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Smurf Cottages from 1996

The other day I was doing some Spring cleaning and somehow had mixed up my smurf cottages. I am referring to the cottages that Schleich released in 1996. For some unknown reason I decided to give them all a good wash at the same time, which resulted in the roofs being separated from the bases and the butterflies let lose. You would think by now I should know better.

I have acquired my smurf cottages in many different ways over the years. Some were acquired complete in their original box, others just came without their box or missing their butterflies.  So you don’t fall into the same trap I did, I have created a mini checklist for each cottage. 

4.9011 – Red Cottage

Roof Colour: Red and yellow

Butterfly: Red

Door Colour: Dark brown with a bell shaped window and red curtains

Base: Apricot

Roof & Base Markings: Made in China Schleich S Germany © 78 Peyo CE 

OR

Roof Markings: Made in China Schleich S Germany © Peyo 78 CE

Base Markings: Made in China CE © 78 Peyo Schleich S Am Limes 68 D-73527 Schw. Gmünd with time stamp.

In 1995 and 1996 Irwin Toys in America and Canada also sold this smurf cottage with the smurf figurine Snappy (#20401) in their own special packaging. 

4.9012 – Blue Cottage

Roof Colour: Dark blue and red

Butterfly: Light blue 

Door Colour: Dark brown with a bell shaped window and yellow curtains

Base: Light blue 

Roof & Base Markings: Made in China Schleich S Germany © 78 Peyo CE 

OR

Roof Markings: Made in China Schleich S Germany © Peyo 78 CE

Base Markings: Made in China CE © 78 Peyo Schleich S Am Limes 68 D-73527 Schw. Gmünd with time stamp

In 1995 and 1996 Irwin Toys in America and Canada also sold this smurf cottage with the smurf figurine Flautist (#20048) in their own special packaging. 

4.9014 – Smurfette’s Cottage

Roof Colour: Dark purple and with light purple

Butterfly: Yellow 

Door Colour: Dark brown with a heart shaped window and yellow curtains

Base: Light pink

Roof & Base Markings: Made in China Schleich S Germany © 78 Peyo CE 

OR

Roof Markings: Made in China Schleich S Germany © Peyo 78 CE

Base Markings: Made in China CE © 78 Peyo Schleich S Am Limes 68 D-73527 Schw. Gmünd with time stamp

In 1995 and 1996 Irwin Toys in America and Canada also sold this smurf cottage with the smurf figurine Baby Smurf with toy car (#20215) in their own special packaging. 

Boxes:

The smurf cottages can be found in two different boxes. 

  1. Smurf Head logo with dancing smurfs pattern
  2. Peyo Creations logo with dancing smurfs pattern. 

When buying the smurf cottages with their boxes, the Smurf Head logo boxes should contain the cottage with the Made in China Schleich S Germany © 78 Peyo CE markings and the Peyo Creations logo boxes should contain the cottage with the Made in China CE © 78 Peyo Schleich S Am Limes 68 D-73527 Schw. Gmünd with time stamp. 

I hope this helps, though if you have any other tips or you feel something’s not quite right, please send them through so I can these to the checklists. 

Keep on Smurfin

Kath B

Smurf cottages

If moving house is meant to be one of the most stressful things you will experience in your lifetime, just take a moment to think what it is like for the smurfs when they need to move a new mushroom cottage.

Like everything else to do with smurf collecting there many variations to be  to be found with the smurf cottages. It would be naive of me to think that the only variations are only to be found in the colour of the roof; red, blue and green with the older style cottage and two different colours with the newer style.

When I say older style of cottage I am referring to the ones made between 1978 to 1986 and then again from 1991 to 1995. It should also be noted that Smurfette’s Cottage wasn’t released until 1983. The newer style of cottage are the ones made after 1996 through to 2010.

With the older style of cottage, the door can be found with a heart shaped window. Later the window changed to more of a bell shaped window with curtains. The newer style cottages can only be found with the bell shaped window with curtains. Smurfette’s cottage can only be found with a heart shaped window both the older and newer styles. 

Other coloured variations to be found with the older styles of cottages are with the door and window & door frames. Anywhere from light grey to light tan brown to dark brown. The new style of cottages are commonly found with dark brown doors, window & door frames. 

All cottages were originally sold with a butterfly, though over the years these tend to get lost. Typically the red, blue and green cottages had a yellow butterfly with blue detailed wings. Smurfette’s cottage can be found with a light lavender butterfly sometimes these can be painted but always.

The butterfly with the newer style of cottage can vary depending on the cottage. For example the red/yellow roof cottage can be found with a red butterfly, the blue/dark red cottage can be found with a light blue butterfly and the new Smurfette Cottage with a yellow butterfly. 

In Australia, BP only sold the red and green roof cottages as far as I am aware. The first picture of the red cottage was shown back in 1980. However the blue roof cottage was never made in Hong Kong, but I am not sure why this was.

Also back in the good old days BP Australia sold the cottage for only $3.99. Imagine buying yourself a new cottage for just $3.99!

Keep on Smurfin

Kath B