VERY RARE SMURF: Flexing Bodybuilder Smurf - Schleich Peyo

VERY RARE BODYBUILDER SMURF (20417) 
 

There is no other smurf like Bodybuilder Smurf.

The Bodybuilder Smurf was first created as a promotional smurf keyring for the bodybuilding clubs in Europe around 1988. Posing in a bodybuilder position, wearing red bathers with the words Sport and Fitness written in black writing on it’s white hat. 

In the beginning Bodybuilder was given the Schleich reference of #20228. Shortly after this Bodybuilder Smurf was pulled from production as supposedly Peyo did not approve of this smurf. Apparently only 5000 of the original Bodybuilder were produced.

It wasn’t until after Peyo’s death in 1992, that Bodybuilder was reproduced by Schleich and given a new reference number of #20417. This time Bodybuilder was wearing gold bathers. The Smurf in this listing.

Bodybuilder was produced by Schleich between 1993 to 1996. 

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