The Simpsons Mattel action-figures
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.
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First series
Figures
The figures came with five plastic speech bubbles, which included lines from the characters.
Image | Character | Accessories | Speech bubbles | Release date | Notes |
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Homer "with 5 Fatherly Phrases" | Bar clamp with plutonium Glove Headphones |
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1990 | ||
Marge "with 5 things Moms Say" | Apron Platter of cookies |
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1990 | ||
Bart "with 5 Cool things to say" | Skateboard |
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1990 | ||
Lisa "with 5 phrases to bug Brothers" | Saxophone |
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1990 | ||
Maggie "with 5 thoughts to suck on" | Scooter |
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1990 | ||
Bartman "with 5 warnings for Evildoers" | Cape Slingshot |
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1990 | ||
Nelson "with 5 Wisecracks" | Trashcan (plastic or cardboard, see notes) |
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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 |
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100px | 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 |
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Super Bart | Cape Slingshot |
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1990/1991 | ||
Ninja Bart | Grapling hook |
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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 a one produced for Marge or Lisa, this is likely). Also, the company made wind up figures of Maggie, Bart (2 variants available), Homer and Lisa.
Knock-offs
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Bootleg productions of the first series of figures were produced and released in China, with a majority difference to the original figures, one being there no accessories to the figure.