Some people consider the Bully figurines to be the original smurf figurines. This is not correct, since Schleich was the first company to be licensed to produce smurfs and only in the 70s was Bully making them simultaneously. There are actually quite a few of them. In July 1973 Bully Smurfs were born. All Bully Smurfs were sculpted by Bully's inhouse artist, Irmingard Hieber, who transformed Peyo's drawings into 3-D figurines. Here is a list dedicated to the collectors that are interested in this part of the smurf figurine history. Astro will add images of the variations at a later time!
The very first Bully Smurf was Quack! There are actually some very interesting variations if you compare them to the Schleich version.1973
- Quack
- Brainy
- Gold
- Harp
- Judge
- Cook
- King
- Handy Mechanic (black wrench!)
- Earache
- Normal
- Papa
- Sunbather (red/white trunks)
- Prisoner
- Crying
- Drummer
- Trumpeter (eyes open)
- Courting
- Jungle with Spear
- Shiver with red scarf
- Flying
1974
- Astro (red tie, pointing up)
- Spy
- Angry (small version)
- Lute (red Lute)
- Handstand
- Woodcutter
- Pillow
- Present(white parcel)
- Tracker
1975
In 1975 there was also a Bully Smurfhouse, much rounder than the ones we know from Schleich, and there were mini smurfs in different colours. Bully further designed a Smurf Game, which used the mini smurfs as figurines.
- Gargamel (one green bottle)
- Johan
- Pewit
- Cookie
- Jolly
- Shy
- Naughty
- Vanity
- Digger (short shovel)
- Hammer
- Beer
- Soccer
- Tyrolese
- Jester
- Injured
- Oboist
- Watchman
- Painter
- Scholar
- Skier
1976
- Sleepwalker (red PomPom)
- Smurfette (long eyelashes, posing)
- Tennisplayer (ylw. ball and racket)
- Bookworm
- Laughing
- Archer (bow and arrows one mould)
- Pirate (ylw. belt)
- Flower (white center pin)
1977
1978
- Sitting
- Thinking
- Swimmer (ylw. tube)
- Rock'n Roll (feet closer together)
- Sledgehammer
- Papa Bandleader
- Poet (feather red marks)
- Hefty (blue & white)
- Halberdier
- Ballerina
- Cake
- Headcook
- Farmer
1979
- Angler
- Armour
- Baker (square bread)
- Hunter
- Carnival
- Sauna
1980
- Superman (ylw. base, white shoes)
- Scuba
- Scot
- Alchemist
- Liontamer (drum ylw., top of drum red
- Hairdresser
- Cornucopia
- Umbrella
- Carpenter
- Conjuror (grey hat, green handkerchief)
- Iceskater
That is it for now, and as promised there will be images of the variations in the future! So keep visiting for more Bully news!!
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