It’s 2020! Let’s get excited! Smurf in a Cage, #40212 is one of my favourite Super Smurfs but to be honest I know very little about it. I also find it one of the most frustrating ones to put together. Getting the top on before one of the bars pops out – very annoying. It also one of the few Super Smurfs that I have been able to collect without its corresponding box.
The Smurf in Cage can be found wearing his customary white trousers and hat while the Smurf stands behind a square shaped cage with bars. The Smurf also has an anxious look on his face. This Super Smurf has also been referred to as Prisoner Smurf in Cage in some catalogues and posters.
Smurf in Cage was sold by Schleich from 1980 to 1986. I have two different Schleich versions, with only markings found on the Smurf figurine.
- W.Germany on the inside of the left foot and © Peyo underneath the left foot. This one also has a small mustard paint dot under the right foot. This is painted with dull blue paint.
- W.Germany Schleich S on the inside of the left foot and 1980 © Peyo on the inside of the right foot. This is painted with a more shiny blue paint.
Smurf in Cage was also produced out of Hong Kong and sold in Australia by BP Australia and in America by Wallace Berrie. It was produced between 1981 to 1984. There are two Hong Kong versions that can be found.
- The first version only has the markings on the Smurf figurine – Hong Kong Schleich S © 1980 Peyo. These markings can be found on the arms.
- The second version has the markings on both the Smurf figurine and on the cage. The Smurf’s markings are Hong Kong Schleich S © 1980 Peyo and the cage’s markings are Hong Kong W. Berrie Co Schleich S © 1980 Peyo.
Super Smurf Boxes
There are only four boxes that can be found with the Smurf in Cage. Like any Super Smurf that can be found with its original box it can be considered quite rare. The picture on the box with the Smurf in Cage with the ring attached to the cage, is considered extremely rare. I have seen this one in anyone’s collection. To be honest, it may not even exist!
- Front: Super Schlumpf. Back: Schtroumpfs a Schtroumpfs
- Front: Super Smurf Schlumpf. Back: Schtroumpfs a Schtroumpfs
- Super Smurf (UK box)
- Super Smurf!!
Je Collectionne Les Schtroumpfs magazine
In 2006 the French magazine Je Collectionne Les Schtroumpfs also included a Smurf in Cage. This version was made in China and is painted in lovely matte paint colours.
For 2020 one of my Smurf resolutions is to find a Smurf in Cage with its box and if I am lucky in mint condition. Actually any Super Smurf with its corresponding box in mint condition.
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B