I am always looking of ways to display my smurfs, so with Winter now upon us I have decided to display all my Winter themed smurfs together. Winter is excellent excuse to spend those cold, wet, wintery days rearranging smurfs or searching for those elusive smurfs. It may even include rediscovery your own smurf collection stored away in a forgotten box.
Right from the beginning, there has been a number of smurfs made with a Winter theme. It wasn’t until I started to arrange my display that I found that each one had unique story behind it’s making.
Shiver was the first one I initially thought of, being wrapped up in a comfy scarf to stay warm. Shiver was first produced in 1969 and can be found with a yellow or red scarf. Shiver was last made in 1987, though can still be easily found. (Ref #20004)
To complement Shiver, I went in search for my Skier Smurf. Skier Smurf was originally made by Bully in 1976, wearing a yellow scarf and red ski’s. Like a lot of other Bully Smurfs there is a touch of cheekiness about Skier that makes it simply adorable. (Ref #20091)
The first Super Smurf made by Schleich back in 1978 was Bobsled. The smurf lies on his yellow toboggan while holding for his dear life, with his scarf wrapped around his neck. This was made with both an orange/red and yellow scarf. The yellow scarf version is considered rare by most collectors as it is harder to find. (Ref# 40201)
Also in 1978 Schleich produced their Skier Smurf. This Skier Smurf was more based on cross country skiing compared to the Bully one which looks like a downhill skier. Both Bobsled and Skier were produced until 1993. (Ref #40205)
In 1998 two snowboarding smurfs were produced. This was an honour of the Winter Olympic Games in 1998 in Nagano, Japan and the debut of snowboarding at the games. Snowboarder Smurf was produced from 1998 to 2006 and can be still be easily found today. Snowboarder Smurfette was only produced from 1998 to 2002 which makes it highly collectible. (Ref# 20452 & 20453)
So if you are needing excuse to add to your Smurf collection this Winter, just blame it on the weather!
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B