For Chuk.. The Smurf Appreciation Thread

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[soul_art]

I had no idea so many people collected them !

[lind9650]

I love Smurfs. We used to have a house full of them. With nine children in our home, each and everyone of them owned some Smurfs.

In the 1970s most Petrol Stations gave away Smurfs when buying petrol. We did not have a car, but we needed petrol for the lawnmower, and had no problem for one of the children to offer to get the petrol in a one gallon can.

I have no idea what happened to all the Smurfs. Some of the children took theirs with them when they left home. The rest I think my husband gave away when we downsized to move into the Retirement Village. I wish I still had some of those lovely little characters.

Erica

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@soul_art wrote:

Oh, I wish I was there pepe, I love chucking stuff out !!!

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they were quite ruthless!!

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

nawwww I love these smurf photos. You people should have put them in the Nostalgia thread. I must have been about 11 when smurfs hit the BP stations. I'd forgotten so many of the characters until now. The caped smurf with the mask was a favourite of mine.

[cherry*135]

Annie.. I have the one withe the football too.

The one withe the flowers in Erica's post is cute.

We used to get drinking glasses from petrol stations too in the '80s (I still have 6 crystal champagne glasses from petrol station). Ordinary tumblers as well..gave the last couple away when moving house about a year ago.

[katymatey*]

There a couple hanging around here. I buy bags of small toys from the op shop to give my grandkids something different to play with. ($1.00 a bag) Sort of like a lucky dip because you don't know what you are getting. :). I suspect the smurfs are from maccas.

[chuk_77]

hmm, what else do i collect?

useless broken cameras

oil lanterns

carnival glass

english cups

hat pins

kinder suprise toys (but i have missed placed them now)

i also kept all my birthday cards from when i was a kid

OH would also say i collect beads.. i have lots of beads

oh and for a while there i collected cars and bikes but ran out of room at home so most of the went

nothing beats my smurfs though they are all catalogued by their serial number and IO keep a log of what i want what I need and all the double ups and what is mint or not...Im NOT a nutter honest

[chuk_77]

i dont have cook!! i hafe the rest though

[chuk_77]

oh i forgot one. I use to collect saxaphone "things" die cast models, figurines playing, anything that had a sax, i bought it. Thry are all pack away and i dont do it now, but cant seem to part with them

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

I dreamt about smurfs last night. The creepy new ones.