Krusty Burger Diorama (Simpsons (Jakks Pacific)) Review

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Krusty Burger Diorama (Simpsons (Jakks Pacific)) Review

Krusty Burger Diorama
Simpsons (Jakks Pacific) (Jakks Pacific)It's always nice to get little playsets for your figures, since it adds more to a display. Jakks Pacific has done a couple of playsets over the years, and nowadays they're doing them for their smaller-scale lines, which is good for those wanting to save on space (and money). The Simpsons line already got a diorama of the family's home, and recently they put out Krusty Burger. If you're looking for it, I'd check GameStop and Macy's rather than Target or Walmart, since those are where the newer stuff has been popping up first.

This diorama, like the earlier Simpsons' home, consists of a base and two walls, one long and one short. The roof is present on the longer wall, and the sign plugs into it. Said sign utilizes a sticker, as does the window, with silhouettes of Chief Wiggum and Lou inside (could we be getting a 2.5" Lou at some point?). The other side gives us both a door and a drive-thru window, with the generic teen inside. The walls have little cracks on them, with a missing chunk of paint revealing the bricks underneath (both are the same color, I guess Jakks didn't bother with more paint). The drive-thru window opens up, meaning you can have someone stand inside and hand customers their food, and it's a good idea now that we know vehicles are coming to the line. Speaking of stuff that moves, the drive-thru menu sign has a tab that you can pull to change the menu. The alternate menu has much less healthy food, and it feels like something episode-specific.

Krusty Burger scales about 9 3/4" long, 6 1/2" tall (not counting the sign), and another 6 1/2" wide. The size is similar to the Simpsons' home, but it feels more spacious, possibly because unlike the other set, there are no moving stands on the floor. There's a counter with a cash register right by the window, and the appearance is a bit on the simple side, but it fits the show's style, and the sticker is a nice touch. Adjacent to the counter is a table with booth chairs, and there's enough room there to fit the whole Simpsons family if you got the multipack. The table and counter plug in firmly to the base, but the chairs aren't as tight a fit, and are more likely to pop out. The back wall is one big sticker, providing a view of the kitchen with two cooks happy to fulfill any order, a menu with surprisingly low prices, and two episode-specific elements: a poster for the "Mother Nature Burger" from "Coming to Homerica," and a clear spot with a bird smooshed up against it, a gag from "King-Size Homer."

As an extra incentive for people to buy the set, it comes with a Krusty figure, but not the same one from the 2.5" singles. This Krusty is in his outfit from the Mother Nature Burger commercial, itself coming from the aforementioned "Coming to Homerica." The head is the same as the basic Krusty, but the clothes consist of a farmer-like shirt and overalls. The checkered lines on the shirt are sculpted in, which is a bit easier than painting them, and the paint on the arms and overalls is very clean. The television clown/fast-food franchiser stands about 3" tall, and like the rest of the figures in this scale, has a swivel neck, swivel/hinge shoulders, and a "sit-down" joint for the lower body.

The set also comes with two accessories. One of them is a tray of small burgers, enough to feed a group of people (or one Homer). The burger pile is just a one-color piece, and I imagine it'd be hard to paint it cleanly, but the sculpt on it looks great. The other accessory is a deep-fried bag, a gag coming from "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife," and it's the kind of ridiculous, unhealthy thing only a fictional restaurant would do. This ties into another play feature, as the bag can be placed onto a spot on the counter, and then you push down on the register to flip it out the window. You'll have to open the window yourself for the feature to truly work, but it's pretty fun.

The Simpsons' house diorama was pretty good, and Krusty Burger is just as well-made and creative, but it's my favorite out of the two. It feels like it'll make sense with more figures, and there's enough space for plenty of characters, topped off with episodic references to appease dedicated fans. I'll be making sure to grab more of the 2.5" line, though I may have to do it online since I'm having no luck at brick-and-mortar stores, and I'm hoping to see more dioramas this year.

- 3/18/25