Blue Cavern

We all bought smurfs as kids i think, but has anybody continually bought smurfs since their childhood ? I know some of us have started re-collecting and have smurfs from the past, but has anyone been lucky enough to be a continuous collector ?

Oh, for the record, i stopped buying smurfs about the age of 12, and restarted at the age of 36 !

I'm honest with my ages too !

I'm betting David is about the only one to answer yes to this, but that's just a guess!

yeah, i know he is probably the only one too, i remember him telling me about his astro set !

Gray i started collecting at 8 and don't know what ever happened to them Didn't start again till i was 32

Well I actually never collected them as a kid. My brother's best friend had them and I was always so jealous of them. Mum found one at her house in her toybox (the boxer) which I think we probably nicked from my brother's friend rather than actually buying LOL! So to make a long answer short, I started collecting them when I was 31.

Actually, I'm sorry to disappoint, but I did stop collecting from about 1989 to around 1999 ~ 2000.... so there was a 10 year gap! :)

I even stop buying the comics ... I must have fallen through a hole in the earth during that time! What was I doing?????

:):)

I stopped early eighties when they disappeared from the petrol stations and shops..then started collecting again about 3 yrs ago

I stopped in around 1983/84 (aged 9/10)...had them all stolen during the late 1990s and then started again in late October 2003 (aged 29).

Hi Graham, I stopped in the early 80s like many other UK smurfers and then rediscovered them again in 2000.

Steve, you have been around for as long as us I am sure, that is more like 5 years.

Hello

I started collecting smurfs at the age of six and I was a fan of the TV-show even before.
Now I am 21 and I haven`t stopped collecting smurfs for nearly 16 years now.

Daniel

Oh good, we have Daniel who's been a continuous collector. I think Brad from AU may be too but we'll have to wait and see what he posts

I stopped collecting mid-80s sometime too - I had about 20 smurfs back then and started recollecting again on November 1, 2003

Hi , i started collecting in the seventies and then sold them all to my bestfriend as i wanted to buy a pair of rollerskates. Simon and i discovered a pirate smurf at my dads house three years ago and collected them furiously ever since Lucie

I stopped collecting in the 80's also . I starting collicting them agian when I was 30 ( two years ago ) I had stoped off at a yard sale I brought a box of about 60 smurfs for $2.00 as I was walking away the woman whos yard sale it was said oh you forgot this it was a windmill in the box . That is how I started collecting agian .

Wow margaret that was a bargain, a real plus with the windmill thrown in Lucie

Whats funny is at the time I had no idea what a great deal it was !!
I just looked down at the box and thought to my self wow smurfs as a kid I loved them and had to get them to show my husband . I think now my husband is sick of looking at my smurfs as they have taken over the house lol !!

I know the feeling well, i think we must have smurfs in each room of the house. Worse thing is my other half is now pottier about smurfs than me There will be no more room left in the house soon Lucie

Hi Graham, I stopped in the early 80s like many other UK smurfers and then rediscovered them again in 2000.

Steve, you have been around for as long as us I am sure, that is more like 5 years.

Have I Rachel? Oops It only seems like yesterday

The same here no room is un smurfed !! I even have them in my car and office . I cant hepl it . Wow that is so great that you both collect smurfs !!
I wish my husband collected them to !!

That was an amazing deal Margaret...good for you I think that may be the deal of the decade just about. I thought 60 smurfs for $2 was great...but the Windmill in box as well .....AWESOME !!!!

Dyar