From the drive-thru mishap successful “Boy-Scoutz ’n the Hood” to Homer’s clown-car joyride successful “Homie the Clown,” Krusty Burger is astir arsenic ubiquitous arsenic a Duff astatine Moe’s. So it’s lone fitting that LEGO, successful its infinite wisdom, has immortalised this bastion of firm mediocrity successful ceramic form. Behold Set #10352: a fully-furnished Krusty Burger oozing with capable nostalgia to clog up my bosom quicker than a Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverage.
Krusty Burger #10352
Right retired of the box, you assemble Homer’s car (yes, the 1 decked with Krusty decals from “Homie the Clown” Season 6, Episode 15). Remember Homer’s immortal vow? “I’ll termination that Krusty Burglar for stealing my burgers!”? Well, the designers didn’t hide either: a tiny poster warns of the Krusty Burglar, and 1 currency registry displays “$6.15,” a cheeky motion to S6E15. It’s the benignant of sly wink that makes you consciousness similar you’ve won the trivia jackpot astatine Luigi’s.
Meanwhile, Maggie’s scanner comes pre-set to “$847.63” (the precise sum she rings up during the opening credits of The Simpsons Movie). Then, descent into the eating country and you’ll spot the Krusty’s Kidz Zone shot pit portion crossed the mode sits the poster for the glorious Ribwich.
And hey, hey, don’t place the Mother Nature Burger advert (a flashback to the eco-friendly fiasco successful “Bart vs. Thanksgiving,” wherever Homer’s dietary curiosity led to ecological chaos and a precise aggravated turkey). Lastly if you thin successful close, you tin practically perceive Sideshow Bob muttering “An aha! moment, I bash believe” arsenic helium plots his adjacent burger-related mischief.
We Build LEGO The Simpsons: Krusty Burger
Behind the antagonistic is wherever the existent enactment happens. Expect to singe a whiny teengaer's claw manus successful a fry presumption with a breached ice-cream machine, a prep country stacked precocious with Krusty Burgers (that minimalist LEGO ethos connected afloat display: 1 tan brick, 2 studs, and you’ve got yourself a patty), positive an worker loo. There’s adjacent a drive-thru window, implicit with a paper committee demanding “700 Krusty Burgers” ala “Boy-Scoutz ’n the Hood” (Season 5, Episode 8), erstwhile Krusty’s oil-rig franchise ran wholesale orders to the scouts. It’s these tiny flourishes that alteration a elemental physique into a pilgrimage for fanatics.
Now, you mightiness ask: wherefore physique Krusty Burger erstwhile LEGO has already fixed america the Simpsons’ location and the Kwik-E-Mart? True, the Evergreen Terrace location debuted successful 2014 and Apu’s neon oasis arrived successful 2015, but Krusty Burger has ever been the unsung leader of Springfield’s commercialized landscape. Unlike Moe’s Tavern, wherever happiness is conscionable a flaming portion away, Krusty Burger’s firm ubiquity means it’s ever been a blank canvas.
LEGO decorator Ann Healy scoured dozens of episodes, including “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish” (Season 2, Episode 11) wherever Homer’s dietary adventures astir ended successful pufferfish calamity, to nail the cleanable canon layout. She joked successful our exclusive chat, “If I counted each the times Krusty Burger appears, I’d request a Duff to calm my nerves,” which is astir arsenic Swartzwelder-worthy arsenic it gets.
The physique itself is straightforward capable that adjacent Kent Brockman could bash it unrecorded connected aerial without missing a beat, yet elaborate capable to punctual a Marge-style raised eyebrow of approval. Piece by piece, you conception the drive-thru lane, the iconic red-and-white façade, the slanted roof… and earlier you cognize it, you’re hosting your ain “Mmm, firm grease” luncheon for 7 minifigures: Homer, Bart, Lisa, Farmer Krusty, Sideshow Bob, the Squeaky-Voiced Teen and Officer Lou. Pretty generous stuff.
And speaking of attendance, the minifigs themselves are dormant ringers. Sideshow Bob looks acceptable to expanse the level with his coiffured hair, portion Farmer Krusty’s bluish overalls and straw chapeau perfectly callback his ill-fated “Cletus‒style” dalliances. Bart’s skateboard fits close into that Kidz Zone, and Lisa’s look captures her eternal struggle implicit processed food and its effect connected the environment.
Ten years person passed since the past minifigure-scale Simpson acceptable deed shelves, and successful that decennary LEGO’s instrumentality basal has swelled similar Comic Book Guy’s waistline aft a two-for-one promotion. We merit much playsets—Moe’s Tavern, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, possibly adjacent a diorama of the Android’s Dungeon. But for now, Krusty Burger stands supreme: 1,635 pieces of nostalgia, wit, and firm satire, retailing for A$329.99 (plus immoderate you paid the Squeaky-Voiced Teen for that other brushed drink).
So whether you’re a instrumentality who tin recite the full publication of “Last Exit to Springfield” oregon you simply cognize that a Krusty Burger is the champion steamed ham connected the market, this acceptable is your grease-covered Graceland. Here's hoping LEGO is inspired to merchandise much landmarks from this universe. And here's besides hoping I don't person to merchantability my kidneys to get the archetypal Simpsons House acceptable arsenic I didn't person the bully consciousness to bargain it backmost successful 2014.
LEGO The Simpsons: Krusty Burger, Set #10352, retails astatine LEGO AU for $329.95, and it is composed of 1635 pieces. You tin acquisition it here.
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Originally posted:
Jun 29, 2025 1:07 am