Review: 71016 The Kwik-E-Mart

When news of The Simpsons coming to LEGO hit, I was pretty apprehensive. I haven’t watched any new episodes in several years (I think I’ve watched through Season 23 or so), yet I watch the old stuff with a great deal of regularity.. it’s one of the shows that’s tame enough, for the most part, to watch around my daughter. Basically, I’m that old guy who won’t listen to music made in the past ten years* when it comes to my Simpsons… I’m content watching Mr. Plow or A Millhouse Divided over and over.

Worse, the Simpsons House was a pretty lackluster looking set, the CMF line looked good but were expensive compared to the regular series, and had some pretty notable holes in the lineup. Of course, I still bought the CMF line, because memories often trump my cynicism (though my cynicism doesn’t like to admit it), and I have a lot of memories of the Simpsons, watching it with friends, etc.  I purchased the House recently in a moment of weakness, because it was one of those sets that, even if it wasn’t just calling to me, I’d likely regret owning once it vanished.