I don't know if this question has been asked earlier - but if so, maybe it's changed since last time ?
I try to collect ONE smurf of each modell, instead of all variations - to keep the amount of little blue ones down a little bit. First I bought those I could find so I had all regular ones, but then I noticed that some of them seemed to be impossible to get, so I started looking at their markings instead.
Everytime I get a smurf with a different marking or colour I compare it with the one I've already had for a while. If I like it better then I switch them. And the old smurf moves on to another smurfy home. All my smurfs are displayed. I know some people says one shouldn't open the boxes, but I have put together all my supersmurfs and playsets...
Some smurf models I collect ALL I get, since I have special memories from my childhood - like the astrosmurfs, which I never could get as a child but tried very hard to get, and a few others that I just liked very much.
Today I still miss a lot of smurfs to have a complete collection, but I don't mind that. The search is really fun!
I'll count my smurfs in my collection and see how many I've got. I haven't done that for a very long time! I mark them in my catalogue, but sometimes I forget about it, so now I have to start from the beginning I guess. How do you keep a record of all your smurfs??
Enjoy your day!!