My first tama was a v1. I saw this boy with one that he got on holidays and I begged my mum for one at Christmas, I only got 2 toys a year: Christmas and my birthday. I remember running into a Toys r Us and searching for them and being really excited because there was a pink one.
This was when I was in 2004 while I year 5 so I think I was 9 or something.
Tamagotchis were so popular that before I left primary school, EVERYONE at school had a v1.
The spoiled kids soon got v2s and stuff but pretty soon after that, the hype fizzled.
I never really took care of them and I ended up just throwing them away... That's what I did for my v1, v3 and v4s.
I was never aware of the popularity of them overseas.
I only rediscovered tamagotchis this year.
They aren't really popular anymore.
I haven't seen any kids with tama-gos. (Except me, I have 3... :/)
They're all clutching an iPod touch, or their Zhu zhu pets.
It makes me sad.