Blue Cavern

Maybe some of you collectors are intrested in the markings of the cottages. I noticed that the new Peyo creation boxes didn´t have the same markings as my old cottages which looks the same. So I checked my cottages and found these versions.

1. only peyo. This is possible to have in 3 colours.

2. this version is also possible in 3 colours.

3. The same marking as above but handpainted dots instead.

This is also possible in 3 colours. I don´t have the red one.

4. this is possible in 3 colours.

5. then they added the CE marking to the writing. 3 colours.

6. another CE-version.

7. this is the hongkong made cottageroof. This was only sold in green and red I believe.

8. Roofmarkings on the new painted ones. These can have the marking on version 5 but also this only China marking.

9. In my new boxes with the peyo creations I have this marking. Maybe they started with this earlier. ??? The bases have also different markings.

And these roofs are harder than the early ones.

10. These are a roof from the french magazine cottage. Some of them have only the China marking, depending on which colour it is. There are 8 versions of these.

If I count the one with painted red butterfly and the 4 versions of smurfettes cottage I have and the different markings on the new ones I didn´t see before, I now ended up with 38 different cottages.

And there are probably more I guess.

/André

, I now ended up with 38 different cottages.

And there are probably more I guess.

/André

I am fixing to start to go thru my full collection again and this will come in very handy

Slightly off topic but I think it fits in here. I received a huge lot of loose smurf accessories yesterday, which will help me to complete a lot of my super smurfs.

There was also a beige butterfly included in it which I have never seen before. Does a beige butterfly belong to any of the houses or is it just the purple one that belongs to smurfette's house, which might have been faded?

I don´t know if you recieved the accessories and houses belonging to the french magazine??? These have slightly different colours but my butterflies are kind of biege/yellow on both.

/André

Maureen,

I give you the base markings aswell.

1. Schleich running man logo.

2. Now we have reached second base. Bad joke.

3. before they started with the CE marking.

4. with the CE.

5. the hongkong-base.

6. CE, made in Germany

7. CE marking with only Germany.