Brickipedia News:Latest Simpsons set and Minifigure series revealed
 | by Berrybrick March 12, 2015. Last updated March 13, 2015. |
Last year saw a new development in the world of collectable minifigures with a line based on characters from The Simpsons to tie-in with the animated show's 25th anniversary. Alongside 71005 The Simpsons Series, which included characters such as Homer, Bart, Itchy, and Krusty the Clown, a direct to consumer set depicting the iconic Simpson family household was released. LEGO and 20th Century Fox promised that their partnership would continue if this line sold well, and today, we have our first (clear) look at the next part of Springfield to be released as a set, 71016 Kwik-E-Mart, as well as the second collectible Minifigures series, 71009 The Simpsons Series 2.
71016 Kwik-E-Mart will be available to members of LEGO's VIP program on April 15th, but regular shoppers will have to wait until May. This set includes Homer, Bart and Marge Simpson, Chief Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, and Snake Jailbird minifigures, the latter being exclusive to this set. The press release and images follow, and images of 71009 The Simpsons Series 2 appear below as well.
71016 Kwik-E-Mart
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71016 - The Kwik-E-Mart
Ages 12+. 2,179 pieces.
US $199.99 - CA $229.99 - DE 199.99€ - UK £169.99 - DK 1699.00 DKK
Visit The Kwik-E-Mart — Springfield’s favorite convenience store!
Welcome to The Kwik-E-Mart—your one-stop shop for convenience foods at inconvenient prices! This highly detailed and iconic LEGO® version of The Simpsons™ store is packed with more rich, colorful details than a Mr. Burns birthday cake has candles! Walk under the huge Kwik-E-Mart sign and join Homer, Marge and Bart as they browse the aisles filled with beauty products, diapers, dog food, pastries, fruits, vegetables and more—including Krusty-O’s and Chef Lonelyheart’s Soup for One. Then head over to the refrigerated cases where you’ll find Buzz Cola, chocolate milk, various other drinks and snacks… and frozen Jasper! There’s also a Buzz Cola soda fountain, juice dispensers, coffee machine, arcade games, ATM and stacks of Powersauce boxes. At the counter, Apu is ready to tempt you with a variety of printed magazines, comic books, cards, tofu hot dogs, freshly expired donuts and his ever-popular hallucination-inducing Squishees. At the back, there’s a storage closet complete with rat and an exit. On the roof you’ll discover Apu’s secret vegetable garden, while outside this amazing model features bright-yellow walls, 2 phone booths, a stack of purple crates, and a dumpster area with ‘El Barto’ graffiti, opening door and an iconic blue dumpster that also opens. You can also remove the roof and open out the rear walls for easy access. This set also includes Snake (a.k.a. Jailbird), who loves nothing more than stealing cars and robbing the Kwik-E-Mart—but this time Chief Wiggum is hot on his tail in his police car. Capture this bandit and return peace to the town of Springfield and the amazing Kwik-E-Mart. This fantastic set includes 6 minifigures with assorted accessory elements: Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson, Marge Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum and Snake (a.k.a. Jailbird).
- Set includes 6 minifigures with assorted accessory elements: Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson, Marge Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum and Snake (a.k.a. Jailbird)
- Features opening rear walls, a removable roof with secret vegetable garden, Kwik-E-Mart signage, light-blue walls, dusty blue floors, turquoise welcome mat, shelves, refrigerated cases, counter, Buzz Cola soda fountain, juice dispensers, coffee machine, 2 arcade games, ATM, crates of Powersauce bars, surveillance cameras, rear storage closet with a rat, cheese, rat hole and an exit door.
- Shelves feature beauty products, diapers, dog food, pastries, fruits, vegetables and more—including Krusty-O’s and Chef Lonelyheart’s Soup for One
- Refrigerator cabinets feature a variety of beverages including cans of Buzz Cola... and frozen Jasper!
- Counter features a cash register, magazine and card display, lottery machine, hot dog oven, donut display and a Squishee dispenser with 2 Squishees
- Also includes Chief Wiggum’s police car featuring an opening trunk, removable roof and space for 3 minifigures
- Accessory elements include Bart’s spray can, Marge’s shopping basket, Apu’s broom and Chief Wiggum’s cuffs and truncheon
- Snake (a.k.a. Jailbird) is exclusive to this set for fall 2015
- Removable roof features rare, dark-orange bricks
- Lift off the roof and open out the rear walls for easy access
- Drink a Squishee and get that sugar-high feeling!
- Apprehend Snake before he robs again!
- Stock up with overpriced convenience goods
- Discover frozen Jasper!
- Relax in Apu’s utopian vegetable garden
- Have a donut.... mmm, dooonuts!
- Kwik-E-Mart measures over 5" (14cm) high, 14" (38cm) wide and 10" (27cm) deep
- Police car measures over 2" (6cm) high, 2" (6cm) wide and 5" (15cm) deep
Additional images and the designer video will be coming in April.
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