The Story
The Simpsons started small. Cartoonist Matt Groening sketched the family as short interstitials for The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987, and Fox spun them off into a half-hour series that premiered December 17, 1989. More than three decades later it is the longest-running scripted primetime series in American television, set in the perpetually chaotic town of Springfield.
Homer and Bart are the engine of that chaos. Homer is the doughnut-inhaling safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant; Bart is his ten-year-old troublemaking son. The strangle gag, Homer's hands around Bart's neck after one prank too many, has been a running bit since the show's earliest episodes. That is the exact moment VeVe cast in gold for this collectible, which is why longtime viewers recognize it instantly.
The piece renders the pair as a shining metallic statue with exaggerated expressions and smooth gold texture, the "Golden Moment" framing Disney used across this collection. It launched alongside a single companion piece, the Simpsons Skateboard, and the two share the distinction of being the first Simpsons NFTs anywhere. Within their series the Homer and Bart figure is the Common at odds of 1 in 1.51, the Skateboard the Rare at 1 in 2.96.
Market Context
This drop landed in Season 3, a stretch when VeVe was expanding hard into Disney licenses, and it carried a bonus: eligible buyers in select markets who purchased their first Golden Moments NFT received a three-month Disney+ subscription. Supply sits at 12,333 editions with none burned, so the full run remains intact across collector wallets. The market fee is 8.5 percent, standard for the platform.
The collectible now lives on the Collect blockchain following VeVe's migration completed in January 2026, and StackR has handled secondary trading since April 2025. As the very first Simpsons collectible, and one tied to a franchise Disney keeps in heavy rotation, it holds a fixed place in the platform's history that no later Simpsons drop can take.
Collector's Note
For anyone building a first-appearance set or a Disney corner on VeVe, this is a cornerstone. It is a franchise first, a strong visual, and one half of the only two-piece series that opened Simpsons collecting on-chain. Low serial numbers carry the usual premium, and the pairing with the Skateboard makes completing the original series a clean, achievable goal. Copies trade on the VeVe secondary market and StackR, sometimes near or below the original $60. New to VeVe? Grab $10 off your first purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
The first The Simpsons NFT was the Homer and Bart golden statue, released on VeVe on November 7, 2021 as part of Disney's Golden Moments collection. It launched alongside the Simpsons Skateboard, and both are the first Simpsons collectibles ever put on blockchain.
Cartoonist Matt Groening created The Simpsons. The characters first appeared as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987, then debuted as a half-hour Fox series on December 17, 1989. It is now the longest-running scripted primetime series in American TV.
12,333 editions were minted at a $60 retail price, all Common rarity with zero burned, so the entire run is still held by collectors.
Yes. The original drop moved quickly, but editions are available from other collectors on the VeVe secondary market and the StackR marketplace, sometimes near or below original retail.
It now lives on the Collect blockchain, following VeVe's migration completed in January 2026. It originally launched on Ethereum via Immutable X.
