
UPDATED 5/30/05 - I've been collecting all kinds of Simpsons crap for
years, so when the World of Springfield line came
along, it was a no brainer. This is another
line in which I'm a completist, and have an entire
carded/boxed collection, along with an entire loose
collection. I also have a fair share of unique
pre-production items, which you'll see mixed in
on the shelves. You're also going to see a lot
of other Simpsons stuff, but it's only a small part
of the overall Simpsons collection, which could be a
room itself. I've had to box most of it - til
someday. This first shot shows a variety of WOS
figures, including a custom Howard Hughes Burns
and Bigfoot Homer.
Next shelf down the WOS continues
with various playsets and figures, but there are
also quite a few of the Hamilton statues of the
Misadventures of Homer. I've stayed away from
most of the Hamilton stuff, since I simply don't
have the room.
Sometimes, other cartoon characters
get mixed in, and on this shelf you'll see the King
of the Hill figures hanging out with WOS. It
looks like Luann might have a problem...
The bottom shelf of this bookcase
has a handful of WOS items, and a bunch of other
stuff, including the Krusty Burger sponge.
You knew Main Street was in there
someplace, and it takes up a shelf and a half all by
itself. There's a variety of other stuff in
there of course, including a custom Homer head in
front of Hawking.
This shelf sports a couple
carded WOS figures from series 1 to show the style,
along with a couple of the carded Mattel figures
from the 90's. The Mattel line is on this
shelf I think, along with a huge variety of small
figures from different candy companies, PVC's,
ornaments, and even the watch case from the Fossil
watch.
On this shelf we have another of my
favorite Simpsons collectibles - the pewter bar
tools. The full set is on the left.
There's also lots of older items.
This bottom shelf has the 9"
figures from WOS, the Homer car model, along with
some other stuff.
Back up to the top of the next book
case, and it's all WOS. The THOH sets are
among my favorites, and all four are here.
More stuff - I believe the sign in
back was from the button promotion at Hot Topic.
Below those are a lot of Sideshow
stuff, so we're already back up to the top
again. Nothing super exciting, although that
is a Voluxameter (or whatever it's called) in the
center.
Below that are the short lived
re-issued sets, along with some general WOS, more
Misadventures of Homer, and even the little gumball
figures.
We're getting back into more
general Simpsons stuff and less WOS again on this
shelf. There's the metal tin for another
Fossil watch in back.
Another bottom shelf, with general
stuff. I particularly like the figural
lollypop holders.
Back up to the next top shelf,
almost done. You'll notice a couple customs
here again, including the funny looking Homer sculpt
on the Pin Pal version to the left. There's
also the boxed pre-production Be Sharps Apu to the
right.
Finally, the last Simpsons shelf -
right now. Here's some more WOS, the various
smaller PVC sets that Playmates did, and a couple of
the airplanes.
I pulled these off one of the
shelves to see how much info I could get. I
picked this set up at Toy Fair a few years
ago. They are little cardboard punch out sets
that create different figures, and were intended as
cereal or other type promotions. They were
trying to get the idea picked up by somebody at Toy
Fair, but I have no idea if they were ever
produced. Anyone ever find these in their
morning breakfast, either in the U.S. or
internationally?
Somehow I managed to forget some
things in other parts of the house in my first pass
through - here's a couple signs from down behind the
bar. Actually, one is a mirror and one is a
clock:

Also behind the bar is the complete
set of Simpsons mini-busts from Sideshow...
And last, but certainly not least,
is the nifty lava lamp from NECA. I actually
own two of these, one at home and one at work.
The one at work is perhaps my greatest clearance
purchase ever, as I picked it up on sale at Media
Play for...a $1.88.
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