Blue Cavern

I went shopping in Frankfurt & managed to buy the new movie sets (20800, 20801, 20802) & the smurf house with Papa & Gargamel/Arzael figures (20803). It's a shame that some of the figures are double though

I like the new female figures & would like to see more of them released although that's probably unlikely....

Here's the link to the Schleich website:-
https://www.schleich-s.com/de/DE/die-schlumpfe.html

Uhm... seems like I'll either stay away from these, or get doubles, or miss some... Quite agree Tojo!

And they actually look nicer than the ones made for the previous movies.

They do look nicer but I still feel a bit let down by Schleich to be honest. Somehow, they seem to be done careless when you compare them to the "old" Schleich figures which were very detail oriented and quite original and special. I know Schleich is under new management, and the new leaders seem to be quite young (probably too young to remember the smurfs from their childhood).
I read somewhere that they are thinking about stopping the Smurf production once their license runs out in 2019..and after my first shock, I have to admit if the quality of their smurfs keeps getting worse, stopping the production might be ok. Why produce something that looks like cheap China knock offs. It's a shame really.

Never thought I say this, but I prefer this year's Jakks Pacific smurfs over the Schleich ones, and there are some Mini smurfs out this year which are more like the smurfs than the Schleich ones..

End of rant