Jakks Pacific Smurfs Micro Village

My fondest memory of the Smurfs was that I would catch the cartoon every Sunday morning. My dad would tape all the episodes on the VHS (for those who do not know what that is) so I could watch them anytime.

Jakks Pacific has the licence for the Smurfs and they were the one that did the toys for The Smurfs movie.
With the anticipation of the 2nd Smurfs movie, they again are producing the toys for the movie. On top of that, they have also produced the Smurfs toys from the cartoon and the ever so cute Smurfs Micro Village line.

The Smurfs Micro Village line caught both my wife's and my eye because they are so irresistibly cute.
The line consists of 1 inch figures and interlocking tiles to build your very own village. They also sold the 1 inch Smurfs separately in pack of 3's.

The packaging is eye catching with a colorful painting of the village on the card.
The figures can be clearly seen and they come out of the packaging easily.
The back of the card shows the other figures from the series and also the unlimited ways to built your very own micro Smurfs village.

These are real small figures (1 inch in size) so don't expect too much in terms of paint quality.
However, I must say it is pretty good for its size.
The sculpt is also well done for its size.
Articulation is nil but expected.

Overall, a cute addition to my collection. I kinda consider them as designer toys and have decided to frame them up and display them with my designer toys!

My Smurfs all framed up for display

Jakks Pacific Smurfs Movies

The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs) is a comic and television franchise centered on a group of small blue fictional creatures called Smurfs, created and first introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo on October 23, 1958.
I love the Smurfs cartoon and I remember watching it on the television every Sunday and humming to the tune "La La La La La La..."
At that time, Schleich was the company that was producing the Smurfs figures and are still at it today. I did a review on some of my childhood Smurfs figures.

Papa Smurf always says...


With most comics titles being made into movies, how am I not surprised that the Smurfs have now gotten their own motion picture.
I have no idea how the movie will turn out as I have not even seen the trailers. But based on the posters, I guess the Smurfs look decent enough.
I still like the original look though...:)
Jakks Pacific is the company that is producing the movie's toys.
I got myself the two-packs series of Papa Smurf & Clumsy Smurf, Smurfette & Gutsy Smurf and Brainy Smurf & Chef Smurf. Pity they did not include Grouchy into the 2 packs but is included in the Smurfs Movie Magic Moments Figure Gift Packs.

The packaging is very simple but oddly very eye catching to me. I believe I would be the minority but somehow I like the packaging design very much. Maybe it's because blue is one of my favourite colors. The packaging shows off the figures very well so good news for the MOC collectors.
The front of the packaging is almost the same for the 3 packs save for the different names denoting the figures you are buying.
However the back of the packaging is different as it has the picture of the figures you are buying.







The sculpting is pretty good. I guess as the Smurfs are CGI characters, the chances of producing decent sculpt are higher.
The painting is not bad but there are slop on Papa Smurt's eyebrow and beard.
Overall, the blue is very eye catching.

Guess what!
In the past, Smurfs figures (produced by Schleich) were plastic statues with zero articulation.
However, Jakks Pacific has decided to add some articulation onto the Smurfs.
Even though the articulation is super limited (shoulder & legs), I guess I am satisfied.
The only problem I have is that Smurfette legs are not articulated as compared to the rest of the figures. This makes her impossible to stand due to her heavier head.

There are no accessories at all except for Chef Smurf.
He comes with a spoon and meat dome.
Brainy does have a book but that is glued to his hand so I am not counting it as an accessory.

Overall, cute figures to have.

Papa Smurf & Clumsy Smurf












Smurfette & Gusty
















Brainy & Chef
















The Smurfs!








Now what were u thinking...

Little Blue Fellows

S is for Smurfs

La La La La La La La La La La La...

The Smurfs are a comic and television franchise centered on a group of small blue fictional creatures.
They were created and first introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo on October 23, 1958.

I remember when we were kids, my sister and I would wait eagerly for the weekend so that we could watch the Smurfs cartoon.

My sister used to collect the Smurfs toys when she was young.
She still have some of them and have passed them down to her daughter to play with in her dollhouse.
I borrowed them for this review.

The Smurfs toys are made by Schleich and they are still making the Smurfs figures.
Schleich also makes animals, knights, dinosaurs etc.

The Smurfs figures stand around 1 to 2 inches tall and are moulded as one piece, hence there is no articulation.
They look extremely cute and each figure has a dictinct character.

There is decolourisation & wear and tear in the figures but they have really stood up well against time. They are around 20 years old.
Good Times!

A 3D Smurf movie will be out later this year...I wonder if there will be a toy line for it?

Clumsy Smurf




Handy Smurf




Angel Smurf




Angry Smurf




Black Smurf
The Purple Smurfs (original French title Les Schtroumpfs Noirs, literally The Black Smurfs) is the first album of the original French-language Smurfs comic series created by Belgian artist Peyo, first published in 1963.
As the story goes, one of the Smurfs got stung by a black fly that turns his skin jet black, drives him insane and reduces his vocabulary to the single word "gnap!" He bounces around and bites other Smurfs on their tail, which turns them into black Smurfs as well!
This story was later used as the basis for an episode of the Smurfs cartoon, though their skin color was changed from black to purple.
I can still rememeber that episode!










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