WinterMetarot Posted December 4, 2017 Posted December 4, 2017 Hi, Just curious but I see all of the simpsons line are going 'retiring soon' while the house is already retired. Is this the end of the Simpsons line? Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 4, 2017 Posted December 4, 2017 I hope not! I don't want The Simpsons to go to Mega Construx just like Futurama. Maybe if, and only if, Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox Movies and TV happens, we might see more LEGO The Simpsons! Disney is great business partners with The LEGO Group nowadays. Quote
WinterMetarot Posted December 4, 2017 Author Posted December 4, 2017 Yea! I know right, maybe its not on the US lego web, but the UK's is a sure thing they are going. Unless new sets are coming? If they are gone, I feel very sad for lego again coz its another great theme after all. Quote
Huigberts Builds Posted December 4, 2017 Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, WinterMetarot said: Hi, Just curious but I see all of the simpsons line are going 'retiring soon' while the house is already retired. Is this the end of the Simpsons line? Yeah, the Simpsons theme is dead. I can only see it return if they make a second Simpsons Movie, but that won't happen anytime soon. Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 4, 2017 Posted December 4, 2017 27 minutes ago, Huigberts Builds said: Yeah, the Simpsons theme is dead. I can only see it return if they make a second Simpsons Movie, but that won't happen anytime soon. Rats! A LEGO The Simpsons standalone video game would've suited me. Quote
Lucarex Posted December 4, 2017 Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) 2 large expensive sets and 2 CMF lines. Run its course tbh. Edited December 4, 2017 by Lucarex Quote
BlueberryWaffles Posted December 5, 2017 Posted December 5, 2017 I wish we could have had one more year (D2C plus CMF). But alas, was not meant to be. I think the choices for the minifigs in Series 2 may have led to it's decline. Plus the next year we got the Disney series and Castle D2C, which I assumed was the Simpsons replacement. (Weird there wasn't new Disney for 2017 though...I'm still hoping for a Disney S2.) Personally, I believe another factor in cancellation was the decision to do molded heads. No doubt it was crazy expensive to do a new mold for every single character. Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 9, 2017 Posted December 9, 2017 Guys, there may be hope. I heard Disney is about to acquire 21st Century Fox, which includes Fox's Marvel Comics properties, the original Star Wars Episode IV film, and The Simpsons! Since LEGO is already partners with Disney, we could hopefully get more LEGO The Simpsons sets and more! Quote
BlueberryWaffles Posted December 9, 2017 Posted December 9, 2017 1 hour ago, MatthewRC said: Guys, there may be hope. I heard Disney is about to acquire 21st Century Fox, which includes Fox's Marvel Comics properties, the original Star Wars Episode IV film, and The Simpsons! Since LEGO is already partners with Disney, we could hopefully get more LEGO The Simpsons sets and more! They had the Simpsons license already, I doubt that would change anything. And I have a feeling Disney wouldn't be as proud of having Simpsons as Fox was, so there might even be less of a chance. Quote
Huigberts Builds Posted December 9, 2017 Posted December 9, 2017 6 hours ago, MatthewRC said: Guys, there may be hope. I heard Disney is about to acquire 21st Century Fox, which includes Fox's Marvel Comics properties, the original Star Wars Episode IV film, and The Simpsons! Since LEGO is already partners with Disney, we could hopefully get more LEGO The Simpsons sets and more! That's very interesting. I'm not sure it would mean anything for the simpsons, but it surely does for Marvel (*cough* lego fantastic 4 *cough*) fingers crossed. Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 9, 2017 Posted December 9, 2017 5 hours ago, BlueberryWaffles said: They had the Simpsons license already, I doubt that would change anything. And I have a feeling Disney wouldn't be as proud of having Simpsons as Fox was, so there might even be less of a chance. What I'm trying to say is Disney's acquisition of Fox may revitalize LEGO The Simpsons if Disney is interested. Quote
Fuppylodders Posted December 10, 2017 Posted December 10, 2017 I don't know it was even all that popular to be honest. I mean, I'm sure it did sell a lot, but I don't think it was successful enough to go further with it or I'm sure they'd have done something about that. I saw the cmf's on shelves absolutely ages after they had stopped them. Quote
MatthewRC Posted December 16, 2017 Posted December 16, 2017 Guys, y'all might want to read this article on The Brick Fan! https://www.thebrickfan.com/disney-finalizes-deal-to-acquire-21st-century-fox/ Quote
kc2dc Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Does anybody know for sure if the simpsons house is retired for good? It still just says out of stock on lego.com Quote
jdubbs Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 It's been gone since Brick Friday (in the US, at least) which is a long time for a set to be out of stock and then come back (excepting the UCS Falcon, of course). Quote
MatthewRC Posted January 14, 2018 Posted January 14, 2018 On 12/3/2017 at 8:15 PM, Huigberts Builds said: Yeah, the Simpsons theme is dead. I can only see it return if they make a second Simpsons Movie, but that won't happen anytime soon. Well, since Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox will be effective sometime during 2019, we might as well wait and see what’s new for LEGO next year! Quote
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