Smurfs

When the UK petrol station chain "National" gave these little blue critters away in the 70's my brother and I amassed the fair sized collection shown below. It also helped that our mum lived in France where "schtroumpfs" were sold in real shops too.

 

Steve and Marc's boyhood smurf collection

 

Although I am no longer an avid collector of the blue ones they still hold a place in my heart.

 

BatSmurf and Robin aren't available in the shops. I repainted them myself using water based acrylic paints from The Games Workshop. They were inspired by the custom hand painted smurfs on Jenifer's Smurfy Smurf Site.

 

Batman SmurfRobin Smurf

 

Some beer smurfs - see Oesi Smurfs for more homemade smurfiness:

 

Beer Smurf   Alcho Smurfs - Coke, Corona lager, and Bacadi rumGuinness Smurf Cheers Smurf

 

Here are the smurfs that stood upon our wedding cake:

 

bride and grroom smurf

 

Some smurf humour:

 

smurf aid

 

Smurfy Links

Kitty's Cavern
UK online smurf resource
Blue Imps.com
Welsh based fan-site
Blue Buddies.com
US Smurf merchandise archive and encyclopedia
Smurf.com
the official website
 

Gargamel and the smurfs

Smurf: Schlumpf, Pitufo, Schtroumpf, Smyrffs, Puffi, Estrumpfe, Smurfen.