Searching - Target YELLOW Spotted LION ORANGE MANE Velcro Paws

I am looking for a yellow plush lion that was sold at Target around late 2002 or early 2003. When my son was about 6 mos old we took him to Target and he "begged" for a toy (pointed and grunted). They had several of these same "style" of animals: pink cat, green frog, etc. He chose the lion on his own and since I was sick and tired of buying toys all the time decided that lion would stay in the car and be "traveling lion".

Well, he made his way into the house and my son's heart - slept with it, ate with it, took it to daycare, EVERYWHERE! He liked to chew on his face for some reason, so the eyes had to be removed and replaced and since the animal got so stinky was bathed very regularly. Now the tag is washed out and unreadable!

He was renamed Sunny Lion by my son and is VERY much loved by him. The lion is, as mentioned, mainly yellow with a white pattern in his body, arm and leg fabric. Has a tail and an orange mane. The original eyes were black plastic. The arms are exaggeratedly long with Velcro on the hands, and the legs are plumper with a curve (looks like the poor thing has scurvy) to them and also Velcro on the feet.

I have searched eBay and Yahoo with no luck. I was smart enough to buy a back up... but it was lost in a grocery store some years ago and never seen since, and the original is so tattered that I am afraid that he will fall apart. My son will still occasionally ask after Sunny when we go to that grocery store or look around for him (and it has been YEARS!).

Any assistance in finding this lion would be very helpful! As mentioned, we bought it at Target in their regular stuffed animal isle, so I know it isn't a brand like Gund or others mentioned here. I just call it the "Target brand" of stuffed animal. Thanks for any help you can offer!!!

Thank you so much for your site! I think that this is a MUCH NEEDED service for desperate parents out there!

Carrie

This may be a Carter's plush animal, but I'm not sure. The "Target brand", as Carrie calls it is Animal Alley. If you know more about this lovey, please let us know.

One of our readers has corrected me:
I believe that Animal Alley is made by Toys R Us. If it was bought at Target it would be a The First Years, Munchin, Infantino, or Cuddle Zone.

If you can help Carrie find this orange mane lion, please Contact Us, including #022608-2 in the subject, or Comment Here.

Searching for a toy - Originally posted 02/26/2008

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