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🎆🎆KABOOM 🎆🎆

If you ever wondered what was in a Tamagotchi Original...here you go! (Granted, this is one my customs...but all the parts are there.)

Beauty in simplicity, even if it has a few more screws than an actual classic.

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Festival Night Custom

This might be my most complex build yet!

Taking a hint from Casio digital watch modders, I've swapped this Tamagotchi into DARK MODE by adjusting the LCD's polarization alignment! White pixels and icons on black - SO COOL.

Not only that, I've swapped in the Japanese 20th Anniversary chip in place of the English Gen 2, added the bright red buttons from the milky white New P2, and tossed some polarized shimmer paint on the fireworks. The white painted frame also wasn't doing it for me so I removed it.

There's also a holo sticker attached directly to the front of the LCD screen so it looks like there are little fireworks inside the screen, too! (The way I have the polarizing film aligned, placing the holo film behind the LCD like I usually do wouldn't work because all light would be totally blocked!)

I will say that this dude is EXTREMELY hard to see...the light has to hit it juuust right. But it was important to me to carry the fireworks through to as many elements as possible, even if sleeping looks a little odd as a result.

(Damn I need more PolyWatch)

Needless to say I'm quite pleased with myself. Can't wait to show this off in public!

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Oh now THIS is annoying!

While the Tamagotchi Original is based on the 20th Anniversary design, the Original screws are larger! So, I had to make the smaller holes on the Anniversary chip a bit larger to work in an Original shell. (In the photo above, purple holes are the factory size, yellow holes are sized up for the Original.)

Why not use the smaller screws, you ask? The Original shell already has the holes for the wider screws so I worry it wouldn't apply even enough pressure to the screen from the loose fit. Anyway, so long as you pop out the speakers for a swap (because wired) and file the holes to be a bit bigger, a 20th Anniversary chip will fit (and work!) in a Tamagotchi Original shell.

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Moderately interesting difference between the 20th Anniversary Tamagotchi and the Tamagotchi Original: the speaker on the Anniversary version is wired like a real classic Tamagotchi! I bet it's going to sound so much better as a result. The springs on the Original, while extremely simple to position during re-assembly, make the speaker SCREAM way too loud. Very, VERY mundane difference, but good to know.

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One of these is an original 1997 Japanese P2. The other is the 20th Anniversary revival version. Can you tell which is which? (Because I sure can't when I'm only looking at the front!)

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no fighting in the comments

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Zachi/Vader Appreciation Post

A lot of Tamagotchi books were released in early/mid-1997 before the release of the International P2 that features exclusive mystery creature Zachi/Vader-chan. While Japan saw a lot of reverse-import International P1s that saw Sam/Bill integrated into most Tamagotchi visual media post-May 1997, the International P2 was much more niche. As a result, there's nearly no art of Zachi/Vader, and no profiles in Japanese guidebooks and comics! He also wasn't included in any of the videogames. Per request, I was able to dig through my library and find some weird little dudes hanging around.

Bask in the alien glory of the most mysterious hidden character!

Proto-Vader-chan from August 1997's "Tamagotchi Research Report" (Tokuma Shoten's Roman Album line) as the International P2 wasn't released overseas until a month or so later. The tokusatsu alien/robot vibes are strong here.

Here are two Vaders from the harder-to-find second volume of Tamagotchi Research Report. The first is a sticker, while the second is from a gathering on the beach.

Tokuma Shoten went to town in their kids activity book "Doko² Tamagotchi". Look at him go! He spends a lot of time either introducing himself (ベーダーでーす "Iiii'm Vader") , hanging with Sam/Bill, or just living it up!!

Finally, obligatory English profile from the English "The Official Tamagotchi Care Guide and Record Book" by Doris Betz

And...that's it.

Justice for Zachi, he needs more media!!

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GEN 2 FOR LIFE

choose your team

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Well that's fun!

Mametchi & Kuchipatchi Sanrio Puroland Appearance This August to Celebrate Collaboration

It’s going to be an awesome summer with the new Hello Kitty Tamagotchi and Tamagotchi Uni Sanrio Characters launch. To help celebrate, both Mametchi and Kuchipatchi will be making appearances at Sanrio Puroland in Tokyo, Japan. Festivites start on Friday, August 2nd through Saturday, August 3rd, 2024. 

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Okay but that's a moderately simple mod to execute. Funny.

Bandai Namco US Pulls Tamagotchi Connection April Fools Prank

Now this was a good one! Bandai Namco US just posted a picture on their Instagram profile that tricks followers into believing that they were selling the Tamagotchi Connection antenna as an add-on accessory for the Tamagotchi Original therefore making its appearance more Connection like. It was revealed as a prank on the second image in the post.

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I wasn't content with just the mini charm.

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Tama Dance - Ichigotchi

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Tama Dance - Kuchipatchi

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Yoooooooo