Through the spring and summer of ’97, Hampton and Chung showed their Furby prototype to manufacturers, getting nowhere, until fellow toy designer Levy recommended Tiger for its ability to move fast on ...

At 3:25 p.m. Monday, a West Hartford woman scurried into K-B Toys at Westfarms mall, squeezed past the holiday hordes and spied a stockboy stacking computer games. “This is going to be a dumb question ...