Thanks Tojo....still sorting through them and so far I have come across some really nice variations and completed a few more smurfs from the katalog. The King (20074) always confused me after reading the Katalog but with all of the ones that arrived on Friday, I have been able to re-read the Katalog and refer to the smurfs and I have made total sense of what the Katalog is referring to....it's so much easier when you have the smurfs in front of you of course.
Just a few questions though...
1. 20004 Shiver - I have one with the Schleich Emblem....but it has the marking W Germany covered over obviously by Schleich....therefore, do you count this as a Schleich Emblem W Germany smurf or only a Schleich Emblem smurf?
2. Does anyone have the Sunbather (yellow & black pants) with the Schleich Emblem?...thought I would ask......also has anyone actually seen the Sunbather with the orange & white pants?.....I haven't so far.
3. Clown (20033) - I just got one with the Portugal markings but according to the Portugal listing in the Katalog its not meant to have red stripes on the yellow pants...
.....I thought I could cross that one off but this Portugal Clown has red stripes.
4. Gift (20040) In the Katalog it says that the China Ce variation has an orange present....the China Ce smurf I now have is actually a yellow one......just wondering if anyone has a China Ce Gift smurf with orange Present as opposed to my yellow one.....another one I can't cross off
5. 20042 Chef (no.4 in the Katalog) - I thought I had the last one I needed for this which is the Schleich S W Germany with red underneath the spoon. My one has red underneath the brown spoon so I am pretty sure that was what the Katalog was talking about....however my markings are Schleich Emblem W Germany.....falls into the same category as the above two. Does anyone else have one of these smurfs?
Here's another photo of new murfies....this is where I am up to in the sorting and will continue to work through them....spent virtually all day going through the earlier ones and I am still only up to 20091....I might need to have a sicky on Tuesday I feel.
Dyar