Blue Cavern

My vacation in Stuttgart started very smurfy when I found a package from Tojo in Granny's appartment. Tojo had been helping me with German purchases all year long and sent everything to Granny days before I arrived.

Included in the package were also some Kinder eggs items and those coins among many other things. Thanks Tojo

He sent me two six packs because he wasn't sure I'd still be able to find any (I did but none were as smurfy as the ones from Tojo, one of them included three kinder smurfs)


I didn't find any of these three packs, so this gift was highly appreciated


Tojo had helped me to get these coins as well



Ingo and I had traded earlier for this dislpay and smurf heads were thrown in as gifts


The Brainy candytopper was also a gift. I found the other two toppers at a local grocery store (Lidl) on my second day in Stuttgart. The first day I had found a bucket full of Haribo smurfs which I bought, and my goal was to find something smurfy every day...I didn't get to buy smurfs every day, but I made up for the days when I didn't


I bought more Kindereggs than these, but these were the ones I brought home with me.


These were the things I got by Saturday....when I went to Stuttgart by myself for half a day.....and things got really started

My first stop was Kaufhof...and I found this puzzle


Then I went to the local bookstore Witwer.


Saturn was a new store for me in Stuttgart, which wasn't there when I left but I fell in love with it immediately. I had been looking for a DVD set with the smurfs for a while but the ones on ebay were way too expensive for me...At Saturn it was so affordable I managed to get another DVD set and some CDs



After a very successful trip to the fleamarket, I stopped at the largest toy store in Stuttgart and got myself another puzzle...and one of the super smurfs in the new box

I knew I would be able to find smurfs at the fleamarket and so I was...and I also found the second hand store again..and was successful.

None of the smurfs cost more than 8 euros (Carl Zeiss) and most were around 1 - 2 euros. Most are variations I still needed (I also got some doubles as I left my list at home)..and some like the weightlifter I picked up as I remembered Dom's mission of rescuing poor orphan smurfs (he was alone at one stand)...it turned out to be a variation for me also

I am mostly excited about the two raws, the Jubilees...and the smurfs in the last picture..the one in the middle and the right were 1 euro each The Papa is without markings...and was 1 euro

Does anybody know anything about this little fake I also found? He is made of a very hard PVC

Hi Moey; Welcome back to the US. What a smurfy haul you got there.

That's a fantastic treasure trove there! I am very, very, jealous!

Great smurfs Maureen!
I guess, the smurf with axe is polish ( because of the hard material and the gold)

Lia

WOW
Congratulations with al those lovely smurfs and smurf-items

It seems Sttutgart is a good place to find lovely smurfs...COngratulations, Maureen!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations on your very sucessful smurfy mission, Mo!!!
I think every smurf just deserves a lovingly home. That's why I tend to adopt blue orphans, as you did.

I wish I was able to go to Stuttgart once in a while.

I have been to Enschede on Sat, but since my parents hurried Manni and me, we were only able to visit the second hand book shops, free record shop, Media Markt, another music shop (which is going to be closed soon), instead of turning to some decent second hand shops. Nevertheless, Manni and me agreed on returning to Enschede in late Feb along with mum, so that we would visit the second hand shops as well.

Glad you had a great trip Maureen and good to have you back here

Some cracking smurf finds there

Well done on finding so many smurfs & smurfy items Maureen

You got some really good bargains too

You must have had fun trying to take everything back to the States

I really must take a trip to Lidl to see if they still have those stickers. Perhaps I'll manage it this week...

That are indeed very nice smurfs! I was surprised myself to see how many smurfy candies are sold in Germany recently.
And of course I would not mind to get a Cederan or the BASF trumpet for 1 euro each.

Thank you everybody

I have to admit when I saw the BASF trumpet player, in a box among other smurfs on the ground, I nearly fainted. I couldn't believe my luck at all

I was very surprised how many different smurfy things I found this time...and very happy...Just to give you an idea..between the smurfs and other stuff I got in Germany..the one half empty suitcase I took over there became two full suitcases and two heavy packages that were shipped over here