The story goes that Minnie made the bear for Mickey to take on his travels. She hid him in his duffel bag. Hence, the name Duffy. I believe they started in Tokyo and only came to the US last year. In Tokyo he has a friend named Shellie Mae.
Our family has a Duffy who travels with us. My sister's family brought him back from their trip to WDW last November. We took him to DL in March. We currently have him in Myrtle Beach (we live in Texas) but when we get back my niece is taking him to camp with her. We take pictures of him where ever we go. More scrap material
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