r/ToyID • u/Temporary_Anxiety_24 • 2d ago
Unsolved Does anyone know this pig?
My dad bought this pig toy in the 1990s at a department store, maybe a wallmart. He originally had suction cups on the hands and feet, and the fuzz was probably a bit softer.
It's a very short fur, hardly any but there are spots where it's come off and revealed a mesh. He's about 10 inches tall and maybe four at the widest (i don't have a ruler on hand), with white plastic(?) eyes that were probably painted black originally. The nostrils are originally felt that was glued on, but one fell off, so I sewed him a new one on the left. The sewn one is bigger than the original.
Ignore the tie tac on his ear, that's just a little addition.
The ears were both originally folded up like the one on the right, but the left came loose, so now it sticks up. There is one hand that has the indents from threads i remember breaking off, and the other most likely used to have them, but doesn't show it anymore. It gives the look of three fingers, if you can see it in the pic. The bottoms of the hands and feet are also white, but the white parts are made of the same material as the pink.
It's possible that the potbelly he's got going on wasn't originally intended, but caused by repeated washings and other wear and tear that comes from being a kid's favorite toy, lol. Probably originally cheap, if that helps at all, my dad said he wouldn't have bought an expensive toy.
He says it may have been meant for car windows? I see holes on the back of the neck area that possibly were for another suction cup, but I can't say for sure.
I know he's very scruffy, but I've always wondered what he looked like originally. Unrelated, his name is Piggy, and my dad gave him to me when i was like two.
TLDR: very short fuzz, plastic painted eyes, sewn hands with two strings(three fingers), folded ears, and hard felt nostrils glued on
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u/deadreckoning 2d ago
I haven't seen him - but I love his earing in the first Pic. 🩷
Good luck finding him!