I'm a lot younger (and live in New Zealand), so mine might seem a bit weird to some of the people here haha, but my first tama was the Tamatown Tama-go! -Looking at the time it came out, I must've been about 6 at the time? But I can remember it very well

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I live in a very small town in New Zealand, and they were at the time available for sale in NZ, but not my town (my town consists of a lot of smaller stores, rather than chains, so this is pretty standard here haha); My best friend Hayley and I went for a trip out of town (I believe for her birthday) and her Mum bought a Tamagotchi EACH for the two of us. - I believe mine had Mametchi (though it could've been Kuchipatchi) on the top, and it had a green shell.
- It was from the Warehouse (a Walmart-like store in my country), and I believe we might've been in either Hamilton or Te Kuiti?
My memory's a bit confused as I was quite young - but I either ended up with 2 Tama-gos, or, what I think it might've been, a Tama-go and an additional figure. I specifically remember having a Mametchi and a Kuchipatchi figure, though, and I think my friend Hayley getting an extra figure that was Memetchi or Violetchi/Flowertchi (she preferred the girl characters I believe, while Mametchi was my favourite).
I loved the little characters at the top, the Tamagotchi itself is great, but I feel like having a physical toy/figure of the character really added to the experience for me (although I was initially a little confused, as I thought that the figure would mean my getting that character straight away in the game).
My Tama-go was, and still is, one of my most treasured possessions,
but when I was about 14-15 I think I may've left it at the house of someone I'm not longer in contact with, it may now be lost.
I'm not sure if I have any photos of my Tama-go, but below is a picture I found online that looks just like the one I had!
side note: I also remember me and the same friend watching Tamagotchi: The Movie after one of us found it at our local video store. - I really loved it, and could remember it pretty well before re-watching it haha so it must've stuck.