Tamagotchi V5 - Summer fun competition

Hi All!! It's been such a long time since I last posted an image. As many of you might have noticed, this is the image used in my header and was also featured in an earlier post. I changed the whole scene to give it a summery feel. I also put this image up for a competition on tamatalk.com. Whoever wins will get a V5 tamagotchi! I finally have a chance to get my own V5 :) What do you guys think?
Also please note that the screen name I use on TamaTalk is helios...in case someone thinks that helios stole my picture ;)

Edit: After entering the above image for the contest I have been receiving some very negative feedback from the other contestants at TamaTalk: click here and read the comments....I guess no one likes it when the competition gets serious ;)

Edit #2: Well unfortunately I did not win the contest. I really liked the winning entry though. You can click here to see it.

Tamagotchi V5.5 news

Hi all, Bandai contacted me yesterday and told me about the V5.5...apparently this won't be the American/European version of the Royal Famita after all. There will be new colors and a new family. I'm guessing that the new family will be a different pure family from the ones we have seen on the regular V5. I will be posting a picture of the new designs as soon as they are out. Anyway, here's a copy-paste of what Bandai told me:

Jesmond:

Thank you for your support of Tamagotchi Connection. We do not have an official V5.5 but rather a refresh of the V5. Same shape and concept with about 12 new colors/designs. The new images should be updated onto www.tamagotchi.com sometime soon. The front of the packaging for these toys still says V5 but the back does promote how you can now raise the characters to become a celebrity type family!

Customer Service

Bandai America

Edit: I was reading some Tamagotchi Celebrity (the V5.5) logs and I can confirm that the V5.5 is the American/European version of the Japanese royal Tamagotchi.

Tamagotchi - Space family growth chart

And it's finally here, the first official Tamagotchi chart in full 3D :D :D
I finally found the Planetchi file and here are all the Space theme family characters. Starting from left to right: Iwatchi, Hoshitchi, Mikazukitchi, Sunnytchi and Planetchi. Aren't they all perfect together?! :)
You can click on the image to see a slightly bigger version and you can also use this image in any way you want...just make sure that you don't remove the watermark, a link to this site will also be much appreciated although not necessary. I'm now thinking of making the V5.5 characters in 3D so check back.

Tamagotchi V5 - Pause

Hi, I've just received a comment on one of my posts...is it true that you cannot pause the Tamagotchi V5? That would be so inconvenient if it is true. Can anyone clarify this?

EDIT: OK, after some searching I've actually found out that there is a pause function on the Tamagotchi V5. To pause your Tamagotchi V5 just scroll to the TV option and choose the travel channel; after the animation clip you will be asked: GO or CANCEL. Choose GO and your tamagotchis will leave their house and go traveling. On the screen you'll now see a long animation, this means that your Tamagotchi is paused. To unpause, just press the C button and choose YES. Also, as someone already pointed out, to pause your V5, you can just put the clock in set-mode by going on clock-screen and pressing the A and C button at the same time. I hope this helps.