[Smurfysmurf]

Here is the list of smurfs which are retired in 2016..it's a huge list

Schlümpfe (28)
20205 Baby mit Teddy
20192 Schlumpfine mit Baby
20421 Schlumpfine mit Blume
20449 Gitarrist
20466 Taucher
20469 Schlumpf mit Strauß
20533 Papa Schlumpf
20534 Schlumpfine
20536 Schlaubi
20708 Flaschenschlumpf
20729 Papa Schlumpf mit Tasche
20730 Tollpatsch
20731 Schlumpfine, verträumt
20732 Mc Tapfer
20733 Miesepeter
20734 Schlaubi mit Buch
20754 Papa Schlumpf
20755 Schlumpfine
20756 Beauty Schlumpf
20757 Zicki
20758 Hackus
20759 Gargamel und Azrael
40226 Schlumpf in Hängematte
40240 Schlumpf im Bett
40252 BMX Fahrer
40263 Schlumpf mit Laptop
40264 Schlumpf im Auto
40265 Schlumpfine im Auto

[Cassiebsg]

I can see that some supers are getting retired. Wonder if that means they'll soon be releasing some news ones , or that they just don't sell that good any more.

[Arno]

I am afraid it is more the second idea : it seems smurfs are not making such a profit to Schleich, if they remove 28 old figurines.
What will remain when all these smurfs will be retired ?

[The Smurf Collector]

I was surprised so many are being retired. Though I wonder if they will release new movie Smurfs during 2016 to coincide with the 3rd movie.

So instead of 50 Smurfs being produced by Schleich each year has this been reduced to 40?

So many questions......

[Smurfysmurf]

I am quite surprised as well and a bit disconcerted that so many are retired. On the other hand, it does make sense to retire the super smurfs...I am sure after all these years, everybody who wants them has them, and they are no longer selling.

There are rumors, that Schleich will release another set of smurfs in May of this year which is related to the movie, but since the movie doesn't come out until next year, I consider it a rumor only so far.

I do hope that with the movie coming out next year, we see a lot of new Schleich smurfs again which might make up for the huge amount of retired smurfs this year.

[The Smurf Collector]

Perhaps it was just me, but I often found it confusing when people were talking about smurfs being retired. So I decided to go onto the Schleich's website to get a better understanding of what they mean by the phrase - Collector's Items

We refer to figures which are no longer present in this year's product range as collector's items. These figures are no longer manufactured and supplied by us. As such, the figures which are still available in retail stores turn right into sought-after collector's items.