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Topic: French Fries Smurf Question
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cazer
Collector Smurf
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posted 01-04-2020 09:38 PM
I have a French Fries Smurf. Mine has Orange colored fries, but in all the pics it looks like this figure usually has yellow colored fries. Any one know anything about this?
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Christian Azer
Posts: 4 | From: New York | Registered: Dec 2018
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 01-05-2020 12:12 PM
Welcome to Bluebuddies, Cazer, and I hope you had Happy Holidays too!
Besides this Smurf above,there are really others whose fries are orange or darker yellow as well as their blue skin tone too. Just take a look here:
www.christysbluevillage.com
Hoping this helps! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Keep on always smurfin'!!
Posts: 7507 | From: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Registered: Jul 2008
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Peazjelly
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posted 08-07-2020 01:26 AM
I do not believe the French Fry Smurf with the red fry holder is legitimate. This presumably fake variation has only appeared on ebay in later years.
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__It's PeazJelly Time
Posts: 439 | From: SC | Registered: Feb 2010
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 08-07-2020 06:44 PM
It sounds a bit strange a red cone of fries indeed. I took a peek at eBay and I didn't see any there. But I found something else about this Smurf:
French Fries Smurf
French Fries Smurf was first released by Schleich in 1981. In their 1981 catalog you will see a Smurf wearing his customary white pants and hat while holding an orange fry in his right hand and a cone of orange colored french fries in his left hand. The Smurf's tongue is hanging out of his mouth waiting with anticipation of eating his fries. I am not sure how long the orange fries version was sold but they are generally considered harder to find.
In the same year Wallace Berrie released their version of French Fries Smurf with yellow French fries. In their catalogs they referred to it as French Fry. Wallace Berrie sold French Fries Smurf between 1981 to 1983. So far I have not been able to find a Hong Kong made one with orange fries. But I am happy to be proved to be wrong.
When Schleich started selling French Fries it was found with a small hole under it's right foot and W.Germany Schleich S © Peyo markings. It is unsure what the hole under the foot was meant to be used for but this was later removed and the markings were changed to include the year 1981.
When comparing the markings it is interesting to note the year on the two molds are different, which makes me think that Wallace Berrie made their version first and then Schleich made theirs. The W.Germany made ones have the year 1981 whereas Hong Kong made ones have 1980.
French Fries Smurf was also made out of China. There are at least three different marking variations to be found. These can only be found with light yellow French fries. I also have a version that was made in China where under the feet you can see that they blocked out the original Hong Kong markings.
Schleich sold their French Fries Smurf in 1981 to 1986/1991 and 1992/1995 to 1997 and then in 2000.
Not surprisingly a number of fakes have been made of the French Fries Smurf. I have seen a lovely CNT one with yellow fries, one brown fries with a flesh colored skin Smurf from Mexico, but the one that causes the most debate is the French Fries holding a red cone with yellow fries. Is it genuine or is a repaint? Are the markings W.Germany Schleich S © 1981 Peyo or Hong Kong Schleich S © 1980?
I am always suspicious when comes to rare paint variations. My approach is simple, happy to collect as long as the price is right. Also happy to admit that I am not always sure if they are fake or genuine or a repaint.
Keep on Smurfin'
Kath B
www.smurfs.com.au
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Posts: 7507 | From: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Registered: Jul 2008
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Squeaky Smurf
Hering Smurf
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posted 08-07-2020 09:09 PM
Yet this link (the site belongs to Maureen, a Smurf collector) describes this cute little fellow with his red cone of fries as arguably the rarest variation of French Fries Smurf. ![[yum!]](graemlins/yumyum.gif)
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Keep on always smurfin'!!
Posts: 7507 | From: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Registered: Jul 2008
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