Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01250
This certifies how far it spread
Furby
Tiger Electronics (Hasbro); inventors Dave Hampton and Caleb Chung ·October 1998 ·seeded onRetailthenPressTVOpen webInstagram
Spread Score
53
Notable
Verified independently
Verified
$247M
US Furby retail sales, Jan-Oct 1999; NPD projection
Associated Press (via Deseret News)
Verified
14M sold
1999 sales, TIME retrospective
TIME
Verified
Week of Nov 27, 1998
Peak proxy date, Oct 2 ’98 to Week of Nov 27, 1998
Verified
5 platforms
Started on Retail
Claimed, not audited
Claimed
40M sold
Original three-year run, over; Hasbro via BBC
Per BBC News
Claimed
4M sold
1998 sales, Tiger quoted by AP (conflicts with TIME)
Per Associated Press (via Deseret News)
Claimed
500K sold
US sales, previous week; Tiger via AP
Per Associated Press (via Deseret News)