Could Simpsons line of Minifigure series or Sets return?

[Huigberts Builds]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

I'd say the Springfield Elementary School is more likely than Krusty Burger or Krustyland

I agree that Springfield Elementary is a way more iconic location than Krusty Burger, but after all the lego ideas submissions I suppose lego decided Krusty Burger, or any Krusty related locations at least, would be a saver choice. Although there's currently a lego ideas submission for Springfield Elementary pretty close to reaching 10k (it's at 7k right now with about a year left). So hopefully that submission will reach enough supporters before the theme gets officially revived to show lego what location we would like to see next.

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

It's way more iconic and relevant than Krusty Burger 

Way more iconic, but a lot bigger. And what parts of the school would they actually include? The front, Mrs Krabappel's classroom, the playground?

If they change their style/approach it might work, but if they stick with the same kind of scaling as the other sets it might feel small/disjointed, or, trying to cram in other areas like the cafeteria and Principal Skinner's office, everything will feel too small?

Happy to be wrong. Although either would be great.

Moe's tavern. Is that still off the table for LEGO after all the 18+ sets for the last few years? It's more iconic than any of the other locations.

[Space Coyote]

The clown code makes me think it's the tv set for Krusty's show, but $200+ seems high for something like that. It probably IS Krusty Burger, that's what my money's on.

[Chicken Little]

Do you guys think there could be a chance the set is a new simpsons house? It would fit with all the licensed houses lego has been doing lately.

I just don't see krustyburger selling that well as 200+ set. Other idea I had was a miniature springfield city, but the price is probably too high.

 

[Huigberts Builds]

1 minute ago, Chicken Little said:

Do you guys think there could be a chance the set is a new simpsons house? It would fit with all the licensed houses lego has been doing lately.

I just don't see krustyburger selling that well as 200+ set. Other idea I had was a miniature springfield city, but the price is probably too high.

I doubt it, the previous set was pretty much perfect and most people who wanted it already have it. It's not like with the Death Star that it will sell easily to a new generation that now have their own money to spend. The Simpsons was already a pretty niche theme 10 years ago, I doubt it has gained enough new fans in the meantime to warrant a remake.

I don't think 200+ is too much for a miniature springfield, Gotham was 299, the latest Hogwarts 170. There are enough iconic locations in Springfield to recreate to get to such a price (I mean they have an entire game that's now 10+ years old that still gets new buildings monthly). I highly doubt this specific set will be it, but if the Simpsons sticks around (again) for long enough I can see the potential for it. Although I would personally prefer regular sets.

Or maybe we're just getting a giant Buildable Krusty. 

[Gorilla94]

40 minutes ago, Huigberts Builds said:

Or maybe we're just getting a giant Buildable Krusty. 

I had that idea, too, but decided to not post it publicly, where someone from Lego could read and probably like it...

Are we Sure, that it is the Simpsons? I mean, the cloud sky could be for example Toy story, too.

I assume, it will be Krusty Burger. If it has something to do with a Clown, it fits. Kwik-E-Mart and House were 200€ each. With Inflation and Lego's growing hybris in pricing, it sounds realistic to me. New mould for Söiderpig and sqeaky voice teen and it will sell well enough. 

6 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

Way more iconic, but a lot bigger. And what parts of the school would they actually include? The front, Mrs Krabappel's classroom, the playground?

If they change their style/approach it might work, but if they stick with the same kind of scaling as the other sets it might feel small/disjointed, or, trying to cram in other areas like the cafeteria and Principal Skinner's office, everything will feel too small?

Moe's tavern. Is that still off the table for LEGO after all the 18+ sets for the last few years? It's more iconic than any of the other locations.

I think it would be Ednas Classroom, a small hallway, and the cafeteria as well as something in the small room on the first floor with Willies Tractor in the Front...  What makes me akeptical about school and Krusty Burger is the amount of possible funny little references. The Andoids dungeonwould habe offered more in that regard.

Likely.... They even wrote in the description text of the Barracuda bay about the pirates drinking rum, but i still can't see them making a bar.

[Huigberts Builds]

4 minutes ago, Gorilla94 said:

Are we Sure, that it is the Simpsons? I mean, the cloud sky could be for example Toy story, too.

I mean it's like the third image that pops up when you search "simpsons clouds". And the Toy Story clouds look quite different. 

10 minutes ago, Gorilla94 said:

I had that idea, too, but decided to not post it publicly, where someone from Lego could read and probably like it...

Whoopsie xD. Guess I'll just have to modify the head for a Krustyland Entrance then :p.

[Lion King]

I doubt it’s Toy Story…

”Clown”…it makes me think of clown class (Bart) rather than Kristy.  

[Black Falcon]

If clown is just the codename for the theme though, it wouldn´t have to be related to the set or theme that much. Also Homer is a Clown too, so the reference to Simpson overall would be there without the need to make a Set including a clown. 

If we are really going to get a Simpson Set, my bet would be on the House of the Simpsons too actually. There has been quite a while since the last one, and it doesn´t seem that unlikely to me for Lego to do it again now.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Black Falcon said:

If clown is just the codename for the theme though, it wouldn´t have to be related to the set or theme that much.

True, codenames for themes have little to no bearing on anything, but this might be different since it’s the codename for a single Icons set rather than a theme  Still, you’re raising a fair point!

[Huigberts Builds]

6 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

 

If we are really going to get a Simpson Set, my bet would be on the House of the Simpsons too actually. There has been quite a while since the last one, and it doesn´t seem that unlikely to me for Lego to do it again now.

But do you think all those people are just gonna buy the house again? The Simpsons isn't as popular as it was 10 years ago, and even 10 years ago it wasn't as popular as before then. Sure Disney is marketing it left and right for disney+ (which I assume is a big reason for the potential return), but it still has mostly an adult audience, one that already bought the set 10 years ago. It's not like with Harry Potter, where new children that weren't around the first time are jumping up and down to get their hands on this set. Sure there might be a handfull of new fans, or at least fans that now have the money to spend, but I doubt those "new" fans outweigh the ones that already own it. Maybe if they completely revamped the theme and made it not just the Simpsons house but an entire facade of Evergreen Terrace. But then again it might lose some of it's charm that made everyone love the original sets so much. Although they could add Bart's Treehouse, would actually make for a pretty nice gwp, no matter what set gets made.

Either way, if clown indeed has nothing to do with the actual set itself (which I kinda doubt, as it's so fitting), I would say the most likely candidate (other than again Krusty Burger, which lego already knows will sell as it was backed by 10k supporters, twice) would be the Android Dungeon. I know (back in the day here on Eurobricks) that one was very high on everyone's list, if not at the top of many. Ofcourse the big difference with now being that back in the day such a set would allow for some cool Superhero inspired outfits, most notably blue shirt Bartman, while now they would probably want some more neutral outfits to "relaunch" the theme.

[Lion King]

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

True, codenames for themes have little to no bearing on anything, but this might be different since it’s the codename for a single Icons set rather than a theme  Still, you’re raising a fair point!

Was there code Anne for Long of the Rings’ Icons sets? When it comes to Icon sets, I think there was a code name for modular Boutique Hotel - it was “Palm”, which in fact that there is a potted palm tree. Unless I misremembered the “Palm” code name for that modular building. 

Also I think there was a code name for Bumblebee set too?

[TandNbricks]

32 minutes ago, Lion King said:

Was there code Anne for Long of the Rings’ Icons sets? When it comes to Icon sets, I think there was a code name for modular Boutique Hotel - it was “Palm”, which in fact that there is a potted palm tree. Unless I misremembered the “Palm” code name for that modular building. 

Also I think there was a code name for Bumblebee set too?

Icons or one off d2cs usually have an individual codename. Bee's was sting. So usually there is a loose connection.

[Gorilla94]

8 hours ago, Huigberts Builds said:

But do you think all those people are just gonna buy the house again?

I would pretty likely, but I am a hardcore fan, of course. I think with how the first set aged (unlike the brilliant Kwik-E-Mart, whose single flaw are crumbling stickers) there is room for an update - two rows of walls so the inside has the correct colour for example... But with such stuff breaking the price we already know by far, it can be said it won´t be the house. Maybe we´ll get one later. Another factor is that, yes, the house was a huge success and made many people, who had nothing to do with the hobby, go get it because of the licence, but there was also a huge part of AFOLs, who had no interest in the show at all and just wanted a complete house. Now we have lots of closed up houses and if Lego made it more accurate like they need to make me as a fan buy another one, they will loose on those AFOLs that are not interested in a house with a bright pink inside.

Made lots of custom grafics lately for my Android´s Dungeon MOC. My Moe´s Tavern is already done. The Kwik-E-Mart is perfect as it is with custom printing. While I think the Krusty Burger isn´t the best building to choose from an economic perspective, I´d really like them to do the building that is still missing on my shelf xD

[Lion King]

13 hours ago, TandNbricks said:

Icons or one off d2cs usually have an individual codename. Bee's was sting. So usually there is a loose connection.

Yup that’s what i thought, thank you. 

[Gorilla94]

What characters would you expect getting from a Krusty burger set? I would bet on squeaky voice teen... I mean someone has to work there. Then we'll probably get a large Portion of the family, but at least Homer and Bart. Maybe a second new thing like Spider pig?

[Legochaek]

11 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

What characters would you expect getting from a Krusty burger set? I would bet on squeaky voice teen... I mean someone has to work there. Then we'll probably get a large Portion of the family, but at least Homer and Bart. Maybe a second new thing like Spider pig?

Ooo squeaky voiced teen would be awesome. Maybe Wiggum (with Lou and Eddie if we’re lucky) he’s there a lot. Plus Sideshow Bob, Krusty and the Simpsons

[Gorilla94]

1 hour ago, Legochaek said:

Ooo squeaky voiced teen would be awesome. Maybe Wiggum (with Lou and Eddie if we’re lucky) he’s there a lot. Plus Sideshow Bob, Krusty and the Simpsons

That would be just great. I thought about the Policemen, too :) on the one hand I doubt Lego gives us 3 new characters with special head moulds... on the other hand it becomes a more and more common thing thinking about  animal crossing, Sonic and so on... and any headmould needs to be done new... so there is no real difference, if it is Marge, Lisa and Krusty or Wiggum, Eddie and Lou... 

[BrickBob Studpants]

@TandNbricks again hints at the return of the Simpsons  2025 is shaping up to be a very interesting year already!

[RichardGoring]

Ooh. Tantalizing! 

[MAB]

Now LEGO is a bit more grown up than it was a decade ago, I'd hope they do a CMF series again and include Moe, Barney, Skinner as the big three that were missing, then maybe Lenny and Carl. Sideshow Bob would also be good. Obviously lots of other side characters they could do but the first three were huge omissions compared to what they did make. 

[Lion King]

Oh boy!

Should we name this thread to Simpsons - Rumor and Discussion yet?

[Gorilla94]

On 9/10/2024 at 11:49 PM, MAB said:

Now LEGO is a bit more grown up than it was a decade ago, I'd hope they do a CMF series again and include Moe, Barney, Skinner as the big three that were missing, then maybe Lenny and Carl. Sideshow Bob would also be good. Obviously lots of other side characters they could do but the first three were huge omissions compared to what they did make. 

I hope not. Made lots of characters by myself using custom printed elements, Blender and resin printing... would drive me crazy to see them Release officially after all that work.

I hope they will do Krusty Burger and a Remake of the house.

Do you guys think they will use 3d printed Headset again?

Edited September 21, 2024 by Gorilla94

[MAB]

15 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

I hope not. Made lots of characters by myself using custom printed elements, Blender and resin printing... would drive me crazy to see them Release officially after all that work.

I hope they will do Krusty Burger and a Remake of the house.

Do you guys think they will use 3d printed Headset again?

I'd prefer to see official ones. I made a Sauron figure for LOTR but I'm glad they later did an official one. I hope they do the same for the Witch King and Gondor soldiers. 

[Rwbricks]

T and N Bricks posted a hype reel on YouTube, and at the end of the 2025 teasers, there’s a clip of Homer from the LEGO episode saying that he feels like he’s seen this toy before, the toy in question being the 2014 Simpsons’ House. Since it’s been over a decade and LEGO’s adult market has expanded, I’m not surprised they’re remaking it. It’ll be interesting to see all of the differences between the two models, as well as how they do the minifigures.