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When I was a kid Tamagotchis we’re all the rage. My parents weren’t exactly in a position to spoil me so I never had one while a good deal of my friends did. An
by IgorPartola 6y ago
When I was a kid Tamagotchis we’re all the rage. My parents weren’t exactly in a position to spoil me so I never had one while a good deal of my friends did. And then I learned about this. I could not believe my ears when I heard about it because how is it fair that I can’t afford one of these while others somewhere else in the world get to just throw them out? I know it’s silly but yeah that was a moment that really stuck with me.
- Aeolun 6y agoWere these really ever expensive? Maybe they only reached my part of the world when it’d become cheap plastic. At least I certainly don’t remember ever considering them expensive (though for a child nothing is cheap).
- IgorPartola 6y agoI grew up in Ukraine. I don’t remember what they cost back then but post Soviet Ukraine got a lot of Western goods at a premium.
- lostcolony 6y ago$17.99.
- th0ma5 6y agoThat's about $34 in today's money.
- nick__m 6y agoIt still represents more 3 hours of work at the 1997 minimum wage...
- hoppyhoppy2 6y agoWhich is, taking inflation into account, $29.69 in 2021 dollars. https://www.quora.com/How-much-did-a-Tamagotchi-cost-in-1996 https://www.quora.com/How-much-did-a-Tamagotchi-cost-in-1996 https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
- drewzero1 6y agoYeah, that was definitely an expensive toy as far as my family was concerned. Still kind of is for what it is tbh.
- tvb12 6y agoMy parents either scoffed at the price or were unable to find the name brand version. I received a knock-off version for Christmas which, if I remember correctly, looked like a small dog sleeping in a basket. The dog was part of a lid which flipped open to reveal the screen and buttons. I remember being happy with it, but under some circumstances it played alarm sounds. I don't remember the cause, but one day it went off like a fire alarm and I wasn't allowed to bring it to school after that.