Simpsons News & Products

From Barbies to Simpsons?

If you've ever heard of David Levinthal then you're probably familiar with his famous photography of Barbie dolls. Levinthal has also done famous images of other toys from around the world and is almost ready on releasing his new work with publisher Arena Editions, "The Simpsons: Photographs by David Levinthal". The 144 page book will retail for $39.95 HC and $19.95 PB and is due out in April featuring 120 pictures. This is a licensed book by Fox and the introduction will be done by Matt Groening. Also included in the book are storyboards, script segments and materials from Simpsons archives. You can find more information on David visit his Official Site.

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Rock Bottom Remainders Tour The West Coast

Best selling authors, including Scott Turow, Amy Tan and Dave Barry, plus "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening -- AKA the Rock Bottom Remainders -- kick off their first West Coast "Fire In The Belly" ( fireinthebelly.com ) tour in Seattle, April 23. The rock-group-with-a-difference also plays San Francisco (24) and Los Angeles (26) to raise funds for the America Scores after-school programs in the three cities. Note.. Groening is only confirmed for the Los Angeles date. Find out more by going to their Official Site or read all about it on Yahoo!.

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J.K. Rowling and Sir Ian McKellen to Appear on Simpsons London Episode

Hey fans, it was officially announced by the CBBC today that Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling is to appear on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. She'll appear as herself in an episode which reportedly takes place in the UK, when the Simpson family visit London, England to find a girl Grandpa had a wartime fling with.
Also in the same episode actor Sir Ian McKellen will be guest starring. In the show, the family will see him perform on stage in Macbeth, only to see the Academy Award-nominated actor be hit by falling scaffolding and struck by lightning after mentioning the name of the play. Catch the full story on the BBC by clicking here.

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Groening Up For Cartoonist Of the Year

NEW YORK -- "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and three syndicated newspaper artists are finalists for the National Cartoonists Society's 57th Annual Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Nominees include "Rose is Rose" creator Pat Brady of United Feature Syndicate, "Luann" creator Greg Evans of United, and "Bizarro" creator Dan Piraro of King Features Syndicate. Groening also has newspaper ties -- his long-running TV show spawned a weekly comic currently distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, and he still does the "Life in Hell" comic for Acme Features Syndicate.

The winner will be announced May 24 during the annual Reuben weekend in San Francisco.
Source: Editor & Publisher Online.

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New Masks and Animation

Hey collectors, some news on some new items which are heading your way. The first is brought to our attention by the Disguise Mask and Costume Company and by SunwayCo.com. The items are new Simpsons "half-cap" masks. These do not cover the face like the earlier ones released by the company of Homer, Bart and Krusty. These only cover the top part of the face and will feature Burns, Willie, Moe, Otto, Itchy & Scratchy, and Radioactive Man and will go for under $10.

Next up some news from the awesome people at The Animation Art Gallery, your #1 source for Simpsons animation art. The new art expo is happening right about now and the news is the new episodes being released this year are: 1F07 - The Last Temptation of Homer, 1F09 - Homer The Vigilante and 1F21 - Lady Bouvier's Lover. Fox only releases a few every year and the good cels go fast. We are fortunate to have such old episodes being released this year. Looks for these cels to be on sale soon.

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Push Up Puppets and New Card Game

Hey fans, some new products headed your way. First off we have some new Simpson Push-Up Puppets. You usually find these made of wood or plastic which features something like a horse or a clown. These plastic ones feature some of our favorite characters. By pressing the bottom part in you loosen the wires and makes the character move. These figures are gonna be going for about $5 each and will be available next month.
Next up is a new card game from Winning Moves, the same company which brought such products as Simpsons Monopoly and Simpsons Pictionary. As the flyer says "The Group Photo game is the first card game for Simpsons fans where they collect original photos and bios of their favorite characters in game which combines the familiarity if Gin and luck of the draw." Should be interesting. Both of these cool new products will most likely be on sale by the good people at SunwayCo.com.

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Girl Kisses Girl and Some Simpsons Trivia

Hey fans, some news for all of you looking for something to read. First article comes from Yahoo! News about a certain Lesbian scene on TV! Wait a minute... what does this have to do with The Simpsons. The scene was in the 301st episode "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can". Many viewers may not remember the brief moment where Lisa dreams about the Seven colleges; portrait by young college women. One of the seven seemed to be very "experimental" and proved it by kissing another one. Big deal, we here don't even think there was any tongue involved. Read the story here.

Next up for all you Simpson trivia buffs, The Post-Standard in Syracuse did a little story which holds a lot of little Simpson trivia facts you may or may not know. The story lists all the music guests from every season, lists some of Bart's chalkboard lines as well as the church's posts. Some of these may surprise you. The article also recommends such Simpson resources which are very popular in the community such as SNPP.com and Simpsons100.com. Read the full story here.

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Product Updates... Lets Go Shopping

Hey collectors, it's the weekend and time for some product updates on some items we've mentioned in the past. First off, you can now order (not pre-order) the Rix tin toys (pictured above) from the good people at JGP Toys. JGP Toys has these products very well priced and does have them in stock right now. You can also pick up the Series 2 Bendies set as well as the 300th episode Series 3 coasters from them as well. Get them now while they are available as they are very popular items and will sell fast.

If you're into pre-ordering, Entertainment Earth now has the Applause Halloween Plush figures up for pre-order. These were featured by Applause during the Toy Fair 2003 and include Vampire Krusty, Snowball I, Witch Marge and Lisa and the rest of the family in different costumes. Up for pre-order now but won't be mailed out until Septemeber 2003.

Finally if you're in the area of Suncoast, On Cue or Sam Goody, look for the new keychains by Basic Fun. We picked up the new talking Homer head where when you press down on Homer's hair, he talks. This product and others from Basic Fun were covered in Toy Fair 2003.

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Nesting Figures and Hamilton Figure Set

Hey collectors, some new items coming your way. First off a new product that was brought to our attention by the good people at SunwayCo.com. Nesting Dolls are very popular in such countries as Russia and Simpson Nesting Dolls have been seen before on such places as eBay; but they weren't that great of quality. Now, there are going to be officially licensed ones from Fox. Due out in May of this year at SunwayCo for around $15.00.

Next up we have a new collection from The Hamilton Collection. The new collection is titled "At Homer with Homer". The first figure in this collection is "Kiss the Chef" where Homer lights up the BBQ with just a little too much lighter fluid. This is the second collection Hamilton has released featuring Homer as the figure behing the collection; the first one was "The Misadventures of Homer" which has actually been extended to 12 figures due to its popularity. If you wish to order this new collection, call Hamilton Collection and ask for product #44023 or just Click Here.

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More From Toy Fair? But Of couse...

Being the largest toy show of the year did you think the products we mentioned were it? Of course not! Click Here or the More/Comment link below to see the final Simpson items reviewed at Toy Fair 2003.

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