SCOOP: Confirmed LEGO Simpsons sets for 2014
There have been plenty of rumours regarding just what we’re going to get from LEGO’s forthcoming The Simpsons licensed range, including a myriad of buildings, characters et al. Well now we have official word, from an insider at a special Fox/LEGO event, on just what the LEGO Simpsons range will entail…
LEGO are set to release (much like the Olympic minifigures) a complete wave of blind-bag minifigures (series 13 to be precise), with 16 Simpsons characters to collect – including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Itchy and Scratchy and many more of the show’s iconic characters – which will be launched May 2014.
And despite a list of proposed LEGO sets hitting the likes of Brickset and Bricks & Bloks, we can confirm that the *only* LEGO set to be launched in the first quarter of 2014 in the UK will be the Simpsons House, which is set to be made available direct to consumers (via the LEGO website and LEGO stores) in April 2014.
On top of that, this new LEGO range will also be supported by a special Simpsons LEGO TV episode (much like the LEGO Star Wars specials) in May 2014!
“much like the Olympic minifigure”? Well actually nothing like that:
– 16 instead of 9?
– Series 13 instead of additional?
Even though I personally really look forward to the Simpsons and the LEGO Movie themes (including their minifigures), I would have prefered if the Minifigures line just remained as it was and other figures were released the same way but under the roof of their own theme.
I also think that LEGO should have just kept the Minifigure series alone, and not added themed ones to it. I like the idea of the series of bagged minifigures based on the Simpsons, just not under the Minifiugres theme. With 12 and now 13 going to be themed, I’m missing the cool minifigures that always came out in the un-themed Minifigure series.
I hope they make a lego Simpsons video game