Donald Duck who?

[DeathChairOfHell]

I'm from sweden, in europe. donald duck is VERY popular and there's lots of magazines and toys etc, etc, but the two times i've been in USA i haven't seen a single donald duck thing. nothing at all. i mean, he was created in USA. So is America tired of walt disney classics? or does Sweden stay old school?

 

[Swaki]

huh, your right, i mean every person in my family grew up with the (now) weekly donald duck and Co magazine, but on my trips to the states i haven't seen them anywhere.

(representing Denmark)

edit: now that i think about, i only think hes this big in Scandinavia, haven't seen much of them in south Europe either.

 

[AplChild]

It's just a Culture thing. Cuz Sweden loves Donald, it will keep loving Donald, and they'll keep making awesome music.

 

[Simalacrum]

eh, I see Donald Duck products here and there in England, but not on an extremely frequent basis...

We know of its existence, but kids these days are more interested in WALL-E and Madagascar characters, etc

 

[Abedeus]

It was also really, really popular in Poland. A comic thrice, later twice a week, also a bigger magazine once a month, and a Giant comic. That was the name, The Giant, about 100 pages of comics. And there was a short-lived series of big-sized (A4) comics with Scrooge. Bought... 4 issues, and love all of them. Especially the style, with lots of details and funny background action.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Haven't seem him around much in London but its not like there is a tracking system for him. I guess the kids these days are moving on to different things like Pokeboy and Ben28 and not so much into Disney based characters. Dunno about the US though, I hear crazy things happen in that arcane land.

 

[ribonuge]

Count Duckula > Donald Duck.

Spoiler

 

[Lucane]

Over here in the U.S. If Head Icon/Mascot doesn't have a something it's reare for thier co-star/friends to have something the 1st isn't in but you mean why can you only find Mickey or neither then not sure what to tell you.

 

[Armored Prayer]

The only time I see him here in the US is in the mornings during those Kiddie grade shows.

Kind of sad really, he and the rest of the classics have been flipped off and tossed away to make room for cheap mediocrities like the Jonas brothers.

 

[ace_of_something]

Probably because here in the states Disney guards their intellectual property with Grinch-like intensity.
They've even sued daycare centers for using their mascots without permission. And by using I mean putting pictures of them up in the window.

 

[DemonicVixen]

Its been years since i've seen it mentioned at all unless i choose to look for it.

 

[Aardvark Soup]

The most popular Disney character in the US is Mickey Mouse while Donald Duck fullfills that role in Europe (especially in the Netherlands, Denmark and Scandinavia).

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Sweden is different. I know, because I live there. It's a bit weird that he gets more attention here, but then again, this is the country that shows Disney reruns on Christmas.

 

[Earthmonger]

Norway here. Also Donald Duck country. This is because Donald is crusty, ill tempered sailor with swearing problems, like most norwegians. In the US, Mickey and Minnie steal the spotlight.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

The guy's HUGE here in the Netherlands but I must confess that on my trips abroad, he was hard to find.

 

[Moper]

I think Donald duck is a classic everywhere but today's kids want more action and violence than comedy. I'm Bulgarian and I grew on Donald duck comic books but my cousin who's 11 now hasn't even heard that there was a comic book about him. I think today's children get used to violence, drugs and alcohol in movies and animations a bit too soon and Donald only offers comedy to them....

 

[DeathChairOfHell]

Sweden works differently to everywhere else.

This site is an interdimensional portal.

it's funny furburt, how you're always the first one to comment my threads =)

 

[RanD00M]

huh, your right, i mean every person in my family grew up with the (now) weekly donald duck and Co magazine, but on my trips to the states i haven't seen them anywhere.

(representing Denmark)

edit: now that i think about, i only think hes this big in Scandinavia, haven't seen much of them in south Europe either.

Same here.And in the older days,Iceland actually got the Danish version of Donald duck and Co.

And i never saw any of him in Spain or Bulgaria.