Smurf
Production Markings
At first glance many of the smurfs in our collection look the
same. Closer inspection shows each smurf has a marking on it somewhere
(normally on the feet) to show where, when and by what company
it was produced.
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Original
production, Peyo on arm, nothing on feet.
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Schleich
Emblem, W. Germany Peyo 2
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W. Berrie
& Co. Made in Hong Kong, Peyo 1969
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W. Germany
Peyo 4
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CE W. Germany
Peyo
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There
are many markings, these are just some of them! Peyo was of course
the inventor, Schleich and W. Berrie & Co. are companies that
produced and licensed smurfs. The year is normally the first year
of production, not the year that smurf was made. A number indicates
which mold the smurf was produced from. |
Bully
also produced smurfs under license from Schleich.
Below are examples of different Bully markings.
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Different
Countries.
Smurfs have been made in several countries over the years including
Germany, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Portugal, Macau and China.
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Made In
Macau
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Made In
Portugal
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Made In
Sri Lanka
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Coloured
dots.
Some smurfs have coloured dots on their feet. These indicate
where the smurf was painted.
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Red - Sri
Lanka
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Yellow -
Portugal
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Green -
Tunisia
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Black -
Portugal?
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White -
?
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This marking
is the Muster (master) mark which indicated that a smurf was
"perfect" and possibly used by the painters as a reference.
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