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Duffy merchandise proves to be extremely popular - purchase limits coming into effect
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07vanquish
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Really? Duffy the Bear? I wouldn't have thought he was THAT popular 
No way. This sounds like a way to artificially create demand.
Duffy was created for one reason and one reason only: to sell merchandise. I find it absolutely impossible to believe that Disney can't produce product fast enough to meet demand. After all, this isn't a product that just came out and they haven't known what the demand will be.
It sounds more plausible that there's a vendor/supplier problem. They could be moving to a new (cheaper) supplier and they may be worried the new vendor may not be able to meet demand during the transition.
Duffy was created for one reason and one reason only: to sell merchandise. I find it absolutely impossible to believe that Disney can't produce product fast enough to meet demand. After all, this isn't a product that just came out and they haven't known what the demand will be.
It sounds more plausible that there's a vendor/supplier problem. They could be moving to a new (cheaper) supplier and they may be worried the new vendor may not be able to meet demand during the transition.
Monorail Lime
Well-Known Member
Agreed. Duffy merchandise never appeared to be in short supply up until now. Seems awful suspicious.
Sans Souci
Well-Known Member
I'm surprised by this, too. I read various blogs and message boards about collectables such as Vinylmations and the pins, but I've never read about Duffy being a highly-sought after item. :shrug:
lebeau
Well-Known Member
I did try to order 6 Duffy dolls at the Disney Store website and got the following message...
"Oops! You can only purchase 5 Duffy the Disney Bear Plush Toy -- 17'' H.
Please remove 1 Duffy the Disney Bear Plush Toy -- 17'' H from your Shopping Bag before Checkout."
Take that for what it's worth.
"Oops! You can only purchase 5 Duffy the Disney Bear Plush Toy -- 17'' H.
Please remove 1 Duffy the Disney Bear Plush Toy -- 17'' H from your Shopping Bag before Checkout."
Take that for what it's worth.
MKCP 1985
Well-Known Member
I am just glad my kids were too old before Duffy came along. It would be hard to say "no" to my child wanting such a cute little bear, but that is the very reason I dislike Duffy. Some marketing puke figured out that mommies and daddies would buy stuffed teddy bears for their precious children.
Duffy has nothing to do with anything the Walt Disney Company ever did to entertain people. He never had a cartoon or comic book series. He wasn't in a movie. He's just something made up to generate merchandise sales and for some reason that really bothers me. :lol:
I guess it especially bothers me when Duffy can make appearances at Epcot at the same time Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket are being removed from the parks.
Go away, Duffy. You might as well smell like strawberries for what you are to me, but that's not fair to Lotso Huggin Bear. Even Lotso has a real place in the Walt Disney Company/Pixar which is more than Duffy can say.
Duffy has nothing to do with anything the Walt Disney Company ever did to entertain people. He never had a cartoon or comic book series. He wasn't in a movie. He's just something made up to generate merchandise sales and for some reason that really bothers me. :lol:
I guess it especially bothers me when Duffy can make appearances at Epcot at the same time Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket are being removed from the parks.
Go away, Duffy. You might as well smell like strawberries for what you are to me, but that's not fair to Lotso Huggin Bear. Even Lotso has a real place in the Walt Disney Company/Pixar which is more than Duffy can say.
Master Gracey
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Hopefully this is Just Disney's face saving strategy to quietly "run out" of Duffy merchandise, never restock, and the world will once again be free of this soul-less embodiment of what is wrong with the Disney Co.
captainkidd
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This Duffy?
maxairmike
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So will they be removing him from all the discount outlets around here along with all the other cast-off merch? It looks like apart from the initial introduction launch, Duffy has ended up doing not much better than the other versions of the Storybook Bear they've tried outside of Japan.
This might factor in to the change as well.
This might factor in to the change as well.
Rowdy
Member
:lol:
Think so? I see an awful lot of Duffy product movement while I'm at the world.
baymenxpac
Well-Known Member
we all know that every consumer product is created to generate revenue, right? and that the duffy strategy is no different than beanie babies, yoyos, webkinz, pogs, or anything else that ever claimed to be of a "limited edition" or "limited supply"?
i only say this because it strikes me that people's aversion to this stuff is selectively applied. specifically to duffy. i mean, i don't think walk drew mickey with the idea of, "when replacing oswalt, i want to have a character with artistic integrity." he was probably thinking of a character that had cross-demographic appeal that could sell to kids, appeal to parents, etc.
i don't have an aversion to duffy, just like i don't have a problem to disney selling any kind of merchandise. what's there to get up in arms about? don't like it? don't buy it. if you kids think it's cute and you'd buy them a little gift on vacation anyway, does it matter if it's a duffy or a mickey, donald or goofy?
i know the argument is, "HEY! HE ISN'T A DISNEY CHARACTER! HE'S JUST PRODUCED TO SELL STUFF!" but no disney character is a disney character...until disney creates them.
anyway, long story short: i don't blame a business for trying to make money.
i only say this because it strikes me that people's aversion to this stuff is selectively applied. specifically to duffy. i mean, i don't think walk drew mickey with the idea of, "when replacing oswalt, i want to have a character with artistic integrity." he was probably thinking of a character that had cross-demographic appeal that could sell to kids, appeal to parents, etc.
i don't have an aversion to duffy, just like i don't have a problem to disney selling any kind of merchandise. what's there to get up in arms about? don't like it? don't buy it. if you kids think it's cute and you'd buy them a little gift on vacation anyway, does it matter if it's a duffy or a mickey, donald or goofy?
i know the argument is, "HEY! HE ISN'T A DISNEY CHARACTER! HE'S JUST PRODUCED TO SELL STUFF!" but no disney character is a disney character...until disney creates them.
anyway, long story short: i don't blame a business for trying to make money.
agreed.
erasure fan1
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I think the bigger issue is not that Disney created him to make money but more how blatant they were at doing it. It just seems so forced. If he was in one of the movies or they had made a short with him... I would say OK, I get it. But its just, hey lets create a bear and sell it! Who cares if it has no significance to anything, we'll just create some back story and WHAM! It has the Disney name on it so people will love it!