The answer's a definite maybe, given the undisclosed seven-figure sum that toy maker Hasbro has paid Warner Bros. There have been many reports of Hasbro and Warner Bros. making a deal out of court regarding Furbys likeness to Gizmo from the hit movies "Gremlins" and ``Gremlins 2: The New Batch.'' While no one from either company will comment directly on this, a spokeswomen from Warner Bros. said they are "not currently in litigation'' with Hasbro. It has also been said that along with the seven-figure sum that Hasbro has agreed to redesign Furby as part of the same agreement. This would make the already hard to find Furby even more valuable and surely a collectors item. I love how Furby looks. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I hope they don't make too many big changes to this currently very adorable looking Furby.

I think one of three things could have happened to start this 'rumor' about changing Furbys looks due to a 'lawsuit' or settlement with Warner Bros. (1) The first possibility is it was made up by someone to give bad publicity to Tiger and Furby. (2) The next possibilitly is maybe Tiger is lieing, but I doubt they would.. we will see when they get new Furbys out there. (3) Lastly, and the theory I knock on as most likly (or so I think). I think that Warner Bros did contact Tiger regarding Furbys looks. I think that Tiger did pay Warner Bros a undisclosed amount of money. but I don't think it was an out of court settlment. I think that Tiger bought the rights to use the Gremlins looks. This would make their above statement true, that they are not changing Furbys looks. They just have the right to make him as simular to Gizmo as they want because they bought the rights to do so from Tiger. If the media is right about a 7 figure sum.. that would make sense. Thus if my 3rd theory is right, then the media probably got wind that Warner got paid by Tiger, but they got no other information, so they made up a story. This is MY THEORY and is not fact and I do not state it is fact, it is merely my guess on what happened in this whole messy rumor that managed to hit the media before anything else. I better not see anyone saying what I said was true or stating it somewhere as being true because I don't work for Tiger, do not knkow for sure what's going on and I have eyes in the back of my mouse and I will find you :) I mean it.

This can happen for a variety of reasons with a variety of solutions. Often this happens when Furbys batteries are running low and he's telling you he needs a battery change. If you don't have any new batteries handy you can just open up the battery compartment, then close it again and he will start back up. But the batteries, since they are low, will not last very long and he will most likely jam again because of this. Best thing to do is change the batteries as soon as you can.

Usualy this is cleared up if you open and then close the battery compartment. Or you can press the reset button (Do not hold down the tongue or he will loose all his memory!) and he will do a little 'dance' and fix himself (usually). Ultimately if that doesn’t work, re-starting is an option and so is calling Tiger Electronics (888-TIGR-SOS). You may have to return Furby to Tiger Electronics repair department and have them fix him. Make re-start and calling Tiger a LAST RESORT option, though.

The question is a lot longer then the answer. When I called Tiger I was told it should take no longer then 3 weeks total. And she wasn't lying to me as it took my Furby only 13 days total mailing and receiving the replacement from Tiger.