2005 Smurfs - The Classic Range

Eight new smurfs were released in January 2005.

With the 2005 smurfs it was back to basics, featuring classic favourites Harmony, Grouchy, Papa Smurf, Jokey, Smurfette, Brainy, Vanity and Baby smurf.

Some people were delighted that Schleich had reverted back to the original characters, some weren't so pleased. The new Papa Smurf 2.0533 was very similar to Papa Thinking Smurf 2.0424 which proved disappointing for most collectors. When questioned, Schleich had this explanation: -

All the new Smurfs represent completely new moulds although they look very similar to the old ones. We therefore have to give them new numbers, If you look at the current papa in the catalogue you will see his head is slightly turned to the right, and the image of the new papa shows him face parallel to feet looking straight ahead.

Interesting fact about the 2005 Smurfs:

When Schleich made the first batch of the new 2005 Smurfs there were technical problems with Baby Smurf meaning that many Smurf Shops only initially received seven out of the eight new Smurfs!