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Tamagotchi Original Virtual Pet
Feed it. Clean up after it. Try not to kill it.
$20
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Buy on AmazonWhy it died
Schools banned them, the fad burned out, and by 1999 Tamagotchi was a punchline about a dead plastic pet.
Why it's back
Bandai re-released the 1996 design essentially unchanged. It's under twenty dollars and reliably the most stressful object anyone owns.
$20
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