Maximus is a weird thing. He’s shaped uneven and wonky (i think he looks like a rat, some kind of marsupial carnivore, and a lion. But he’s a tiger), what’s left of his stripes are the little dots on his head, his eye was lost so I gave him a button. But the weirdest part for me was that it took AGES to find out that he was made by / for a printer ink cartridge company. I was able to confirm the logo on his tag. I only found a couple photos of the products the company makes at all online. None of the toy tiger.
I was looking into the company for even some crumbs about him but I only found out that the company made toner and toner ink for printers and stuff, that the company was made in 2005 and died around 2015 (maybe?? I can’t read legal writing), and the brand name is now taken by a website that is “ a group for entrepreneurs and investors ” that looks sketchy. His tag says he was handmade in china.
I found Maximus at the secondhand store early 2023. I thought he was really scrongly but in a good way. Maximus had a hole going down his tummy that had been stitched up not so well. So I opened it up again and restitched it better. Maximus had weighted beans in his chest and I added a little extra in his tummy and front arms. I actually wanna add more so he feels like a floppy kitten :3
