[Smurfysmurf]

This should be a fun competition.
As we all know, each year, Schleich discontinues about 8 of the current range smurfs. So far, the information hasn't been made public yet, but I expect it any day now.

Until then, I thought we run a competition in which every member can guess which ones will be discontinued. The competition will stop as soon as the announcement is made. The member who guess the most correct will win the prize.

If one member guess all correctly, the member will win the full range of the new 2009 smurf and a limited smuf collector's postcard. The postcard is courtesty of Frank Oswald of Gascher's. Thank you Frank for this offer

If more than one member guesses all the smurfs correctly, everybody who does will get a postcard from Gascher's, and we will put the names in a pool to determine who will win the grand prize of the 2009 smurfs.

If none of the participants guesses all the smurfs, the one with the most correct smurfs will get his pick of three of the new 2009 smurfs

Here is the current range of smurfs:
20134 Judo
20192 Smurfette with Baby
20205 Baby with Teddy
20212 Angel
20213 Devil
20411 Azrael
20412 Bride
20413 Bridegroom
20418 Gargamel
20421 Smurfette with flower

20443 Inline Skater smurfette
20449 Lead guitar
20465 Fireman
20466 Scuba Diver
20467 Chimney Sweep
20469 Smurf with Flowers

20518 Basketball smurf
20525 Goalkeeper
20527 Playmaker

20533 Classic Papa
20534 Smurfette
20536 Brainy
20537 Vanity
20538 Jokey
20539 Harmony
20540 Baby

20541 Dracula
20542 Ghost
20543 Werewolf
20544 Mummy
20545 Grim Reaper
20546 Frankenstein
20547 Witch
20548 Pumpkin

20549 Canoe
20550 Spear
20551 Archer
20552 Raindancer
20553 Peace Pipe
20554 Medicine Man
20555 Indian Smurfette
20556 Chief

20701 Anniversary
20702 Party Gargamel
20703 Party Azrael
20704 Surprise Smurfette
20705 Party Smurf
20706 Papa Smurf in tails
20707 Drummer Smurf
20708 Bottle Smurf

I took the names of the English Schleich Catalog 2008.

Please be specific in choosing which smurf you think will be discontinued and post it here.

[SmurfingH]

Great comp! Not heard of the the smurf "bridgegroom" before....

I'm guessing all the 2008 smurfs because they're for the 50th anniversary and not forever.

[eggie smurf]

I'm just making a wild guess with these

20412 Bride
20413 Bridgegroom
20443 Inline Skater smurfette
20525 Goalkeeper
20527 Playmaker
20539 Harmony
20704 Surprise Smurfette
20708 Bottle Smurf

[Michelle]

I'll make a wild guess

nrs
2.0533
2.0534
2.0541
2.0542
2.0548
2.0704
2.0707
2.0708

Michelle

[abc]

20134
20542
20545
20546
20549
20702
20704
20708

[bradley]

I think a lot of us are expected the anniversary set to go, or at least the ones that directly have 50th anniversary on them. But I'm going to go against this, my reason being the numbers for the 2009 smurfs continue from the anniversary set (20709-20716) instead of being numbered back at the Indian set before the jump 20556. I would have thought the jump in numbers would have suggested the anniversary smurfs to be a special set and discontinued after the anniversary year. But as the 2009 smurfs continue the new numbers following from the anniversary set, I think they'll stick around at least for an extra year. So there is something to think about.

20134 Judo
20443 Inline Skater smurfette
20467 Chimney Sweep
20469 Smurf with Flowers
20533 Classic Papa
20540 Baby Classic
20545 Grim Reaper
20549 Canoe

Brad.

[Yonna]

My wild guess is:
20134 Judo
20421 Smurfette with flower
20443 Inline Skater smurfette
20466 Scuba Diver
20467 Chimney Sweep
20469 Smurf with Flowers
20525 Goalkeeper
20527 Playmaker

[Gerda]

my guess would be

20134 Judo
20443 inline skater smurfette
20525 goalkeeper
20527 play maker
20701 anniversary
20704 surprise smurfette
20707 drummer smurf
20708 bottle smurf

I would say all the anniversary smurfs but haveing a look at them some could be kept on.


gerda

[Azrael]

Here's my eight:

20702 Gargamel party
20703 Azrael party
20704 Suprise Smurfette
20706 Papa in Tails
20707 Drummer Smurf
20443 Inline Skater Smurfette
20533 Peace Pipe Smurf
20525 Goalkeeper Smurf

What would be brilliant is if they kept all 50 and added 50 more.. so there were 100 in the set to celebrate the release of the film! How good would that be! So, they would have the 8 new ones, plus 42 old ones to come out of retirement. That would be sweet.

[agent smurf]

20134 Judo
20192 Smurfette with Baby
20205 Baby with Teddy
20212 Angel
20213 Devil
20411 Azrael
20413 Bridegroom
20418 Gargamel

I chose these ones because I have never seen that someone has bought any of these in store. I have 6 judo smurfs or so if I remember it correctly. Good luck.

[Tojo]

I think these will be the 8 relegated to the discontinued bin.....

20134 Judo
20518 Basketball
20525 Goalkeeper
20542 Ghost
20543 Werewolf
20548 Pumpkin
20701 Anniversary
20707 Drummer

p.s. great idea for a competition

[FlamingO]

This is interesting I never realised that the discontinued smurfs were such a random selection

I go for - Judo Smurf after that I have to think

[Ritter_Schlumpfenherz]

I highly believe that these smurfs will be discontinued, for I haven't seen any of them within the last five to six months in any toy-shop nearby.

20134 Judo
20192 Smurfette with Baby
20412 Bride
20413 Bridegroom
20443 Inline Skater Smurfette
20449 Lead guitar
20525 Goalkeeper
20527 play maker

[bwalters]

Hi I am going to guess these.

20443 Inline Skater smurfette
20449 Lead guitar
20465 Fireman
20466 Scuba Diver
20467 Chimney Sweep
20469 Smurf with Flowers
20704 Suprise Smurfette

[southernyacht]

Hi there,

My guess is:

20702 Party Gargamel
20411 Azrael
20467 Chimney Sweep
20466 Scuba Diver
20525 G/keeper
20527 Playmaker
20704 Surprise smurfette
20449 Lead guitar

[FlamingO]

I am too late to guess now?

[eggie smurf]

I am too late to guess now?

You should be ok to guess, Sue...unless I missed where they have been announced already

[Schildkoete]

I'm also just making a wild guess with these

20443 Inline Skater smurfette
20525 Goalkeeper
20527 Playmaker
20412 Bride
20413 Bridegroom
20449 Lead guitar
20704 Surprise Smurfette
20701 Anniversary

[Gerda]

I am too late to guess now?

You should be ok to guess, Sue...unless I missed where they have been announced already

actually she might be because I just found something and i'm surprised

[Smurfysmurf]

Yes, the announcement has been made, so the competition is closed

The Halloween smurfs will be discontinued (thank goodness )

We have the following with
3 corrected guesses
Michelle
ABC
Tojo

1 correct guess
Brad

Thank you everybody for participating..this was a fun competition and I don't think anybody could have seen the outcome

Congratulations ABC, Michelle and Tojo

If you pm me your three choices of the new smurfs, I will get the order ready...and arrange to have them sent to you as soon as they are available