The following provides information about other smurfclubs and smurfy resources world wide.
Should you be contacting any of those smurfy friends, please send my regards!
Smurf Heaven Australian Collectors Club The British Smurf Collectors Club
Smurf Heaven Australian Collectors Club
Welcome to the SMURF HEAVEN collectors club ! We all came to the realisation that in order to further any of our Smurf Collections we had to look overseas. There was nowhere in Australia where we could buy Smurfs and everyone we had found to swap with only had the same ones we already had. The real problems came when we found out the prices of overseas bank charges and postal costs. We still believe that it would be a lot easier if the petrol stations would bring back our little blue friends.
Since this is not the case, and we may have to live to be Papa Smurf's age before that happens, we decided to do something about it.
Now you have the chance to buy Smurfs in Australia through us and hopefully we can also trade to overseas the different variations that we can get over here for the ones they can get over there.
MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Now we know that you are dying to find out all the goodies you will get for becoming a member of "SMURF HEAVEN" so here they are:
MEMBERSHIP CARD & SMURF IDENTITY. Each new member will receive their own membership card and they can choose their own Smurf Identity name to be placed on their membership card.
QUARTERLY NEWS LETTERS. Our newsletter, "The Smurf Telegraph", will be posted out to each member four times a year and will have all the latest Smurf news from Australia and around the world. It will also include information on different Promotional Smurfs, re-releases of old smurfs, recent variations discovered, advice on identifying different smurfs, competitions, and heaps of other smurf trivia.
FREE SMURF HEAVEN SWAP REGISTER Members will be able to place their name on a register, printed in The Smurf Telegraph. This way they can contact other Smurfers in their area
SMURF CHECK LIST Members will receive a complete number coded check list of over 500 different 2" figurines as well as the Playsets, Houses, Super Smurfs and various promotional smurfs.
SMURF ORDER FORM Members will receive an order form and price list for the incredible range of Smurfs, Full Colour Smurf Catalogues, Smurf Houses, Playsets and Super Smurfs that are available through us. Only registered SMURF HEAVEN members will be able to place orders.
Membership costs for SMURF HEAVEN are
$25.00 Aust for the 1st year,
$15.00 Aust every other year.So what are you Smurfing for? To join our club, please send an e-mail to steph1@iinet.net.au to receive further smurfy details or visit the web site at http://www.q-net.net.au/~frog/smurf-heaven.htm.
Smurfing Times
Michele and Alan are longtime Smurf collectors. His personal collection consists of over 2000 figurines. He has an even larger collection available for trade/sale. So, if you are looking for a certain figurine or variation, this is the place to ask for support.
Smurfing Times specializes in Smurfiations.His info on Smurfiations is second to none. One look at the clubs Smurfiations-Lists will make you realize that there isn't such a thing as a complete Smurf Collection. There is always something new that Alan and Michele discover.
Also, a membership list is available for all members. This ensures that fellow Smurfers can network with each other, which is a very important aspect to many Smurf Lovers.
When Alan and Michele go Smurf Hunting, you can be sure that they carry your personal wanted list with them and will make every effort to assist members of their club in the completion of their collection. Hard-to-find Smurfs are the Club's Forte.
Smurfing Times publishes six newsletters per year and gives members the option to obtain back-issues. This is extremely smurfy, as you wouldn't wanna miss any Smurfiations. And Smurf-Swapping is smurfy fun with Smurfing Times.
For further information about Smurfing Times send e-mail to arennard@juno.com or
send a S.A.S.E. (72 cents stamp) to the address below.
Smurfing Times
Alan G. Rennard
Michele A. Moore
3 Indian Lane
Burlington, New Jersey
08016/5123
U.S.A.
Smurfenclub Krant
(Netherlands/Belgium)
Jacqueline den Heijer is the editor of the newsletter, which is published in Dutch. Highlights are translated into English. A more detailed translation is available upon request. In the newsletter you will find information about new smurfs, smurfing events, letters and free advertising. The Smurfenclub also organizes club meetings four times a year. Because of the great demand, they might be additional days in the future. New dates will be posted as soon as they are available.
One piece of Trivia from the Smurfenclub: What are the parking police in Belgium called? Answer: Of course Smurfs, because of their blue caps. The blue caps are no longer there, but the name stuck.
The next Smurfenclub meeting will be
on April 11, 1999
in Huizen, just a couple of km north of Hilversum
in the Sportsfacility "de grenspaal"
from 11.00 am until 15.00 pm.The next Smurfenfestival will be on
July 3 and July 4, 1999
in Scheveningen.
If you are interested to find out further details on any events, please call Jacqueline at (011)31-346-575589. This is also the number to use should you want to send a fax or request more info on the club newsletter, which is published four times a year. Or write a letter to:
Jacqueline den Heijer
Pauwenkamp 40
3607 GC Maarssen
NetherlandsShould you have any way of attending those smurfy events, Astro will appreciate it very much if you share some photographs with The Ultimate Web Smurf Club!
De Belgium Smurfenclub
(Belgium)
And this is a brandnew addition to the smurfy network, even though the club has been in existence for quite a while. It is another address you should add to your smurfy contacts!
Please contact Hilda Dieltjes if you need further details about "De Belgium Smurfenclub".
De Belgium Smurfenclub
Attn.: Hilda Dieltjes
Oude Bergsebaan 95
2950 Kapellen
Belgium
Frans Seuren B.V., Venlo, NL
Astro has discovered another smurfy resource in the Netherlands, that might be of interest to collectors everywhere. It is Frans Seuren B.V. in Venlo. It is in reality a drugstore, which also sells Smurfs. He believes he has the greatest assortment of Smurfs for sale anywhere. He has 350 different figurines available. Also accessories such as the windmill, houses, Gargamel's castle, etc.
He is one of the few resources that carries many promotional Smurfs, including the two handicapped Smurfs. They are originally from France. And this is what they look like.
To order those, or any other smurfy treasures, please contact
Frans Seuren B.V.
MGR. Nolensplein 38
5911 GG Venlo
Netherlands
Tel./Fax 077-354-5048
or send e-mail to fseuren@plex.nl
or go to the Papasmurfshop!
Buffalo Road Imports (BRI)
Looking for a Smurfy place to shop? Try Buffalo Road Hobby Imports ("BRI"). BRI has been in business for over 18 years, since 1978, and has been providing homes to Smurfs for over 12 years. The retail shop in Clarence, NY, has been entertaining customers since 1991.
BRI is a small family-operated business. The Smurfs were introduced to the family by the youngest daughter, who was an avid fan of the Smurfs. She had started collecting the Smurfs soon after they appeared in the US. As family and friends purchased Smurfs for her, she acquired numerous extras which her mother would sell for her at toy shows alongside the models of toy vehicles the family sold. Before the Smurfs arrived, die-cast models of cars and trucks were the only toys sold by BRI. The Smurfs were popular at toy shows because the little blue fellows (and Smurfette) were often the only appealing toys at such shows for girls and boys who didn't care for vehicles.
Several years later when the Smurfs started to lose their mass appeal, a local candy store advertised their entire inventory for sale during their summer sidewalk sale. After a small family conference, involving mostly the women (by now both the mother and older sister were Smurf fans too), the Smurfs were purchased. The Smurfs were taken home and eagerly examined. Quickly it was noticed that the "same" figure sometimes had his or her clothes or accessories painted a different color and that the figures were made in several different countries. Of course, one of each had to be saved for the collection. The next several months of that summer were spent in a blue heaven, examining and sorting all the Smurfs. The first BRI Smurf list was created, with each figure carefully described in detail, with color variations, the country the figure was made in, and even the licensing markings (i.e. Peyo, Schleich, Wallace Berrie) noted. That fall the Smurfs and the list were taken to toy shows and BRI was officially in the Smurf business! Needless to say, Smurf collectors really appreciated the sales list and the selection of Smurf figures. Names of collectors were taken promising to send new lists as more figures for sale were available; thus began BRI's mail-order Smurf business.
A trip to Europe by a friend who brought back new, "Wow, I've never seen these Smurfs before" figures, also brought the news that new Smurfs were still being made in Germany by Schleich. A flurry of correspondence and another family conference later, the first Smurfs were ordered from Schleich. BRI has been booking passage for the Smurfs to come to the US for over a decade now. Not only were the Smurfs invited over, but their cottages and playsets were brought along too. To share company with the Smurfs, other character figures were acquired; these included the Snorks, Gummi Bears and the Muppets. As these Smurf friends were popular too, BRI's pvc business was started. BRI is now the temporary home of thousands of character figures from over 200 different character "families", from more than 8 countries, all thanks to the Smurfs!
Today, BRI is offering countless other smurfy items from Smurf pins, mugs, jewelry and other small Smurfy toys to a great big child's ride-in Smurf race car or the giant 3' Papa Smurf to Smurf strollers, wall clocks, and lunch boxes with thermoses.
BRI has a website dedicated to the Smurfs at
www.toyline.com/brismurf.. Faxes are accepted at anytime at 716-759-7462. Evenings and weekends are best for telephone calls at 716-759-7451. Store hours are Wednesday - Friday 2-6 pm, Saturday 1-5 pm, Sunday 11-3 pm, and by appointment.You can e-mail BRI at smurf@toyline.com, or write to
Buffalo Road Imports (BRI)
10120 Main Street
Clarence, NY 14031, USA
The British Smurf Collectors Club
Irene and Terry Anderson were the original distributors of Smurfs in the U.K. from 1979 - 1984. Last year they were asked by Peyo's family to re-introduce them to the U.K., so they founded The British Smurf Collectors Club. Anyone can join the club who is a Smurf Collector.
The objectives of the British Smurf Collectors Club are:
to provide information to smurf collectors on the current availability of particular Smurf designs to enable collectors to create new collections or complete their existing collections;to provide advance information on all new! planned smurf designs prior to their release;
to provide a direct source of supply by post for the current 1998 range of newly released smurf products being reintroduced to the British market as illustrated in the collectors booklet;
to provide a source of supply for "smurf classics", these are "original" Smurf figurines or Super Smurf designs.
There are many benefits of being a member of the British Smurf Collectors Club, for example "Special Offers" and collectors booklets. Also you will be up-to-date about smurfy news from the European market.
The British Smurf Club web site is awaiting your visit! Please click here to visit the British Smurf Collectors Club online. Their mailing address is:
P.O. Box. No. 2326
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH11 8ZA
United Kingdom
