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Post a screenshot from an episode of the Simpsons. Frinkiac being a popular source.
If posting a GIF the file size should be less than 1MB, otherwise it may not be animated.
Easy, a screenshot any who's seen the Simpsons would get.
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What's the best Simpson merch you own? What's the worst? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/thesimpsons

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I wonder if someone has ever tried to catalog all of the show-related merchandise created over the years. I was in a comics store recently and saw they had lots of "collectible" figurines for like Fat Tony and "I am evil Homer" Homer.

So tell us -- what's the best merch you've got?

What's the worst / most cheesiest / crass thing you have?

If you don't have anything, feel free to use examples from the show itself. Maybe a nice candy dish or tie rack.

My best is the 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle with a couple hundred characters in the image. I pull it out once a year and build it again 'cause I love it that much.

My worst is a video game from the late 80s called Bart's House of Weirdness because I don't have a way to play it any longer, but it's still stored away in my basement.

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[–] MimicJar 3 points 9 months ago

I've got ~60 of The Simpsons Playmate figurines (I think some talk if you have the right play set.)

Back in college I was yard sailing looking for some junk to buy, not because I had money as a poor college student but because I could probably get some high quality crap for cheap.

Well we pulled up to a house and it just so happened they had a box full of Simpsons figurines. Some were new in-package, but most were just in good condition. The box said $1 each. Now mind you each of these figures was probably $5-$10 each, so that was a pretty good deal. I figured I could grab a few of my favorites for a couple of bucks.

As I was picking out my favorites I saw a man nearby looking at me. I quickly realized he was the current owner of these figures. He had the look of a man who, while ready to let them go, was sad to see his collection be picked apart.

We got to chatting for a bit when his (I assume) wife popped over and said "$50 for the lot". Both the man and I were surprised. That was a hell of a deal. I only had $50 to spend on crap, so my day of sailing from yard to yard would be over. But I also figured no one else would be reckless enough to buy them all. So I did.

Even as I brought them I'm not sure that man was really ready to let them go. But I do think letting them all go at once, to a fellow Simpsons fan, helped.

I've kept them in good condition over the years. I've opened the ones in-box since it just made the collection look nicer. I've never added to the collection, but it's still a nice collection.