Another shows a surgical reconstruction of a Furby, a furry talking toy, for those who want to put its speech-recognition and infrared-linking abilities to new uses.

'Run awayy, furry toy?'

'But aren't you too grown-up for furry toys, Melanie?'

Into a freestanding square white slab with a slightly concave front, Ms. Heaton has imbedded in a grid formation 400 mechanical eyes and mouths taken from Furbies, those cute, furry big-eyed toys that resemble Koala bears.

I will continue my own meager efforts, waving delivery bikers off the sidewalks and barking at dog owners who let their furry toys run loose or do not clean up behind them.

And he held up two cuddly furry toys in Owen and Hazel costumes.

He eyed the array of furry toys.

They look like big furry toys.

"They've turned me into a furry toy?"

They can play with a multitude of toys ranging from strings, to small furry toys resembling what would be prey (e.g. mice) to plastic bags.