LEGO begins its teasing campaign for the eagerly awaited series of 16 collectible characters which will be available next May with these two visuals that don't tell us much new ...

Oh yes, we already knew that the donut [donut] emblematic of the animated series would be there but we now discover the stamped cup "I love south paws", [term often used to designate left-handers] held by Ned Flanders, presumably in reference to episode 3 of season 3 [When Flanders failed] during which Homer's neighbor opened a shop specializing in products intended for left-handers: The Leftorium.

Note that a third of the inhabitants of Springfield are left-handed, including Ned Flanders, Bart Simpson, Mr Burns and even from time to time Marge ...

If you follow my blogs, you know Gitte Thorsen: This lady has been a Senior LEGO Designer for over 30 years and we had already talked about her about the LEGO The Hobbit range (See this article), when she presented in video the different stages of the design process of a minifig or a figurine.

It's February 19th, The LEGO Movie is in all theaters and so it's no longer a secret: There is one character (among many others) who makes a cameo appearance at the meeting of the Master Builders à Cuckoo Land : this is Milhouse.

We wonder what he's doing in the film, apart from doing a little publicity for the future series of collectible mini-figures in sachets The Simpsons which he will likely be part of alongside Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Itchy and Scratchy and a few others ... Milhouse says nothing, and he appears very briefly for a few seconds. His name is cited by Vitruvius who lists the list of Master Builders present.

Other characters from various licenses make more or less short appearances in the film: Gandalf, Han Solo, C-3PO, Lando Calrissian, Flash, etc ...

On May 4, the special episode of the animated series The Simpsons will be broadcast in the USA on the FOX channel, an episode that will be entirely ... LEGO.

We already knew for many months that this special episode would accompany the release of The Simpsons packaged minifig series, but the site tvline.com gives us a draft pitch for this 550th episode of the series: In "Brick Like MeHomer wakes up to a world where everyone is LEGO based. He must try to figure out what is going on and find a way to put things back in the right order.

As of yet, we still don't have any images of the 16 bagged minifigs from The Simpsons range and it looks like LEGO is only showing the box of 60 preview bags that we already know on its New York Toy booth. Fair alongside the 71006 The Simpsons House set.

LEGO probably reserves a presentation with great fanfare at a later date of these minifigs.