parents lined up before dawn. Resellers charged triple. And somewhere along the way, a United States intelligence agency decided that Furby was not allowed in the building.Max Tinker wasn't alive for any of it. But he had questions.Who invented Furby? What is actually inside one? What is Furbish? Did Furby really learn English from the kids who owned it - or did it only seem that way? And did the government really ban a toy?With help from his grandpa C.J., a lifelong tinkerer who knows his way around motors, gears, sensors, and code, Max spent months chasing down the answers. The Amazing History of Furby is everything they found: the full story of one of the strangest and most successful toys ever made, plus a look underneath the fur at the engineering that made a machine feel alive.INSIDE THIS BOOKThe two inventors behind Furby, the prototype that nearly failed its most important demo, and the aluminum foil that saved itHow a single motor moves the eyes, ears, and mouth - and why that was the hardest problem in the whole designWhat Furbish really is, and the clever reason its inventors gave a toy its own languageThe truth about Furby "learning" English - and why the real trick was more impressive than the mythWhat actually happened at the NSA in 1999, separated from what the internet has repeated ever sinceThe 1998 Christmas craze: shortages, scalpers, and a $35 toy selling for hundredsEvery generation that followed, from the 2005 Emoto-Tronic Furby to screen eyes, apps, Furblings, Bluetooth, and the 2023 Furby that deliberately left the technology outCollectors, repairers, customizers, and the internet's strangest fan creation: Long FurbyWhy our brains insist that a machine with moving eyes must have feelingsFOR KIDS WHO TAKE THINGS APARTThis is a history book that keeps turning into an engineering book. Every chapter includes hands-on features written for curious readers: MAX WANTS TO KNOW - the questions Max asked along the way, answered in plain languageC.J. EXPLAINS - a closer look at the sensors, motors, animatronics, and programming behind what Furby doesFURBY FACT - the surprising, strange, and occasionally hilarious detailsMYTH OR REALITY? - sorting the real Furby stories from the ones people just kept repeatingTINKER WITH IT - design challenges, experiments, and questions you can try yourself, no screwdriver requiredNo experience with electronics, robotics, or coding is needed. Neither Max nor most of his readers started with any. The book builds from one idea - sense, decide, respond - into a real understanding of how interactive machines work, and it ends by handing the reader a blank page and a design sheet for a creature of their own.An independent, unofficial book written by two Furby fans who wanted to know how it worked. Not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Hasbro, Inc.Perfect for readers ages 8 to 14, reluctant readers who love facts, STEM and maker families, nostalgic adults who owned one in 1998, and anyone who has ever looked at a talking toy and wondered what was really going on in there.Nineteen chapters. Twenty-five years of very strange engineering. One question that keeps leading to another. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
N° de réf. du vendeur 9798170816811
- Titre
- The Amazing History of Furby (Paperback)
- Auteur
- Max Tinker
- Éditeur
- Independently Published
- Année de publication
- 2026
- État de l'article
- new
- Reliure
- Paperback
- Langue
- anglais
- ISBN à 13 chiffres
- 9798170816811
- Série
- Livre 4 sur 5: The C.J. Tinker Animatronics Series
A grandson. A grandfather. One very strange furry robot.
In 1998, a fuzzy creature with enormous ears and a language nobody had ever heard before showed up in toy stores. Within three years, more than 40 million of them had sold around the world. Parents lined up before dawn. Resellers charged triple. And somewhere along the way, a United States intelligence agency decided that Furby was not allowed in the building.
Max Tinker wasn't alive for any of it. But he had questions.
Who invented Furby? What is actually inside one? What is Furbish? Did Furby really learn English from the kids who owned it — or did it only seem that way? And did the government really ban a toy?
With help from his grandpa C.J., a lifelong tinkerer who knows his way around motors, gears, sensors, and code, Max spent months chasing down the answers. The Amazing History of Furby is everything they found: the full story of one of the strangest and most successful toys ever made, plus a look underneath the fur at the engineering that made a machine feel alive.
INSIDE THIS BOOK
- The two inventors behind Furby, the prototype that nearly failed its most important demo, and the aluminum foil that saved it
- How a single motor moves the eyes, ears, and mouth — and why that was the hardest problem in the whole design
- What Furbish really is, and the clever reason its inventors gave a toy its own language
- The truth about Furby "learning" English — and why the real trick was more impressive than the myth
- What actually happened at the NSA in 1999, separated from what the internet has repeated ever since
- The 1998 Christmas craze: shortages, scalpers, and a $35 toy selling for hundreds
- Every generation that followed, from the 2005 Emoto-Tronic Furby to screen eyes, apps, Furblings, Bluetooth, and the 2023 Furby that deliberately left the technology out
- Collectors, repairers, customizers, and the internet's strangest fan creation: Long Furby
- Why our brains insist that a machine with moving eyes must have feelings
FOR KIDS WHO TAKE THINGS APART
This is a history book that keeps turning into an engineering book. Every chapter includes hands-on features written for curious readers:
MAX WANTS TO KNOW — the questions Max asked along the way, answered in plain language
C.J. EXPLAINS — a closer look at the sensors, motors, animatronics, and programming behind what Furby does
FURBY FACT — the surprising, strange, and occasionally hilarious details
MYTH OR REALITY? — sorting the real Furby stories from the ones people just kept repeating
TINKER WITH IT — design challenges, experiments, and questions you can try yourself, no screwdriver required
No experience with electronics, robotics, or coding is needed. Neither Max nor most of his readers started with any. The book builds from one idea — sense, decide, respond — into a real understanding of how interactive machines work, and it ends by handing the reader a blank page and a design sheet for a creature of their own.
An independent, unofficial book written by two Furby fans who wanted to know how it worked. Not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Hasbro, Inc.
Perfect for readers ages 8 to 14, reluctant readers who love facts, STEM and maker families, nostalgic adults who owned one in 1998, and anyone who has ever looked at a talking toy and wondered what was really going on in there.
Nineteen chapters. Twenty-five years of very strange engineering. One question that keeps leading to another.
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