[Tojo]

Hi all,

Here's some news about the new McDonalds Happy Meal smurfs for 2005, available now in Germany.





There are 6 different ones, each with an accessory & the happy meal box is shaped like a castle:-

Burgfräulein Schlumpfine = Castle Maiden
Wach Schlumpf = Sentry Smurf
Drachen Schlumpf = Dragon Smurf
Schwert Schlumpf = Sword Smurf
Beschützer Schlumpf = Protector Smurf
Boten Schlumpf = Messenger Smurf

They can be seen at www.mcdonalds.de
click on 'kids & familie', then on 'happy meal'
to see the TV advert click on 'spot'. It takes a while to load but is quite amusing.

tojo

[Syd Smurf]

Hi Tojo

Is it possible to buy all of these at once even without the food? I would like to get a set of them and was just wondering if someone could buy them all at once or will they be released one at a time each week?

Thanks

Dyar

[Tojo]

Hi Dyar,

they're all out at once & can be bought at once. The problem is that although they've only been out for a few days they've nearly all sold out. I tried last night to get the smurfette but there's not a smurf chick to be found

I reckon someone's buying them all up so they can make a killing on ebay. This happened last year when the hotwheels cars were out. There were only 4 different ones but I only managed to get 3 of them... sold out in next to no time.

[Syd Smurf]

Hi Tojo

Yes I can see that happening with everyone buying them up so they can charge poor Dyar squillions of euros for a set....lol....it's actually quite clever but very mean too.

I might interupt Ronald at the next children's party and see what he can do for me. If he doesn't help me I will join forces with Hamburgler and nick all of the cheeseburgers...or worse still...I will contaminate the cheeseburgers by adding in 3 pickle slices to each burger which will make them uneditable or very tedious to remove. It's the equivalent of holding a nuke these days because if you hold Maccas ransom then you have control of the world.

I am not very convincing at doing an evil laugh so everybody please use your imagination when I....muehahe.....DOH....[insert really evil laugh of apocalyptic demonic proportions here]

The Dyarvil & MephiSydollies...or is that Mephisyhallis oops sorry Syd

[Tojo]

LOL

I was at a McDs yesterday & they had a huge kids birthday - mostly all girls. They had nearly the whole stock of smurfs between them & being girls they nearly all had to have the smurfette. Grrrrr! They only had 3 out of the 6 available. In the evening I went to Frankfurt main railway station & the McDs there had only 3 different ones. I've managed to get 5 of 6 with a few doubles for the kids but I don't reckon the stocks will hold out long.

I think the re-showing of the cartoon series on TV has caused a mad rush for smurfs. McDs also had a special deal on the happy meals - buy 2 get them for about 2/3 the price.

Still it's good to see the smurfs are still popular.

[TYK86]

They are so cool.
love to see them in holland to.
cause the pirates didn't got here.

[attombomb7]

hi!

yeah they are so kool!!

I'm seeing lots on EBAY already!

these will be hard and a bit pricey till the RUSH settles or dust!! settles LOL!!!!

[Syd Smurf]

I got a set of these McD's smurfs today although they are of course still in Germany and will be added to one of the next packages coming out this way. I am really happy about that as the price on ebay will go pretty high...why dosen't the rest of the world get these types of things...or more to the point Australia...lol...nah I would share them with some places overseas....maybe even Tasmania.

Dyar

[Yonna]

I hope these come to Finland some day... Are these like "normal" smurfs or like the piretes a while ago?

[Syd Smurf]

Hi Yonna

These are more like the Pirates that were being sold last year in Germany. Personally I wish they were like the normal PVC as they are nowhere near as nice but it's still better to see bonus smurfs sold like this than not at all I suppose.

Dyar

[Yonna]

Blääh!! I too would have wanted those to be normal cv smurfs. Well if those items come to Finland I suppose I would buy them. Since one item in McDonalds costs something like 1€ if you don't take the meal...

[Syd Smurf]

In that case I would probably eat the smurfs as they taste a little better and are probably better for you....and they have no hidden pickle surprises.

Dyar

[Tojo]

Hi Yonna, hi Dyar,

these smurfs are indeed like the prates from last year. They are much lighter in weight, the blue is a bit lighter in colour & the heads turn. Unfortunately, the mould line goes right down the middle of the faces - right between the eyes. Shame about that. The accessories are quite nice too (my kids love them - chaaaarge, ataaaaack!! etc.) The McD's here in Frankfurt were selling them for €2 per toy withought a meal but I still had to check out 3 restaurants until I managed to get a couple of smurfettes (1 for me & 1 for my daughter). Phew, she was ready to kill me

Must admit I'm sick of McNuggets & fries. If I'm lucky I won't have to eat any more until the 2006 figs come out


Tojo

[Fram]

You can buy a set here, ships worldwide. From the pictures (I don't have either set), I like the pirates more than the castle ones. But it's good that they keep the Smurfs in the picture, and that they make a new set after the one from last year shows that the attention for them in Germany can't be that bad!

[Syd Smurf]

Gee your handy to have around Tojo.

I have been translating the other parts of the Katalog that I didn't do last year and decided to update the Promo section with the 2004 and the new 2005 McD's promo smurfs. I needed the names of the individual 2005 smurfs and on several pages I have looked I couldn't clearly read the names properly as they were a bit blurry. Then I remembered that the forum had a thread about them and better than that Tojo even translated the other half I couldn't read clearly so thanks Tojo for that post at the top of this thread...you made it very easy for me to complete this project.

D-D-Dyar.....hey it's still Stutterday isn't it?

[Tojo]

Hi Dyar,

glad to be of help.

if you need any other translations be sure to ask

[Syd Smurf]

Hi Dyar,

glad to be of help.

if you need any other translations be sure to ask

Thanks Tojo, I will keep that in mind for the times I get stuck. I am getting better at reading German and can pretty much read the entire Schlumpf Katalog (German bits) without any help these days and I am practising writing in German to some people now although most of it is still in English as it is easier to read it than to communicate back...at the moment.

I know some German people use translations tools to communicate with me but often this doesn't make a lot of sense so I ask them to write it in German and so far that has been clearer for me to understand. I still have a long way to go before I can even pretend to be fluent but I have made it a goal to get better at it and hopefully I will know a second language over time which will have certain advantages when it comes to smurfs. The problem is forgetting the spelling of certain words too as I recognise it when I see them but it's trickier to start spelling them of the top of my head. Although I have noticed I have written the German translation at times instead of English by accident so i think that is a good sign.

Cheers

Dyar

[Syd Smurf]

WellI wrote my first full letter in German last night and the seller wrote back and asked if I was German?.....I took that as a good sign....unless he wantedto know from what planet my Germany was from...lol

Just because I keep forgetting....Linda, I have been told that you have a full set now so there is no need to worry

Dyar

[Bunno Smurf]

Just because I keep forgetting....Linda, I have been told that you have a full set now so there is no need to worry

Dyar

Thanks, Dyar. I really appreciate you getting a set for me. Just send me an email or PM letting me know the details for payment etc.

I haven't forgotten about the box either. I'll get around to photographing it shortly and email you a pic, along with a description of its condition.

Gotta get some school work.....gotta drag myself away from PC.......arrrgghhhhhhhhh.

[Tojo]

Your German was probably better than mine

I hate writing in German as the grammar is a nightmare. It's bad enough having to know whether a noun is male, female or neutral but you then have to get the word endings correct. Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh! Still I'm getting better at it.

Schöne Grüße aus Frankfurt