Furby Not Working Fix - Back to 1998
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- We got about 12 Furby's from 1998 out of storage. They were brand new in the box and were going to give them to some kids. However, when we put batteries in them they were not working. They showed no signs of life. There is a little motor that seizes up and needs a kick start to start working again. You must work up the Furby's fur and then remove the side screws and the face screw. You can open it up just enough to spin the motor until it fires up. Do this with battiers in the Furby. Keep spinning it until it starts. This has worked to get them in working order. Sometimes you will need to press the rest buttom on the bottom after you get it working.
I found my old Furby in the attic again and unfortunately he was dead. Luckily I found this tutorial. I'm an electronics engineer but still at a loss as to why all these Furbys stopped working because of the motor. RIP to all Furby owners who didn't make it to this tutorial. Thank you! :)
Fun fact: the processor at the inside it’s from 1976 and it has a frequency of only 1 or 4 mega hertz like your calculator probably
Yeah a 6502 sort of clone without the y index
Thank you so much! My son is obsessed with Furby and we were excited to get a "new" one for Christmas and sad to find he didn't work. Got him fixed perfect following your very easy instructions! You made this Christmas special for my special needs boy! Thank you
Anything "coustom" is not original.
u seem like a cool parent
Furbies are great companions for people with special needs. As an autistic person with severe social anxiety, I love carrying my furbs with me.
Saved the day. I got 3 off eBay and none worked. I was mad as hell. Came across your video all working grandson happy and I’m in good mood again. Thanks so much
Worked excellent! Told my daughter I would fix it. She loves it! Wife on the other hand not so much. Going to custom fit an on off switch in it next lol
Pet it 10-20 times on the back and it’ll go to sleep. To put it in deep sleep, clap 3x, rub its back and when it starts singing “twinkle twinkle” you press the tummy and back at the same time. Then you won’t accidentally wake it by bumping it, you’d have to turn it completely upside down to wake it.
Essentially a furby cheat code
I tried SO many times and watched SO many videos, but it wasn’t until you showed the speed you need to use in turning the wheel that I was able to finally get my furry to wake up. I can’t thank you enough! You made my day.
*furby
Oh my gosh! It worked.... thank you!! The screw placements were a tad different on my model, but I only spun the gear about 10 x before it shot to life. Makes no sense but it worked.
This just worked on my childhood furby. So much joy! Thank you!!
Got my sister’s furby out of storage and this worked to bring him back to life. It took a bit but we got there. Thanks so much.
You are a hero. We got one dead on arrival on ebay (New) and none of the suggestions I found worked. but this kicked it into gear and brought it back to life. thank you!
When i was rotating the gear it didn't respond the same as yours. The beak slammed shut and that was it. But i put batteries in and now it working as expected.
The furby lives on!
This worked like a charm! I didn't even need to take the head plate off, I just undid a couple screws and wheeled my way in there, only had to turn the motor like once!
You are so amazing. I got a new Christmas Santa Furby, and it did not work. I tried all the basic fixes, but it was no use. I saw this video, and clicked on it. I had already skinned it, and I started to turn the motor. I did it 15 times, and put batteries in it. I was shocked at the fact that it worked! Tysm!
That was my wife s toy in the past and now my 3 years old daughter wanted to play but it did not work.thanks to you i could fix it! What a helpfull video!!!
Thank you for this video! I recently re-bought my childhood furby and I was devastates when it didn’t work. Followed this video and it started right up! 🎉🎉🎉
This fixed my brand new in the box 1998 furby. Thanks!
Hes gorgeous.. so majestic..
This is the best tutorial ever! I was kinda surprised that this worked!! I was scared that it wasn't gonna start up!
Thank you so much for making this video this was the only thing that worked!!!
Tried this for almost an hour, and was just about to give up thinking it was hooped and then put my kid’s furby together, and pressed the reset button twice and it working now, so this helped at least to get it going, so Thank you for posting the video, it did help, this was a saviour Thank you, Thank you, Thank you :D
It's videos like this that make me love UA-cam! Mind blown, thanks for making this video & saving our Furby 😉
Hi, my child today found a furby in this box we received and she was very exited to have it, but it didn't work and this video helped so much, she was so surprised! Thank you so much!
Thanks man! I had 6 factory sealed ones from Norway. Got them all working!
Just used this video today to get a dead (new in box) furby working ! Thanks
Thank you so much now my Furby is alive!! :,) ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you, so very much for this. This video is the reason I have an extremely excited 5 year old because we got that bad boy to start working 💪 🥰
Peeling off the fur is more difficult than you made it look. It’s tucked in so tight
This worked like a charm for my thrift store find! Thank you!
I owe you a thank you for fixing my furry friend and giving clear instructions thank you
This worked like a charm! Thanks alot
Thank you so much for this vid. Worked a treat.
Perfection! Thank you soooo much!
So I'm still having some trouble getting mine to work. I've been on & off for a couple days working on it. I put the batteries in, & he now goes through a couple motions before doing the yawn & saying "cockadoodledoo" with his mouth not moving. He doesn't do the laugh he's supposed to do afterwards. I start spinning that gear, & he occasionally will continue what he was saying, but never fully kicks in. He'll move a bit & beg me to feed him as well, but he won't kick all the way on. Is there another problem inside that I may not be able to fix with this? Or should I just keep at it?
Late, I know, but I have a guess. It sounds like the Furby isn't just dying after going for a little while. There could be something else stuck. After a while, their gears tend to drop, and a Furby refuses to work if it can't move (probably a safety feature to prevent further damage). On the other hand, there could be a connection problem between the batteries and the motherboard. If it isn't getting power, it will just shut off (like anything else). I don't have a specific fix, but these are possible explanations.
OMG THAT WORKED, THANKS!!!!
It worked, you are the best!!
Thank you it worked
THANKS! IT WORKS
Had the same problem then found this tutorial! But i got it working and start up by just shaking the furby... 🙂
I got a 1998 furby today from carousell Singapore since I live there but they didn’t tell us it was broken cause when it talked it made a “BEEEEP BEEEP BEEP BEP” sound and it didn’t work so I found this and it worked! But I might have to fix the furby eyelids, well my mom fixed it
you could of accidentally put it in debug mode
debug mode!!? I can fly around as a golden ring with my furby!!?
That’s literally the less wired version of the Fnaf endo skull lmao
I was able to access the gear with an extremely small screwdriver. After a little manipulation of the gear it fired to life! I didn't have to remove the skin or take it apart!
Where is it without taking the ‘skin’ off? right eye?
Ive scratch built all kinds of RC contraptions from planes to cars to can openers, so im familiar with gears and servos. Man this must have been a nightmare to 'engineer'.
Thank you friend 🙏🏻
I had a few of these new still in the box and just like you are saying they didn't work, but I shook one of them up and down a few times and it came to life. It works like it should. I might try to do surgery on the ones I can't shake the life into. I do have one of the early release Furbys from December of 1998. I believe the number on it are 700-800. Are these things worth anything if I get them working?
I really don’t know what they are worth… whatever someone will pay I suppose
I recently got a new furby as well (the 2000 limited edition one) and it works but it keeps doing the same thing. He doesn't talk and he keeps malfunctioning. I might have to take him apart to see what's wrong but I don't want to do that :(
I’ve ran into that issue too. However, I don’t know the fix for that issue.
you might have a faulty furby (defective) and unfortunately there is no fix to that.
@@banana004 I figured that could also be the case. I'm pretty sad about that, but there's nothing I can do :(
Hello. My furby has a gear that is more of a corkscrew shape. Would I still turn it to the right? Thanks
OKAY I KNOW THIS WORKS BUT WHEN I DID ITWITH MY FURBY IT'S MOTOR STARTED SMOKING AND UHH I RIPPED THE BATTERIES OUT AND I'M CURRENTLY STILL SHAKING
Bro it probably works if if you undo the box gently and you read the instructions. It will tell you how to turn it on.
Thank you so much!
Before you do this please shake it strong for a while. When you take Apart your New Furby it isn’t better than a used one. Mostly the face is glued one which means the fur won’t be hold in place as good and the value will probably sink like -40%. Mine started working after shaking for 15 minutes 🤷♂️
The shaking is a way to drop the gear back in place, but one should be careful because Furbys are obnoxiously fragile.
Also, it is possible to spin the gear through the mouth.
You can also spank it on the battery compartment, that's how I revived my Witches Cat Furby
Hello! Do you know how to replace a furby's speaker?
Thanks 🙏🏼 to you we got Furby working again. Many blessings to you 😍😇😉
Does it make these re-furby-shed?
Furby CPR....
Burn it, just burn it before it takes over
Hi! My furry still works as in: when you put batteries in it, it starts moving. We hear no sound, and he keeps repaeting his movement. After a minute, it stops en doesn't do anything anymore. What can we do?
Speaker has gone out and possibly some corrosion.
How long should you turn the gear for? I’ve tried this and it hasn’t worked
I’ve had to do it a minute or more sometimes. I know it feel like it takes forever
Furby endoskeleton
Little guy goes back to sleep and the only way to wake him back up is to reset him. Is there something wrong with one of the sensors?
There us ni way to get the fur iff without destroying it. I tried this and just ripped holes in the fabric
what size screwdriver to get the housing off the body?
It started working again but there is no sound. Bummer
Does anyone know when I can buy motor to replace? Mine motor is faulty...
I dont understand how you skinned it. Please help!
Why did all of the Furby parts come off? It’s because it’s a hacked furby
Did you not cut the zip tie?
Didn't work
Mine moves but makes no noise... im not sure what to do about it. help?
I don't get it. You never pushed the off and on button in the mouth. Plus all Furby's have a reset button that you didn't try. So, this may have worked in the beginning.
There dirt cheap on eBay and if you want your first animatronic you can tear of the fur and cosmetics and overwrite the sounds to song so it could sing anything from bar or girl to rock
How could you change what they say?
Those things are evil man
What do i do if this doesn't work?
I have an out of box furby that does the starting “dance” but then doesn’t continue at all or start talking or anything really
I need help I spin the wheel and my furby talks but than stops and waits for me to spin the wheel again help pls
Try new batteries and keep spinning till it fully unlocks. Besides that, I’m really not sure. Some take quite a bit of spinning to really unlock the motor fully.
@@JRESHOW I'll try thanks for a fast response
Having the same problem. Did you manage to fix yours? ✨
NOOOOOOOOOOOO DONT SHAKE HIM AT THE START THATS FURBY ABUSE
Oh poor thing
i will try this but my problem is how do u put the fur back on
There is a cable tie in the bottom hem, they didn’t show it in video... most people cut it because it’s on really tight.
I’ve skinned three of them and I just put a couple spots of hot glue to hold fur back into place on body.
I got Two from my grandmas house when she passed away that were unopened and don’t work
It looks like an owl without its skin...
Is there a way to keep it awake my functions but jus goes back to sleep.
Hold it's tounge, flip it upside down & give it a good shake. If that doesn't work, do the same, but instead of shaking it, press reset. Try both a couple times if neither work.
It just burped in my face- atleast I knew it was not broken
My furby's mouth is just closing and opening, any fixes?
Does its whole face move or just the mouth? If the whole face is moving you may have a mute furby. If its just the mouth, im not sure.. I think a gear may be loose or broken.
Mine wont work 😩 the eyelids and mouth slowly open and close with each turn but not waking at all. No sounds or movements
My 1998 furby broke I've tried fixing it I've moved the motor around and he would occasionally move now he's kinda working but he's stuck in the "restart dance" mode anyone got any tips?
I can’t take the skin out, how did you do? It’s stuck there :/
Tiny long screw driver and pry. It can be tricky but it’ll go.
Any chance in hell this might work on a Furbish..?
Can someone give me some tips for my furby mine only starts working when I press the reset button and but he doesn’t talk but I know his speaker works because he can speak
should have sold on ebay.
I think he's his gears just dropped but if I didn't know that I would probably do this
my furby moves but doesnt talk... how can i fix it?
Replace the speaker
Do you own a business because I need my furby to be fixed
Haha no. This didn’t work?
The animation is off.
im terrified
How can i fix the speaker?
I'm pretty sure thats a mute furby. I don't know if you can fix it
You may need to soldier a replacement in.
Yoked
How the hell does this work
I have furby in Ebay it work well and one after than I was try feed him he make glich and shut and now I put this battery on it it's just make mechanic sound I am not sure but I think battery was full and I just play him 1day and battery was Duracell
I CAN'T GET THE FUR OFF!!!!
no wonder it doesnt work it is a JT Furby
Real fnaf animatroni
I’m not ok with this video !! It illustrates you have to open the Furby directly because of not starting after 5 seconds! You have to shake and ,,slam” it. I have three two new in box ones started after hours of shaking and one started after 10 minutes !! Don’t open your Furby before trying shaking and slamming ( of course careful and not breaking) at least for 5 hours !! If you open it directly the whole sense of buying it new gets destroyed. You can also enter the gear trough the mouth with a small screw driver or something!
Didn’t know this! I would have def. tried this first!
@@JRESHOW Sorry for the extrem comment 😅. But the opening of a Furby causes many danger in point of destroying it. I opened one of mine one time to change the speaker but this really common gear problem goes away mostly in under half an hour ( sometimes not as on my first which took several hours of shaking and slamming). And taking it apart is pretty difficult because you need to glue so much back to get the Fur as good on the Furby like out of the box.
@@Friendoo hey im trying to get mine restarted. Whereabouts through the mouth can i access the part? I cant see anything! Thanks
@@roz7158 If the mouth is closed you can pull it easily down by pressing and pulling the upper beak part down. Now it should be leaned forward a bit. Use a torch or something to see the inner parts. On the left should be a thread gear white or sometimes black. Depends on the factory sometimes you can even see the gear under it, it’s almost directly connected ( not really but almost) to the motor. I can see it on mine that’s opened. If you spin the thread gear thing to the left or the black gear under it, the motor spins too ( which is the thing shown in the video) after a few spins it will turn on. If you can’t reach the thread gear thing or the gear under it. Try again hard shaking or slamming it a bit on the plan of your hand / carefully on the table. As I mentioned one of my Furbys started after under 15 minutes, maybe even under 10 minutes. The other two started after several hours so don’t give up ! Those are weird things they sell to live their own live and sometimes work sometimes not. They can be stuck really bad which causes hours of work before they start, but sometimes they will start directly 🤷🏻♂️.
@@Friendoo awesome thanks, ive found the black gear and been spinning it as fast as i can and it is with each turn slowly opening its eyes and mouth but nothing when i stop. No motor movements or noises... will try with my palm after