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It's party time in Smurfland: the Smurfs are exactly 60 years old on Tuesday. On October 23, 1958, the first Smurf appeared in the comic magazine Robbedoes. The birth of a phenomenon. Reporter Tom van den Oetelaar has that magazine on his shelf. Just like a lot of Smurf books and Smurf figures. He thought he was one of the biggest Smurf fans. But he was disappointed.