My Collection of... Childhood Toys... SMURFS

All the recent smurf about Smurfs... reminded me of my childhood days... where I would wake up early on Sunday morning... to catch Smurfs on TV...

I would even record it on VCR... the predecessor of VCD/DVD... to watch it over and over again...

Created by Pierre Culliford... better known as Peyo...  Smurfs made their first appearance in a Belgium comic... also created by Peyo... “Le Journal de Spirou”... with protagonist... Johan & Peewit... the Smurfs were just secondary characters...

But the animation “The Smurfs and the Magic Flute” ... propelled these little blue creatures into the limelight...

In 1981... Hanna & Barbera... who created Tom & Jerry... The Flinstones... Yogi Bear... created the Smurf tv series for the NBC network in the US... soon the world became smurfy over smurfs...

No fewer than 256 episodes were produced...

Smurfs was very much a part of my childhood memories... I had my own little Smurf Village... proudly displaying my 100 odd smurf figurines... complete with structures... My parents indulged me completely...

But as I grew... these childhood toys were kept away...

Today... while back at my parents' place... I decided to relive this childhood luv of all things Smurfs...

After rummaging around the storeroom... I finally found... some of them... I know there are more but I was too tired and dusty to look further...

Part One... of my collection of Smurfs...

Wallace Berrie... Smurf Pop Up Playset... Smurf Village... A compact playland for all your smurfy characters...