There is a whole community around maing modified Furbies, called "oddbodies", which I was part of for about a year. After the first few - which I and a friend designed - we also took commisions and worked with the buyer to create each one. I did most of the construction half, and made over 20 long Furbies in that time - plus many more with less dramatic modifications.
The finished piecs were shipped all over the world, I believe the farthest one traveled was Japan. We also managed commission pricing and budgeting, though at the time I was in school and it was more for fun than making a big profit.
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These are Furbies that I have so many pictures for, they deserve their own full pages:
Boots
Mothball
Family Photo Album
1998 Standard Model
Long oddboddies based around the standard Furby model. Using the faceplates from real (non-functional) Furbies, modified to be pose-able into different facial expressions.
Milky Way
Commission
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Milky Way in their shipping box ready to go!
Bedtime
Happy birthday!
Process
Using a seam ripper to poke the eye chips out from behind
Removing the eye chip
Painting the eye cabochons
Swapping out for the new eyes
Face with new eyes
Face and face plate finished
Face and face plate finished
Head fur sewn together
Head with face place sewn in
Moire
Made for Auction
Moire was our response to the overwhelming popularity of Mothball's design, as we refused to make a design too similar to her. Her caterpillar feet, antlers, and rainbow fur make it clear they're closely related, but she has a darker, punk aesthetic. Her metalic face and antlers and the designs in her eyes were based on the shifting colors in spilled oil. We put her up for auction, and she sold for $525.
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Process
Finished face & eyes
Demonstration of the metalic face paint
Planned out rainbow caterpillar paws
Other Photos
Enjoying some Chinese takeout
Trying on Boot's jacket
Caught!
Nova
Commission
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Process
Painted face plate & new eyes
Whippee
Commission
Whippee was a simple comission, but she went all the way to Japan!
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Whippee in her new home
With new friends!
Eleanor Flowers
Commission
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Packed up and ready to go to her new home
Progress
Demonstrating the pose-able face with wire supports
Face plate sewn to head fur
Kandi Kid
Commission
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Winston
Commission
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Circe and Pasiphae
Commission
This one was a challenge! I had done some slightly different shapes at this point, but a two headed furby was new! We discussed a mystical theme to the two of them, with an etherial grey and purple palette and sacred geometry painted on their eyelids. These two were the last comission I ever took.
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Progress
First coats of paint on the faces
Color combo with the fur
Painted eye cabochons
Pasiphae's face
Circe's face
Painting sacred symbols on the eyelids
Glueing in the rigged faces
Finished heads
Fabric swatch tests
Sewn body with spine size test
Center meeting spot
Trimming the extra fur
Rainbow
Commission
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1999 Buddies
Made out of either an original 1999 Furby Buddy faceplate, or resin replicas.
Bubbles
Commission
Made out of an early resin replica bought on etsy. The one I got was cheaper because of some issues with the molding process, which I covered up with sculpted coral. Her tail was the most complex feature I had attempted at that point, and took hours of hand sewing wire inside the satin fins in order to create the desired shape. Her full name is Bubbles Flim-Flam Onegaishimasu, and she was originally comissioned by my mom.
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Luna
Commission
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Luna Moth was made with a resin replica of a 1998 Furby faceplate. Her wings have wire inside to keep their shape.
Progress
Glueing the faceplate onto the head
Chunk of popsicle stick on the back to sandwich the fabric and anchor the spine to later
Caesar
Made for auction
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Progress
His face wasn't removable from the fabric, so I painted around it
Finished head with leaves
Sewn body and head
Spine
Head attached to the spine
He has a heart!
Half turned body ready to be stuffed
Before stuffing
After stuffing
Pumpernickel
Commission
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Jinco Levi
Commission
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Home with his new family
Florida
Commission
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Process
Ears
Head sections
Sewing the pocket to the belly
Finished belly pocket
Adding eye chips
Stuffed head
Feet
Feet sewn in with fur
Thursday
Commission
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Apologies this is the best photo I still have of the finished piece
Process
Resin face plate
Mc Donalds Minis
Made out of McDonalds Happy Meal Furby faceplates, or resin replicas.
The Count
Made for Auction
His full name is Count Chocula. He sold on Ebay for $210.
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Count and Merlin
Count and Merlin
J. Jingles
Commission
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Getting ready to be mailed off
Krampus
Made for Auction
Krampus Yule Log was made out of a McDonalds Happy Meal Furby with ears and mouth that move when you squeeze the sides of his head. He sold on Ebay for $138.5
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Demonstrating the moving ears & mouth
Meatball
Commission
Meatball was made out of a McDonals Happy Meal Furby resin faceplate replica, as an award for a fanart contest. His full name is Meatball Shrubtruffle.
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Vampire
Commission
This vampire mini was made out of a McDonals Happy Meal Furby resin faceplate replica, as an award for a fanart contest.
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Standard Furby Mods
Volfgang
Made for Auction
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Phydeaux "Fido"
Made for Auction
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External Links
- Nerdist interview: ‘Longified’ Furbies Are Beautiful, Cursed Creatures
- Official Instagram
- Instructables: "Longifying Your Furby" written by myself
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