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“If you’ve ever wanted your cell phone to say “D’oh!” when someone calls, you’ll soon have the chance. Twentieth Century Fox on Monday said it has licensed The Simpsons to the wireless division of video game publisher THQ Inc. to be developed into games, ring tones, screensavers and messaging tools around the world. “The fact that (the show) is in so many countries and so many languages, we think this will be pretty successful for us,” Doug Dyer, the general manager of THQ Wireless, told Reuters. THQ would like to begin releasing wireless products based on the show in the third quarter of this year. He also said the company plans to develop “channels” of Simpsons content, so wireless carriers could offer their subscribers games, sounds and logo packages based on themes from the show. Jim Beddows, for wireless entertainment at Fox, said the company waited to license “The Simpsons” because it is “one of the top-tier properties of the 20th Century Fox Co.” and they wanted wireless technology, like color phone screens and high-speed networks, to develop further.”

“Children can now start collecting any one of the five Simpsons magnets found in some of Kellogg’s cereal packs. These are Ricicles, Rice Krispies, Honey Loops, Frosties, Coco Pops Crunchers, Coco Pops, Frosties Chocolate, and Corn Pops. This promotion will last till the end of March. Each magnet features one of the comical members in the Simpsons family. All five magnets when collected and connected together make up one long picture of the Simpsons family sitting on the couch with their pets.” Read More >>>

“Twenty-six-year-old Travis McNall spent literally half his life surrounded by an imaginary family. Last Sunday was a milestone for McNall, who spent the night watching the 300th and 301st episodes of The Simpsons, the dysfunctional but fun animated family which has been beamed out to America by the Fox television network in one form or another since 1987, when they first appeared in short intermission films on The Tracey Ullman Show. McNall said his older brother told him one day that The Simpsons were going to have their own show, and after they sat down to watch an early episode in 1990, that was it.

Playmates Toys is currently showcasing tons of new Simpsons merchandise at the 2003 Toy Fair in New York City, including three upcoming waves of action figures, Simpsons screamers, bobble heads, new dioramas, and much more. Click here to read Playmates’ recent press release courtesy of simpsonscollectors.com.

Also, figures.com has released photos of much of the new merchandise so be sure to check everything out starting at the bottom of this page (the new photos span from pages 15 – 20). Finally, simpsonscollectors.com will have more new pictures from Toy Fair by tomorrow.

“Walking into Robert Davidman’s office is like walking into a real, live Springfield. Davidman has figures of most of the town’s residents, including Itchy and Scratchy, Superintendent Chalmers, Homer’s twin Herb Powell and many, many versions of Homer Simpson. He has a Simpsons Rubik’s Cube, a Simpsons Pez dispenser, and a Simpsons chess set. Then there are the Simpsons Shrinky-Dinks, a talking family car, all three editions of the Simpsons issue of Rolling Stone, limited-edition animation cels, an ‘Eye on Springfield’ that plays Simpsons stories when you push a button … The man may have more Simpsons paraphernalia than Bart Simpson has Krusty the Klown merchandise.” Read More >>>

“Applause and Fox Licensing & Merchandising have joined forces to launch the first ever collection of limited edition “The Simpsons” plush dolls with exclusive international distribution rights. The first launch, which became available in January, featured talking Homer and Bart plush with collectible keychains and stands. The second wave of plush dolls spotlights the Simpsons family including Marge, Lisa and Maggie. It will also include the characters of Bartman, Little Miss Springfield, and Radioactive Man. Additional characters will be released throughout 2003, surrounding key seasonal special days such as Christmas, and will be available at specialty retail outlets.” Read More >>>

Last week on November 14th we reported that Simpsons Skateboarding for Playstation 2 is in stores. Before you RUSH out and purchase a copy, you might want to read what IGN had to say about the game. Scoring the all-embarassing grade of 2.5 out of 10, it would appear that Simpsons Skateboarding has crashed and burned just one week after hitting the stores. The final word given by reviewer David Smith is: “Not fun, and not funny. Thus, this game fails on both levels — Simpsons and skateboarding.” I guess a good Simpsons game was too much to ask for.