That's right! An antenna! Why? I'm not exactly sure. The Japanese version of this tamagotchi (also known as the Keitai) connects to cell phones, so that explains why the Japanese ones have antennas. The American ones do not connect to cell phones, so no one is quite sure why Bandai decided to include the antenna in every version after the version 2 Tamagotchi up to the V5. Perhaps it serves as reminder of which version it's supposed to be. *shrug* This Tamagotchi functions just like the v1 and v2 except with a couple extra features and a bunch of different characters. You can now log into the TamaTown.com website where you can enter your username from your tamagotchi. Once you enter the website you are presented with a bunch of fun games and shops where you can find souvenirs and item codes to input into your tamagotchi. Essentially this is a website connection Tamagotchi. It also connects to the v1,v2 as well as other v3s and any higher versions that connect with V3s. It is personally one of my favorites :) And of course you don't necessarily need the website to have fun with it. There is still a shop in the Tamagotchi where you can buy items with the points you've earned from playing games.



Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:

price

You can find a lot of v3's on eBay at the moment and they go for really cheap at about $10-25. Just watch out for the fake ones. What might look like a good deal at $3, could probably turn out to be a crummy boot-leg.

Connection v3 Character Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, v3 connection
Current Mood: contemplative

The second version of the Connection Tamagotchis, this one is exactly the same except with a few more/different characters and a couple extra features. The extra features include a shop where you can use points to buy your character different items to eat and play with. You can also give other tamagotchis presents using the connection feature. There's more room on the friends list as well so you can have up to 50 friends names! How do you get points? You play with your Tamagotchi! Every time you play, depending on how well you play your character can gain points. There are also secret codes to get free items. Your v2 Connection tamagotchi also has a few more games than the v1 Connection. As it grows older, the games are unlocked.



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

Right now V2's seem to be going for around $15-20, which is not a bad price.

Connection v2 Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, v2 connection
Current Mood: chipper

In 2004 Bandai decided to re-release Tamagotchis. This was the first version to come out in America. It's called a Connection Tamagotchi because it uses infrared capabilities to connect to other Tamagotchis. With this new feature your characters can now connect to play games and if they become good enough friends can eventually get married and have babies together. If you don't have two connections don't worry! If you are only playing with one, the Match Maker Character will come when your Tamagotchi's grown up with a choice of three mates. You will get to choose which one you want your character to marry! Then your Tamagotchi will have a baby. A day or so later you will be left with the baby and the process will start all over again. But be sure to take good care of them because they can still die! The new versions also have a friends list to see who you've connected with, a name feature to name your character, and different foods as they grow older, as well as a pause feature. They also include more than one game! Pretty nifty, huh?



Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:

price

I'm assuming it was for $15 because that's what they usually cost when they release a new version. Now you can find a few used ones on eBay for about $30. A new one might go for a little more. Wait awhile and you might find a new one for cheaper :) They aren't rare by any means, so you'll find a good deal somewhere down the line. Just a tip, unless it is some kind of ultra super special edition Japanese v1, do not buy it for $90-100. If you do then I feel sorry for you because you wasted your money.

Connection v1 Growth Chart

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, v1 connection
Current Mood: bouncy

The Uratama is very much like the v4 and v4.5 connections. Except this time it has blue pixels (a major improvement over the red pixeled Keitai). Just like the v4 and v4.5 tamagotchis, it has career aspirations and it goes to work. It also has a mail box where it gets news papers and letters from it's parents. It connects to the Japanese Entama/Uratama website. I have tried connecting mine, but I seem to have trouble. Maybe I'll be able to figure it out someday. I don't have much time for the websites though. I really enjoy this tama and I have to say the characters are way different, but ultra cute! Apparently "Ura" means "horn" in Japanese so a lot of the characters have horns on their heads (correct me if I'm wrong). All of the games are very fun and you can get a lot of points playing them. Which games you play also determines its personality, and thus its growth. There is also a salesman who comes to sell you different items every day, just like with the Keitai and Akai tamagotchis. The Light also turns on and off by itself just like in the v4,v4.5 and the v5 connections :) It is very easy to get tons of points on this tamagotchi, so you won't have any problem buying items. Also, the games are very unique and probably some of my favorite games on a Tamagotchi. I give this one a 9 out 10 for functionality and cuteness. I would give it a 10, but I personally hate antennas on Tamagotchi shell designs because they are annoying and get in the way. Other than that, an awesome Tamagotchi to own. Definitely a must have for one's collection!



Here is a picture of the one I currently own:

price

I got my Ura for probably... $20-30? I'm not certain. It wasn't terribly expensive from what I recall, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten one right away. It was well worth it at any rate. You can currently find them if you type "uratama" into ebay. They range anywhere from $20-115 depending on how rare the design. If you are not picky about design you could probably get a cute $25 uratama. I see these all the time on eBay, so they are not hard to find :D Don't get the Uratama mixed up with the Cho Jinsei. The Ura has blue pixels and a star antenna, but the Cho Jinsei has black pixels and a ball antenna. I'm sure they are the same thing, but with slight differences such as characters and games.

Uratama Growth Charts

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Tags: tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, uratama
Current Mood: calm

I'm not the only person in our family who has a Tamagotchi collection. My younger sister has one as well! Although, hers isn't quite as big or diverse as mine :P However, she does have some pets that my collection is lacking, so I thought that I would ask her if I could take a picture of her collection and post it up on the site :) She said yes, so here it is!



In the top row (from left to right):

* Looney Tunes Giga Pet: this pet has multiple characters. I'm not sure if you choose one from them or if you take care of all of them at once (like the Rugrats Giga Pet).
* The second pet is her Alien Giga Pet, which is one of the Giga Pets with the original programming. It functions much like the Nano Baby, except it only has one game.
* The third pet is called a Tata Puppy. I'm not sure if there are any other animal versions such as a "Tata Kitty" or something like that, but its a very cute, simple pet, and is very reminiscent of a P1 or P2 Tamagotchi. The animations are also very adorable. We've actually never played it the whole way through, though :(
* The fourth pet is a Lovely Bear, which you can find a review for here!
* The fifth pet is a very odd frog virtual pet. We've never played it the whole way through either. I think its in Japanese which made it a little confusing. Maybe I'll ask her about trying it out sometime so I can do a review on it.

Second Row:

* The first is a Dinkie Dino and is a staple for any collection. She got a cute white color. One of the best pets ever :)
* The second is a Pikachu Pedometer pet. She got it when they first came out. They go for pretty expensive now on eBay.
* The third pet is an American V2 connection, which she is currently letting me borrow. Its a very cute design.
* The fourth pet is a V3, which I think I may have bought for her. Its a very cute design too.
* The fifth pet is a V4, which I somehow managed to convince her to get.
* And the 6th one is a very crummy virtual pet. It doesnt have any good features on it and just shows a head doing nothing. It won't even show the pet eating, and it dies very easily if you make a simple mistake.

Third Row:

* The first isn't a pet, but it is a Nano Salon. Its sort of a matching game in the shape of a makeup compac.
* The second is a Talking Nano. They are very annoying so I wouldn't recommend getting one.
* The third is a Nano Puppy that I gave to her, and the fourth is a Nano Baby that she bought.
* The fifth isn't a pet, but a virtual baby that dances randomly. I'm not sure it does much else. I think its just called a Diaper Baby or something.

Just for the fun of it, here is a picture of her Giga Pet Alien :)

Tags: sister's collection, tamagotchi connection, vintage tamagotchis, virtual pets
Current Mood: amused

Despite how many Tamagotchis I currently own, my collection is not complete. There are a number of Tamagotchi I would like to own but can't collect either because they are way too expensive or too rare to find. There are also pets I simply do not wish to collect. Here's a list with some pictures so you can get an idea. Most of them are pretty rare/expensive. I won't be giving reviews because I wouldn't know anything about most of them since I've either never seen or don't wish to own them. I'm missing a lot from this list because a number of newer Tamagotchis have been released, so please send me a message if you have any info you would like to share :D :




American Oceangotchi- While I would definitely love to own this Tama, it doesn't seem feasible. The designs are cute and its in English language, but it is very rare and can cost upwards of $300 these days. Also, it is so hard to care for that it is simply not worth buying. I already have the Japanese version, so it seems superfluous to get the English edition in light of these facts.






Mothra- It's obviously based on the Japanese Mothra character. I don't wish to collect it because the characters aren't very cute in my opinon and the Mothra movies never interested me anyway.







TamaOch- The characters are based on some Japanese actress. I'm not interested in getting this one.






Tamagotchi School- Not sure what the point of this one is. Just to send your character to school? Seems a little boring if you ask me *shrug* I don't plan on collecting it :P






Kakeibo- I think this one goes with the Entama (Cho Jinsei). Probably like how the Home deka goes with the Keitai. It looks interesting, but I won't be getting it anyway.






Home Deka 2(?)- I'm not entirely certain which Tamagotchi this one is supposed to interact with. I'm assuming it goes with the Entama or the Uratama... Either way, I'm not interested because I already have a Dekatama and knowing what I know about them they don't excite me all that much.






Tamagotchi Color Hexagon- This is a variation on the color with only a couple different characters. Don't know if there are different features, though.





Tamagotchi ID- I'm assuming this is the second edition of the Tamagotchi Color. It looks prettier than the original. I decided not to collect this one because I don't think it has very many particularly cute characters.





Tamagotchi ID Lovely Melody- I guess this is another edition of the ID color Tamagotchi, with a super cute design. Originally it went for $80ish, but now its going for like $150ish. Not interested in collecting it because even though the shell design is cute, the characters aren't worth it in my opinion.






Tamagotchi Station ID- I think this is similar to the Home Deka for the Keitai, except it is a color edition for the color Tamagotchi ID. It looks really cute, and from what I hear you can use it to customize items to transfer to your Tamagotchi ID. If this is true, then I would LOVE to see it in action :D






Tamagotchi ID L Princess Spacey- Not interested in getting this one because it didn't have enough cute new characters and as far as I can tell its too similar to the ID l which I already have 2 of.



Tamagotchi P's- I now have the Tamagotchi P's, but I don't have any pierces to go along with it. So here's a list of the pierces that are available. Maybe I'll get a few someday, but its not a priority since the pet functions perfectly fine without them.

Tags: pets i don't have, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, tmgc plus color, vintage tamagotchis
Current Mood: calm

Osutchi and Mesutchi are the very first mating connection Tamagotchis! They were way before their time. You hook them up at the top just like with the Digimons. When they are old enough they can mate and have babies. The female sends one baby over to the male so that you can continue raising a new baby on each one and the generations continue. You can only have a female baby on a female and a male baby on a male. This way they can hook up again and make more babies when they grow up too (which now that I think about it is sort of creepy and incestuous O_O)! I think these are some of the prettiest tamagotchis I've ever seen. Other than that they pretty much function just like a regular tamagotchi, except gender is included this time. The screen is also a little bit wider. When you want to connect them you take the shell tops off.



Here are some pictures of the ones I currently own:

price

I got my pair for about $42. They now run in the $50-150 range or higher. You can probably buy each separately for cheaper total. Can't guarantee you'll find matching ones, though. If you think about it $50ish isn't so bad because it's for two of them, not just one. A very good deal in my opinion :)

Osu/Mesutchi Growth Chart

Tags: osutchi & mesutchi, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis, vintage tamagotchis

The Keitai Tamagotchi is Japan's V2. It connects to cell phones and has many similar characters to our V2. The most noticable difference between the Japanese v2 and the other versions of v2 is that the Japanese has an antenna, symbolizing the fact that it can connect to your phone. After this one came out most of the newer versions afterward had antennas. I decided to get a Keitai even though I already had an Akai because I wanted one without red pixels but with the same old version of Mametchi :D



Unlike the American v2, it does not have a shop, but a salesman that comes to visit 3 times a day to sell you items. You can choose whether or not to buy them. If you buy them the salesman is happy. If you decline his offers he gets sulky and walks away sadly.Another feature I really enjoy is the alter feature. When your tamagotchi dies and you start it over by pressing a and c buttons simaltaneously, there is a record kept of the previous tama. Go to the list (it's in japanese) that shows the list of dead tamagotchis. There you can select a tamagotchi to pray too. When your character prays to the dead tamagotchi, it is safer in the future. If the grim reaper tries to get your current character, all you have to do is quickly go back to the list and select the character your current one prayed to. The old dead character will come back to life and save your Tamagotchi from the grim reaper! Also if you donate enough points to the king you will get a lucky Unchi-kun to clean up your characters poop. It's pretty funny.



Here are some pictures of the one I currently own:

price

I got mine for $17. They currently run for about $22 on average but can go for a few dollars more or less.

Keitai Tamagotchi Character Chart

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Tags: keitai, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis
Current Mood: chipper

The Iro Iro Tamagotchi is the Japanese version of the Familitchi, also known as the v5 connection. I've been playing with this one for awhile and it is very similar to the American v5. They have the exact same characters, exact same animations, exact same items/foods, and exact same games. Usually Japanese are very different from American tamagotchis, but in this case they are VERY similar. The only real differences I know of is that the beeping noises are a bit softer, and there is not vacation pause feature. You have to pause like all the other Japanese Tamagotchis, simply by leaving the time in "SET" mode. The outer design is different in that the antenna has been replaced with a lock and key. This makes sense to me because it is a "keychain pet", after all. Some of the Japanese shell designs have also carried over to America which pleases me :) It also comes with a DVD, which I have not been able to figure out because everything is in Japanese and I simply don't have the motivation to look up instructions. Another feature I really love about the v5 and Iroiro is that they have contrast adjustment for the screen. Pretty cool!



Here are some pictures of the one I currently own:

price

I bought mine with the Tamagotchi CD for computers for about $52. They are significantly cheaper now, going at $27-29 with a disc. A really great addition to one's collection of Connection Tamagotchis.

Iro Iro Character/Growth Chart

A growth chart can be found here!

Tags: famitama (familitchi), iro iro, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis
Current Mood: bouncy

Don't let the size of this picture fool you. The Dekatama is huge! It is about 4 times bigger than a regular Tamagotchi and has a huge screen and way bigger pixels. What's the point? Well, it's not meant to be played with like a regular Tamagotchi. It's actually meant to be used with the Akai and Ketai Tamagotchis (cell phone Tamagotchis). You can use this thing to rack up TONS of points really fast to be transferred over to your Keitai or Akai. There's also a cute character on it that you can buy furniture and a house and other items for. It's pretty interesting to say the least. It's also a little difficult to use because it is a Japanese Tamagotchi so everything is in Japanese. You need detailed instructions to figure this thing out. It's so big that it has a stand to hold it up and has a switch to turn the sound on and off. I rarely play with it, but I think it's worth having if you have a Keitai or Akai. NOTE: It does not connect to cell phones even though it has an antenna, oddly enough.

This Deka (also known as the "Home" Deka) is basically a smaller version of the giant Deka tamagotchis that could be found in Japanese malls when the Connections first came out. Basically you could go to the mall and connect your Tamagotchi to this giant Tamagotchi to get all kinds of items. The mall edition is much much bigger and is probably one of the most rare Tamagotchis. I have seen it sold on eBay only a few times and it was hundreds of dollars! So you are better off with a cheaper Home Deka



Here is a picture of the one I currently own. It came with my Akai when I bought it on eBay:

price

I bought mine together with an Akai for a total of $150, but you can buy a Deka separate for about $40-50 right now. Right now I see one available for $16 with $12 shipping. There is usually always one or two that can be found online somewhere for sale at any given moment :)

Tags: home deka, tamagotchi connection, tamagotchis
Current Mood: bouncy