Woo-Hoo! NECA has just announced a collaboration with 20th Century Fox to put out a limited set of figures celebrating classic guest stars on Fox's "The Simpsons," with Tom Hanks, Kid Rock, Hal Hefner, Yao Ming and James Brown in the first wave of 25 projected figures available in 2014. They will have my money if the Brown figure goes, "This bandstand wasn't double-bolted! Huh!"
But which guest-stars will make up the remaining figures in this line?
Now, what's of note is that these are guest stars playing themselves, as opposed to voicing original characters. This is a gray and complicated area that demands deep thought, maybe.
I'm going out on a limb and saying that Mel Gibson won't get a figure, despite hanging extensively with Homer back in the day. I am further uncertain as to whether this precludes Johnny Cash as the voice of the spirit-coyote Homer saw after eating Guatemalan insanity peppers, or John Waters as the very John Waters-esque John the kitsch-shop owner. And what about David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as their "X-Files" characters? And then there's the entire issue of Michael Jackson as "Michael Jackson."
At this point, I'm very confused.
Well, look: Here's a wish-list for some of our favorites, with appropriate outfits/accessories. Ah, memories: Read More...
