1. white Underwear - Germany Schleich S 1982
2. yellow Underwear - Hong Kong W Berrie Co 1983
DESCRIPTION:
1. thicker white Skipping Rope, white Underwear.
DESCRIPTION:
2. thinner white Skipping Rope, yellow Underwear.
DESCRIPTION:
3. longer thin white Skipping Rope, yellow Underwear.
4. (same as no.4 except) darker colours.
The Smurfette is real but these stiff blue Skipping Ropes which have been added to the authentic Smurfette have been proven to be absolute fakes. Suspicions arose when these recently starting appearing on Ebay in huge quantites and also due to the fact that the Blue Rope was so unlike the regular authentic White Rope variations.
Recent experiments involving cutting the Blue Rope revealed that it is infact an Electrical Copper Wire which would seem highly unlikely that they would be used as part of a children's toy when better and more suitable alternatives would be more logical choice.
Another give away was the fact that if you look very closely at the Blue Rope the well known manufacturer's name "Cabelte" appears on the blue exterior which would never happen with authentic smurfs unless they were Promo Smurfs, in which case the name or logo would be an obvious feature of the Smurf's appearance.
Therefore these are 100% fake and although they are still nice to have in a collection I hope caution is taken to not waste good money on these fradulent pieces as they should be regarded as almost worthless pieces especially since there is no shortage of availability.
Germany
Schleich S
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