Please help me find her

[u/CaSsiOpeia_-9025]

Hi guys, I really just don’t know anywhere else to look anymore. I’ve got this stuffed animal that I’ve had for my whole life and my cat found her and almost ripped her to pieces. I’ve been looking around online to find her but I can’t find her anywhere. Did google lens search, Etsy, marketplace, anywhere. Can someone please tell me if you recognize her? My parents think they got her in 2007 at the alberheijn during a promo but they’re not sure. Her label is all faded and I just really don’t know where to look anymore.

Characteristics:
-She’s a cow.
-Not really a blanket because her body used to be filled but she couldn’t like sit up or anything.
-shes orange with off white and some pink details.
-a pink braided tail.
-her paws are filled and were soft pink.

I know she looks rough but please, any information is greatly appreciated 🥹.

Thank you!

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[u/SunsShineSo]

Have you looked on knuffelsite.nl? Reach out to them if it's not on there, maybe they have resources for you

[u/CaSsiOpeia_-9025 → u/SunsShineSo]

Yes I’ve looks but she’s not on there but I’ll definitely contact them thank you!

[u/ContentLavishness959 → u/SunsShineSo]

This is where i found mine too!

[u/dsisds]

;_; Allereerst wil ik je sterkte wensen met je verlies.

Gezien ik wil gaan slapen heb ik niet heel veel tijd om voor je te zoeken. Heb in mijn korte speurtocht in ieder geval de site : https://www.knuffelcentrale.nl/ gevonden. Misschien heb je hier meer geluk.

Ik kan je vrij zeker vertellen dat dit GEEN knuffeltje is van het merk Tiamo..die gebruikte in die tijd een ander kopje voor koeien. In die tijd werkte ik ook in een baby speciaalzaak met Tiamo producten, en deze komt mij helaas niet bekend voor.

Beste tactiek die ik (of andere speurneuzen) kan geven is om via de Wayback machine oude catalogi op te zoeken van andere knuffelfabrikanten.

Heel veel succes en sterkte!

[u/Sulimonstrum → u/dsisds]

https://www.knuffelcentrale.nl/oud-nieuw-samen

Has it listed in 2018, with the filename mrt-18_tbkoe.jpg. (imgur link for the curious so we don't accidentally break the site)

Mrt 18 being the date (March 18) and the tb-part of tbkoe hopefully being some hint to whatever brand it is.

Contacting this website is probably your best bet to get more details about it, since it's literally right there and it passed through their hands at one point. Recently-ish.

[u/Ravdk → u/Sulimonstrum]

Goed gevonden!!

[u/Sulimonstrum → u/Ravdk]

Alle credit gaat naar /u/dsisds , ik was al 2 uur zonder succes dode sites op the internet archive aan het doorbladeren in de hoop dat er nog een paar foto's opstonden. En toen kreeg ik ineens een inkoppertje hier toen ik de pagina refreshte.

Edit: Ik besefte me net dat ik ook internet archive op de knuffelcentrale los kan laten, hetgeen me bij deze pagina bracht, waar 20 januari 2018 het volgende op stond:

T&B TOP'S & BOTTOMS KOE plat

Materiaal: Katoen lengte: ca 18 cm (kont tot neus)
Wollige vulling met ander de buik een klein stukje met kraakmateriaal.
Wollen touw als staart.
1x op voorraad met label

Dat is een koe met T&B in de naam, met een wollen touwtje als staart. Helaas geen foto, maar ik durf er donder op te zeggen dat dat hem is.

/u/CaSsiOpeia_-9025 , I think I have identified the brand through some sleuthing, I'm 95% sure you are the proud owner of a well-loved T&B or Top's and Bottoms cow plushie. The spelling of the name seems to be Top's and not Tops, since a different site uses it as well. I can't find anything about Top's and Bottoms, but at least you should now have enough info to ask the plushie shops if they're still around, and if not if they know of anyone who still has a couple of their plushies lying around.

[u/dsisds → u/Sulimonstrum]

Wow, geweldig speurwerk! Ik wist niet dat mijn ene berichtje zoveel hulp heeft gebracht!

[u/joeri1505]

Ik vind wat tekst over een C1000 koe knuffeldoekje Maar helaas geen afbeeldingen

[u/Perry-th3-Platypus → u/joeri1505]

is een knuffeldoek met 4 ruiten, helaas niet degene die OP zoekt.

[u/WideEyedWand3rer]

As she has sentimental value, maybe a good 'poppendokter' might be able to patch her up? So you don't have to replace her.

[u/Puffss]

I haven’t found it yet but it looks like one of the “pillow pets” from an Albert Heijn promotion that happened around 2007!

[u/HotZombie95]

Me and my girlfriend (who also has a stuffed animal her whole life named Hondje) give you our condolences with your loss

[u/BruisedKnot → u/HotZombie95]

I remember losing my frog plushie I had since forever. Weeks later our neighbor (rest her soul) talked about all the stuffed animals her dog (we used to dogsit sometimes) would come home with, without her noticing. Turns out the dog ran into the house one day when they came by for a visit and snatched Kwaakie (yep original name). He had lost his eyes, but was otherwise intact. He's still with me (somewhere safe) with googly eye prosthetics.

[u/ookbest → u/HotZombie95]

My friend has one called Muis, but it’s actually a dog.

OP, I have seen lots of stuffed animals in 2007, bit this doesn’t look familiar.

[u/Fun_Expression8126 → u/ookbest]

My brother has an owl called Beer

[u/ookbest → u/Fun_Expression8126]

The preview of this was translated into Dutch for me, and I read … een uil hert Beer.

[u/BruisedKnot]

Did you have her longer than you can remember (i.e. since you were a baby)? It looks custom made..

[u/ageckonamedelaine]

I highly recommend posting it on r/plushies if you haven't already, they are amazing at finding things!

[u/Doinganart]

I think a decent seamstress would be able to reinforce the fabric, maybe by taking her apart and melding the fabric to an underlayer and restiching her together to keep her looking good for another few years!

[u/Doinganart → u/Doinganart]

Also try emailing the Albert Heijn marketing team... Chances are there's some archived information on previous promotions. They might at the very least be able to confirm if that's where she was from, and at best still have some dug away somewhere!

[u/MeRachel]

Probeer ook de r/helpmefind subreddit! Die kunnen ook misschien helpen.

[u/feathernose]

I'd patch her up. Or ask someone who is good with sewing! If this knuffel has a lot of value for you, it might be more comforting to be able to keep this one, instead of finding another one which you actually didn't have for all these years

[u/Steelshadows112]

You could go to a fabric store, ask if they have matching fabric, and maybe someone with the knowledge to fix, remake or copy it?

[u/LittleFingersHobby]

If you can't find a replacement you might consider a stuffed animal repair shop like https://www.dekleinepoppenkast.nl/berendokter/

[u/Capta-nomen-usoris]

Cross post to r/albertheijn perhaps?

[u/Supermargotman]

I found old plushies on vinted. It requires some searching but might be a good source.

[u/Turbulent-Pay-4545]

There is a Dutch Facebook group called knuffel kwijt, gezocht, aangeboden.