It’s easy to get confused when collecting smurfs. Some share the same name, some look alike or some are performing the same activity or task.
I find this happens a lot especially when you are talking to someone new to collecting or to someone who knows very little about smurfs. The good thing is all smurfs have a reference number. But what happens if you don’t have any idea what reference number goes with what smurf.
In this case I would suggest that you try to describe the activity or the pose the smurf is doing in one word. This works for most smurfs, though not always.
Recently I came across Earache Smurf (20015) being confused with Naughty Smurf (20077). Both smurfs have their fingers in their ears and both wear the standard white pants and hat.
Upon closer investigation I noticed both smurfs have a different expression on their faces. The way they are placing their fingers in their ears is also profoundly different.
The expression on Earache’s face is – I can’t hear you, where we find Naughty is pulling a silly face with his tongue sticking out and his fingers in his ears are like they are waving to us.
Nowadays we are lucky to have many resources at hand to refer to when we get a little confused about smurfs. But this will never stop the confusion when collecting smurfs. What we call one smurf in English could be translated to something completely different in another language.
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B