Merch Murmurs: ‘The Simpsons’ Release Even More Guest Star Figures
As we previously reported last week, The Simpsons are releasing a figurine collection based on the shows plethora of guest stars. The celebrity list now includes all of the following persons:
Hugh Hefner
James Brown
Yao Ming
Tom Hanks
Kid Rock
The Who
Britney Spears
Mark Hamill
Lucy Lawless
Tony Hawk
Penn and Teller
Bret Hart
Stephen King
Leonard Nemoy
R.E.M.
I’m not sure who exactly would want a toy version of Tom Hanks or Mark Hamill (sans Luke Skywalker getup), but for the die-hard Simpsons fan that needs everything, this about covers it. Also, the collection is listed as a bunch of 5” figures, but the Yao Ming one has got to be bigger than the others, right?
NECA plans to release all three waves of figures next month.










There's got to be some kind of twist that's going to happen with this. I don't know if they're setting up an April Fool's joke now or what's going on, but it seems too strange that they'd suddenly reverse on doing a fourth and fifth season after the show was already renewed and they were even just talking about working on those seasons like a couple months ago or something. Or maybe the two episodes yet to release will secretly somehow each be like a "season" in themselves?