OOglies

“OOglies” (not a typo) are possibly the worst-executed toy ever. They came out about 2 years ago as an answer the the “Furby” toy.

A misguided friend who knew nothing about toys or gadgets gave me an OOglie for a holiday gift a few years ago. Super bad toy. I’m giving it to a toy drive.

  • it makes giggling noises constantly
  • it requires 3 AA and 3 AAA batteries
  • you tap its head, and the LEDs that are its eyes spin around inside its head, mounted on motors
  • supposedly it does tricks, like telling fortunes, but it’s so irritating I never got to that feature
  • They all are made out of sculpted plastic, spray-painted different colors. For some reason I got the ugliest one (the OOgliest one?), which looks like a football. On purpose. It’s like the sports-themed one.
  • Unlike the Furby, it does have any networking, or “learning” capabilities, nor any animation besides the eyes rotating

I hope the kid who gets this doesn’t hate it as much as I do.

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