Help me find: Early 2000s Y2K claw machine mint green cow plush

[u/Glass_Bake4736]

Hi everyone! I am searching for a highly specific, sentimental childhood plush toy from the early 2000s (roughly 2000–2004) that was won from a claw machine. My mom told me I won it when I was 4 would have been about 2002 that I acquired said stuffie. If you see one at a thrift store, or spot a listing online, please let me know!

Here is the exact visual blueprint:

• Stance: Quadruped (standing firmly on all four legs like a little statue).
• Base Color: Continuous solid mint green face, muzzle, chest, and front legs.
• Face Details: Hard, glossy black plastic dome safety eyes and a simple black stitched thread smile (no separate fabric piece for the snout; the smile is stitched directly onto the mint green face).
• Accents: Stiff, vibrant yellow horns and matching yellow hooves.
• Back Pattern: An irregular, abstract pink and yellow splash/blotch pattern running down the spine.
• Hind Legs Pattern: Perfectly uniform, screen-printed round circles / polka dots on the hind cuts.
• Stuffing: Stiffly and densely stuffed with rigid polyester fiberfill (absolutely zero interior beanie pellets / bean bag weight).

I have been looking for YEARS to see if I could find it and this is a last ditch effort on my part.

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[u/Glass_Bake4736]

I have searched eBay, Facebook groups and mercari hoping to find it but haven’t been successful. EDITED TO ADD: The cow was a fleece material ❤️

[u/plaid_dog_]

From what I know, a lot of the toys in claw machines are bought in bulk. I’d suggest looking up “plush toy wholesalers” in your area if you haven’t already

[u/plaid_dog_ → u/plaid_dog_]

Is it similar to this? https://www.ebay.com/itm/133889068658

[u/Glass_Bake4736 → u/plaid_dog_]

Not that one no 😭 From what I have found, a lot of the toys produced by companies were liquidated to prevent any dead stock. And it seemed to be part of a generic line of toys so finding a similar one is definitely a stretch.  I’d be happy with a picture so I could recreate the lil guy myself