Have you ever purchased an adult 1998-9 furby that is NIB or has a clean battery compartment, and by all accounts should be working, but just doesn’t? If it’s base is loose instead of stiff and pointed forwards, and jiggling, slapping, and tapping hasn’t helped, you probably have a comatose furby!
Some furbies are easier than others, first, try the beak method! Some furbies can be started up without skinning! Pull the beak forwards and locate the small cork gear, and turn it towards you with a small flathead screw driver, furby should make some whirring noises and then start up!
If your furby doesn’t have a motor gear behind the beak, you’ll have to skin it. If you’ve never skinned a furby, it’s not too hard! There’s tons of tutorials you can look up online.
When you’ve skinned your furby look towards the left, between the beak and speaker. There should be a little rectangular opening with a flat gear in it. Turn it gently to the right, when you start hearing whirring, hold it there, and keep wiggling it! Furby will spring to life!
Now what if you’re like me, and for some reason you can’t find the motor gear? Turns out some furbies have a small piece of plastic in front of the gear, so you can’t access it. This was the case with my comatose tropical furby! Fortunately it’s an easy fix. Use an exactoknife or box cutter and heat it up for 30-60 seconds with a lighter. Then carefully use the hot blade to slice through the plastic until the square is gone and the gear is exposed.
From there wiggle that gear to the right and get your furby going? After simply reskin and voila!
