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The Simpsons action-figures were a series of 1990 action figures produced by Mattel.

History

In 1990, Mattel bought the rights to product a line of The Simpsons figures. 11 figures were produced and released, three only available in Southern America, and one, considered the holy grail of all Simpsons collectors, Save Blinky Bart, only available through mail-in, with only a few figures known to surface. A second series was planned, but plans were scrapped when the line did not sell as well as the company hoped.

First series

Figures

The figures came with five plastic speech bubbles, which included lines from the characters.

Character	Accessories	Speech bubbles	Release date	Notes
Homer "with 5 Fatherly Phrases"	Bar clamp with plutonium Glove Headphones	"Do I smell cupcakes? Do I ever!" "No problemo!" "Why you little!" "Oh, Marge! I love your snack treats" "Undefeated and still champion!"	1990
Marge "with 5 things Moms Say"	Apron Platter of cookies	"Yummy and nutritious!" "Look, I made your favourite!" "What's that smell?" "Play friendly, everyone!" "There, there, Homer!"	1990
Bart "with 5 Cool things to say"	Skateboard	"Cowabunga, man!" "Don't have a cow man!" "Aye, Carumba!" "Go for it dude!" "Knock it off, Lisa!"	1990
Lisa "with 5 phrases to bug Brothers"	Saxophone	"Let's watch Krusty the Clown!" "Ow! Quit it!" "Oh, brother!" "Bart, you're just like Chilly, the elf who cannot love!" (Music notes show on the speech bubble)	1990
Maggie "with 5 thoughts to suck on"	Scooter	"SUCK SUCK SUCK!" (thought) A bear (thought) Television (thought) The rest of the family (thought) Maggie on her scooter	1990
Bartman "with 5 warnings for Evildoers"	Cape Slingshot	"Watch it, dude!" "Bartman at your service, man!" "You're history, Nelson!" "Gangway, man!" "No way, man!"	1990
Nelson "with 5 Wisecracks"	Trashcan (plastic or cardboard, see notes)	"It's trash time, Simpson!" "Wait'll I get my hands on you!" "I'm gonna pulverize you, Simpson!" "Put up your dukes, man!" "What're you lookin' at?	1990	Two variants of this model were, released, one with the trash can being a plastic cylinder, another with the trash can being a cardboard box.
Sofa & Boob Tube	This pack contains a plastic sofa, with an ejection seat, and also includes a television, who's images on the screen can be changed.	1990

Mail in figures

Image	Character	Accessories	Speech bubbles	Release date	Notes
	Save Blinky Bart	This figure came with no accessories or speech bubbles.	1990/1991	This figure was included in a special promotion, (see article), and was available to mail-in for. To this day, only a few figures have surfaced, with at least 3 known in the entire world.

Exclusive figures

Three figures were only exclusively released in Southern America in 1990/1991.

Image	Character	Accessories	Speech bubbles	Release date	Notes
	Super Bart	Cape Slingshot	"Buenisimo viejo"	1990/1991
	Ninja Bart	Grapling hook	"No seas Cobarde, viejo"	1990/1991	Available in white/black

Second series

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The second series of the figures was put into prototype stage, but then cancelled due to slow sales of the first.^[1] Strangely, one of the vehicles in the second series was featured in a Mattel catalogue from that era.^[2]

Arco figures

A British company, Arco, which Mattel is its parent company, made 'Rev n Go' racers, which were vehicles that users pulled back and drove. Designs available were Homer, Bart and Maggie. (It is unknown whether there was one produced for Marge or Lisa, however this is likely). Also, the company made wind up figures of Maggie, Bart (2 variants available), Homer and Lisa.

The Bart Rev n Go racer
The Lisa Action Wind up

Knock-offs