There were some absolute bangers when it came to toys and lollies if you are a 90s kid. While Pokemon cards and Push Pop sticks were all the rage, few items could top the awesomeness that is the humble Tamagotchi.
If you're unaware what that is (and we feel sorry for you if that's the case) it's a little toy, no bigger than a pocket watch where you look after a little pet. You have to hatch it, feed it, make sure it's okay and then eventually feel terrible about yourself when they eventually die.
Good lord it's a sad day when your Tamagotchi dies. But while our lives in 2019 are filled with more sophisticated technology than we know what to do with, it might have room for a 90s comeback.
Technology retailer JB Hi-Fi is selling the awesome toy from July 7 for a cool $34. It'll come in eight different styles, some of which are old school and others are more modern.
People on the retailer's Facebook page have been complaining about how expensive they are, but they've also tagged the hell out of their friends.
But while 90s kids will likely race to get their hands on the toy, will it will be at odds with the young kids of today? After all, they're more used to touchscreens and incredibly realistic video games, instead of the Tamagotchi pet's pixelated form.
What was it about these wonderful little things that catapulted them to the top of every kid's wish list?
Peter Jenkinson, editor of Toyologist told LADbible: "It was the first truly 'real time' toy - you didn't need to make it do stuff, it did stuff that you then had to react to. It was always on, always with you, you had little/no control over it and it was without doubt the first truly virtual pet that behaved like it had its own personality/destiny. In a way, a very early example of how AI might pan out.
"It was ahead of its time and although tech has evolved hugely this past two decades, our love of nostalgia hasn't diminished.
"In fact, there is an upsurge of nostalgia everywhere - board games, beards, cereal cafes bringing back favourites, retro merchandise and gifting all over the place, old-films getting CGI updates... bloody hell, even Mary Poppins is being upgraded."
Well, there's no doubt that there will be some people out there who will be dying to get their mitts on it.
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