This picture taken on November 27, 2013 shows Japanese toy giant Bandai employee Tomomi Washizu displaying the new Tamagotchi virtual pet toy release "Tamagotchi Friends", an egg-shaped portable toy featuring cartoonlike characters, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo. Tamagotchi, the egg-shaped virtual pet beloved of schoolchildren in the 1990s, is making a comeback and is set to hit the shelves of European shops in time for Christmas. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
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