I had heard a while back that Disney was planning to bring Duffy to Paris. Has this happened yet?
Hmmm, I've not heard anything, and I am not sure how I feel about this one. Then again, it is nice to not be synergy with films, and my daughter loved Disney Bear at WDW and would probably love a Duffy.
I loooove Duffy, so I hope so! lol Did he used to be called the Hidden Mickey bear or Mickey's bear or something? I have 2 plushes of him and I love them!
I wondered why Disney would be bringing the welsh singer Duffy to DLP - until I turned my brain on and realized what the threat was about!
Quote from: "Adam"I wondered why Disney would be bringing the welsh singer Duffy to DLP - until I turned my brain on and realized what the threat was about!
hehehe!! Made me laugh :lol: :lol:
Who is Duffy the Disney bear?
:ears:DisneyManiac :ears:
I want a Duffy Bear so badly.
Certain forums are now claiming Duffy will be coming to Paris for Christmas!
http://disneycentralplaza.englishboard. ... land-paris (http://disneycentralplaza.englishboard.net/t22927-duffy-arrive-pour-noel-2011-a-disneyland-paris%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Yep, he will be here in the winter! :thumbs:
Hmm, not too sure about this one. On my recent trip to Tokyo Disneyland I could not believe how popular he was, although he is more a presence at DisneySea rather than Disneyland. I saw loads of young women (and some men) walking around with thier Duffy bears, taking him on rides, cuddling him, buying his outfits! He is 'Big in Japan' as the saying goes - will he win over the Heart of Europe? Time will tell
I know not a lot of people are fans of Duffy but I think he's super cute!
I'm guessing he'll meet at the entrance to Liberty Arcade where Mickey normally is?
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aw yay I love Duffy pure cute!
Duffy was at a special event this month in Paris... while there we heard that they would start having some Duffy merchandise with him wearing the Parisian outfit he was wearing when we met him. I wonder if he will be wearing a different Christmas outfit if he is added for Christmas or still be wearing this one:
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Quote from: "peterpanfan1953"Duffy was at a special event this month in Paris... while there we heard that they would start having some Duffy merchandise with him wearing the Parisian outfit he was wearing when we met him. I wonder if he will be wearing a different Christmas outfit if he is added for Christmas or still be wearing this one:
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Did they say when the merchandise will be avaliable? I have to have a Duffy in a Parisian outfit, how adorable!
I think for him to be successful (by successful I mean merchandise sales) they have to push him in all aspects of the park, no one is going to buy a Duffy plush if they have no idea who he is.
Quote from: "15MagicalYears"I think for him to be successful (by successful I mean merchandise sales) they have to push him in all aspects of the park, no one is going to buy a Duffy plush if they have no idea who he is.
That is true but to help along the merchandise sales I'm going to by myself one and Kyra one lol. Everyone needs a Duffy bear :P
I read somehere that duffy may be coming at christmas time to dlrp main street i think it may have been tweeted on twitter but im sorry i cant remember for sure
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Did they say when the merchandise will be avaliable? I have to have a Duffy in a Parisian outfit, how adorable!
No, unfortunately they didn't say exactly when... just that it would be coming. I agree that his Parisian outfit is very cute.
Quote from: "peterpanfan1953"Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Did they say when the merchandise will be avaliable? I have to have a Duffy in a Parisian outfit, how adorable!
No, unfortunately they didn't say exactly when... just that it would be coming. I agree that his Parisian outfit is very cute.
Ah I may have to get one of my Paris friends to pick me up a bear if I can't get one in October :)
Oh... Thats Duffy! Although I have never heard of him I still think hes cute!
:ears: DisneyManiac :ears:
So apparently some artist has been working very hard on a replacement for the "River Excursions" mural beside the boarding house on Main Street, and apparently it will have something to do with Duffy, that bear. How does this person sleep at night?
Discuss!
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Quote from: "pussinboots"So apparently some artist has been working very hard on a replacement for the "River Excursions" mural beside the boarding house on Main Street, and apparently it will have something to do with Duffy, that bear. How does this person sleep at night?
Discuss!
http://twitpic.com/6srns4 (http://twitpic.com/6srns4%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
I hope that is a joke!
Duffy is in the pictures that have just been released to advertise Christmas on the DLP website. He looks quite cute hugging Mickey I don't really like him very much in his sailor outfit as much as his others though.
I wonder whats happening with the river boats! I will miss them!!
Is it painted or just coverd with white cardboard :?
Presumably it has been removed in order to prep the structure for its replacement. Isn't it controversial?
Quote from: "Vegitabeta"I hope that is a joke!
No one ever jokes on Twitpic. You'll be interested (and, possibly,
outraged and furious) to know that the boarding house itself has also been repainted in a very Duffy-esque palette.
http://twitpic.com/6rudk4 (http://twitpic.com/6rudk4%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
I find it slightly annoying that this beautiful image, which was designed for Disneyland Paris, can now only be found in Anaheim. Where they don't even
have a body of water called the Rivers of the Far West.
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Does anyone know whether Duffy the bear merchandise is available at DLRP? I have searched the internet and can't find anything. I will be at the resort at the end of November and I am hoping to purchase a bear. If anyone has any photos of any merchandise on sale I would be very grateful if I could view them. Does anyone know whether there will be a character representation this year, as it seems to be big news in other parks.
Thanks
Duffy will be in the park this year doing meet and greets and he has been shown in the promotional shots and the trailer thingy.
I don't know if you can buy him though. I will have a look next week when I am there but I am sure someone else knows on here.
Will be watching this thread. We are going on 24th October and my dd would love a Duffy Bear (actually, so would I!!) Fingers crossed the merchandise arrives early!
36 sleeps till our 4th visit to DLRP. Not too sure on Duffy bear. They got rid of the pumpkin men saying they were not disney and now an unknown bear is created. will still buy one though :D
I've very much enjoyed DLRP Magic's round up of the coming attractions this Christmas, However, Duffy the Bear? Anyone else think that this is a unnecessary (and quite frankly cheap/Alton Towers-ish) addition to the wonderful characters?
Ugh, I was really hoping it was a joke! I want to shake Disney sometimes, hard.
I was not a massive Duffy fan when I first heard of the co cept but it is growing on me. We will have to wait and see!
I don't think it is cheap version of something that isn't Disney he was after all created for Disney and is very popular in HK and DL so perhaps they just want to bring him to Paris.
I do like the story of Duffy it is quite sweet and I love Minnie and Mickey so that helps. I think children will love him. I am not too thrilled about how they are bringing him in and removing the river boats mural etc and there was talk of him replacing the nutcracker solders in the parade (that would have been unforgivable) but it seems that he isn't now. I feel a bit like MartinB and I can see it growing on me more.
I didn't like the concept of the princess and the frog AT ALL because they had changed the story etc but now it is one of my favourite films I just had to be open minded and appreciate it for what it was instead of what I wanted it to be.
I think if it works it will make them a lot of money due to all the merch they can sell.
I do think he is a nice bear though and children will love him. As an adult I'm not sure how I feel about a meet and greet.
Oh my god, how can they replace such a great image with just another toon? This is just ridiculous. :evil:
No one has seen the replacement image yet, yet you all seem so angry. It sure is devastating though surely the replacement is only temporary for the Christmas season.
But isn't Duffy going to be in the park all year round? It's just that he's being launched in the Christmas season.
Yeah, maybe it'll grow on me.(I can remember once upon a time, hearing about a forthcoming Disney/Pixar film, and thinking "a film about talking cars!!??? Are they mad!!??? Oh how I love that film!) I was just a bit disappointed with the bear costume. You get used to the big-eyed smiley Disney faces. Does he ever just wear a big red bow, like a teddy on a Christmas card? Is he meant to be a prezzie from Santa's sack? I wasn't mad on the sailor suit in the promo photos. And why is he called Duffy? Historically, are there no teddies in Disney films (apart from Lotso)?
I would imagine they are introducing him long term seems a lot of effort just for christmas. Maybe they are testing the waters to see what the DLP visitors make of him. Duffy is really popular in HK and DL so they probably want to recreate that.
I don't know why so many people are saying he in unknown etc he might be unknown in DLP but he IS disney and was created by them.
The riverboats might be a temporary thing and they may be back I think until we know for sure people getting upset just have to wait and see.
Just googled Duffy, and his back story is quite interesting. Starting off life purely as a plush from the merchandise division of WDTP.
I HATE the sailor suit he is cute when he wears his christmas hat and when he wears his pumpkin.
The story has changed and changed but the story now is something like, Mickey has to go away on a boat (I think) and minnie gives him a bear to keep him company and they go around the world having adventures. It is quite cute and in DL they have little posters telling the story with pictures. I think given time I will grow to love him especially as they are proposing to sell him in different outfits so I don't have to have the sailor one which I don't like.
http://micechat.com/forums/tokyo-disney ... tures.html (http://micechat.com/forums/tokyo-disney-resort/118708-story-duffy-disney-bear-pictures.html%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
That's quite a nice on because it has the pictures too
Oh, you've done it now lubynoo! You've said the words "pumpkin" and "costume"! I'm a sucker for a character in a Halloween costume!!! (but strangely, not the pumpkin men- glad to see the back of them, in favour of Mickey etc dressing up in all their Oct 31st finery!) I'm warming to Duffy already! Maybe the sailor costume reminds me too much if the let down stay at The Newport Bay Club ....(different tale for a different message thread..) :)
There is a pink duffy as well she isn't called duffy I don't know what she is called but she has minnie type features and is also quite cute.
hahaha so so a tale after my own heart with my own let downs from the NPBC.
Duffy has LOTS of costumes but I think the pumpkin one is adorable. I did have one from American it was a gift and at the time I had no idea who he was but he was adorable but we lost him and I would love to get another one.
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Quote from: "15MagicalYears"No one has seen the replacement image yet, yet you all seem so angry. It sure is devastating though surely the replacement is only temporary for the Christmas season.
I really hope so. It would be a shame if the riverboat mural would be gone forever. But I cannot imagine that it comes back. Disney is so focused on toons that they have no more sense of subtle details like that...
Quote from: "lubynoo"http://micechat.com/forums/tokyo-disney-resort/118708-story-duffy-disney-bear-pictures.html
That's quite a nice on because it has the pictures too
Great illustrations! And those character crossovers are so Walt-era Disney. Duffy may be a banal effort to sell stuffed toys, but they put in the effort to make it all Disney quality. I wonder if we'll get a whiff of that in Paris.
Oh right, that mural. Expectations are high! I wouldn't want to be that artist right now.
Quote from: "pussinboots"Oh right, that mural. Expectations are high!
I don't know, I got the impression that expectations were really low! I can't blame everyone... That Mark Twain mural was made by my favorite Imagineering artist. I wouldn't want to see it replaced by a giant teddy bear advertisement either.
But I do enjoy that Japanese storybook. I definitely prefer it over this version:
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And apparently he has arrived!! I am sad I can't see a pumpkin costume!!
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Yes, check out the Disneyland Paris Cast Member (//http://pariscastmember.blogspot.com/) blog. It has lots of high quality photos on it, such as the 7 Duffy shots which were posted today. Here's one of them:
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There were loads of tweets about it on InsideDLParis, too.
https://twitter.com/#!/InsideDLParis (https://twitter.com/#!/InsideDLParis%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Duffy is already being sold in The Storybook Store, which is apparently his official shop. :) Also, there's a few footprints on the floor to entice people towards the place where it's sold.
Some more Duffy(-outfits) photos can be found on the Disneyland Paris Cast Member Blog (//http://pariscastmember.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-duffy-pictures.html)! :D
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I just posted some more on my blog //http://pariscastmember.blogspot.com/
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Quote from: "JelleP"Some more Duffy(-outfits) photos can be found on the Disneyland Paris Cast Member Blog (//http://pariscastmember.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-duffy-pictures.html)! :D
Thanks :D
I so did not buy one for EVERYONE oh wait we did :D. We fell in love with him he is SO SOFT!!!!!!!! His outfits are so cute too.
Cannot wait to meet him now in November. Just wish there had been a pumpkin outfit!! My son adores him!!
The new poster in the town square is here!
http://twitpic.com/75y1ba (http://twitpic.com/75y1ba%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Personally, I'm going to miss the nostalgia and detail of the old one, but the new one will do fine for me.
I may get crucified for this, but as an advertisement in a Victorian Town Square, this one actually makes more sense than the old one.
Well, it is pretty cool, but the other one was perfect. But it could have come worse. The only negative thing is that there is actually no connection to anything inside the Park, except Duffy the Bear...
You know what, it's not actually bad. I was expecting some printed photoshopped nightmare with Duffy waving hello and looking more like he belonged in a Rupert cartoon. But this is tasteful, and I love the link to DisneySea! I'm sure Disney would have saved the Paddle Steamer one, and if Duffy doesn't take off this time (although it's looking like he will), they can replace it easily.
But the artistic quality here is in my eyes on par with the original. Well done to the artist, I'd love to see him be commissioned again for future projects!
It's lovely, and whilst its perhaps better theme-wise for the area, the previous poster had a second job in advertising an attraction in the parks
While the Disney-geeks among us can catch the smart reference to Tokyo Disney-Sea and it's tie in with Duffy, the average visitor won't, and I hope it doesn't make people think they'll find the SS Columbia in DLP.
But kudos to the artist, it is beautiful.
Wow, gorgeous! I like that with the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty it actually leads nicely into Liberty Arcade and brings that theme of the bond between the countries out into the street. And I almost expected a giant arrow pointing to The Storybook Store saying "Buy Your Duffy Here".
But what's the story with this? Is this mural permanent now? And so is Duffy's residence at the boarding house permanent beyond Christmas? I was hoping they'd keep him only as a seasonal attraction.
In any case, this is a wonderful surprise. Give this mysterious artist even more work, DLP! (But preferably somewhere like the Studios, where you need to add things, rather than replace perfectly ok things...)
Quote from: "Anthony"Wow, gorgeous! I like that with the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty it actually leads nicely into Liberty Arcade and brings that theme of the bond between the countries out into the street. And I almost expected a giant arrow pointing to The Storybook Store saying "Buy Your Duffy Here".
But what's the story with this? Is this mural permanent now? And so is Duffy's residence at the boarding house permanent beyond Christmas? I was hoping they'd keep him only as a seasonal attraction.
In any case, this is a wonderful surprise. Give this mysterious artist even more work, DLP! (But preferably somewhere like the Studios, where you need to add things, rather than replace perfectly ok things...)
Yes! It does work out perfectly in relation to the Liberty Arcade, how clever. Kudos to the artist, and also money! Now for a high-res version so we can all admire it properly and ruthlessly scrutinize it for messy eraser marks and such and such.
How hard disney try to make money out of this bear....(I personally hate Duffy but that´s another thing).
Seems that someone in the management just WANT that someone/everyone buy this marketing bear. They try it again and again in every resort. But why? Shouldn´t they just leave it to tokio?
I mean I´m just back from california where nobody bought it now at home they try it at paris...you can burn a lot of marketing budgets if you want...
Quote from: "Anthony"But what's the story with this? Is this mural permanent now? And so is Duffy's residence at the boarding house permanent beyond Christmas? I was hoping they'd keep him only as a seasonal attraction.
I think if they can make some money with it, the bear won't just be a seasonal attraction. I mean, I really like the new mural, too, but as you said there was no need to replace the old one. Especially as the Riverboats are one of my favourite attractions ;)
Surely there must be somewhere at the other end of Liberty Arcade where the riverboat mural could find a new home? It'd provide a good lead-in to that "Thunder Mesa Express" path, maybe encourage more people to discover the useful short cut.
In Duffy news, there was an event yesterday for AP holders. Duffy made an appearance with what looks like a presentation about his arrival. But did any annual passholders here actually know it was happening?
Yeh I did I said in another thread I received an email inviting me.
It did say dream passports only. I couldn't go but it looked good. I am confused though if he is being introduced at Christmas why is he always in his sailor suite In the promotional shots and not his christmas outfit?! I hope he actually has his Christmas outfit on for meet and greets like Mickey will.
He has a christmas outfit!!!!!!!! I am happy now!! Would have been annoyed if they had a sailor outfit for christmas!!!!
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Duffy is right now making character appearances Main Street, U.S.A. As you can see in this live photo by @InsideDLParis: http://twitpic.com/7b1sam (http://twitpic.com/7b1sam%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Here we go, I guess. It may just be a merchandise thing, but I think the kid's 'll love him. He's quite expensive though. Is he that expensive in the American parks?
He is $29.99 plus tax in the US parks. Considering he is 29.99 Euros in Paris, he is certainly cheaper in the US
My oldest Daughter bought a duffy bear when we went to Florida in 2006. He has slept with her every night since and is looking very loved. We cannot wait to come and meet duffy at the end of this month
Those people seem to like Duffy...
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Quote from: "Anthony"Surely there must be somewhere at the other end of Liberty Arcade where the riverboat mural could find a new home? It'd provide a good lead-in to that "Thunder Mesa Express" path, maybe encourage more people to discover the useful short cut.
A reapperance would be really nice, as the mural looked really great. I think many guests didn't really understand why an image of the riverboats appears at Main Street ( I have to admit, I didn't for a long time, too), so a place closer to Frontierland would be fine. As the new mural looks pretty well, my first anger has vanished, but it might come back if the riverboat mural will not return ;)
Presenting, the combination of two evils :D What should we call him? Stuffy, or Ditch?
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ok I don't care what anyone says. AWWWWWW can you buy that outfit? My son would go mad for this!!!!
Yeah, you can buy that Stuffy outfit actually. It's £37.26 on Rakuten, "the No.1 marketplace in Japan".
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/auc- ... tem/bb206/ (http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/auc-us-bears/item/bb206/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
:O expensive much!! Thanks for the link is the site legitimate do you know?
May have to get one for christmas though, my son loves my Duffy that we got from years ago when duffy wasn't even popular and he isn't as nice as the ones they have at Paris now and he finally got to get his own this year and he is VERY excited about meeting him next week. I think getting a stitch outfit for Duffy for christmas would really be the icing on the cake!!
It looks like Disneyland Paris finally knows how to edit a video... :')
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It's a shame they still dont have any English subtitles, though...
The rockstar duffy we saw being shot!! He had a little drink and he was sooooo cute!! My son wanted him so they let him hold him lol. I am not sure if we got a pic of him with my son but we did get a pic of the rock star outfit I will upload the pic when I sort out my memory card!!
Duffy was out with Mickey at his meet n greet in Town Square all the time from Saturday until we left DLP yesterday afternoon. He was also at the Disneyland Hotel for photos and autographs (he has a stamp) outside Inventions in the DLH on Sunday morning. He was wearing his Christmas outfit all the time.
Elaine
The character of Duffy has strange eyes - I'll search my photos to see if I got a pic of them. When we were watching the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday the people around us laughed when he came out - maybe not the reaction Disney were hoping for. His float is pretty pointless - he sits there and waves occasionally - utterly boring. Really not keen.
I love Duffy! I saw a video of him waving with Mickey and meeting kids, they were more bothered about Mickey so Duffy just sort of stood there waving and it was so cute. I really want a Duffy bear! :D
I saw that video too and I felt a little sorry for Duffy but Mickey is such hard competition. I think he hardly has a chance against him.
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I would like to understand what is with all this negative talk about Duffy?!!!!!!!!! Why won't you give this poor teddy bear a chance to see how people will react to him in Paris. He's only been there for a week and hasn't had enough time to acquaint himself with the people there.
I would like to share with you all from my own experience from meeting him, that Duffy is one of the "MOST" cutest Disney creations to exist. He is fun, lively, and extremely adorable. You can't resist the urge to hug him.
Please stop all this negativity and give Duffy some space and time.
DUFFY, WELCOME TO DISNEYLAND PARIS FOREVER.
I find Duffy a little bit expensive, im sorry.
Quote from: "Disney-Me"I would like to understand what is with all this negative talk about Duffy?!!!!!!!!! Why won't you give this poor teddy bear a chance to see how people will react to him in Paris.
I guess the problem may be that he makes it just that touch
too obvious that the dark forces of Disney Merchandising are ripping you off. They have just created a teddy bear out of nothing: no film or associations behind him to rake in a few more euros. And not just a few either, looking at their suggested prices!
Nope, if I wanted a Disney bear, I'd be going for Pooh, or Lotso or even Michael's teddy from Peter Pan. Those are really theirs to sell.
Quote from: "DutchBrit"Quote from: "Disney-Me"I would like to understand what is with all this negative talk about Duffy?!!!!!!!!! Why won't you give this poor teddy bear a chance to see how people will react to him in Paris.
I guess the problem may be that he makes it just that touch too obvious that the dark forces of Disney Merchandising are ripping you off. They have just created a teddy bear out of nothing: no film or associations behind him to rake in a few more euros. And not just a few either, looking at their suggested prices!
Nope, if I wanted a Disney bear, I'd be going for Pooh, or Lotso or even Michael's teddy from Peter Pan. Those are really theirs to sell.
I don't know where exactly you get what your talking about from, but allow me to ask you who told they created him from nothing. For your information, all Disney characters came to existence from nothing and with time became something magical. Their is a background story for Duffy which I suppose you know. It's not necessary for Duffy to have a movie or associations to become an official Disney character. Duffy has a story but it's different to the Disney norm.
Dear friend, if your talking about the Duffy merchandise available for sale at the parks, just because you don't want to buy Duffy merchandise because the prices annoy you, doesn't mean you have to insult him. From what I posted earlier and clearly referring to Duffy as a character, he is one of the cutest and most fun to meet.
I'm surprised you can accept Michael's teddy bear from Peter Pan "which doesn't have a name", but at the same time you can't accept Mickey's Teddy bear, "Duffy", which Minnie gave him????!!!
I agree with DutchBrit. Duffy was just created to sell merchandise. He is a big success at the Tokyo Disney Resort, but he failed in the US and in Europe as well a few years ago when he was for the first time introduced. Now Disney is trying it again to make him popular, but I highly doubt that Duffy will be a huge success like in Tokyo.
And it wasn't Disney that gave the bear the backstory. It was the Oriental Land Company, owner and operator of the Tokyo Disney Resort, that created the backstory after gaining the rights from TWDC.
Before that happened, the bear didn't even have a name and had a completly different backstory. The bear is the only Disney character not featured in any movie ar TV series.
Quote from: "dagobert"I agree with DutchBrit. Duffy was just created to sell merchandise. He is a big success at the Tokyo Disney Resort, but he failed in the US and in Europe as well a few years ago when he was for the first time introduced. Now Disney is trying it again to make him popular, but I highly doubt that Duffy will be a huge success like in Tokyo.
And it wasn't Disney that gave the bear the backstory. It was the Oriental Land Company, owner and operator of the Tokyo Disney Resort, that created the backstory after gaining the rights from TWDC.
Before that happened, the bear didn't even have a name and had a completly different backstory. The bear is the only Disney character not featured in any movie ar TV series.
Eventhough and even if they made him for the purpose of selling merchandise which is normal for the successful operation of a corporation, and even if Oriental Land Company created his background story, what is the problem?!!! I don't understand why we make a big deal out of nothing.
Duffy is cute, he's Mickey's Teddy bear, and created by Minnie, and most of all he is a Disney character. This is all that matters.
For your information, he's not the only character that is not in a movie or tv show. You have the Country Bears who only exist as characters because of their attraction in the Parks and don't have them in any movie but are still used in events such as shows, parades, and meet 'n' greets.
That may be true, but at least they were created for an attraction in the first place and not for meeting them and selling merchandise. There is now a movie about the Country Bears, but it failed big time.
In Tokyo there is a second Disney Bear called Shellie May.
Hm :? Personally, I don't think, Duffy itself is the cutest bear ever, but he is in Disneyland now and he deserves a chance.
No matter if he had no background story a few years ago, now there is one.
The average visitor probably doesn't even know he's been there a few years ago.
I think, the Duffy bears are a lot cuter the many variations from Stitch (don't get me wrong, I like Stitch) or any other Disney character sold at the resort. They often look pretty cheap and are overpriced too.
Next week I'll give Duffy a "real" chance and maybe my daughter will take one of the bears home.
;)
sorry but...mickey hasn´t a disney bear. One day the marketing department had a bear and they didn´t know what to do with it. how could they get some money out of it? So someone just said: "Let´s say it´s mickey´s bear" like "let´s say mickey has a own mug/baby/star/piece of wood/kodak cam/..." (Yes I work at a marketing department and yes we do such things just to sell a product)
So they made a little story around it and that it is.
So there will always be people that love him or hate him.
I personally don´t like him much. Why? Cause I want a real story - bit deeper then minnie made it out of nothing - that what I want from disney to buy a that expensive bear. That what I want from disney to go to the parks and that what I want from disney to go to the cinema/disney store/... I want quality. A real story and not a bear out of a marketing department. It´s simply to clear. And I really can get why they spent all that money for him. The US people don´t like him. The europeans won´t. Just leave the bear at tokyo (disney seas) and everything is fine. Over there it´s fitting. You get the story. And it doesn´t look like a bad marketing gag.
I event think I would love it at tokyo disney seas ;) :lol:
I have to admit that he does look cute and he deserves a chance. I don't mind the merchandise, I'm just against all these excessive character meet and greets. That's all Disney is doing right now. I've never been a fan of these meet and greets and I think I will never be. For me Disney is about great story telling and fantastic attractions that no one else can do. Unfortunately with recent additions Disney proved that they are not the best anymore. That's just my opinion and I'm sure most members here will disagree. I was just expressing my opinion about the bear. As I've said before, he was created by the Disney Merchandise Department for selling merchandise and I think that's not the Disney way.
Given the current merchandise selection at DLRP, I would also buy that bear for my kids, if I would have some.
Quote from: "dagobert"He is a big success at the Tokyo Disney Resort, but he failed in the US and in Europe as well
How can you assess that Duffy is a failure in Europe when he only has had an appearance of one week in Paris?!!! Is that how you asses failure?!!! Seriously, come on!!!
It's also known that Europeans in general like teddy bears.
I'm not judging from this single week.
The bear was already introduced in the US and France in the early 2000s. Back then he was a failure and was removed from the parks.
Quote from: "Riebi"The US people don´t like him. The europeans won´t.
With all due respect to your opinions, on what basis can you comment on that state the Europeans won't like it?!!! This is not possible! How can you predict such an event when it has only been one week and it's too early in the stage to make a prediction like this. There are certain factors to consider at this moment in time.
Quote from: "dagobert"I'm not judging from this single week.
The bear was already introduced in the US and France in the early 2000s. Back then he was a failure and was removed from the parks.
He never appeared as a character in Paris before! This is his first appearance as a character in Disneyland Paris.
Quote from: "Disney-Me"Quote from: "Riebi"The US people don´t like him. The europeans won´t.
With all due respect to your opinions, on what basis can you comment on that state the Europeans won't like it?!!! This is not possible! How can you predict such an event when it has only been one week and it's too early in the stage to make a prediction like this. There are certain factors to consider at this moment in time.
So I give you the same advice as you some posts before: just buy it or not. ;)
P.S.:
Quote from: "Disney-Me"Quote from: "dagobert"I'm not judging from this single week.
The bear was already introduced in the US and France in the early 2000s. Back then he was a failure and was removed from the parks.
He never appeared as a character in Paris before! This is his first appearance as a character in Disneyland Paris.
(That´s for the europeans / US part. )
I'd never heard of Duffy bear until the beginning of this year, when other forum members started talking about him coming to DLP. I'm not remotely interested in Duffy merchandise, lets face it, he's an expensive build-a-bear. I wasn't that impressed with Duffy replacing the toy soldier on the drum in the OUAD parade either. But as a character, he's cute and he's cuddly, so in that respect he's not, in my opinion, out of place at DLP.
Elaine
Quote from: "Disney-Me"I don't know where exactly you get what your talking about from, but allow me to ask you who told they created him from nothing. For your information, all Disney characters came to existence from nothing and with time became something magical. Their is a background story for Duffy which I suppose you know. It's not necessary for Duffy to have a movie or associations to become an official Disney character. Duffy has a story but it's different to the Disney norm.
It's not a background story, it's advertising blurb. Characters are what you get in films and plays. That should be all the backstory required.
If my son really enjoys a film, and has a favourite character it is a thrill to see that character in "real" life. But someone dressed up as a totally unknown teddy bear? Yawn. Seen it all before.
Luckily I expect that I will be very much able to avoid spending any money on anything dufferish. I personally rather like teddys, but at those prices I'd expect Stief at the very least. And he rather reminds me of a character called "Little Charley Bear" currently popping up on Cbeebies. So get one of them at a third of the price and at least you have a chance that your child will have a clue who the hell he is!
My little boy refuses to believe it's not Charley Bear and we bought him one for £2.99 for Christmas.
I've experienced Duffy first hand in the park and didn't like him particularly. His eyes are vacant and he looks lifeless. If others like him that's cool for them. I met Mickey sans bear in the hotel with no 60 minute queue, that was good enough for me :)
Disney-me I feel your posts are coming across slightly agressive. Everyboby has there own opinon the world would be a boring place if we all liked and disliked the same things. Some people like Duffy and some hate him. Thats life.
I personally adore the furry cuddly bear. I think his back story is cute and lets be honest if he was from a movie everyone would be falling over themselves to get one. I understand why people may not like him but hey it means more Duffy for me lol.
I don't like him very much, too. I don't know, it's just that this bear was invented right out of nothing. His story is rather poor and in fact, at least for me, he does not fit in Disneyland, as there isn't a real connection between Disney and Duffy. He might be cute, but if I want to buy a Teddy bear I can also go to a normal store. In my eyes, he is like a foreign body in DLP. It is too obvious he was only invented for making profit and I don't really like this marketing campaign for him...But I bet he will be bought a lot and so Disney made the right choice, even if I don't agree with them here ;)
Found a photo I took last week which shows Duffy's strange eyes.
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He looks almost possessed!
Quote from: "PirateSteve"Found a photo I took last week which shows Duffy's strange eyes.
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He looks almost possessed!
I'm going to say its the lighting lol.
I think his eyes have the vintage teddy bear feel. But I adore Duffy so his imperfections do not bother me :P
I think he looks like an alcoholic - too much mulled wine ;)
Quote from: "PirateSteve"I think he looks like an alcoholic - too much mulled wine ;)
:lol: :lol: I'll have whatever he is having lol.
I have just returned from DLP and there were big queues for Duffy. Lots of people were buying the bears and I saw quite a few people carrying them in the parks.
I loved meeting him, and i'm 29 LOL!
As for previous comments about Americans not liking Duffy, Have people seen the lines to meet him at Epcot?
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Disney-me I feel your posts are coming across slightly agressive. Everyboby has there own opinon the world would be a boring place if we all liked and disliked the same things. Some people like Duffy and some hate him. Thats life.
I personally adore the furry cuddly bear. I think his back story is cute and lets be honest if he was from a movie everyone would be falling over themselves to get one. I understand why people may not like him but hey it means more Duffy for me lol.
I'm glad you like Duffy and I would like to say that I appreciate your comments :).
Honestly speaking, I didn't mean to be agressive. I hope no one misunderstands what I mentioned and I do understand that fact that people are free to make a point on how they feel about certain characters. However, I was just expressing how I felt about Duffy.
Quote from: "PirateSteve"Found a photo I took last week which shows Duffy's strange eyes.
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He looks almost possessed!
I must say you are mistaken. The picture you are reffering to, is unfortunately a bad one. Duffy in this picture has foggy eyes probably due to the camera's lense or bad weather. This isn't how Duffy usualy appears. I have seen him several times and his eyes have always been normal, and I've seen him in Florida where his eyes appeared to look like the picture you're talking about, but I made myself aware that this sometimes occurs.
I haven't read through all of this thread, and I've not seen Duffy in person, but he does seem to be controversial. I can't understand why when so many of us except Winnie the Pooh and Tinkerbell the fairy. Disney sell merchandise and Teddy bears have always been very popular, so why not Duffy the Disney bear.
Quote from: "ed-uk"I can't understand why when so many of us except Winnie the Pooh and Tinkerbell the fairy. Disney sell merchandise and Teddy bears have always been very popular, so why not Duffy the Disney bear.
Pooh and Tinkerbell were created to be characters in films first and then became merchandise because they were popular. Duffy is pure merchandise. As I said earlier, that makes it just that bit too obvious for me that Disney is trying to pick my pocket. I resent the hard sell aspect of it.
Exactly. His inclusion in various aspects of the park are just to enforce his likeability on the kids and get us to buy him.
Quote from: "Disney-Me"Why won't you give this poor teddy bear a chance?
Why should I? It's not that Duffy is a living creature with feelings. It's a marketing campaign intended to generate money. Yes, I know, everything is now, but Duffy is the first "character" specifically created for that purpose with an alibi "backstory" (and this from the same company that gave us some of the most wonderful storys ever); and I find the whole "In-your-face-buy-one-or-else" attitude quite annoying.
So there
Quote from: "Meph"Exactly. His inclusion in various aspects of the park are just to enforce his likeability on the kids and get us to buy him.
Right. It looks like Duffy has to be on every picture, in every message, in every decoration now, so that really noone can avoid seeing him. That is really annoying.
So what people are saying is that it's cool to buy a Winnie the Pooh or a Piglet because they come from a book and a film, but not cool to buy a Duffy because he does not. Most people have owned a teddy bear sometime in their life.
Quote from: "ed-uk"So what people are saying is that it's cool to buy a Winnie the Pooh or a Piglet because they come from a book and a film, but not cool to buy a Duffy because he does not. Most people have owned a teddy bear sometime in their life.
yep, you're right - I don't object to Duffy (well I do, but only his inclusion in the OUAD parade) - but I object to his price. He is overpriced, even compared to other DLP soft toys.
Elaine
Quote from: "Elaine"yep, you're right - I don't object to Duffy (well I do, but only his inclusion in the OUAD parade) - but I object to his price. He is overpriced, even compared to other DLP soft toys.
The "collectible" price tag is especially galling when you see how casually DLP have dropped the bears all around the place (presumably to further increase sales). They're scattered all over the tree in Disneyland Hotel! That must be hundreds of Euros "worth" of Duffy bear on there.
Would be fascinating to see the actual sales figures. Can we assume that Duffy will be a permanent presence in Main Street at least, now? What with the repainted boarding house, mural, Storybook Store displays, etc...
i love my duffy and bought an extra one for a fellow forum member on here as she just missed out, with my AP discount and the exchange rate at the time he worked out to be £21 which i didnt think was too bad seeing as he is quite a big bear :-)
I personally like Duffy well enough, but I don't like that in Europe everything is so overpriced. I don't necessarily blame it on Disneyland because I think everything here is just a few times more expensive than in the US (and I'm saying this as a life-long European resident haha).
I'm really anxious to see how he will sell in Paris because in the Asian community he was quite big at some point, especially in Japan. However, it is in the Asian pop culture to like these kind of cute goods so I doubt that it would hit off well in the US or Europe.
I mean both Europeans and Americans don't seem to like "cute characters" and "cute goods" as the Japanese (and the Chinese, and the Koreans..) do. In Japan it would be perfectly normal to see a woman over her 20s carrying a phone with a Hello Kitty phone-strap attached to it but here, no, it doesn't seem so likely. But I hope that the European public will love him, I definitely look forward to seeing him next time I visit the park.
By the way I'm not trying to make anything "racial" here and definitely not trying to generalise, so I hope no one is offended. It's just that "cute culture" is REALLY big in Asia and part of the Asian community.
But teddy bears are popular in the UK and probably most other countries, the only issue is Duffy is sold by Disney and the price of him. Why are Disney selling their own bears? If we take into account how popular teddy bears are, I say why wouldn't they. I know not everybody would want one.
@ed-uk Yeah, you have a point. Well in The Netherlands teddy bears aren't really popular, I didn't know they were as popular in the UK but now it seems kind of logical (I mean I never saw so many teddies as in London!). But I think that in Europe they will try to aim more for the kids then?
I don't have a problem with the merchandise as I can just choose not to buy it. I don't like him as a character as I think he looks like any old bear you see in a shopping centre giving out flyers for a shop promotion. He's not a character made with much thought but one to catalyse the marketing of all the merchandise. This again I wouldn't have too much of a problem with if he wasn't so prominent. He's gate-crashed Mickey's meet and greet on Main ST and has his own float in the parade - which is the cheapest looking float they've possibly ever had. He's also part of the Tree Lighting Ceremony. I also have a problem with him being Mickey's bear yet he dwarfs Mickey. I know characters are never to scale, but this just looks more ridiculous than normal. I wouldn't have so much of a problem if he wasn't all of a sudden such a huge part of Disneyland Park, but he's everywhere and he's just a plain old teddy bear who doesn't really belong.
Buy hey, each to their own. For people that like him he's obviously a great new addition. For those of us who don't we'll have t learn to ignore him. At least Mickey will have his own meet and greet for the 20th Anniversary celebrations.
Disney are hoping that people will part with their cash and buy one. I have to ask myself as an adult am I more likely to buy a Buzz Lightyear, Winnie the Pooh (even if they have been in films ) or a Duffy. I don't even mind him being in the Christmas section of the parade. He just replaces the toy soldier on the same float. Teddy bears, Christmas and children seem to go together. And for adults too.
Quote from: "ed-uk"Disney are hoping that people will part with their cash and buy one.
I have to ask myself as an adult am I more likely to buy a Buzz Lightyear, Winnie the Pooh (even if they have been in films ) or a Duffy. I don't even mind him being in the Christmas section of the parade. He just replaces the toy soldier on the same float. Teddy bears, Christmas and children seem to go together. And for adults too.
that would an easy choice for me - Buzz :D :D !
Ok, I must admit I do have a few Disney beanies, well quite alot actually, but I was knee high to a grasshopper when I started collecting them. I have stopped, but if Disney release a Duffy beanie maybe I'll get one.
Duffy or Buzz Lightyear? Easy. Both. My daugther wanted a Duffy in a Buzz Lightyear costume :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now she has Duff as Buzz and a "Build a Bear" bunny as Jessie.
I met Duffy in Disneyland Hong Kong last week we fell in LOVE with him he was sooooo very cute and made a real fuss of my 5 & 7 year olds. We ended up leaving Hong Kong with a Duffy each in hand and a few outfits for him. Yes expensive but we love him. We saw a few Shellie May's from Japanese tourists around Hong Kong and we cant wait to get our hands on her too.
We look forward to meeting Duffy in Disneyland Paris next weekend. =D>
Quote from: "Reiana"Duffy or Buzz Lightyear? Easy. Both. My daugther wanted a Duffy in a Buzz Lightyear costume :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now she has Duff as Buzz and a "Build a Bear" bunny as Jessie.
Yes we got my son's Duffy a Buzz and a Woody outfit.... Duffy is just soooooo cute xox
I personally love Duffy (obviously!), and whilst I understand people don't like the fact that he's everywhere in DLP right now (but I doubt that will last, he's just being pushed because he's brand new and of course DLP want to get the knowledge of him out there to everyone, it will soon die down) I don't understand people's upset over the fact that he isn't in any movies or anything, as that's the aspect of him that I really like. To me, him being a park only character suits his voyaging nature and makes him even more special in lots of ways, and I love the exclusive feel it gives to the character that he's only available in the parks and only people that have visited know who he is.
I've not yet had the chance to visit Duffy in Paris, but I've seen him in both Tokyo and California. His reception wasn't great in California from what I could tell, I had many people asking why I was carrying a teddy bear around and he was often alone on his meet and greet spot (but I hardly cared, as it meant I got to spend more time with him!). So I'm glad that he seems to be fairly popular in DLP from the sounds of it :)
I'm glad I bought my Duffy in the US though, I paid about $30, which is about £20/€23 which feels like a fair price, €30 is too much. Outfits in the US are also $15 which works out significantly cheaper too. Personally I believe he should be priced more around the €20-€25 margin, with the outfits being around €10. He is a very high quality plushie compared to any others I ever bought at a Disney park though, so there is that.
Quote from: "PirateSteve"I don't have a problem with the merchandise as I can just choose not to buy it. I don't like him as a character as I think he looks like any old bear you see in a shopping centre giving out flyers for a shop promotion. He's not a character made with much thought but one to catalyse the marketing of all the merchandise. This again I wouldn't have too much of a problem with if he wasn't so prominent. He's gate-crashed Mickey's meet and greet on Main ST and has his own float in the parade - which is the cheapest looking float they've possibly ever had.
I so agree with you on this. I think its a clever merch/ moneymaking idea but al the above turns it into a big disappointment. Hoe ever if he turns out to be a huge success and helps DLRP to build new (NON DUFFY) rides: who am I to comeplain?
Anyone got any pics yet of duffy with his salior suit at the town house and is this like xmas where mickey comes out with duffy.
Quote from: "hawian rollercoaster"Anyone got any pics yet of duffy with his salior suit at the town house and is this like xmas where mickey comes out with duffy.
I took this picture of Duffy with Mickey last wednesday. :)
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Thanks my daughter is really chuffed with that.
Quote from: "hawian rollercoaster"Thanks my daughter is really chuffed with that.
Glad I could help! :thumbs:
So Duffy is officially here to stay and isn't just someone you can meet at Christmas?
I'm guessing that when Mickey moves to his new Meet and greet area this will become Duffys official area.
Can somebody please explain to me how Duffy is taller than Mickey, if in all of the pictures of his story Mickey is seen holding him as an actual teddy size? I have no real problem with him in context, but little things like this just show him back up as the merchandising tool that he really is.
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"Can somebody please explain to me how Duffy is taller than Mickey, if in all of the pictures of his story Mickey is seen holding him as an actual teddy size? I have no real problem with him in context, but little things like this just show him back up as the merchandising tool that he really is.
They are actually just around the same height in the parks. So does it bother you that Chip & Dale are taller than Donald in the Parks? Even though in all cartoons they appear in together they barley reach his knees.
I really don't see why so many people are against Duffy. What's wrong with DLP trying to make money? Isn't that what we all want right now?
The problem I have with Duffy being bigger than Mickey (and he is in the last picture posted), is that he is supposed to be an inanimate object. I don't have an issue with any movie characters being off scale because I recognise them as characters which are there because people want to see them, Duffy isn't a Disney character for me, he's a cheap option for Disney to sell cuddly toys and accessories which you could see on any high street.
If it was a dress up Mickey concept I'd understand that. But if you look at Duffy there is nothing to suggest that he is any different or belonging to the park than the bear I bought from Hamleys in 2007. I guess I just want to see Disney retain it's values and not sell out on gimmick merchandise that has little to no relevance to the park.
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"I guess I just want to see Disney retain it's values and not sell out on gimmick merchandise that has little to no relevance to the park.
:thumbs: =D>
Quick question: (to all the people who hate Duffy, please don't shout at me, BUT...) will Duffy still be in the parks for a significant time? I'm going in June and would love to meet him. Have there been any Duffy sightings since January? :D
Yes, Duffy now looks like a permanent addition!
He's currently meeting from 10.00am to 3.00pm every day at the same Liberty Arcade location, but now in his regular sailor outfit: http://news.disneylandparis.co.uk/UK/EN ... arades.pdf (http://news.disneylandparis.co.uk/UK/EN/Neutral/Images/ShowsAndParades.pdf%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
That's great news, thanks very much :D Can't wait to meet him and buy a Duffy bear!
Quote from: "Anthony"Yes, Duffy now looks like a permanent addition!
He's currently meeting from 10.00am to 3.00pm every day at the same Liberty Arcade location, but now in his regular sailor outfit: http://news.disneylandparis.co.uk/UK/EN ... arades.pdf (http://news.disneylandparis.co.uk/UK/EN/Neutral/Images/ShowsAndParades.pdf%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
You have made my year with this news!
And mine! :D Plus his little sailor outfit is so cute, aw Duffy!
We just came back from the park, having been at almost the same time the year before. I was keen to see / try all the new additions since that point, however small they may be, but I must admit that before we went to the park, I completely didn't get Duffy as a character or why he needed to exist: A character walking round the parks who has no connection to any Disney films or shows makes little sense, and as a Teddy Bear, he is cute, but quite generic looking, so I wasn't sure why Disney were trying to push him so much - surely a generic teddy bear is not a get rich quick no failure piece of merchandise, you can buy one anywhere.
And THEN when we got to Disney, I finally understood. It's a blummin' "Build'a'Bear"/"Bear Factory" compatible bear. NOW I get it. SMART move. Kids love Build'a'bear style cuddly toys, and they quickly become their favourites because they have a wide range of ever changing clothes and accessories that they can buy for them at (semi) pocket money prices.
Duffy being a generic character is a perfect move, because right next to him they are selling costumes so that you can DRESS HIM UP as your favourite character. We saw Buzz Lightyear Duffybears, Woody Duffybears, etc etc.
Adding the back story that Duffy is Mickey's favourite teddy that he always takes travelling with him is genius, because it means that kids who buy a Duffy will want to bring him EVERY time they come to Disneyland, and buy him a new outfit as an accessory. Its the ultimate re-sell.
And for kids who don't want a Duffy, as they already have a favourite stuffed toy that they brought with them on holiday? There's a very good chance that the costumes and accessories will fit them too, and of course their favourite little pal needs a souvenir as well as their owner.
Very clever, pure marketing hype of course, but good luck to them. Selling Disney costumes and accessories for build'a'bears without having to pay for the franchise rights is a very smart move that will do financially very well for Disney. Anything that shifts more merchandise is good for the parks over all, and Duffy is cute. I don't object to him being there, especially when he's walking round with Mickey or Minnie, ensuring they spend a decent amount of time in the parks. Oh, and the animatronic one in the shop (one in Main Street I think) is awesome.
Did you not read Duffys back story?
He is a bear that Minnie made for Mickey to keep him company on his travels.
I can understand why some people think he is just a money making scheme, I personally don't. I love his story and how he is appealing to all ages. My daughter having not met Duffy yet but knows his story is completely in love with him and does not go anywhere without her Duffy bear.
Duffy was in the Disneyland Hotel when we were there last week .. he was one of the characters doing the meet and greet by breakfast .. was so lucky we only had to wait 5 mins to see him not the hour + long queue that was waiting in the usual place ...
there are duffy's for sale all over the place and lots of the carts and kiosks had duffy outfits for sale .. he is v cudly .. we didn't buy one this time - but no doubt he is going to be on my daughters list for the next time :)
Quote from: "torillien"Duffy was in the Disneyland Hotel when we were there last week .. he was one of the characters doing the meet and greet by breakfast .. was so lucky we only had to wait 5 mins to see him not the hour + long queue that was waiting in the usual place ...
there are duffy's for sale all over the place and lots of the carts and kiosks had duffy outfits for sale .. he is v cudly .. we didn't buy one this time - but no doubt he is going to be on my daughters list for the next time :)
Hoping to catch him in the DLH, my daughter wants to meet him everywhere and I think would camp out if she had too lol.
I don't know what to make of him. I'm a huge fan of Disney. I'm getting Married on 5th December (Walt's birthday), all my pets are named after characters, and I have scrap book upon scrap book of Disney based things. I've documented Walt's biography, his work, his legacy, I absolutely adore everything Disney. But until coming on here, and then looking him up, I had no clue who Duffy was, and you know what? After reading his back story several times, he's still a random bear to me. He's just something Tokyo came up with to make more money and that's not Disney at all. Perhaps if he was featured in something out of the parks he'd make a lot more sense. But absolutely nobody I know has ever heard of him. I've actually had a parent today, who knows how big of a fan of Disney I am, came and told me that they're taking their kids to Disneyland Paris, but couldn't for the life of them understand who this bear was they thought it was a new film that they'd missed. It all just seems a bit, well I don't know really. Plenty of other parks have mascots, and you know what, usually those mascots are bears. It's as though someone's thought, let's jump on the bear bandwagon. But the Disney parks don't need another Bear. They've got plenty. There's Balloo, and Pooh, and Brer Bear, The Country Bears. When I was little there was the Gummi Bears!
I do see his appeal, and I do see that the back story is cute, but it needs to be better documented.
Wow its been a while since I last visited this thread. Glad to see its still going and people who visit Disneyland Paris are being introduced at last to Duffy.
I bring very exciting news. Disneyland Paris is now stocking its very own 12 inch 20th Anniversary Duffy Bear. An exclusive product that will be the envy of Duffy fans everywhere. But mostly in Japan. I wonder how much these could go for on EBAY. Anyway here is a pic of the new line from the @InsideDLParis Twitter page.
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That 20th Duffy looks super cute, though I just wish you could buy the outfit for him rather than it being attached to him.
I was there over the weekend and it seemed to me that the Duffy craze is coming to an end. Now Mickey has moved to his temporary home the queue was no more than half a dozen families. Meanwhile the queue at the other end of Liberty Arcade with Winnie the Pooh was quite long.
Quote from: "Handy Andy"I was there over the weekend and it seemed to me that the Duffy craze is coming to an end. Now Mickey has moved to his temporary home the queue was no more than half a dozen families. Meanwhile the queue at the other end of Liberty Arcade with Winnie the Pooh was quite long.
Is it really bad that when I saw this my first thought was "Hooray! More time with Duffy!"? :oops: Seriously though I do hope people still want to meet him so he sticks around, do you think they're just unsure of who he is, or...? So is it just Duffy in the meet 'n' greet now Mickey's gone to his temporary home? I suppose when Mickey was there he had some guaranteed crowds :(
Quote from: "geekyjo"Quote from: "Handy Andy"I was there over the weekend and it seemed to me that the Duffy craze is coming to an end. Now Mickey has moved to his temporary home the queue was no more than half a dozen families. Meanwhile the queue at the other end of Liberty Arcade with Winnie the Pooh was quite long.
Is it really bad that when I saw this my first thought was "Hooray! More time with Duffy!"? :oops: Seriously though I do hope people still want to meet him so he sticks around, do you think they're just unsure of who he is, or...? So is it just Duffy in the meet 'n' greet now Mickey's gone to his temporary home? I suppose when Mickey was there he had some guaranteed crowds :(
It's just Duffy on his own. When my lad queued it was for no more than 3 minutes.
I really think the casual visitor didn't have a clue who he was.
I believe DLRP may end up with a problem with this meet and greet without Mickey. It doesn't seem popular enough to keep long term but they have tons of merchandise to sell. Putting another character with him would not work without changing his back story.
Yeah I see what you mean. I only really know about him cos of the Disney blogs and this forum, but without those I wouldn't have a clue who he was until I actually arrived at DLP.
I was thinking maybe they could put him with another character, but you're right, it wouldn't fit with his backstory at all :o As an adult I think he's very sweet so I can't wait to meet him, but I suppose most children would be excited to meet their favourite characters and wouldn't be too fussed about a bear, even if he was on a parade float. Poor Duffy :(
QuoteI believe DLRP may end up with a problem with this meet and greet without Mickey. It doesn't seem popular enough to keep long term but they have tons of merchandise to sell. Putting another character with him would not work without changing his back story.
I can't imagine how they thought it would ever work! Putting him the parade won't make a scrap of difference.
If they will insist on keeping Duffy as a walking-about character, they should just have him wandering around the shops pushing the merchandise. That's his real 'back story', after all.
Duffy was present one afternoon at the Location you used to meet Mickey. The queue was maybe 10 people, so we quickly lined in and had a picture taken. He is a nice and cuddly guy, but I somehow cannot connect to him, be it in plush or in character form.
I think you've nailed it for me there, you can't connect to Duffy because he is just a bear. You can connect to the other characters because you know their stories, Duffy is (weirdly!) too much of a commercial product for the parks.
Hmm, I see what you guys mean. I have spoken to people who feel that his backstory is very weak and convenient and that he is 'shoved' onto us in the parks.
Personally I can connect to him as a character in the parks, I think he's very sweet and kind and quite shy and that that is his 'personality', sort of thing - which I have taken just from seeing videos etc of him. I think if anything I have connected to him more because of the lack of reception to him! I feel bad for him and just want to give him a hug, haha. Not sure if that is what Disney intended :oops:
We went last week, I just saw Duffy out of the corner of my eye. The back story is lovely, and we watched the tots walking up to Duffy, and the interaction was lovely. My 5 year old daughter adored him, they had a dance together curtseyed and cuddled. It was lovely to watch, and she certainly wanted to meet him. I think Duffy is a good addition to the parks, as he is very friendly and cuddly.
It looks like Duffy is being phased out. Chip & Dale and Tigger have doing meet and greets in his usual spot over the last week.
That's good news. I have never liked that stupid bear and I wouldn't mind if he disappears, but I guess I'm in the minority here.
You are not in the minority as far as I am concerned Dagobert, I would be delighted to see Duffy disapear from meet and greets and Disney Magic on parade. I have no objections to him being on sale in the shops though
Quote from: "dagobert"That's good news. I have never liked that stupid bear and I wouldn't mind if he disappears, but I guess I'm in the minority here.
I'm not sure about minority :) In my opinion the bear should have stayed in the Once upon Toy Shop in Orlando :x The Japanese have much to answer for :roll:
Quote from: "dagobert"That's good news. I have never liked that stupid bear and I wouldn't mind if he disappears, but I guess I'm in the minority here.
That is rather harsh! I like Duffy, and my daughter adores him. I brought my wife a Disney bear from DLP 8 years ago.
There is nothing new about Duffy, although I am not sure I like him as a meet and greet character, h works well as a Disney collectible.
That news has made me sad, I love Duffy! I went a couple of weeks ago and the queues were often quite short to meet him (never any more than 10 mins, often no-one at all!) so I met him twice in the end, he was lovely :D
I hope he doesn't go but I suppose it makes sense, I guess Disney want to have as popular characters as possible so more people are drawn to the parks/to the meet 'n' greets, it doesn't make sense to waste a meet 'n' greet spot. I'm just glad I met Duffy and bought my Duffy bear while I still could :( I hope they carry on selling the bears and the clothes though cos I wanna get my Duffy a Christmas outfit, haha :oops:
I emailed DLP and asked and they said there is no news about Duffy going anywhere. The reason Chip and Dale and the Tigger and Eeyore were out the other week was due to CM illness.
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"I emailed DLP and asked and they said there is no news about Duffy going anywhere. The reason Chip and Dale and the Tigger and Eeyore were out the other week was due to CM illness.
I'm surprised you received a reply so quickly. I had a reply from them this morning regarding a question I sent them on 21st May.
Quote from: "Handy Andy"Quote from: "littlemermaid83"I emailed DLP and asked and they said there is no news about Duffy going anywhere. The reason Chip and Dale and the Tigger and Eeyore were out the other week was due to CM illness.
I'm surprised you received a reply so quickly. I had a reply from them this morning regarding a question I sent them on 21st May.
I emailed them yesterday and received a reply within 15 minutes. I guess it depends what address your e-mailing.
Thank you so much for posting the info from your reply from Disney. My son was so upset that he might not see Duffy on our next trip. Youve made my day much happier! Thanks again
Now i finally get the Duffy thing!! :-D I didn't know that he's a kind of build-a-bear thing! Now I'm really looking forward to see what clothes Dlp offers for him. There will be nothing female like princess costumes i guess? Duffy is a guy, right?
I'm sorry for him not having much popularity till now.. I think i will keep him company once a while when i'm there ;-)
Quote from: "ewormas"Thank you so much for posting the info from your reply from Disney. My son was so upset that he might not see Duffy on our next trip. Youve made my day much happier! Thanks again
They told me he is on the schedule until 6th July, so not sure if he will be at his usual spot after that. But like I said they have no news that Duffy is leaving and asked me to contact them nearer my trip so they can check again.
Quote from: "esmeralda"Now i finally get the Duffy thing!! :-D I didn't know that he's a kind of build-a-bear thing! Now I'm really looking forward to see what clothes Dlp offers for him. There will be nothing female like princess costumes i guess? Duffy is a guy, right?
I'm sorry for him not having much popularity till now.. I think i will keep him company once a while when i'm there ;-)
He has girlfriend called Shellie May but you can only find her at Disney Sea in Tokyo.
Quote from: "ewormas"Thank you so much for posting the info from your reply from Disney. My son was so upset that he might not see Duffy on our next trip. Youve made my day much happier! Thanks again
Me too! Aw I'm so happy he's not scheduled to go anywhere!
He was there this week :) My son adores him and we have come home with a lot of outfits! haha. He never had much of a queue, poor Duffy
I have very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I fell in love with the Disney Bear (as he was once originally known) when I first saw him in WDW in 2000 and always regretted not buying one. On the other, I don't like the idea of him being given prominence as a character in the park, and I don't like his name.
The backstory he has now is really unappealing to me. His original backstory was adorable. For those who aren't familiar -A lonely Mickey sat one night in front of the castle in the Magic Kingdom, with only his teddy bear for company. While he hugged his bear, he wished that he had a friend with him to share the magic of the park. As luck would have it, Tinkerbell saw Mickey and his bear and wanted to help. Tink sprinkled pixie dust over them, bringing the bear to life. Mickey happily hugged his new friend tightly, and when he let go, the imprint of Mickey's face was on his teddy's face, showing their forever bond.
I really don't understand what was wrong with that story - why change it? :roll:
Quote from: "Rain"I have very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I fell in love with the Disney Bear (as he was once originally known) when I first saw him in WDW in 2000 and always regretted not buying one. On the other, I don't like the idea of him being given prominence as a character in the park, and I don't like his name.
The backstory he has now is really unappealing to me. His original backstory was adorable. For those who aren't familiar -A lonely Mickey sat one night in front of the castle in the Magic Kingdom, with only his teddy bear for company. While he hugged his bear, he wished that he had a friend with him to share the magic of the park. As luck would have it, Tinkerbell saw Mickey and his bear and wanted to help. Tink sprinkled pixie dust over them, bringing the bear to life. Mickey happily hugged his new friend tightly, and when he let go, the imprint of Mickey's face was on his teddy's face, showing their forever bond.
I really don't understand what was wrong with that story - why change it? :roll:
Awww thats a really sweet story!
Quote from: "Rain"I have very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I fell in love with the Disney Bear (as he was once originally known) when I first saw him in WDW in 2000 and always regretted not buying one. On the other, I don't like the idea of him being given prominence as a character in the park, and I don't like his name.
The backstory he has now is really unappealing to me. His original backstory was adorable. For those who aren't familiar -A lonely Mickey sat one night in front of the castle in the Magic Kingdom, with only his teddy bear for company. While he hugged his bear, he wished that he had a friend with him to share the magic of the park. As luck would have it, Tinkerbell saw Mickey and his bear and wanted to help. Tink sprinkled pixie dust over them, bringing the bear to life. Mickey happily hugged his new friend tightly, and when he let go, the imprint of Mickey's face was on his teddy's face, showing their forever bond.
I really don't understand what was wrong with that story - why change it? :roll:
I thought the back story was Mickey was travelling all around the world and Minnie made him the bear to bring with him on his travels or is that just the story for Epcot in WDW?
Quote from: "petals"I thought the back story was Mickey was travelling all around the world and Minnie made him the bear to bring with him on his travels or is that just the story for Epcot in WDW?
That's the backstory they go with at DLP too - it's explained on signs in the queue to meet Duffy on Main Street. In that story it never mentions him coming to life which I found weird cos I'd heard the other story too about him coming to life because of Tink. Maybe the other story is only for certain parks or maybe they changed it, I'm not sure! I do prefer the old one about Mickey sitting in front of the castle though, it's far more magical :oops:
According to InsideDLParis Duffy is not returning to the Boarding house for meets until the Halloween Festival.
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"According to InsideDLParis Duffy is not returning to the Boarding house for meets until the Halloween Festival.
Oh!! I'm sorry for him! Poor Duffy :(
I just took a survey about my last trip. It contained two questions about whether I knew Duffy and where I had seen him. I found this quite interesting since there were no questions about any other characters. It seems Disney's market research department is still interested in Duffy.
Odd... What about Mickey? He's the one who started it all! Must be doing Duffy because he's new and well... :lol: Adorable :lol: Sorry! Just had to! :P
I saw on a Wikipedia page that Mickey is set to star in two new Disney films - do you think Duffy will have a part?! :) It's good to hear they are still asking about him at the parks, I guess they want to know what they can do to make him more well known. I'll really miss Duffy if he goes forever :(
Anyone know what's going on with Duffy at the moment - any sightings? I was hoping that he might be back before Halloween but it seems like he will be more of a seasonal bear from now on :(
Quote from: "geekyjo"Anyone know what's going on with Duffy at the moment - any sightings? I was hoping that he might be back before Halloween but it seems like he will be more of a seasonal bear from now on :(
I heard more rumours that he may not even be out for Halloween and can only been seen on the parade or for Special events ie-When the Prince comes as he is a huge Duffy fan.
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"I heard more rumours that he may not even be out for Halloween and can only been seen on the parade or for Special events ie-When the Prince comes as he is a huge Duffy fan.
Aww no! I hope he sticks around on the parade for a while, I loved seeing him so much last time, I would be so upset if he didn't return to the parks :(
That's crazy, wish I was a prince(ss)! I would request Duffy for every visit and ask if I could stay in the Sleeping Beauty suite :D
Fantastic new if it's true! The corporate misfit character isn't going to be cluttering up the Main Street theme anymore!
[-o< [-o< No more Duffy ;) Yippee :D/ ;)
Wow no need to be harsh guys, there are people out there that do actually like Duffy. Though I agree he shouldn't be placed in Mainstreet, but somewhere else yes.
It's really strange that lot's of people, me included, think Duffy is just a money making ploy whereas we all have favourite characters that fall into the same category and love them!! I've never seen such black and white opinions on this site!! it seems fairly obvious that you either love Duffy or hate him!
Who needs Duffy? I say: Bring back Roger Rabbit!
I agree with littlemermaid83. I love seeing Duffy last year and have a photo token with him in his santa suit. I hope he stays in disneyland paris next year in 2013 because I would love to have a photo taken him in his sailor suit.
The reason I don't agree with him being in the parks, is that the other characters you see are all related to a movie or story which ties it to the park, Duffy is purely there to push sales of a plush bear and his overpriced 'costumes'. If it was a case of say, a Baloo bear from Tailspin, where you could dress him up with outfit he collected whilst flying around the world I'd have no issue with it - he is a Disney character, with a Disney story, which fits it's timeline. Duffy is a generic bear, with no background, and no link to anything but his product.
Even the iconic villains from Universal's Halloween Horror Nights have more fully developed backstories than Duffy, and they're used purely as photo ops with no specific merchandising attached.
Hi to all Duffy Bear lovers!
I asked #insidedlparis if Duffy is gonna be at DLRP for Halloween, had a reply last night saying that Duffy IS coming back for Halloween!
Personally I don't mind Duffy at all. I'm sure we've all bought merchandise that has basically just been a generic item that's got some Disney stickering on it, so I don't think Duffy is exactly going to ruin DLRP, is it?
Quote from: "ewormas"Hi to all Duffy Bear lovers!
I asked #insidedlparis if Duffy is gonna be at DLRP for Halloween, had a reply last night saying that Duffy IS coming back for Halloween!
Personally I don't mind Duffy at all. I'm sure we've all bought merchandise that has basically just been a generic item that's got some Disney stickering on it, so I don't think Duffy is exactly going to ruin DLRP, is it?
That's great news, thank you for letting us know :D I bet he looks so cute in his Halloween costume!
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"The reason I don't agree with him being in the parks, is that the other characters you see are all related to a movie or story which ties it to the park, Duffy is purely there to push sales of a plush bear and his overpriced 'costumes'. If it was a case of say, a Baloo bear from Tailspin, where you could dress him up with outfit he collected whilst flying around the world I'd have no issue with it - he is a Disney character, with a Disney story, which fits it's timeline. Duffy is a generic bear, with no background, and no link to anything but his product.
Even the iconic villains from Universal's Halloween Horror Nights have more fully developed backstories than Duffy, and they're used purely as photo ops with no specific merchandising attached.
I do see what you guys mean, I completely understand that some people really don't care for him at all and I can see why, particularly when he was placed in the parade next to Mickey etc. But I just think he's very sweet and because he is Disney then of course I naturally love him. I'm not too fussed about standard build-a-bears back home, and would always rather spend my money on a cuddly Mickey or Minnie instead, but because Duffy is 'The Disney Bear' I bought him and his sailor outfit, and when I look at him he reminds me of DLP so much!
I think captain rocket is right - you either love him or you hate him! :lol:
Yep, you either love him or hate him! perhaps he should have been called marmite bear!!
Quote from: "captain rocket"Yep, you either love him or hate him! perhaps he should have been called marmite bear!!
On here the views are pretty polarised, but I think Duffy's fate was sealed in the park where it was not love or hate but "Meh". I think a character has to be pretty well known and popular to make the normal visitor consider wasting valuable time queuing up for them, in Europe at least. So in the end Duffy was just another guy/gal in a bear suit, the like of which you can see in any shopping centre/kids event.
(Also I must admit of feeling slightly proud of my fellow Europeans for not falling for these particular marketing wiles. Yay us!)
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"The reason I don't agree with him being in the parks, is that the other characters you see are all related to a movie or story which ties it to the park, Duffy is purely there to push sales of a plush bear and his overpriced 'costumes'. If it was a case of say, a Baloo bear from Tailspin, where you could dress him up with outfit he collected whilst flying around the world I'd have no issue with it - he is a Disney character, with a Disney story, which fits it's timeline. Duffy is a generic bear, with no background, and no link to anything but his product.
But Duffy does has his own back story. Maybe you need to read his book?
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"But Duffy does has his own back story. Maybe you need to read his book?
Maybe you don't. It's a front story, not a back story. Marketing came up with a product idea unrelated to any existing Disney character, then invented a story to try and justify it. Unlike the usual (and I'd say, acceptable) process which is story, animation of character, release movie, make merchandise.
There is a lot of Mickey merchandise, but the character is not (primarily) walking round the parks just to sell a bit more of that and that's not why people queue up for ages to see him. But selling stuff is all the Duffy character is there for.
Duffy doesn't have a back story, Duffy has a few lines quickly put together to explain why there is a 7ft tall bear standing in the park enticing you to buy his products.
As I said, I'd have no problem if they used and existing property with this concept, but just because Japan has fallen for the charms of a generic bear, doesn't mean we should water down our park. The rights to the character could be used to pay for a recent film character appearance - Maybe a Brave Meet and Greet..
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"Duffy doesn't have a back story, Duffy has a few lines quickly put together to explain why there is a 7ft tall bear standing in the park enticing you to buy his products.
As I said, I'd have no problem if they used and existing property with this concept, but just because Japan has fallen for the charms of a generic bear, doesn't mean we should water down our park. The rights to the character could be used to pay for a recent film character appearance - Maybe a Brave Meet and Greet..
I'd rather have Duffy over Merida to be honest.
Why can't Duffy and Merida both have a place in the park? I like Duffy I think he's cute.
Quote from: "petals"Why can't Duffy and Merida both have a place in the park? I like Duffy I think he's cute.
It's all down to money!
Hi all do any of you think duffy while appear for the christmas season thanks in advance . :mickey2: :minnie:
I believe he may be scheduled for Christmas, as well as appearing on the final float of Disney Magic on Parade daily, after all Christmas will be a good marketing opportunity for Duffy merchandise. If you are really desperate, there is a large Duffy in the book shop acting as a "cashier".(//http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/PeteHawke/IMG_0565.jpg)
Happy Halloween! Have a spooktacular day!
For any Duffy fans - here he is on the InsideDLParis Twitter page dressed as a pirate for Halloween! :D
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What!? The Pumpkin Men are back?!
Yes! Looks like a surprise thing :D
We was lucky to watch the show before the public and meet the cast. Duffy looked so cute!!
Hi all
Just thought id post a pic of the cake i decorated for my sons birthday that we took to DLRP in October (its the first cake ive ever decorated). Somehow it survived the journey, although his nose got a little squashed and remade at Ashford International due to the xray machine at customs!
I hope it gives other Duffy Bear fans some ideas for cakes etc... I made red and white life rings and small sailing boats for the side of the cake, with blue nautical themed ribbon around the base. I originally wanted to do a porthole window to frame him on top of the cake but ran out of time. I'd love to see and other Disney cakes people have made.
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We were so disappointed that Duffy wasnt doing a meet and greet while we there, maybe next year!
Duffy will be back at his Boarding House meet and greet location from tomorrow, I think! You know, I've warmed to him over the past year. I think him having less prominence in the park has helped, plus I've seen some of the reactions from people meeting him and talking about him and I can't really dislike anything that gives people that much enjoyment.
So Duffy will be back for the Festive season then? I'm not fussed myself but my daughter wants to get her photo taken with him over Christmas.
Yes, there until early January I believe.
Duffy is back from the 9th at the Boarding House! Till 4pm every day :D
ok thanks
I hope everyone who wanted to meet Duffy gets to meet him this Christmas season. He really is an adorable and cute bear. I know a lot of members here don't like him, but please give him a chance. The joy my Daughter got from meeting him is something I will never forget.
This is great news! Agree with you guys, he does bring a lot of happiness to the people who like him, I am so glad he's back doing meet 'n' greet :D I am 22 and I cried when I met him :oops:
Quote from: "geekyjo"This is great news! Agree with you guys, he does bring a lot of happiness to the people who like him, I am so glad he's back doing meet 'n' greet :D I am 22 and I cried when I met him :oops:
I'm 29 and I love him so much! I have never been so excited to meet a Disney character as I was when I met Duffy. He is adorable!
Today marks Duffys One year Anniversary at Disneyland Paris!! Here is hoping Duffy has many more wonderful Birthdays to come in his Paris home!
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE DUFFY!!
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Have to say I'm really disapointed about the meet and greet. I heard somewhere that they were going to have a Minnie meet and greet at the Boarding House so very unhappy that they have stuck a bear who looks like he should be in a Bear Factory shop instead. My children have never heard of him so at least it's one queue we will not have to wait in!
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Today marks Duffys One year Anniversary at Disneyland Paris!! Here is hoping Duffy has many more wonderful Birthdays to come in his Paris home!
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE DUFFY!!
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Thanks so much for the news littlemermaid83! Happy birthday to Duffy :ears: Can't wait to meet him again at the Boarding House in June!
Quote from: "lorrig"Have to say I'm really disapointed about the meet and greet. I heard somewhere that they were going to have a Minnie meet and greet at the Boarding House so very unhappy that they have stuck a bear who looks like he should be in a Bear Factory shop instead. My children have never heard of him so at least it's one queue we will not have to wait in!
Minnie is meeting in Santa's Village in a cute little Christmas dress!
Duffy meet and greet is set up near the Storybook Shop but he wasn't meeting on Friday
Actually Minnie is at the Boarding House in the morning and Duffy is there in the afternoon. In the afternoon minnie goes to santa's village to join the other characters who are already there (Pluto with reindeer antlers for example).
Any news on/sightings of Duffy over the last few weeks? Last I heard he was returning to the Boarding House for his sailor meet 'n' greets? :D
He is in the window of my local Disney Store and is being sold on the UK Disney Store website too, so hopefully this means he will have more presence in the parks!
My daughter meet Duffy and Mickey together last March, they where so adorable and didnt rush her. You can buy duffy bears on the disney store uk website.
I loved his Valentine's Day outfit! When I popped into the Disney Store I used to work in, they told me sales of Duffy have been a bit underwhelming :( Apparently he is considered more of a 'boy toy' yet apparently boys just aren't really taking to him, so they are considering bringing in Shellie May so that girls can get more involved. I'm a girl and I love my Duffy though :(
Can someone explain duffy to me.... I mean hes cute and all but just who is he? He makes absolutely no sense to me at all... and until the thread opened on here i didnt even know he existed.... And in my disney store the duffys where kept on the 'princess' side of the store as opposed to the 'cars/spiderman etc' side... Which would imply they where for girls even though there was only male character outfits for him (woody and buzz to name 2)
Ps. I have this funny feeling i have posted this before.... If i have i apologise (cant see a comment on it in my posts thing in the control pannel area but i could have missed it)
Quote from: "SwipatronSparks"Can someone explain duffy to me.... I mean hes cute and all but just who is he? He makes absolutely no sense to me at all... and until the thread opened on here i didnt even know he existed.... And in my disney store the duffys where kept on the 'princess' side of the store as opposed to the 'cars/spiderman etc' side... Which would imply they where for girls even though there was only male character outfits for him (woody and buzz to name 2)
Ps. I have this funny feeling i have posted this before.... If i have i apologise (cant see a comment on it in my posts thing in the control pannel area but i could have missed it)
Can this help anything?
//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy_the_Disney_Bear
yeah it does.... explains where he even came from at least =]
In the waiting line beetween Storybook Store and Liberty Arcade they show the story in 3 or 4 different "books".
Quote from: "SwipatronSparks"Can someone explain duffy to me.... I mean hes cute and all but just who is he? He makes absolutely no sense to me at all... and until the thread opened on here i didnt even know he existed.... And in my disney store the duffys where kept on the 'princess' side of the store as opposed to the 'cars/spiderman etc' side... Which would imply they where for girls even though there was only male character outfits for him (woody and buzz to name 2)
Ps. I have this funny feeling i have posted this before.... If i have i apologise (cant see a comment on it in my posts thing in the control pannel area but i could have missed it)
Have you tried you tube, we watched the mickey mouse cartoon before we went last year so our daughter would know who he was before she meet him. Its a great little cartoon and such a cute story.
i havnt actually it was more curiosity that had me asking than anything else, but i will check out the little cartoon =]
I had no idea that there was a cartoon explaining Duffy - I'll have a look for it! I love Duffy none the less - we met him at the joint meet and greet with Mickey, and they were both wonderful with my daughter and very funny. Great memories :D
Does anyone know what is going on with Duffy at the moment? DisneylandParisFans tweeted this yesterday: "Les horaires Duffy ont été enlevés car c'est Dingo en premier qui doit venir à votre rencontre à Boarding House" which roughly translates to "Duffy's schedule has been removed because Goofy will be meeting you first at the Boarding House".
I am confused as to quite what this means? It doesn't sound like Duffy has gone exactly, but why will Goofy be meeting first? Do you think it just means that Goofy is there in the morning and Duffy is there in the afternoon?
I really hope Duffy isn't being taken away again, I love that bear :oops:
Quote from: "geekyjo"Does anyone know what is going on with Duffy at the moment? DisneylandParisFans tweeted this yesterday: "Les horaires Duffy ont été enlevés car c'est Dingo en premier qui doit venir à votre rencontre à Boarding House" which roughly translates to "Duffy's schedule has been removed because Goofy will be meeting you first at the Boarding House".
I am confused as to quite what this means? It doesn't sound like Duffy has gone exactly, but why will Goofy be meeting first? Do you think it just means that Goofy is there in the morning and Duffy is there in the afternoon?
I really hope Duffy isn't being taken away again, I love that bear :oops:
Duffy was infact out this week at the Boarding House, my friend saw him. I also asked a few CM friends who have told me that if no friends of Duffy are available then that is the reason why he is not at the Boarding House. As far as I know he isn't being removed for good. He just might not appear as often due to lack of friends.
Thankyou so much! I think it might have been you I spoke to you Twitter - it's so hard keeping up with who is who on each site haha but I knew you were also VoyagesWithDuffy hence my question :) I'm so glad Duffy's still around, we're going back in June and I'm so excited to meet him again, he's my favourite ;)
For all you Duffy and ShellieMay fans :D
I recently attended the Disney Dreamers Everywhere events all over the world and one of my most favorite events was Duffy's Bedtime story, in which I managed to get a short clip on film. It really was the perfect way to say Goodnight. :P
[youtube:24kjdq81]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej0oMRY2jZY[/youtube:24kjdq81]
Is it true shelly may is going to be a regular at dlrp.
Quote from: hawian rollercoaster on September 07, 2013, 12:23:34 PM
Is it true shelly may is going to be a regular at dlrp.
No this isn't true.
She's going to be out for meet&greets during the Halloween Soiree, but she's not going to be a regular.
Quote from: ShellieMay on September 09, 2013, 12:01:56 PM
Quote from: hawian rollercoaster on September 07, 2013, 12:23:34 PM
Is it true shelly may is going to be a regular at dlrp.
No this isn't true.
She's going to be out for meet&greets during the Halloween Soiree, but she's not going to be a regular.
Where is the official source that ShellieMay will be meeting and greeting for the Soiree? DLP have never confirmed characters in the past. I would hate for people to book tickets because "certain people/websites" that are not official to Disneyland Paris have stated she will be there.
Quote from: littlemermaid83 on September 23, 2013, 10:09:48 PM
Quote from: ShellieMay on September 09, 2013, 12:01:56 PM
Quote from: hawian rollercoaster on September 07, 2013, 12:23:34 PM
Is it true shelly may is going to be a regular at dlrp.
No this isn't true.
She's going to be out for meet&greets during the Halloween Soiree, but she's not going to be a regular.
Where is the official source that ShellieMay will be meeting and greeting for the Soiree? DLP have never confirmed characters in the past. I would hate for people to book tickets because "certain people/websites" that are not official to Disneyland Paris have stated she will be there.
Do you have the link where disney have confirmed ths please?
Magic forum have confirmed it Kelly :)
A new Duffy plush can be found at the Storybook Store (Disneyland Park)!
This time it's a pre-dressed "Steamboat Willie" Duffy.
(http://i59.tinypic.com/21j616d.jpg)
Foto: DisneylandParisFans
That is adorable!!
Quote from: Adam on January 14, 2011, 03:22:48 PM
I wondered why Disney would be bringing the welsh singer Duffy to DLP - until I turned my brain on and realized what the threat was about!
I hate to rain on your parade...
(I'll get my coat, apologies if someone's already done this :p)
I hope Steamboat Duffy is still there in September - I really, really want him :)
Does anyone know if Duffy will be out in his Christmas outfit?? He's not listed on the program for this week - we go on Thursday!!
Quote from: pialykke on November 11, 2014, 09:41:30 PM
Does anyone know if Duffy will be out in his Christmas outfit?? He's not listed on the program for this week - we go on Thursday!!
Unfortunately Duffy hasn't done any meet and greets since last Summer.
And he will probably not return again for a while, if he's going to return again at all.
He's not going to be available for M&G this Christmas season.