One of the best toys to come out in the 90's was the Tamagotchi. The Tamagotchi was a computerized pet that could live comfortably on a key chain or in the pocket of a child. It is the size of a small egg and contains an LCD screen. Here one can feed, play, and even clean up after it, once it's done its business. When this little toy first came out, it was a huge success in Japan and when it hit North America, kids went crazy for it!
The Tamagotchi was also a competition between friends. The better you took care of your pet, the higher it's status would be. The amount of times you played with it and how well you looked after it was recorded into the digital device. But if you happened to be a bad pet owner, your pet would surely suffer and than die. Thus, causing you to have to reset the toy and start all over again to build up it's happiness and health. This taught a cruel, but valuable lesson to most young children who happened to leave the toy in their book bag for the weekend. Tamagotchi's came in a number of colors and had many different characteristics. This was definitely a pet no one could ever forget!
I personally chose this toy because I grew up with one. I remember how fun it was to feed it cookies and ice cream and than clean up it's mess. Sometimes I would purposely overfeed it and it would get sick on me. But that was no problem. All I had to do was give it some medicine and it was happy again. The best part for me was watching the pet grow up and launching off in a space shuttle, completing that generation......
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