Update: December 28, 2007 3:56PM
It took two years but the last Cream-colored pig has galloped from the primary NCS warehouse to a new owner. The two remaining pig color variants are the "Brown" and the "Yellow" oinkers.Update: December 29, 2005 2:09PM
We are now sold out of the pink pig (Type B). Thanks. Update: November 30, 2005
Sega Toys releases a "Caltoy UJ Pig" plush. They look roly-poly and pig-like but we would have made the eyes a little bigger. Measuring a massive 18" in length, 12" in height, and 10" in width, the pigs would make a fine showpiece on your couch. We're thinking of suspending ours from a rope so that its hooves won't touch the office floor. Choose from four colors: Cream, Pink, Yellow or Brown. Please note the Caltoy UJ Pig Plush is a dimensional weight item of 6 lbs and we recommend only shipping with UPS Ground within the United States.
The Pig as Friend
«©NCSX» The pig is a beautiful animal. Big bellied, full of vigor, and armed with an enormous appetite, a pig makes a wonderful pet and a lifelong companion. Pet it and pig'll purr oink like a well oiled engine. Stumble home from a hard day at work and it'll run up to the door like Lassie. Pour some food in its feed bowl and watch it gratefully wolf that slop down with wild abandon while chunks slosh on the floor. Pigs are crazy like that. When you're down and on the outs, look over at its beady eyes, its rosy rouge cheeks, and outrageous girth. When the visual impact of the pig hits your cortex, grin in your crooked Grinch-like manner and realize that all is good in the world. Pig is your friend and emotional sponge.
Inconsequential Anecdote
At a petting farm once, a friend named Ruby went over to greet a pig that was locked in a pen. The pig poked its snout through the fence in a most vigorous manner. Ruby figured that it was hungry and she was about to give piggie the Snickers bar that was in her bag but a farmhand (he looked like a farmhand because he wore overalls and plaid) barked out that chocolate could potentially kill it. The exchange that followed went something like this:Ruby: "Why don't you feed it since it seems like it's starving."
Farmer: "Aw, they're like that all the time. Pigs don't have a hypothalamus."
Ruby: "You mean a pig can't tell when its belly is full?"
Farmer: "That's right. A pig can eat and eat and eat."
Ruby: "So, that's where we get the saying about gluttons... and pigs."
Farmer: "Ayep. If you want to feed her, you can get a potato from the farmer's market. She loves those." Ruby went and got two potatoes. The pig inhaled the first one and it drank a little water from a trough. It then looked up expectantly, as if it could smell the second potato. As Ruby gave piggie the second potato, we watched it gobble the spud up as chunks of potato valiantly escaped from its voracious maw. As it was gobbling, the pig proceeded to urinate briskly. Chew. Urinate. Chew. Trickle. Chew. Done.
The NCS Pitch
While the Caltoy Pig Plush won't urinate on your furniture, it will provide warmth and chuckles in your home. Don't forget the friendship. Measuring a massive 18" in length, 12" in height, and 10" in width, the pigs cost a small fortune to import into the U.S. but we figure the Caltoy Pigs were worth the ransom we paid to release them from airport storage. The pigs shipped in a cardboard box that would hold a small car. And a refrigerator. The fur on the pig is silky smooth to the touch. Repeat: Silky. Smooth. One customer summed it up well when she proclaimed the following:"It was like running my hands through silk!"
- Veleda Johnson Pricing is set at US$49 and four color variants are available - Cream, Pink, Gold, and Brown. Collect them all and create a big pig family in your living room. Thanks to its large size, the pig would also work well as a pillow. Shipping Notification
Please note this item is a dimensional weight item of 11 lbs. NCS recommends only shipping by UPS Ground to avoid onerous air shipping charges. View larger photos on the main NCSX website. This document is ©NCSX 2005. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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