SMURFS CERAMIC Hefty SMURF FIGURE Hammer Sign Vintage Porcelain Figurine 1982

  This is a 3.5” bisque / porcelain figurine of Hefty Smurf, who is shown holding a hammer / Mallet swinging up in the air, ready to hammer a sign entitled “Smurf Village”. A tattoo of a red heart can be seen on Hefty’s upper arm. The Hefty Smurf statue figure was manufactured by Wallace Berrie during the early 1980s as part of a larger set of Smurf bisque figurines.

Hefty Smurf is is one of the main characters of the Smurfs comic books, the 1980s Smurfs cartoon show, and the 2021 Smurfs cartoon show. Hefty mainly carries the heavy load that other Smurfs can't. He is also one of the few Smurfs who will accept any kind of dangerous journey, making him one of the top choices to send out of the Village to retrieve something.

This ceramic statue figure is in good vintage condition. This figure is a used item so there are some signs of wear such as a few small marks and some dings. The colors are crisp and vibrant though and the gloss looks nice. Please look at all photos for a more detailed look so you can also gauge the condition for yourself. My idea of good vintage condition may be different from yours.

Makes a great gift for a Smurf collector or add this Smurf to your own collection!

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Background information on the Smurfs:

The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs; Dutch: De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. The Smurfs was first created and introduced as a series of comic characters by the Belgian comics artist Peyo (the pen name of Pierre Culliford) in 1958, wherein they were known as Les Schtroumpfs. There are more than 100 Smurf characters, and their names are based on adjectives that emphasise their characteristics, such as "Jokey Smurf", who likes to play practical jokes on his fellow smurfs. "Smurfette" was the first female Smurf to be introduced in the series. The Smurfs wear Phrygian caps, which came to represent freedom during the modern era.

Dupuis, editor of the Smurf comics, first produced smurf figurines in 1959. The first one was a series of three figurines, 5 centimetres (about 2 inches) 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, a German company, made the first truly mass-produced PVC Smurf collectible figurines (the first three being Normal Smurf, Gold Smurf and Convict Smurf (complete with black-and-white striped prisoner's outfit). 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. In the 1970s, smurfs were also produced by rival German company Bully. The first of these figurines were made as a promotion for Kellogg's, but were afterwards sold separately.

Many people do not realise that the Smurf figurines given away with the petrol promotions actually still continue in production today. 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. Over 300 million of them have been sold so far.