Of all the childhood toys to update for the early 21st century, the Furby seems like a no-brainer. After all, when the hairy ball of amalgamated animal strangeness packed in electronics that so baffled the general public that it managed to get itself banned from the Pentagon as a threat to national security. After the Furby was first decommissioned in 2000 (managing to sell an impressive 40 million units in its first three years), Hasbro attempted to revamp the line in 2005 with Emtro-Tronic Furbies, bigger versions of the toy that brought increased facial emotions and voice recognition
