[André]

I got a box long time ago now with the UK large house sold by national. In this box is the early leaflet by National where only a few smurfs are shown and also at the time only the large house and the garden furniture where sold in the UK.

The box also only contains the furniture and the house. But also 5 smurfs and the leaflet. In this thread I talked about the HKsmurfs Schleich made in around 1978. And I was guessing which smurfs could be the HK smurfs they talked about. I did not guess shiver, but it is from the same time also with this marking.

Kittys cavern says there was a time when both smurfs with yellow dot and smurfs without yellow dot where sold in the UK, and children was told not to lick on the ones without dot. In this box 2 has dots and 3 without. All are Schleichsmurfs are from 1977 and 1978. Among them is this shiver, which was made in Hongkong. It was before they added the made in hongkong on this mold. Maybe this was one of the hongkong-smurfs that had lead in the paint???

We know that smurfs were sold in the UK without dots in the beginning, and that some of those had lead in the paint but not so high it was dangerous, according to the ad both Bluebuddies and kittys cavern refer to. The ad in the times, 4th of october 1978.

Is it possible to find that ad somewhere on internet??? I mean like the ad we got from the spanish newspaper. It would be great to read that ad.

[bundleofkent]

Andre

the special HK marked coin was available in France in ~ 1980 (can't remember exact date) as we bought it on a family holiday and I remember even then noticing that the marking was different......

[André]

Thanks Martin,

those 2 markings are really strange. I can´t figure them out.

Why would they start making bad emblem-markings on the other first HK smurfs and then suddenly make 2 perfect and fantastic emblemmarkings on only 2 smurfs??? That is really strange?? I would understand if that was the first ones made in 1977, but I am not sure if that is possible?? Maybe if the other ones with the old look already existed before Schleich stopped in 1974???

I know both of them were sold in Australia by BP also.

[André]

I know those two were sold by BP australia with only hongkong markings around 1981.

the ones without Hongkong were probably sold in Europe and maybe could be the first ones made when schleich got the license back????