[André]

there will be 2 exclusive sets ( 5 smurfs in each) with sportsmurfs sold for the olympics also!! Kind of like the displayboxes for the century smurfs.

[André]

That means we have to buy 2 sets with 5 in each, 1 displaybox with 30 smurfs and then 10 loose sportsmurfs.

Better not tell that to my wife, right???

[Smurfysmurf]

Again..do you have a picture?

Will these be released at the same time with the others? Interesting that Schleich is moving to boxed sets of the smurfs...I still need to get individual ones of the movie smurfs

[André]

The same time Maureen, in May.

But they are limited, so "nur solange der vorrat reicht".

meaning in english: only while stocks last.

[Smurfysmurf]

I hope they will be released worldwide

[Tintin]

Hi

That's great news. But i would rather have 2 smurfs in each box so we had to buy 5 different boxes
And then a European version and an American one.
Ofcourse with a lot of painterrors so i have to buy more boxes !!!!!

Can't get enough of this set, so i hope we are going to have as many boxes as possible

Tintin

[André]

Here are the pictures!

Articlenumbers 41310 and 41311!!

[André]

Also if Schleich themselves write this, it to me seems they could in some way be connected to the olympics???

Still hoping for a close connection with olympic symbols on some items later!! But probably they could write like this without the connection!

[André]

Hi

That's great news. But i would rather have 2 smurfs in each box so we had to buy 5 different boxes
And then a European version and an American one.
Ofcourse with a lot of painterrors so i have to buy more boxes !!!!!

Can't get enough of this set, so i hope we are going to have as many boxes as possible

Tintin

I agree Frank!!

I love sportsmurfs and this will be the best release for me for a long time!

[Smurfysmurf]

Hopefully they are working on the connection with the Olympic games. If I remember correctly, they got into trouble when they used the Olympic rings on the supersmurf boxes and had to mark thru them.

I think the Olympic games are as protective of their trademark as IMPS is of the smurf trademark

[André]

I am not sure it was like that Maureen. Eventhough you could be correct.

I think the first boxes used in 1980 were OK with the olympic commite.

Then they used the other boxes also in 1984 but then intentionally blocked the rings since in 1984 in US the olympics went from a very "normal" sport event in Moscow( 1980) to a very commercial event in US in 1984. With the money and costs that goes with it. So I think it would have been to expensive to have kept the logo. But I am not sure they had any problems with it??? I think it still was OK to use the word olympics though? I am not sure about this though and it could have been like you say Maureen that they got into some trouble??

But I am really hoping for the rings this time!!

[Tojo]

I can see 2012 becoming another expensive year

I shall definitely get the two 5er boxes & the 10 individual smurfs. It would be great to find one of the display boxes used in the shops but I've never come across them here as the smurfs are put out on shelves.

[Ritter_Schlumpfenherz]

Wow!!!!! I'm thrilled!!!!

[stampysmurf]

I guess I better start saving up!