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It is very nice reading and eventhough many old information sometimes seems wrong, the information from the exact years when these letters are written is very intresting!!
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Like this info: After Schleich financial problems as you know they removed many many smurfs from the catalogue 1986 compared to the catalogue 1987. So at this time the 1986 issues was in the beginning seen as almost limited editions. And after all it was true regarding the red cone, but many of the others were released again.
But when Schleich made these changes in 1987 they stopped making smurfs in Hongkong and therefore some markingvariations can be rare.
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Maureen I hope it is OK I added this picture taken from the SCCI letter on your website!
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