How actively do you go looking for better quality smurfs to update your own collection?
The other day I found myself looking at a tired old Chef Smurf (20042) that I had owned for sometime. It may have even been from my childhood days but I am not really sure. This smurf was starting to look a little tired with paint rub on his nose and fingers. The grim marks each time I clean the smurf is getting harder and harder to remove.
So should I discard my tired looking Chef, knowing I could quite easily get a new one that has no paint rub, that hasn’t been dropped onto the floor and has no grim marks?
Over the years, Schleich who makes the smurfs quite often re-release smurfs from the past. For example Chef was first released in Australia around 1980 and was most recently re-released in 2013.
I agree new smurfs always somehow have more sparkle but for me the vintage smurfs are just as highly collectible. There is something about going through an old collection as it feels like you are on a treasure hunt looking for an elusive smurf!
So I think I will have both, keep the older smurfs but always lookout for new ones to add to my collection.
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B