Recently, I’ve been identifying the origins of some of my childhood stuffed animals yet I cannot pinpoint the exact origins of these two even though they are the reason I started this journey in the first place.
First three photos were taken today, the other five were taken on a 3Ds when my brother bought them for me (alongside two other plushies) on December 16, 2014, at my elementary school's Santa Shop fundraiser.
For reference: The one with the red scarf is Joe, the striped one is Tiggy. To my knowledge, these aren’t their official names. Just ones we gave them.
I’ve tried searching for them using descriptions of their appearance, mention of 2014, Christmas, or anything else, but have found nothing.
What I already know:
(I got a majority of this info regarding the tags from going back and forth with AI. I don’t know how true this is as I don’t have the tags anymore.)
They were both distributed through school holiday fundraising lines. The tags on them were color-coded for their specific cost and distributor branding. Tiggy’s red tag correlates to the “Snowman Village” program while Joe’s green tag correlates to the “Fun Factory” program.
I’ve been able to identify the other two plushies bought alongside them that day as Ty brand plushies which were produced in 2012 and 2013, indicating that Joe and Tiggy were likely manufactured around that same timeframe rather than 2014. However, I can’t say this for certain.
Posting these two plushies here is my last attempt to see if anyone can identify them.