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Fake Christmas Smurfs
Find out how to check for fakes.

Some of the Christmas smurfs are quite hard to find as they were only available for a limited time. This has made them targets for the fakers and there have been fake Christmas Canycane smurfs and Praying smurfs and smurfettes around for a long time. Generally, the quality of these fakes is very good and it is not always easy to spot them in a photo so it is always a good idea to be very careful when buying these smurfs. The fake smurfs that we show here are what we believe to be quite old fakes made many years ago but we now have suspicions that there could well be newer fakes now on the market, possibly made from the original molds but made from a harder PVC. We will keep you posted if we find out more about these.

Fake Christmas Smurfs

Candycane Smurf

The fake Candycane smurf is actually quite easy to spot if you know what to look for. The markings are always Hong Kong whereas Portugal markings are all genuine. There is a genuine smurf also with Hong Kong markings but the fake smurfs have very blurry markings and the majority of smurfs with Hong Kong markings are the fakes. The obvious signs of a fake though are the colours. The genuine smurf has much lighter blue skin and the red and pink on the cane and bow are also lighter in colour. The fake smurf has much darker skin and although the difference is less, the red and pink on the fake smurf are again both darker. There are many of these fakes around and are often sold with no mention of them being fake so please be aware and if need be, ask the seller about the markings.

Praying Smurf & Smurfette

The fake praying smurf and smurfette are a lot more difficult to spot, especially from a photo. Generally their skin colour is slighty darker than the genuine figures, the seams are more visable running down the front of their faces, the markings on the fakes are quite blurry and messy. Also worth looking at is the shape of the face as it seems to be broader on the genuine figures and we have noticed that our fakes have no gap between the hands and face whilst the genuine smurf and smurfette do.

The easiest way to to learn what to look for is to see the genuine and fake smurfs together. Please click on the smaller pictures to the right to see general comparisons. The photos below show the difference in markings and again, by clicking on the smaller pctures you will be able to study larger versions.

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