As you know my daughters collect schleich animals and therefore I also visit animalforums. And they noticed that Schleich now have marked a few animals with made in Tunesia.
Would be fun if we could in the future see a smurf with this marking!! 
The picture is from a forummember on the animalforum.
Also here is a link to a visit in the Schleichfactory in Tunesia. They tell us Schleich has painted toys there since the 80s. My guess is that the year they started paint them in Tunesia is 1981 or 1982!!
This is quite interesting video clip for Schleich factory in Tunisia: http://www.channels.com/episodes/show/1 ... in-Tunisia