The Simpsons action-figures were a series of 1990 action figures produced by Mattel.
History[edit]
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[edit]
Figures[edit]
The figures came with five plastic speech bubbles, which included lines from the characters.
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Character
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Accessories
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Speech bubbles
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Release date
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Notes
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Homer "with 5 Fatherly Phrases"
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Bar clamp with plutonium
Glove
Headphones
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- "Do I smell cupcakes? Do I ever!"
- "No problemo!"
- "Why you little!"
- "Oh, Marge! I love your snack treats"
- "Where are you from? The planet cornball?"
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1990
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Marge "with 5 things Moms Say"
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Apron
Platter of cookies
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- "Yummy and nutritious!"
- "Look, I made your favourite!"
- "What's that smell?"
- "Play friendly, everyone!"
- "There, there, Homer!"
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1990
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Bart "with 5 Cool things to say"
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Skateboard
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- "Cowabunga, man!"
- "Don't have a cow man!"
- "Aye, Carumba!"
- "Go for it dude!"
- "Knock it off, Lisa!"
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1990
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Lisa "with 5 phrases to bug Brothers"
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Saxophone
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- "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)
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1990
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Maggie "with 5 thoughts to suck on"
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Scooter
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- "SUCK SUCK SUCK!"
- (thought) A bear
- (thought) Television
- (thought) The rest of the family
- (thought) Maggie on her scooter
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1990
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Bartman "with 5 warnings for Evildoers"
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Cape
Slingshot
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- "Watch it, dude!"
- "Bartman at your service, man!"
- "You're history, Nelson!"
- "Gangway, man!"
- "No way, man!"
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1990
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Nelson "with 5 Wisecracks"
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Trashcan (plastic or cardboard, see notes)
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- "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?
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1990
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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.
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Sofa & Boob Tube
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This pack contains a plastic sofa, with an ejection seat, and also includes a television, whose images on the screen can be changed.
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1990
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Mail in figures[edit]
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Character
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Accessories
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Speech bubbles
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Release date
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Notes
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Save Blinky Bart
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This figure came with no accessories or speech bubbles.
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1990/1991
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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.
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Exclusive figures[edit]
Three figures were only exclusively released in Southern America in 1990/1991.
| Image
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Character
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Accessories
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Speech bubbles
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Release date
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Notes
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Super Bart
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Cape
Slingshot
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- "Buenisimo viejo"
Translation: "Great old man"
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1990/1991
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Ninja Bart
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Grapling hook
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- "No seas Cobarde, viejo"
Translation: "Don't be a coward, old man"
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1990/1991
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Available in white/black
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Second series[edit]
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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[edit]
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 Maggie Rev'n'Go Racer
The Maggie Action Wind up
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