When I first started playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out last year, one thing that bothered me was that I didn’t have Kang in my town. Of course there are several reasons to love this character, but what bothered me most is that it kept Bart from unlocking his ten-minute “Run away with Kang” task.

This was one of the few instances where something was kept from the player, simply because they missed out on limited-time content. Thankfully the developers gave us all a second chance to add Kang to our towns, and this time it didn’t even cost any donuts.

There are however a few pieces of content that appear to be locked away forever, even though there are characters that have permanent tasks at these locations. Perhaps these buildings will be added back into the game with future content updates, similar to Kang. At the very least they should be re-added to the shop, even if they could only be purchased with donuts.



Mapple Store

Homer, Lisa, and Ned all have a 5h task to “Browse the Mapple Store”, but you can’t browse what isn’t there. Last Christmas it was possible for players to purchase this buildings for free using 150 Santa Coins, but for those who missed out, it was later added to the shop for 90 dounts. Then one day it mysteriously vanished. Now it has become one of the rarest buildings in the game.

Oddly enough it did disappear remarkably close to the Android release of the game. Perhaps that had something do with it, or maybe it was something else?

The whole idea of “Mapple” is that it is a parody of Apple and their products. Well something unusual happened in the most recent episode of The Simpsons. The characters referred to Apple directly, no parody, just straight-up acknowledgement of the real-world company. Odd, don’t you think?

Swanky Fish

In a cross-promotional event with the episode “What Animated Women Want”, the Swanky Fish was added to the shop for 90 donuts. Players also received the Springfield Falls for free, one of the best designed decorations in the game.

Normally after an event ends, so does the ability to visit the associated building. For a few weeks after the Valentine’s Day update, some characters could still visit Phineas Q. Butterfat’s at their leisure, but this 8h task was removed for seemingly no reason.

The Swanky Fish however still has a few permanent customers: Skinner, Comic Book Guy, and Brockman. It would have been gyp if something you paid 90 donuts for suddenly stopped being useful, but it also seems odd to remove a building from the shop that is still useful for three characters.