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 V5 - pure Families

A visitor has pointed out how to get the four pure families. You get them by setting the particular bonding level before your tamas reach adulthood. So here is how you get Mametchi, Memetchi, Furawatchi and Kutchipatchi:To get Mametchi you need a male Tama and train him with Smart items until you reach 80-100% bonding. If you get 100% bonding, and mate him with Chantotchi you'll have the pure Mame family.to get Kutchipatchi you need to train a male child with the Easy-Going items until you reach 80-100% bonding. If you get 100% bonding, and mate Kutchipatchi with Yonepatchi., you'll have the pure Kutcipa family.to get Memetchi you need to train a female child with the Cheerful items until you reach 80-100% bonding. If you get 100% bonding, and mate Memetchi with Mumutchi, you'll have the pure Meme family.
to get Furawatchi/Violetchi you need to train a female child with the smart items until you reach40%-70% bonding. If you get 100% bonding, and mate Furawatchi with Sukatchi, you'll have the pure Violet family.

That's it! Big thanks for everyone who made a contribution for this post :)