I already updated about all my namebrand Tamagotchis in the last post, so here is a post about all of my odd-pets that I have accumulated since the last post a few years ago.



~In the top row from left to right:

* One Elepets chick, which is broken and never worked well to begin with. Got it from a dollar store for $3 back when virtual pets first came out.

* One 9-in-1 Super Gaioppi that I got off ebay for about $15. One of my favorite virtual pets in terms of the gameplay since it is so unique.

* One 8-in-1 Octopets, which is the same exact gameplay as the Gaiaoppi except it is missing one character and it has a way nicer shell and screen.

* One yellow zodiac signs Kimiko Baby Byte, which I got off eBay for maybe $5-10 many years ago. The packaging was all messed up but the pet was fine. I recently played it and I have to say it is an ok/interesting pet. Definitely unique.

* One out-of-package green Panda Byte, by the same company as the Baby Byte. It is completely different gameplay, though. I got it on eBay in a lot of three other pets for $15.

* Two Aquapalz, the Dolphin and the Jellyfish. This is definitely one of the most unique pets with very interesting/unique features. If you can get ahold of one, I recommend adding it to your collection. Each was only about $10-15 on eBay at the time on eBay.

~In the second row from left to right:

* One translucent green DNA fish. Got it for only $10 on eBay. It is kind of similar to some other pets in terms of features, but is also very unique at the same time. I recommend it.

* One translucent green MyPet. To this day I can't figure out how to turn the sound off. It was only maybe $10 on eBay. Wouldn't recommend getting it.

* One white heart shaped Hitorriko chicken. I got it for maybe $20 on eBay.

* One white oval shaped Hitorriko dinosaur. Also from eBay for $20.

* One golden egg textured Dinopet. Has a very cute growth chart. I won it in an auction on eBay for $9 about a year ago. Not included in the photo the Chickpet version, exact same gameplay but chicken characters, just as cute. Got it on eBay also for $14. Sometimes buttons are hard to press on both.

* One really weird digital type toy with a Bunny rabbit character that I thought was adorable. I think I bought it for $15-20ish on eBay at one point, but its all in Japanese so I can't figure out how it works :(

* One Toy Store spaceship 3-in-1 pet. Only costed $15 on eBay.

* Two Tamakaci Dino and Chick pets. Neither of them work very well but maybe I can fix them. They have the same problem as the Elepets where when you barely touch it they restart, which is irritating. I got them together for only $5. Guess they were cheap on eBay for a reason.

~In the third row from left to right:

* One Giga Pets Compu Kitty. Got it for $15 on eBay a long time ago.

* One orange Nano Kitty, bought for $20 on eBay.

* One green Nano kitty (in puppy packaging). Mom got it for me for my choir concert in 2005. Not included in the photo is one translucent Purple Nano Puppy which I recently got for $4 at a swap meet (I got two of them and gave the green one to my brother). Can you imagine? Two Nano Puppies together for only $4? An excellent deal!

* One Sanrio Hello Kitty pet that my sister gave me. I think it was given to her by my dad who got it on ebay years ago.

* One Sanrio lime green Kerropi pet which I got on eBay a few years ago for only $17 in Jason's Store.

* One black Dinkie Alien that I got on eBay for $14 recently. I wanted white but they were all sold out. Oh well. Still a great deal!

* One turquoise Dinkie Penguin, also from eBay many years ago for only $15. One of my favorite pets.

* One yellow Dinkie Dino that my sister gave me. At one point the sound broke so I got my step dad to solder the wires back together and it works perfectly. The paint is rubbed off sadly.

~In the bottom row from left to right:

* A lot of various Giga pets I won on eBay for about $30, includes a Koala, Monkey, Puppy, Dinosaur, and Looney Toons (did come with a cat, but I gave it to my sister since I already have one).

* A Little Mermaid Giga Pet that I won separately from the others for about $5 on eBay.

* A Rug Rats Giga pet that I bought separate from the others on eBay for only $5.

* On Rug Rats Reptar Giga Pet (minty blue) that I won on eBay for maybe $18.

* One Orrr Orrr Dino. I'm not sure how it works, but I'll play it someday to figure it out.

* One watch pet Puppy. One of the cutest virtual pets you could play with. Got it for $20 on eBay.

* One watch pet Dinosaur. Got it also for $20 on eBay. Haven't played it much since the sounds are irritating and the game sucks.

* One Honey Bear pet, with the same programming as the dog and dinosaur, except some minor differences that make it impossible to play with it for very long.

That's about it for now :) Or all I can remember anyway. I've definitely accumulated way more Miscellaneous pets recently over the past year and a half. Thanks to having a job lol Right now I'm considering getting another version of a Digimon but they are so expensive. I'll keep you all updated.

Tags: my collection, virtual pets

The Aquapalz pets are probably one of the most unique pets I have ever encountered, and I think they are a must-have for one's collection. They come in three different animels: dolphin, fish and jellyfish. I have the dolphin and the jellyfish. I may or may not get the fish, but if I find it for cheap enough then I will.

The menu and buttons on this pet are quite unique. Basically, the pet does not use icons. You press a specific button in order to access the menu. The first option is a meter which tells you how happy and hungry the pet is. The second item is a food icon (a pacman face eating a ball). Once you select it a piece of food is dangled above the aquarium and the pet will swim up to the surface to grab it. Sometimes if it is really hungry it will jump and snatch, but other times it will poke at it and then take it very tenderly. If it is not hungry or it needs something else it will poke at it and then reject the food. The third menu item is a temperature and water cleanliness meter. These must be checked regularly since there is no attention icon. The more you change the water and oxygen level the healthier the pet will stay. You must also keep the temperature at a specific level or it gets sick. The next option is for giving it attention. You can play with it essentially. The next option is for games. The games are very cute and unique. For the most part some of the games are the same on all the pets, but for each pet there is something unique. The next meter is for medicine. Sometimes it won't take the medicine or it won't eat until it grows. At this point you must keep a close eye on it. If you miss it growing and don't get to its health meter right away it can die very easily. Sometimes when it is young some options are not available to use on the pet so it will only eat for instance and nothing else.

The very last option lets you turn off the sound, and turn off and on the backlight (the screen lights up). Turn off the backlight to save battery.

I give this pet an 8 out of 10. I would give it a 10 except for the fact that the buttons take a lot of getting used to, the pet requires four LR44 batteries, rather than just two like most other virtual pets, and the shell is not particularly pretty. It looks more like an mp3 player than a virtual pet, but maybe that's what they thought would get people's attention. Also there is some kind of weird hatch that opens up at the top and I am not entirely certain what that is for. The directions do not seem to indicate anything.

Pictures of the ones I own:




















Price:
I got mine for about $10-20. You can get them for about $25-50 these days on eBay. Get them while they are cheap because they may become more rare.

Growth Chart:

I do not have a growth chart, but I can tell you that in the way of the growth the pet does not change much except to get bigger in size.

Tags: aquapalz, virtual pets

This is an alien with the same programming as the Dinkie Dino. It basically has all the same stuff except that the food is a little more "alien", so to speak. It eats batteries, for one thing lol Yet interestingly enough still eats fish, fruit and ice cream. The animations of the pet are not particularly cute in comparison to the Dino and the Yuki Penguin, but I would still say it is a high quality pet, especially for those who want a more masculine pet, as opposed to something super cutesy. The shape of the shell is very unique and the buttons are set up a little confusing, but function just like a Dinkie Dino. The shell is made of a nice quality of plastic and the screen is very big and protected by an outter piece of plastic that makes it look glossy and nice. There's not really much else I can say about this pet since it is basically the same as every other pet in the Dinkie Family.

Pictures of the one I own:








Price:
I got mine for $14 on eBay recently. Pretty good price for a vintage virtual pet. Get it for that price while you can because it won't stay that way for long.


Growth Chart:

I do not have a growth chart.

Tags: tako seijin (dinkie alien), virtual pets

Bobo Panda Byte is a pet by Trendmasters (the same company that made the Kimiko Baby Byte (aka Sweet Baby, or Lovely Baby). This pet is much different from the Baby Byte. While the Baby Byte has curved lines that make different faces and gestures when in different combinations, the Panda Byte has the traditional pixeled screen with two rows of horizontal icons on the top and bottom. This virtual pet has surprisingly a lot of cool options and features. I have to say I am loving it a lot so far!

Just some first initial impressions: This is a very musical pet. The shape is different from a lot of pets in that its very round, but the screen is very big. The background is a bit plain, but the pixels are nice because they are actually smaller (kind of like the 2004 Tamagotchi Plus). The character is VERY cute, but there is not much variation in the growth chart. The buttons are laid out weirdly (there are three regular sized button and one dedicated clock button off to the side). The first button goes through the menu. The third button selects an icon. The second button browses through the menus, and you must press the third button again to select a feature in the menu. So its a little topsy tervy in that regard.

Now for the actual features: In the first row the first icon is an apple. If you select this icon you will be presented for options for food. During the first day or two the baby panda can only consume baby formula. After it grows a couple of times it can eat bread, an apple, candy and drink a glass of some liquid that has a straw in it.

The second icon in the first row is a game icon. It has two options for games. The first game you must guess where the panda will pop out of the hole. If the panda does not pop out of the hole you chose then you get a point. It is a 2 out of three game. So if you guess correctly two or three times you win. The second game is rock paper scissors. You choose what the opponent will use, and then the game randomly selects an outcome. If the opponent loses then you get a point. The way these games are set up is a little odd, but its still easy to play.

The second icon seems to be some kind of discipline/play icon. You can make the panda play hoola hoop, pet the panda to give it affection, discipline the panda by scolding it, make the panda study from a book, or let the panda play on a swing. Making it read a book will make its IQ go up. Letting it play seems to make the IQ go down. Giving it affectionate pettings will bring its happiness up like with playing games.

The fourth icon in the first row is a medicine bag. You can give the panda some bottled medicine, a shot, or put it in an ambulence. I have not had to give it a shot or send it to the hospital yet, but as it has gotten older it seems to need medicine more often.

The first icon in the second row is the weather icon. You can choose from an umbrella, a scarf or a hat to give to your panda. It will show weather conditions on the screen depending on what it needs. I'm not sure how this affects the health of the panda, though.

The second icon in the bottom row is a light switch icon. Here you can turn the lights off and on, turn the music off and on, turn the tv off and on (I think selecting the tv will pause and unpause the pet), and turn the airconditioner off and on. I have used the airconditioner icon quite a bit, and apparently when it gets too cold the panda will get a cold (it will stay on the left side of the screen with a weird thing on its ear). I have had the music off the whole time because I do not want it to drain the battery with all these noises. The light will not turn on or off automatically. You must do it manually depending on what the panda needs. When the panda goes to sleep it will show little eyes closed with Z's coming out of it. (Note: when the music is turned off, this does not mean notification noises will be turned off. It will still play a sound indicating it needs something. It just won't play all the musical sounds when you are selecting options and actions.)

The third icon is the meter icon (a clip board). This will show the weight and age of the panda, the temperature, the happiness (five hearts), the hydration level (five hearts), the hunger level (five hearts), and the IQ level (five hearts).

The last icon in the bottom row is a comb. This icon is for selecting grooming methods. when the panda poops it will show him with his back turned to the screen sitting next to a pile of poop. You can select the toilet option. There is also an option to give the panda a facial. I am not sure what the other option is. Perhaps this is an option to give it a bath.

Every time the panda loses half of a heart it will light up the question mark notification. This can get annoying, but it is a nice feature to have because this will prevent the panda's meters from getting really low.

Another feature it shows is when the panda is sick it will show a skull next to its head.

Here are some pictures of the Panda Byte I own:






Price:
I got this Panda Byte used on eBay for $20. It was included in a lot of three (panda, P2, and 8-in-1 multipiets). I sent the P2 and 8-in-1 to my friend in exchange for $11. So basically the panda came out to about $10. These are hard to find, and usually new ones can cost up to $50 or more.

Growth Chart:
This is a growth chart, curtesy of Bookmice.net:

Tags: bobo panda byte, virtual pets

These are the same as the Hitorriko Dinosaur. Here's my review after playing with it for a week:

They are essentially a Dinkie Dino style sort of pet. The icons go up and down the sides instead of on the top and bottom rows like most other virtual pets.

The Dinosaur has four buttons. The first button is for browsing through the menu. The second icon is "escape", which gets you out of a menu or feature. The second button is for checking its health meters. The third button is for pressing "enter" or for checking the time when no other options are selected.

Just like a Dinkie Dino, the icons go up the sides. On the left side the first icon is a food icon, which gives the choice between an apple, a carrot or a fish. I've been feeding it only carrots to see what character I get. The characters have not been very cute so far. Actually it doesn't look much like a dinosaur, but maybe I'll run through it again to see if I can get some other dinosaur-looking characters. It has grown about 3 times. Depending on how much you feed it, you will fill up the happiness meter, which looks like a bowl of rice.

The second icon on the left side is for a back-and-forth game. Like a Tamagotchi you simply guess which direction it will stop. You use the first and fourth button to choose the direction. The game does not end unless you press the "escape" button (second button). Depending on how many times you go through it and win you will fill up the happiness meter, which looks like a heart.

The third icon on the left side is for when it is sick. So far after a week my pet has not been sick at all, which is weird, but I guess I'm fine with that. I do not know what it looks like when it gets sick, so I can't describe this any further.

The fourth icon on the left is the discipline icon. This basically makes you pet study so that its study meter goes up. The icon looks like a little book and corresponds to the book picture when you press the checking button.

The fifth icon on the left side is another game. This is a game of dice and you must use the first and fourth buttons to decide how high or low the dice will come out as. If you hit the fourth button then you are guessing higher (4-6). If you hit the first button then you are guessing lower (1-3). Like the other game, you can play it for as long as you want without it stopping or giving you a score. The happiness meter will fill up each time you get a correct result.

On the right side the first button is for the air conditioner. I'm not sure what this feature does. The pet has never shown any indication of need the temp changed. Perhaps this function will determine the growth outcome of your pet. For instance, if the temp stays high then it may affect which characters you get compared to when the temp stays low. I really don't know yet.

The second icon on the right is a pooper scooper for cleaning its poop. This pet poops constantly! When it poops it just shows two large piles of poop on the screen, and the character is not on the screen. Every time it poops the food meter will deplete a little bit.

There is another hidden icon on the right, but I'm not sure what it is. Perhaps it lights up when all of the meters are empty, but I've never let the meters get empty, so that may be why I've never seen it.

The last icon on the right is the lights icon, and you use the first and fourth buttons to change the option of on and off.

Overall I give this pet a 3 out of 10. It functions perfectly fine, but the shell isn't particularly cute and the music is a bit annoying since it poops constantly! The pet basically just stays in one place on the screen (like a Dinkie dino) and shows it breathing or moving in an up and down motion like a Dinkie Dino, but less cute. The background is just plain and grey, but it has a nice hard plastic screen that won't get easily damaged. I would not suggest this pet to anyone, but I'll keep it anyway in case I feel like playing with it again. Its not the worst pet I've played, but its not exactly entertaining either. I would say its main draw is that its easy to care for and does not die easily.

Here are some pictures of the one I own:





Price:
This one costed $19.99. Not worth the money, but oh well. I haven't really seen these on ebay except for one other seller who was selling a used one. The one I got was brand new, unopened in package.

Growth Chart:

I do not have a growth chart. I will look for one. For now you can visit this website to see someone else's description: http://www.tamenagerie.com/odd10.html

Tags: hitorikko, pocket pal, virtual pets

This is a Sanrio pet of Keroppi the frog. Keroppi is one of my favorite characters by Sanrio (mostly because green is my favorite color). I was wanting this pet for a very, very long time. I had seen it on eBay for years and years and finally got money to buy it. There seems to be a few different colors that I know of shell design. I got the opaque green design. While the shell design is adorable and I like how it is shaped like Keroppi's head, I do not particularly like the gameplay. Much like the Hello Kitty pet, it doesn't seem to go by the same rules of the average virtual pet. Here are some directions from tamasquare.

Here are some pictures of the one I have:

















Price and where to buy:

I got this one on ebay for about $25. You only see one or two on eBay a few times a year and they are still going for around the same price of $25-30ish. Just keep checking periodically and you'll come across one.

Tags: kero kero keroppi, sanrio, virtual pets

This pet has a lot of issues. From what I can tell its sort of an ambiguous type of animal (it doesn't resemble a cat or dog, etc) and the gameplay is meant to resemble the tamagotchi. However, there is no way to turn off the sound. Just as well, when the pet needs something I cannot for the life of me figure out what it needs. I've tried playing with it multiple times and always run in the same problem. It beeps. I try feeding it. I try playing with it. I try disciplining it. I try putting it to bed. I try giving it medicine or cleaning it. Nothing helps. The attention icon simply won't go away. The pets sounds are also very annoying. I had a similar problem with the Lovely Bear. If anyone knows how to take care of this darn thing, please let me know O_o Its not very self-evident, unfortunately. As a result, I give it 0 out of 5 stars *sigh*

Here are some pictures of the one I have:

















I got it on eBay over a year ago for about $20. Not worth the money.

Tags: cute pet, virtual pets

The Chicken is a pet I bought on eBay over a year ago. It is basically just like any other Hitorriko pet with the exact same functions. It has icons that go up and down the side like the Dinkie pets. The pet has big pixels and the characters stay pretty stationary except for some minor movements. It eats a burger, some kind of dessert and a drink. It plays a "back-and-forth" guessing game. The third icon is for medicine. Fourth icon is for studying. Five icon is for a dice guessing game. Sixth icon on the right side is temperature. I have never had to change the temperature so I'm not sure if it does anythig regarding that. Seventh icon is for the toilet. The eight icon only shows up when the pet is hungry (its an arrow). I'm not sure why this icon exists since it already has an attention icon for when it needs something. The ninth icon is for the light and the last icon is for when it beeps for attention.

This pet poops A LOT. So did the Hitorriko dinosaur I have (Pocket Pal).

The transformations on this one started out as a chicken. It transformed twice and still looked like what could pass for a chicken, but then out of nowhere it transformed again and turned into this random Mametchi looking character O_o (pictures below). While this is cute and not a huge disappointment, I just wonder why they designed it to be this way. I will try raising it one more time to see if I get anything else that resembles a chicken. Pretty silly. After playing with the Hitorrikos a bit more I would give them a 7 out of 10. While they are not particularly creative, they are easy to care for, at least somewhat cute and the transformations are interesting, albeit random. Since they are relatively cheap I would recommend this pet. My major complaint is that the shell design is so cheap with cheap plastic and a screen that is not covered with an extra layer of plastic. The screen is also really embedded so there is always a shadow on one side when looking at it. Not a huge deal, but not exactly aesthetically pleasing the way most Tamagotchis are designed.

I think I may try to collect the fish and puppy at some point, or any other Hitorrikos that may exist.

Here are some pictures of the one I have:

The Chicken






















Price:
I bought this for about $20 on eBay and they still seem to go for about that same price.

Growth Chart:

I do not have a growth chart.

Tags: electronic pocket chicken, hitorikko, pocket pets, virtual pets

Octo-Pets is a vintage virtual pet that has basically the same programming as the Gyaoppi 9in1. It has almost all of the characters except for one (I'm not sure which one because I haven't compared the two). It does have a few more features. For one it has a fourth button, which the Gyaoppi does not have. The fourth button can be pressed down to view the pet's health meter and stats. Other than this the pet is basically exactly the same except for the shell-shape. I personally think the shell design is kind of cuter than the plain looking oval Gyaoppi. I give this pet a 10 out of 10.

Here are some pictures of the one I have, including photos of the game play:























Growth Charts:

Tags: multi-pets, octo-pets, virtual pets
Current Mood: contemplative

This is a very odd pet, indeed and definitely one of the most unique virtual pets I have ever played with. I finally played with it for the first time since buying it a few years ago. My sister originally got this pet for about $8 in the 90's when pets were popular. She purchased it at a drug-store. We had no idea how it worked and were thoroughly confused by the directions, mostly because they were in Engrish :3 hehe Somehow my sister lost this pet (it may have been traded or given away or perhaps sold in a garage sale, who knows), so I decided to go on a hunt for it on eBay. After years of periodically searching and coming up with nothing I FINALLY found it (I spent a long time searching for the Octo-pet and the Lovely Bear, too). It was relatively cheap, somewhere between $10-20. Not sure of the price tag since I bought it about 3 years ago or so. After reading the directions I found that it had different growth charts depending on how you raised it. Your baby might turn into a good child or a rebellious punk, depending on its mood. It also has a unique feature in that it does not have the standard pixelated screen. The baby is made up of different lines and shapes that change its facial expression, hair and clothes as it grows. A very interesting concept to say the least. The beeping is very low and soft and not that annoying. The shape is a bit ugly in my opinion. The Sweet Baby my sister owned had a sort of plainer logo on it, but this one is a bit more decorated from what I remember. Its still the exact same pet, though with all the same functions I believe. Its a good pet if you are looking to experiment with something different than the standard two row menu, clock pet.

Here is what happened when I finally played with it a couple of weeks ago. I started it up and read the directions very thoroughly. It has a clock feature, which shows the regular time. The baby usually sleeps at the same time you do, except for when its first born. When it was born it seemed to stay awake all night and lost a lot of happiness and health because I was asleep. Luckily it didn't die, but I had to spend quite a bit of time giving it care to get its vitals back up. The baby seems to put on more and more clothing the better you take care of it. If you neglect it it because rebellious and seems to want to wear skimpier clothing (thats my interpretation). It has a food icon, which is probably a rice bowl, a candy icon and a drink icon. when its first born it only wants to drink. After the first year it will take rice and candy. The candy makes its IQ go down. Reading and playing the game will make its IQ go up. The game is rock-paper-scissors and can't be played until it grows a little bit. It enjoys being cleaned from the very beginning, which is how its happiness goes up for th emost part. when it needs something it will show a sort of towel icon to indicate its hungry. If it needs some other type of care a sad face will appear.

One thing I noticed is that it is difficult to tell what the child needs. There is never any sort of medical aid icon that pops up indicating it is sick. I don't think it ever ran away, but I disciplined it a couple of times after not being able to figure out what it needed after it got older. As it ages it seems to get more rebellious when you play with it. If you read to it a lot it becomes more modest and grows longer hair and puts on a longer skirt. The "runaway" icon never appeared when I played with it.

Another odd thing is that the sound button is also the reset button. If it press it for a millisecond the sound turns off, and on, but if you push it for too long the baby restarts completely. I didn't want to turn the sound off at all for fear of it restarting, but luckily the beeping is so low that it didn't irritate me anything.

All of the vitals can be monitored at the bottom of the screen, which displays a heart for health, a happy face for happiness, IQ for intelligence, age, weight and time. Not all vitals are displayed at once however, so you must scroll through them to select. Its a bit odd but you'll see what I mean when you start it up.

Something I didn't like about it is that it doesnt move around the screen. The only actions it does it stay still and move its face or change styles. It doesn't even show the baby playing when you choose the game. It shows the baby's face moving when it eats, sleeps or expresses emotions, but thats it. the body just seems to be there for the sake of the clothes. On the other hand, the pet is sufficiently unique and interesting enough in its options for it not to matter too much.

Interestingly, after about 4 or 5 years it suddenly went back to infancy. I know I didn't accidentally restart it because the time was not changed, so... yeah.... weird. I dunno if thats a good thing or a bad thing, though.

I give this pet a 7 out of 10 for being unique, but it could have been an 8 or a 9 if it had better animations. Its uniqueness is what saved it from being anything lower than a 7. The sound/reset button is weird/annoying, but manageable.

Here is a picture of the one I have that was similar to my sister's old one. The package was too messed up looking to bother including it in a photo:







This is a used one I just bought off of eBay for $8. It seems to function exactly the same, but with a nicer shell, background and different sized screen. As you can see, the shell resembles the Bobo Panda Byte since they are made by the same company.





Growth Chart:

Coming soon, after I scan the directions.

Tags: baby byte, sweet baby, virtual pets