Perhaps they have been reading this thread (and the others about a lack of characters and lack of range of them over the last few months at times) and taken this onboard

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Seriously though, we loved Duffy - he was sooo cuddly! And DD1 has Duffy in bed every night so he's been a hit with her (not so much with DD2 though

). But, I'm all for more random (but organised) meet n greets with characters after the lack we experienced in the park recently so if they decide to do a mix and match that's great. But not do away with Duffy altogether surely! Didn't it actually say on the programme 'Duffy and friends' like some of the others say as well...?