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My username is taken from one of my five favorite Smurfs. These are the "not wallet safe" ones where I will want anything that has them on it. They are Naughty, Clockwork, Jokey, Grouchy and the Angry/Black Smurf. Naughty still makes me laugh as do Jokey and Grouchy on the cartoon (June Foray cracks me up!). Clockwork was one I really liked when I was younger since he was robot-ish and cute (I have a thing for microcosms and automatons...go figure). I was in Brussels one Christmas '88 or '89 (I think)and found him in a shop not far from Manneken Pis. It was a fun find and instantly one of my favorites. My mother is Belgian and I remember getting some Smurfs at some point during the seventies from my grandmother before they came here and not knowing what the heck these things were.
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It looks like I am back now picking out the ones I couldn't afford when I was younger and just reliving the magic these little figures brought to me for so many years. Thanks for having me here and I have a million questions. I'll be sure to read a lot before asking though.
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