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scrolling thru my own posts and realizing that i've reblogged a fair amount of transformers stuff here by mistake instead of my tf blog lol. they both have red icons and urls that start with f

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i cannot tell you how much trouble that post that maybe 5 people at most are going to read gave me LOL but like i wrote all that out i wanted to actually post it even if the website was really fighting me on that

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yay for impulse purchases i certainly have had some. reset button misadventures. but this little guy is cute i like him :) if you don't recognize it the brand is pixel petz (which seems to also be the name of an online game or website. hm) i think there's only two variants this guy and a dalmation. imo the corgi is much cuter. i think they have customization potential tho if just with paint. not sure how long they've been around for but he was marked down a little bit i think i got him for like $12?

i was expecting it to be a "push button and it makes noise” type toy (it is also that,) which would mostly just live on a shelf and i just picked it up cause it looks cute, but was surprised it's actually a vpet game :D definitely for real little kids so it's very simple and easy as far as i can tell so far but it's cute i'm enjoying myself.

probably just talking to myself here but that's fine lol.

the game has several stats, including the two shown on the stats menu (happiness and energy), which are replenished by playing games or interacting by petting or using the "talkback" feature (it barks back the same rhythm and pitch as what you say. cute), and the other menu/interaction options including food, spa, potty, and health. the latter each give you a list of things to select from which display an animation and increase one bar of the stat. i've only had it on for about an hour but i haven't seen any of them go down yet so it seems to take a long while, which is kind of unfortunate ‘cause if the meter is full the pet will ignore attempts at interaction with that menu.

the instructions say the pet will alert when a meter is getting low and enter basically a sick mode (resolved by petting 10 times) if it's ignored, but as that seems to take some time i haven't seen it yet. they have different personalities based on their current care stats, similar to the 2010s era furbys (do connects do that? i don't have a connect i don't know.)

there's four total games; two unlocked at the start (shooter and catch) and two unlocked by playing (runner and air toss). i have three unlocked while typing this. the games display a win animation after 3 successes and you have 6 hp; there's no win state so the only way it ends is by backing out of the fail state.

shooter is like simplified brick breaker for babies; it's harder to lose than to win honestly lol. catch you have to catch a bone falling from the top of the screen; it's the hardest of the 3 i've played bc the bone and basket have to be lined up pixel perfect so there's actually a bit of a challenge as an adult. tbh i can see myself just playing that one for fun sometimes. runner is similar but there's stars to catch and other things to avoid and if either touch the rather large hitbox at all it counts as a catch. you can also jump in that one but i forgot to try doing that. air toss seems to be a game of keep-up.

multiple pixel petz can interact with each other but i only bought one so i don't know what they do. seems like maybe they just link so if you interact with one it also triggers a reaction in any others that are connected?

it came with a string with a clip as well but i couldn't figure out what you're meant to do with it; there's a spot on top of the head that looks like you could loop it through but at least on mine the knot on the string is too thick to fit. the clip is also super flimsy so i wouldn't trust it to hold up an electronic toy anyway but if that is a spot for that to hang i think being able to clip it onto a bag is cute

the buttons and touch response seem to mostly be pretty good; on mine the right ear occasionally sticks and makes it scroll through the menu on its own and they can be a lil hard to press but either of those could be due to the uh. pencil led and plastic stuck in there from me trying and failing to hit the reset button,,, petting is done with a sensor on the top of the head that i'm not quite sure if it doesn't register 100% of the time or if you need to do it while there isn't already another non-rest animation playing. nose button and mic seem decent.

it also has volume control! which is always good. there's 4 levels including mute, and even the highest level doesn't actually seem to be too loud which i'm sure is nice for parents lol. it does emit a very noticeable (to me anyway) lcd pixel screen movement high-pitched noise, but that's to be expected and again the loudness of it might be do to my own accidental damage lol whoops. it's not too bad anyways though

i also happened to start recording right as he turned one year (hour) old and we got a little present :] happy birthday to him

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wanted to tweak my theme to make it more legible but i can't bc there's http urls and it only accepts https now and switching everything to https just broke shit lol i gotta go to work i'll figure it out later,,

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wrote a whole post up that took me a while and yea it was just for fun cause i wanted to write it but naturally tumblr broke and refuses to post it. sighs

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i think a piece of led is in the microphone too 😭😭 i fucked this guy up real bad i am so sorry lil buddy

i just bought this little guy and i was trying to hit the reset button but instead i broke off two pieces of pencil led and the end bit of a pointed carving tool (was trying to fish the led out) which are now stuck inside his head. and it didn't reset. the button is just stuck compressed and unable to decompress. which also means i need to tape over it so dust doesn't get in. i also accidentally stabbed his mic thinking it was the reset button but that one was on me i should have checked first

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like i assume the reset button is... not supposed to look like this,

i just bought this little guy and i was trying to hit the reset button but instead i broke off two pieces of pencil led and the end bit of a pointed carving tool (was trying to fish the led out) which are now stuck inside his head. and it didn't reset. the button is just stuck compressed and unable to decompress. which also means i need to tape over it so dust doesn't get in. i also accidentally stabbed his mic thinking it was the reset button but that one was on me i should have checked first

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i just bought this little guy and i was trying to hit the reset button but instead i broke off two pieces of pencil led and the end bit of a pointed carving tool (was trying to fish the led out) which are now stuck inside his head. and it didn't reset. the button is just stuck compressed and unable to decompress. which also means i need to tape over it so dust doesn't get in. i also accidentally stabbed his mic thinking it was the reset button but that one was on me i should have checked first

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THE FURBY WAR HAS BEGUN.

I’ve been preparing the battleground. I’ve been in the inboxes. I’ve seen the listings. I’ve stared into the beady plastic eyes of $60 broken Furbies and said:

“$5.”

This is a call to all Furby modders. Long Furby engineers. Cryptid sculptors. Gremlin stylists. The scalpers have claimed the crust gremlins as treasure, but we know the truth:

They are not collectibles. They are potential. They are resurrection projects. They are friends.

And we will reclaim them. We will breathe new life into the remains. We will do it in this economy. We will do it for $5.

HOW TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT:

1. Search Furby listings. eBay. Mercari. Facebook Marketplace. Search “Furby not working.” Seek the sad ones.

2. Offer $5–$13. Do not waver. Do not blink.

3. Be polite. Be relentless. Be weird.

4. Repeat. It only takes 10 minutes to lowball 10 grave robbers.

5. Let their will crumble. Let them relist. Offer again. We are more creative and patient than them.

The sellers will say:

“But it’s vintage!”

“But it’s rare!”

“But it could be fixed!”

“But I saw one sell for $100 once!”

We say:

“It has one eye, no fur, and battery acid damage. I’ll give it a home. I’ll give it purpose. I’ll give you five dollars.”

We have the upper ground already.

There are more of us than there are of them. They have delusion and 30 year old pelts.

We have glue guns and emotional damage and ambition.

I’ll See You at Formation!

Tag your efforts. Join the resistance. Reclaim the crusty furby.

#furby war

#furby modding

#furby liberation front

#gremlin revolution

#deflate the furby bubble

#five dollar furby

#furbycore

#crust solidarity

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reblog to give a strawberry to the person you reblogged this from

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Lol. Thats dope

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Edamame has been enjoying this cozy spot on warm spring days

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i used to tag other toys as not furby idk when or why i stopped doing that

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Precious Moments Tender Tails Lion Plush

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Imaginary Friends is my newest mini-zine about robotic and virtual pets I like or am fascinated by - and if you'd like to download it for free you can here: https://luciafur.itch.io/friends 🌈🐬

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Furby shelf furby shelf furby shelf!!