logo contest winner

Our Logo Contest was devised when members proposed that the Toronto Tamagotchi Club should have an original logo. Since we couldn't decide who should be the artist, we decided to put it to a vote. And of course, every contest needs a prize! Bandai was lovely enough to donate a P2 Tamagotchi, and Ape and Frog donated a limited edition biblically-accurate Kuchipatchi plushie to our prize pack. Suddenly, the stakes were high. In the end, we had 24 incredible submissions, which were anonymously judged by members of the Toronto Tamagotchi Club. In the end, Wolfie took home the win with their Ura-inspired Memetchi postage stamp design, featuring a gotchi-fied CN Tower! It was a very close vote, and thank you to all the artists who contributed their work!

May 1, 2024

rainy daze

By popular demand, we've decided to meet a little more frequently! Today's picnic was moved indoors by thunderstorms, but we spent the afternoon dry and cozy at Bootsy's Palace. Around 40 members joined us for an indoor picnic, where we were also visited by journalists from the Toronto Star. Wilzietchi reviewed the mounting evidence that a Tamagotchi Connection re-release is imminent. Twoey shared that Toronto has now inspired 7 other Tamagotchi clubs (and one Furby club) across North America, and we continue to grow! Stay tuned for pics from our meetup.

April 28, 2024

spring dreams

Toronto IS Tama Town! 55 members joined us today at Bootsy's Palace in Kensington Market for food, friendship bracelets, and fun. We had so many visitors that our group tama photo had to take place in two different heats: black and white vs. colour tamas. The very talented @sugar.nymph brought an incredible Angelgotchi-themed cake! Our farthest member drove 2.5 hours to visit us. We were also joined by a representative from Bandai's PR team, who took field notes to report back to Tamagotchi HQ in Japan. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement about where this could lead. Tamagotchi Clubs have started to appear in cities all over the world. That's Toronto's impact!

March 3, 2024

chaos in the gardens

The third meetup of the Toronto Tamagotchi Club was our biggest yet! Over 30 players joined us at Allan Gardens (before we were kicked out for monopolizing the greenhouse). We were joined by a TV crew from Radio Canada who documented the festivities in our first ever French-language interview. Wilzietchi came prepared with 50 "TO TMGC Club" friendship bracelets for members to take home as souvenirs. We are now sitting at a membership of over 50 players, and are greatly looking forward to our next adventure!

Nov 12, 2023

a tamagotchi picnic

Our outdoor picnic meetup brought us to Bellevue Square Park on a busy Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market. How fitting to meet right next door to Toronto's Chinatown, the setting of Disney's Turning Red, which features a Tamagotchi fan as a main character! We had some significant media interest in our last meetup, and made many new friends who heard about us on the Internet or radio. We were joined by a couple who travelled all the way from Peterborough (150km!) for the event. One guest who heard about us had never played Tamagotchi before, but thought our vibes sounded wholesome and brought us a chocolate cake!

May 28, 2023

our first meetup

Twoey's poster declaring "My Tamagotchi has no friends" went Toronto-viral and enticed a group of a dozen strangers out to Allan Gardens on a cold winter's day. Mission accomplished: Twoey's Tamagotchi has learned the meaning of love, and a dozen founding members formed a core Tamily (tama family) warmly anticipating a sequel!

Dec 11, 2022

the origin story

In 2022, Twoey was facing a time of immense change in her life. To clear her head, she went on a gentle bike ride one day, and did not stop for 60 days, until she had ridden 3000 kilometres from Toronto to Halifax! She had trained a grand total of zero days. Armed with a tent and a Tamagotchi, Twoey made her way across Canada by sleeping in graveyards, farmer's fields, and with new friends made along the way. Her Tamagotchi was a comfort to her during challenges she faced alone on the road, and a wonderful way to meet new people, since strangers would always ask "is that a Tamagotchi?". When Twoey returned to Toronto in the fall, she had done a lot of thinking about solitude, community, and the meaning of friendship. She had discovered that, with most things in life, we are mistaken when we imagine we are "the only one". Could it be true, then, that she was not the last person playing Tamagotchi in the city of Toronto? Only one way to find out. Twoey made a poster and shared it around the city, and history was in motion...