Cute Batch of 15 Peyo Smurf Figurines McDonalds Happy Meal Smurfs 2011 to 2018

ON AUCTION IS A CUTE BATCH OF FIFTEEN (15) SMURF FIGURINES. THEY ARE MCDONALDS HAPPY MEAL SMURFS FROM 2011 TO 2018. LOTS OF USED WEAR AND STAINS. ONE IS MISSING AN ARM BUT ALL OTHERS ARE STRUCTURALLY IN TACT.

WHAT MAKES THESE SMURFS SO DESIRABLE IS THAT THEY ARE ALL STILL HAND PAINTED AND EACH IS UNIQUE IN THAT SENSE. THEY ARE MARKED CHINA TRC WHICH INDICATES THEY WERE HAND PAINTED IN HONG KONG.

MARKS: PEYO 2018 AND MADE FOR MCDONALDS WITH MADE IN CHINA TRC.

SIZE: AROUND 5CM WIDE 7CM HIGH 4CM DEEP
Material: Hard Plastic

CONDITION: LOTS OF USED WEAR AND STAINS. ONE IS MISSING AN ARM BUT ALL OTHERS ARE STRUCTURALLY IN TACT.

SLEICH WEST GERMAN SMURFS (1965-present): 
The Smurfs is a Belgian Comic Book series created by Peyo (Pierre Culliford was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo. His best-known works are the comic book series The Smurfs) in 1958.  
With the popularity of the Smurfs came a wide range of toys and spin-off products and use of the Smurfs in merchandising. Dupuis, editor of the Smurf comics, first produced smurf figurines in 1959. The first one was a series of three figurines, 5 centimetres tall, of Papa Smurf, Normal and Angry, followed in the next decade by some larger figurines. Those were only for sale in French- and Dutch-speaking countries.
In 1965, Schleich (1935-present), a German company known for their hand painted toy figurines made the first truly mass-produced PVC Smurf collectible figurines (the first three being Normal Smurf, Gold Smurf and Convict Smurf). In 1966, Spy Smurf, Angry Smurf, and Drummer Smurf appeared. In 1969, five more smurfs followed: Moon Smurf, Winter Smurf,Brainy Smurf, Guitar Smurf, and Papa Smurf.
The popularity of the smurfs in countries such as Belgium and Germany has never waned, and Smurf collecting has become a growing hobby worldwide, with 400 different figures produced so far. New Smurf figures continue to appear: in fact, only in two years since 1969 (1991 and 1998) have no new smurfs entered the market. Schleich currently produces 8 new figurines a year. The design of products and the creation of tooling is mostly in-house. Production is at the German headquarters and in production facilities in foreign countries. When a figurine is manufactured, a digital model is first made on the computer, followed by a resin prototype. From this, a mould is made for the injection moulding machine. The figurines are then cast and hand painted at various locations in Germanby, China, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Bosnia and Romania.  

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