Packaging - ***
It's hard to explain just how huge this set is.  It's huge.  Remember when I said my 6 foot Sully was huge?  That kind of huge.

The box is designed in a similar fashion to the other TRU exclusives, but about three times bigger at least.  It comes disassembled of course, but is fairly easy to put together.  This isn't one that lends itself to display in the box however.

Sculpting - ****
There are two figures included in the set, and neither have an actual name - the Grumpy Old Man, and the Squeeky Voice Teen.  The sculpting on the SVT will be familiar to those that picked up the Krusty Burger, since he's the same as the Pimple Faced Teen.

The Crazy Old Man is exceptionally cool, right down to the hunched shoulders and wrinkles in his arms.  He goes great with Grampa and Jasper, and actually putting him with them at the retirement castle makes for a better display.

But I'm not giving this set four stars on the sculpting for the figures.  It's because of the excellent details and design of the playset sculpt.

The fronts of each of the building have great details, as does the entire sidewalk.  There's pop cans, piles of trash, and piles of, uh, some other stuff.  There's even one of Bart's shoes (or at least I assume it's Bart's) stuck in the cement. The sculpting on the extra pieces like Snowball in the trash can, the mail box, Lard Lad, and the posts out front of the Frying Dutchman are all excellent, and right in keeping with the style of the show.

There's also a ton of variety in the sculpt of the store front materials.  There's wood slats, rough concrete, large bricks, small bricks, and even wood doors.  It's a tremendous amount of surface variety for a playset.

Paint/Stickers - ***1/2
The paint is nicely done, although there's not a ton of detail.  Both of the figures have very basic outfits, without a lot of color variation, but the paint is fairly clean and consistent.  While the figures don't have a lot of detail, the playset itself does, with a variety of paint ops on the small pieces and great work on the big pieces like Lard Lad.

The stickers are even more impressive, with lots of cool scenes and extras.  Someone asked if perhaps that's Leela and Fry in the window of the donut shop.  I'm not sure, but it might be!  It's open to a bit of interpretation, but it's a neat idea.

Playset Design - ****
The design of the set is great.  Easily the size of four regular playsets if you include going 'round the corner, it includes some of the best store fronts in Springfield.  It's particularly nice to get Moe's, even if we are finally getting the interior playset early in 2003.

I'm considering all the cool extras in this category as well - the three light poles, the mail box, Snowball in the trash can, the sign and rope fence outside the Jazz Hole, the wet cement sign, and the wooden posts outside of the Frying Dutchman.  I'm not calling these accessories, as they are all designed to fit into particular peg holes in specific spots on the set.  They all look terrific, and add a tremendous amount of detail to the set.