Chubbles came in different colored robes... I seem to remember they somehow "talked" to each other with the flashing lights and bleeping (like furby does now)...can anyone verify this?

They were actually called Chubbles. I had one and it was my security toy when I was young. I carried him with me everywhere like Linus and his blanket. He's in my attic somewhere. I used to send valentine's day cards to Chubbles. He was literally a part of the family. Mine had a purple cloak. They reminded people of the Jawas in Star Wars. They had no logos on their cloaks when they first came out and came with either Purple, Blue, Red, or Green colored cloaks. Later the next year they released them with the chubbles logo sticker patch on the front of the cloak. The ones with no logo on the front of the cloak are more valuable. They later came out with smaller flocked battery operated Chubbles that sat about 4 inches tall. They later introduced Chubble's blue fuzzy friend Chiggles, that only came in the one color style. He was sound activated so when lights triggered chubbles to go off, his peeing sounds would start the Chiggle's sound censor to go off. They also had a simlar toy out called a Beeple which looked like a cross between an Ewok and a sasquatch which were not as cute but had the same lights blinking on the eyes and nose.