Move over Mickey, there’s a new bear in town! Disney casually announced some big news about its Vinylmation toy line late last week…they will be expanding it to include an all new platform figure of Duffy the Disney Bear. Have no fear Mickey purists, the Duffy figure will not be replacing the Mickey Mouse design.
What this means is Disney now has two platform figures to use for its Vinylmation Series instead of just one. While they haven’t released an image of the new Duffy the Disney Bear platform figure, Disney has teased us with this image of the packaging their first Duffy Vinylmation release, an open-edition figure scheduled to arrive in Spring 2012.
To be honest, The Blot had never even heard of Duffy the Disney Bear before last week’s announcement. This got me thinking, who is this Duffy the Disney Bear that the House of Mouse chose to continue its Vinylmation series? That’s a pretty bold move considering all of the classic Disney characters they had to choose from.
I learned on the internet that Duffy was “created” by Minnie Mouse as a present to Mickey before he set sail for a long voyage around the world. Minnie thought Mickey should have something special to remind him how much he was loved at home and gave him this handmade plush teddy bear who Mickey named Duffy. Since late 2010, Duffy the Disney Bear stuffed animals, pins and more have been on sale at Disney theme parks around the world and coming next year…Duffy the Disney Bear Vinylmation figures!
I learned on the internet that Duffy was “created” by Minnie Mouse as a present to Mickey before he set sail for a long voyage around the world. Minnie thought Mickey should have something special to remind him how much he was loved at home and gave him this handmade plush teddy bear who Mickey named Duffy. Since late 2010, Duffy the Disney Bear stuffed animals, pins and more have been on sale at Disney theme parks around the world and coming next year…Duffy the Disney Bear Vinylmation figures!
