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Toy of the Week – 2009 Schönwald Sockel – Papa Smurf in Tuxeo

Linda — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:17:25 +0000

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.

Newsflash – Smurf Movie Delayed

Linda — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:19:54 +0000

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

CG Smurf Movie Update – Possible Poster?

Linda — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:28:53 +0000

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.”

Personally I’m glad to see these little leaks. It makes the whole movie more of a reality. Though I must admit I’m a little concerned about the poor smurf’s expression. The small snippets of plot I managed to find information on suggest that the lead role will be an 8-10 yr old girl, Sophie, who discovers that the “doll” her dad brought home is actually Clumsy smurf. So I guess I am not totally surprised about that expression on the smurf’s face. I’ve seen what 8-10 yr olds do to dolls and I’d be pretty scared too.

And if you’re looking for even more information on the smurf movie plot check out the casting proposal at BackStage.

Smurf ya later,

Linda.