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Then they replied, "We've got lots of smurf stuff" and I got even more excited!!!!!
They told me the sad, sad story of how they produced all this smurfy stuff and approached IMPS to pay the licensing fee and never received a response. They said in the end they had to give up and so now the items have to be phased out.
These are the items they had: -
Smurf mugs, Smurf iron-on transfers, Smurf fridge magnets, Smurf lipstick bags, Smurf tins, Smurf car air fresheners and Smurf mouse mats.
I think that was everything and although I can't stock these as they aren't licensed I have done everything in my powers to ensure the smurfers on this forum can get some of these items before they disappear off the face of the earth.
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What amazes me is this supplier is what I would call a hip and trendy supplier, they deal in kool gear, there were no other cartoon characters targetted, they just chose the smurfs. The smurf mug was actually sitting next to JR Ewing on a mug, I guess he's not so hip but they were definitely the only cartoon characters featured.
LONG LIVE THE SMURFS!!!!
I feel like singing "They will survive!!!!" in my best Gloria Gaynor voice, I have had a mad mad day.
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