Forum: scifi.stackexchange.com
Tags: <star-trek><star-trek-voyager><star-trek-ds9>
Title: Does a stuffed 'Toby the Targ' toy exist?
Question: Have you ever seen a stuffed Toby the Targ toy? It was a toy on star trek DS9 and voyager.   If one does exist, where could I find one?

Answers:
sents: text: The targ that Molly O'Brien had on ST:DS9 was, in fact, one of ours.
text: It was originally given to Rick Berman by the owner of New Eye Studios.
text: Berman decided to give it to Molly as a fun prop for the show.
text: We also gave one to Michael Dorn, but I have no idea whether he kept it or not.
text: The targ was modified from a warthog plush toy that was very similar to the one the other poster referenced , as were the other pets we "adopted out".
text: It's nice to know folks have kept them and their adoption certificates!
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/36212/Kahir Sohar
score: 19
sents: text: Here is the one i bought along time ago with the pedigree she gave out with it.
text: I don't know about the licensing
text: The booth I bought it from was a lady who had the two targs and a few animals from one of the paperbacks.....
text: she said she made it, and I have not found any manufacturer tag anywhere on it.
text: could be bought and modified....
text: I never saw another on until the one on the show That was in the O'Brien quarters and since then I have seen one on a site where a guy has one in his collection
text: but he doesn't say where he got it.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/30501/Scott Craver
score: 9
sents: text: Googling "Toby the targ toy" results in this product on amazon .
text: The colorations and designs are off, but it appears to be the only officially licensed item that was mass produced.
text: It was released with the Star Trek Alien Beans line of toys, which seems to have been a limited run.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5184/phantom42
score: 6
sents: text: My daughter and I just finished making one.
text: We found a warthog on ebay matching the "Fascination" DS9 episode.
text: It is called "Walter Warthog", is made by Fundamental Too, is 18 inches from tip of nose to end of tail, and has a grunting mechanism inside.
text: They seem to occasionally show up on ebay.
text: Search for things like stuffed warthog , plush warthog , Walter warthog or warthog Fundamental .
text: We then bought some plushy upholstery fabric for the spines (the fabric store was happy to sell us 1/8 of a yard), sewed spines (sewing machine, but could also be done by hand), flipped them inside out, stuffed them and sewed them on.
text: It was surprisingly harder than it seemed:
text: flipping heavy-weight fabric inside-out was hard and sewing the spines amidst the fur isn't easy
text: (hint: use a curved needle).
text: Full instructions as well as a pdf with our sewing patterns are here .
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/57958/Alexander Pruss
score: 5
sents: text: I thought it would be nice to post a photo of some of my babies from years ago.
text: Hopefully, I can get it right this time!
text: I tried a link last time, but it didn't work.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/36212/Kahir Sohar
score: 4
sents: text: The toy actually exists, but it looks like what they used for Toby
text: the Targ was a warthog plush.
text: I doubt they still make the exact toy that was filmed, but this is close .
text: It is an ebay link.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20333/severa
score: 2
sents: text: I have one....
text: just like the screen used one....bought it in ther 90's at a convention in D.C.
text: a fan had a booth and she made them supposedly.......
text: she had two at the time
text: and I bought 1
text: remember it was 50 dollars.
text: I will post a picture of it on Thursday when I return to work!
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/29206/scott
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
The targ was modified from a warthog plush toy.
The Toby the Targ toy actually does exist in the form of a warthog plush.