Do you own a Tamagotchi?

Switzerland
August 1, 2007 8:50am CST
You know, the virtual toy from Japan which is the craze in the 90s? Tell me, do you still own one? The last time I've seen one is when I gave it as a present to my little brother about 5 years ago.
5 people like this
9 responses
@ninsensei (232)
1 Aug 07
I used to own one. I received it as a birthday present when I turned 10. Hmm. I think mine's should be around the house somewhere. If I manage to find it, it should be really cool!
2 people like this
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
3 Aug 07
I had one shortly after they came out. I also had a couple of gigapets. I liked the gigapets better. I was also stuck "babysitting" a bunch at an office I used to work in. People's kids would ask them to watch them while they were at school and they would drop them off at my desk when they got into work in the morning and I'd take care of them. Nothing like trying to get work done while taking care of a dozen tamagotchi and gigapets.
1 person likes this
• Switzerland
3 Aug 07
How are gigapets different from tamagotchi? Haha. So much for 'virtual petsitting'. At least you're having fun while working! :)
1 person likes this
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
3 Aug 07
Gigapets are a little easier to work with. They're more user friendly. Even with the instructions, the Tomagatchi were difficult to understand. Gigapets were also more familiar animals. As I recall, the Tomagatchi were "alien" creatures. The Gigapets I had were a dog, a cat and a frog. I believe they also had a duck, a bunny and a couple of other animals like that.
1 person likes this
@lucy02 (5016)
• United States
2 Aug 07
No, they came along way after my childhood and I don't have any children so I'm not really familiar with them but I have heard of them.
1 person likes this
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Oct 07
I had two of them long time ago when it was very popular here. Later I found they were not so funny and I didn't play it any more. It was quite expensive in the past.
@mymelodake (1338)
• Philippines
26 Aug 08
yes, i own the original, and the version 3 and 4, both of which may connect via infrared w/ each other. both are out of batteries though heheh my original is broken :( i dropped it and it still works, but the sound is gone. right now the latest edition is the version 5, but i'm not really inclined to get it.
@zhelles (155)
• Philippines
30 Apr 10
My sister and brother have their own tamagotchi and I borrowed it once in a while when I was a kid. But right know, we can't find it anymore. Right now, I have one here at home with infrared. Just recently, I bought it in an anime convention and its on sale but because its on sale the quality is not good. So I can't play with it properly, it keeps on resetting itself. :) Well, I guess I just missed playing with a tamagotchi so I bought it. hahaha. :)
• United States
4 Oct 07
I used to own one
@dimaks (786)
• Japan
4 Oct 07
do they still exist? hehe well i am here in japan right now but i rarely see toys similar to that. most i see are robots.
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
16 Oct 07
Nope, i never own a Tamaguchi. But I am very much familiar of the toy. I saw a lot of it especially when it is still a hot stuff among kids and kids-alike. Almost all the kids around me and the teens have it. I am amazed how the japanese people invented such a toy with virtual pet to feed and taken cared of.