Smurf Crossword 1st edition answers

In my previous post I created a crossword, to test your knowledge on your Smurfs. I hope you enjoyed this as much I did creating this. But to be honest, at times I found it hard to know which Smurfs to use and which ones to leave out.

Across Clues

Row 2, Column 13: Likes to smoke a pipe
Row 4, column 17: Was also known as Rock n Roll
Row 7, Column 2: First Super Smurf
Row 6, Column 16: Likes to cheer for the Smurfs
Row 9, Column 10: Plays the drums
Row 8, Column 20: Sold in Australia by the name of Convict
Row 10, Column 2: Holds a handkerchief in hand
Row 11, Column 13: Bully super hero
Row 12, Column 6: Never happy
Row 13, Column 15: Won a gold medal at the London Olympics
Row 15, Column 2: Papa Smurf’s apprentice
Row 16, Column 17: Carries a thermometer
Row 17, Column 5: Gargamel’s cat
Row 18, Column 19: Creator of the Smurfs

Down Clues

Column 19, Row 2: Likes to wear a red or yellow scarf
Column 21, Row 3: Has been found with green lipstick
Column 3, Row 6: A Smurf never released in the UK
Column 13, Row 8: Wears a kilt
Column 16, Row 8: Was sold by the name of Soda Pop in the UK
Column 7, Row 10: Wears a green apron
Column 20, Row 10, Only female in Smurfland
Column 10, Row 12: Also known as money

Please let me know you thoughts on the crossword.

Keep on Smurfin
Kath B

Smurf Crossland – 1st edition

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Answers will be provided in next week’s post.

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Keep on Smurfin
Kath B

Diver Smurf

If you like to collect colour variations Scuba Diver is a great one to have in one’s collection. For this article I will be calling this one Scuba Diver #20466 not to be confused with Diver #20120. Wearing a fluorescent diving suit with a matching flippers and a grey snorkel. The Smurf is also wearing white googles with fluorescent pink edging. Very cool! The different fluorescent colours from green to yellow are endless.

In 2000, the Smurf Collectors Club International report that there will eight New Generation Series Smurfs. Within the same newsletter, they confirm that three of new Smurfs produced for 2000, are similar in theme to previously issued figurines. “Don’t be alarmed by this, you will find that they are real up-to-date ‘with it’ Smurfs and have a distinctively ‘New Generation’ appearance”. Of course one of these was in reference to Diver Smurf.

Later in the same year, SCCI readers voted Diver as their ‘Favourite Smurf for 2000’.

Back in 2000, the Smurfs were made out of China. Some were also painted with a shiny blue paint. I was never big fan of the shiny blue paint, I prefer the matte paint colours. Fortunately, Schleich only sold Scuba Diver like this for a couple of years.

It was also a time, when a blue paint dot was added to the markings to indicate a new pvc formula was used. For some collectors, having a paint dot can add to the value of their Smurfs but for others it’s not such a big deal. Schleich stopped using the blue paint dot around 2003.

I have always thought the green fluorescent colour is harder to find compared to the yellow ones. Especially with the Scuba Diver made before 2009.

In 2009, Schleich changed their markings

Between 2000 and some time in 2008 Scuba Diver had the markings under it’s flippers: Made in China Schleich S Germany 99 Peyo CE. However sometime in 2009 Schleich changed their markings. Like anything new, this created some excitement amongst collectors.

My theory is if Schleich changed the markings on a Smurf then what else may have they changed. In this case I believe it was the fluorescent paint on the wetsuit & flippers and also the white paint used for the smurf hat was changed. The white hat has a waxy white colour and feel.

The markings were added to under it’s flippers: Made in China Am Limes 69 D-73527 Schw. Gmund Schleich S 99 Peyo CE with a time stamp. These markings were used right through to Scuba Diver’s retirement in 2015.

What do you like about Scuba Diver?

Keep on Smurfin
Kath B

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