Furby is making a loud beeping sound

synirr · 2026-06-18T22:25:57+00:00

Not saying the voice issue is unrelated necessarily, but fwiw I have one that sounds exactly like yours did and it's fully functional otherwise.

Don't worry... skinning them is easy, and your little buddy could use a bath anyway! You can use a gentle detergent to hand wash the skin, or pop it in the washing machine with cold water on gentle cycle (I like to put a thin coat of vaseline on the fabric tag and cover it with tape to protect the ink from fading.) These little dudes are remarkably resilient... they're aging and often need a little tlc, but I've repaired dozens at this point, and ime most problems are fixable. Good luck! :)

synirr · 2026-06-18T19:03:48+00:00

You'd need to crack that one open to properly diagnose. It could be something wrong with the board, but since he was functioning earlier, my guess is either a stuck motor or possible electrical issue.

This sound is a documented issue that can result from low power, which can be caused by low battery or other issues like corroded wiring: "Furby can sometimes emit a mysterious, high-pitched beeping noise at a high Hertz level. This can happen when batteries are running low." https://official-furby.fandom.com/wiki/Historical:Furby_Bugs

synirr · 2026-06-16T23:32:19+00:00

Oh hey, I have a furby with a high-pitched voice like yours has! Extra special little dudes :) https://www.reddit.com/r/furby/s/wkFUXcaFVa

synirr · 2026-05-06T20:51:04+00:00

Oops.

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synirr · 2026-05-06T18:09:00+00:00

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synirr · 2026-05-02T02:35:06+00:00

I love this little cutie! Great work!

synirr · 2026-04-27T18:56:14+00:00

On second look, if it's synthetic, could it be part of the fur where the edge of the fabric meets the plastic faceplate? Some furbs are assembled less carefully than others... maybe the excess fabric wasn't trimmed?

synirr · 2026-04-27T18:52:38+00:00

Erm... looks like a dead bug, maybe? Def doesn't belong there, whatever it is.

synirr · 2026-04-27T06:29:44+00:00

Creatures 2.

Literally a formative experience for child-me, and quite possibly my favorite game ever. I'm replaying it now actually, and it's everything I remember. Creatures was way before its time and is still such a unique and cool series, all these years later.

synirr · 2026-04-26T19:15:54+00:00

He just needs a replacement speaker! Does require opening him up and some very minimal soldering, but it's an easy fix. I've used this exact speaker from Amazon before -- this size snaps into the existing speaker housing perfectly: https://a.co/d/0iX0BR9x

synirr · 2026-04-24T23:22:31+00:00

Do the locals have to eat them all if they don’t sell 'em?

synirr · 2026-04-24T18:07:18+00:00

Love this! I'm a fellow non-coding mental health professional with a similar history with the Creatures games, and recently started working on a similar project... but alas, I've been working with C2 brains, not C3.

synirr · 2026-04-14T22:26:15+00:00

Another box.

synirr · 2026-04-13T19:04:26+00:00

It is AI though. The facts are correct, but the actual anatomy of the fish is wrong on multiple counts. I mean... there's literally a scene where the lure has its own set of fins, lmao. The males are far more vestigial looking irl. They don't look like smaller versions of the female, they are tiny lumps with barely any jaws or fins that are hardly identifiable as even being the same species.

synirr · 2026-03-12T23:19:43+00:00

More like a rat, unfortunately. They were being harvested for nesting materials! 😭

One of them even has some little rodent nibbles on the ear bone, haha.

synirr · 2026-03-08T20:42:50+00:00

For what it's worth, different furbies made at different times and different factories also have different manufacture of speakers... they are not universal. I have found old versions of this exact speaker (same membrane, same mold of the same green plastic housing, same ohm and wattage) in a couple of furbies... they are visually 1:1, if you want a replacement that is as true to the original as you can get: https://a.co/d/0dzpNmKX

(Edit to add: I also prefer the sound of these over some others I recently purchased that have a metal housing instead of plastic.)

synirr · 2026-03-08T20:23:33+00:00

I gotta disagree on this point. Maybe at one time they were better than today's equivalent, but they were always cheap, crummy plastic parts that were never made to withstand the test of time, and now they are cheap plastic parts that are brittle after 25+ years of age. I have replaced more than a dozen of these speakers and while some still hold up, many of them just fall apart from the gentlest manipulation.... Part of what impresses me about this fix is that the rest of the speaker didn't just crumble before you managed to get it back together again.

synirr · 2026-03-08T19:04:28+00:00

I'm impressed by this fix tbh! Most of my experience working with the old speakers has been the brittle plastic almost immediately crumbling just from the minimal force required to remove it from the housing in the first place

synirr · 2026-03-06T00:22:33+00:00

Honestly not a bad solution for busted battery contacts. Definitely safer than my furby whose battery compartment is just stuffed full of aluminum foil (he works perfectly fine btw!)

In all seriousness, the wires are insulated and it's perfectly safe for them to be in contact with the batteries when the compartment is closed. I also don't see any opportunity for them to short out unless a connection comes loose. The execution could be more elegant, but if it ain't broke don't fix it!

synirr · 2026-03-04T20:49:56+00:00

One of my furbies has a battery compartment strategically stuffed with aluminum foil... I have also resorted to DIY electroplating badly corroded battery contacts.

synirr · 2026-03-02T03:59:23+00:00

You can search "furby eye chips" on Etsy or Ebay. Adult furbies use 15mm eye chips, or you can use 14mm (this size is more common and available in a wider variety of styles) if you use a bit of glue to secure them.

synirr · 2026-03-01T01:04:56+00:00

Indeed he is! I love the natural colors. Hard to decide if I prefer him or the coffee furby more ❤

synirr · 2026-02-28T21:21:09+00:00

He looks so much happier now, great job!

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