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We see them sometimes on Ebay and then sometimes with different markingdescriptions. Sometimes without Portugal-markings.
How many do you think were made?
Are most of the ones on Ebay fakes?
Should they always have made in Portugal and W Berrie-markings?
I don´t have these and I am not sure how the markings should look like, eventhough I have many pictures from different collectors of these smurfs markings.
The only real clue we have regarding these prototypes are the ones in the SCCI-letters from 1990. This was only a few years after these were made so I would say that the markings described there are most likely 100% correct. Also the fact that just when these were made W Berrie stopped showing on new molds and only a few new ones with Applause were made after 1984. Just like the SCCI says that could be a reason why they dropped the idea of selling them, I mean if the market was dropping and Applause was not that interested in new smurfs to sell???
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Are there more markings?? Or are all the others fakes? And how many with the correct markings would you guess are genuine ones??
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