LEGO’s Springfield is expanding this May with another iconic location and another sixteen residents from “The Simpsons.” While rumored for about a year, and confirmed last fall, this is the first we’ve seen of the Kwik-E-Mart and the minifigures.
The Kwik-E-Mart retails for $199.99, and while be available alongside the Simpsons House, also $199.99. While the convenience store looks great, with incredible detail inside, I’d rather have them reduce some of the size and detail and give us a smaller one at around a $100 price point. I don’t know if that’s because I’m cheap or broke, but either way, I don’t think I’ll be picking it up. And yet, look at the details! Comic books, newspapers, food, that one dude in the freezer — wow.
The second series of The Simpsons Minfigures though — I’ll be buying every one.
- Maggie with Santa’s Little Helper
- Bartman
- Sunday Best Marge
- Sunday Best Homer
- Sunday Best Lisa with Snowball
- Radioactive Boy
- Smithers
- Hans Moleman
- Comic Book Guy
- Edna Krabappel
- Groundskeeper Willie
- Martin Prince
- Professor Frink
- Dr. Hibbert
- Patty
- Selma
I love the character selection, but still wonder if we’ll ever see a Moe or Barney — I know, they’re all alcoholey, but if you looked at the violence and bad habits of the other characters in this series…come on. We can handle a drunk. I also prefer Jasper to Hans Moleman when it comes down to it, but I do like the series here. If there’s a Series 3, I already have a wishlist going. And if they worked in a handful of “Futurama” characters somehow, all the better.
The Minifigures will be blind-bagged again, but of all of the lines of characters LEGO has done, the Simpsons characters, with a distinctive mold for each character, are easiest to suss out. So if you want a dozen Groundskeeper Willies for some kind of bizarre diorama, you’ll be able to find them.
That would be pretty cool, actually.
These are in stores starting in May — get your fingers ready to fondle some packages!