Tiny Blue Tykes

The Schönwald smurf-a grams are part of a series produced by Schönwald, a spa and resort located in the famed “Black Forest” of Germany as part of a promotion. This year they have released a smurf-a-gram with the Papa Tuxedo figure on top. The Papa Tuxedo (2.0556) smurf toy figure itself was released by Schleich in 2008 as party of their 50th anniversary smurf release.

The sad news however is that this may be the last smurf-a-gram Schönwald will produce. Schönwald are disillusioned with the fact that many buyers of the figures buy them simply to resell them for a profit on eBay so have suggested that this may be the last lot. I’m really hoping it won’t be.

Smurf ya later,

Linda.

Well it looks like it’s bad news. The smurf movie has been put on the backburner until US summer 2011 according to Cinema Blend.com. Apparently Sony is considering July 2011 as there will be less competition. Probably not a bad move on their part.

I must say this little quip from Cinema Blend, speaking about the competition factor, made me smile: “That, of course, is likely to change, but regardless, it was a smart move on Sony’s part to keep the film out of the December 17th free-for-all. Blue clashes with red and green anyway.”

Blue clashes with red and green…..classic

Smurf ya later,

Linda

See Also:

• First CG Smurf poster revealed – Who doesn’t love the Smurfs…or more specifically Smurfette? The first teaser poster for the upcoming Smurf movie (released in December 2010) has been released. Okay, so it’s not going to win any awards but it gives us an idea as to how …

• First CGI Smurf Is Equally As Shocked By Your Presence – Film … – The folks over at PVCBlue, a site dedicated to all things Smurf, have stumbled upon our very first look at one of the little guys from the upcoming Sony Pictures release Smurfs 3D.
• First CG Smurf poster revealed – Who doesn’t love the Smurfs…or more specifically Smurfette? The first teaser poster for the upcoming Smurf movie (released in December 2010) has been released. Okay, so it’s not going to win any awards but it gives us an idea as to how …

Well I would’ve thought it impossible but apparently you can turn yourself blue. A 58 yr old man, Paul Karason, used a silver compound to treat a bad case of dermatitis over 10 years ago. The result was a Papa Smurf lookalike.

Mr Karason has been self medicating and making his own preparations of the Colloidal silver; which is a suspension of silver in a liquid, usually distilled water. It was used thousands of years ago for its antibacterial properties but been replaced by penicillin in modern times. It was banned by the FDA in 1999 as it causes argyria.

“I’m in a place right now where it’s very difficult for me to make my own, and my resources are limited and it’s very expensive” he told the host of the NBC’s Today Show.

He also said: ‘[My skin] has lightened up, it is not major but it is lightening up. I am actually going to try green.’

Painting yourself blue seems a much better, not to mention safer, option to me.

Well I must say this is a very interesting little find. By the looks of it it’s possibly a poster for the upcoming 3D CG animated smurf movie I blogged about recently. You can read that blog HERE.

According to Ryan Parsons’ recent story in  CanMag,  this could very well be a scan of the poster.

“Though early in production, our long-time scooper “Wesley – The Dutch Guy” has sent over what looks to be a scan of a sample teaser poster for the film.”

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Well we all know there’s phobias for everything under the sun; spiders, change, death, heights to name a few. But seriously, a fear of smurfs? Though, to Natalie Portman’s credit,  she does say it was Gargamel that scared the ka-smurfs out of her.

In a recent interview by her Brothers co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal, she laughingly admitted her fear.

“PORTMAN: [laughs] I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs.

GYLLENHAAL: The Smurfs?

PORTMAN: Because that bad guy, Gargamel, was so terrifying. I was scared of a lot of cartoons. I’m kind of wussy like that.

GYLLENHAAL: That’s interesting because you seem so fearless.

PORTMAN: Really?

GYLLENHAAL: Yeah. Looking at all these things that you’ve done and contributed to the world so far, I would have thought that the evil wizard Gargamel would’ve been something you could have very easily stepped over.

PORTMAN: Thank you for saying that, but I’m far from fearless. I’m afraid of everything. But maybe when you’re afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you’re scared of nothing.”

Source: Interview Magazine (c) 2009

Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Natalie_Portman.jpg

It kind of makes you wonder what other stars are afraid of.

Smurf ya later,

Linda.

You may also like reading this:

• “Smurf Fiction” Starring Samuel L. Smurfson : Apropos of Something – Thanks, everyone! I’m never sure about my non-superhero comics, and this one nearly ended up in the Apropos Rejects pile. Oh, and I’m honored to join the Triple Crown Club. Does membership come with a jacket or some kind of coupon book? …

Hello fellow smurfers,

It’s always nice to see some new Smurf toys released. Here’s a couple of pics of some that can be played with in the bath. They’re made by Plastoy, who have also brought us the set of 13 ceramic smurfs and a King smurf money box. They’re made from soft rubber and have a hole in their mouth to squirt water. They are being sold in Europe for $19.95Euro a set.

Information on box:  www.plastoy.net (C) Peyo 2009, Licensed thru I.M.P.S (Brussels)

The ceramic smurfs that are also made by Plastoy can be seen HERE.

Smurf ya later,

Linda.

Finally back into buying a few more pieces for my collection. So here’s a pic of my latest buy, “A Smurf Village Punch Out Book”. A bargain at 99c ($US) plus postage.

I’m hoping to eventually collect all the smurf colouring in books and activity books there are. Most of these were produced by Random House in the 80s so can be a little hard to source, especially in good undrawn in condition. Currently I have around 3-5 of these books. Pictured in the gallery below is a sample of some of the books available.

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The German company, Schleich, have been producing PVC smurf figurines since 1965. They first produced the Papa smurf (Papaschlumpf) in 1969. He was produced every year until 1972 and then re-realeased from 1976-1999.

Interestingly enough the Papa smurf toy, although being numbered 2.0001, wasn’t the first of the PVC smurfs to be released. Normal smurf (2.0002), Gold Smurf (2.0005) and Prisoner smurf (2.0010) were the first 3 smurfs released in 1965.

These figurines are made from PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) and measure approximately 5cm in height. The base material is generally either blue, white or red. They were produced in both Germany and Hong Kong.