My first furby as also a 2012! It was a dark-ish purple. I named it Cata and i had a huuge love-hate relationship with it bc of the whole “switching personality” gimmick 2012 had :p we ended up donating to charity in 2015 iirc
my first furby was the purple party rocker from 2012, my mom got it for me when they came out, but my first full furby would be the black cherry one i believe? also 2012, which sparked my collection properly
definitely have a preference for the 98s nowadays though