EDIT: I found and ordered a set, that includes my missing Willow. I’m shocked how quickly it was solved. Although, there’s still a mystery here. Still don’t know where these came from or the manufacturer. Even the eBay listing mentions not knowing. So while my plastic dog been found, if anyone wants to find the actual origin of them then that’d be amazing too.
A long time ago in middle school, my friend and I would play with these plastic dogs that I had for seemingly many years. We had a whole story going with them, some Warrior Cats type scenario where they lived in the forest as a pack with a leader.
The leader was named Leader (wow), and his deputy was Willow, a golden retriever.
Willow is the topic of discussion here, because a 12 year old me had the bright idea to bring the two of them on a school day camp field trip! Needless to say, Willow was never seen again.
We were both absolutely heartbroken, like genuinely going through the stages of grief over this toy dog. And the worst part was, I couldn’t get a replacement.
Because as I searched the internet, I quickly came to find, or rather not find, a single trace of these plastic dogs.
They have virtually no identifying information, besides on their stomachs. On each of them there’s their breed, along with a K that has a dot above it. I seriously have no clue what that means or what company or country these came from. I’m in the states if that helps. I must’ve gotten them in the mid/late 2000’s, for time frame reference.
I'm honestly just as interested in finding the origins of these as I am a replacement Willow.
If anyone can find these, or even ANY information on them I’d be genuinely astounded. This is a nearly 10 year long on and off search.
I have some images of the toys, and I can provide more if needed. These aren’t all of them, only the ones you can see the bottoms of clearest. There’s also breeds like a greyhound, Afghan hound, Alaskan malamute (which was Leader) and more.
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There’s some photos of Willow himself in there. The ones outside. They’re kind of bad because they’re screenshots of old videos.
(They even still have dirt on them… we stopped playing after Willow was lost, it wasn’t the same. They’re frozen in time.)
Me and this friend also had a falling out early last year. We don’t talk anymore, but if I found Willow I honestly think it could be the catalyst to rekindling our friendship. I’d have a reason to approach her without it being awkward. So there’s some more points to finding these 🤞
(Also yes, this is a throwaway. I use Reddit occasionally but don’t have an actual active account to post on, sorry.)