Giga Pets
The keychain virtual pet you fed, cleaned, and played with between classes — America's answer to the Tamagotchi craze. Neglect it and it got sick; ignore it too long and it died right there in your backpack.
#Keychain
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Lanyards
The plastic-lace keychain craft that ran on camp tables and classroom desks — box stitch, cobra, Chinese staircase — in every neon color the gift-shop rack sold. Depending on where you grew up you called it gimp, boondoggle, or scoubidou, and you made yards of it you had no use for.
Tamagotchi
The egg-shaped digital pet that lived on a keychain and died if you ignored it during math class. Bandai's Tamagotchi demanded constant feeding, cleaning, and attention, sparking a global craze — and a wave of school bans.