Definitely. I used to collect them too. At one point, I had like 10 of them (Baby Penguin, Classic Tamagotchi, Dinky Dino, even a GIRL!). When I went to school, I had to leave them all with my mom to baby-sit. She must've had a blast, taking care of my 10 plus about 3 of my brother's.
I still love the virtual pets thing though. I play Neopets too and I have one of the newer Tamagotchis (not playing it at the moment though).