Hardee’s Smurfs are set of six surfing Smurfs released in 1996 by the fast food restaurant chain Hardee’s. Each of the smurfs is wearing a swimsuit while riding on a coloured surfboard with wheels! It is a little unclear why surfboards would have wheels but we will leave that discussion for another time.
Hardee’s an American fast food restaurant chain that primarily sell hamburgers. Mainly operating in the southern and mid western states of America and also in some other countries.
Back in the boom time of the smurfs in the 1980’s in America, Hardee’s released Smurf drinking glasses which included a full colour image of a smurf painted on clear drinking glass. These can still be easily found today, though mostly in America.
The Hardee’s Smurfs released in 1996 are made of a hard pvc material and were especially made for this promotion and not remarks of existing smurfs. The smurfs have been glued to the surfboard. These include:
Papa Smurf with a yellow sticker on a red surfboard
Smurfette with a yellow sticker on a purple surfboard
Hands up Smurf with a green sticker on an orange surfboard
Swimming Tube Smurf with a yellow surfboard
Sassette with a yellow sticker on a green skateboard
Puppy with pink sticker on a blue surfboard
On the front of each surfboard is a round coloured “Smurf” sticker. As you can see in the pictures, the sticker can be easily be lost over the years.
On each of the Smurf’s surfboard is marked, SMURF (R) Licensed by Applause Licensing. (c) Peyo. There are no actual markings on the figurine.
Promotion Smurfs are great to collect, especially if you have the ability to collect the whole set released by a company or organisation.
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B