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The exclusive minifig is a bit disappointing, imho. If it absolutely had to be Harry, a Deathly Hallows themed Harry would have been much better. Would also have been the perfect way to give him a new hair piece (the old one is waaay outdated). The poly sets look nice. If I see them at retail I'll definitely get them. Some potions stuff would be nice, another printed owl can only be a good thing, and a Harry minifig that isn't in his uniform is nice to see. I'm actually kinda surprised nobody's mentioned the new pictures of this year's main three sets: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=4865-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=4866-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=4867-1 Kinda hoping these are still preliminary to a certain extent. I can understand Harry wearing his uniform in the castle set, but the Forest and Knight Bus sets Harry's should be in normal/muggle clothing. I'm still slightly miffed at the lack of the Grim/dog-form Sirius for the Knight Bus set. I'll still get it, but even a re-release of the original gray dog would have been preferred over nothing.

The only major detail about these three new sets that I hope gets changed for the production versions, is Harry's outfit in the Forbidden Forest set. I can get over him wearing his school uniform in the Battle for Hogwarts set, as it is a part of the castle, and can represent scenes from pretty much all the movies, but the Forbidden Forest set is a very specific scene, and it just doesn't make sense for him to be wearing his uniform. Won't stop me from buying it, but he'll most likely be thrown into the extra pieces bin if he still has the uniform for the production set.

Hadn't thought about that, but that does make sense.

As I understand it, not all of last years sets sold that well. That and HP themed sets have had, in previous years, a hard time selling well. Which is why GoF only got four sets, OotP only got the one, and HBP didn't get any. I personally think we're lucky to be getting these three. Plus, they'll be releasing another game at some point, so they could be saving some set ideas to release in tandem with that.

Nice to finally see a shot of the interior (fbtb doesn't have ANY hp pics ). Kinda bland, but the final production version could have more than this display model does, so I'll wait and see before making a final judgment. What I can see I do like. The Mirror of Erised is a really nice touch. The Gryfindor bunk bed section is unexpected, but looks good. The classroom/office is nice. Depending on how detailed that chalkboard is, it could theoretically belong to any one of the numerous teachers. Not sure what that section is below the classroom/office, but I like the tapestries on the walls. Wouldn't surprise me if that part of the tower was incomplete. I still think the basement sections could be the chamber of secrets. Should be interesting to see what the bridge's gimmick is. It does something, but I can't really tell what from these pictures. Honestly would have been ok with it not having any sort of gimmicks to it. Still definitely going to get it, but not as enthused for it as I am the others. I also really hope that last years castle set does get re-released with these. Will try and save-up so that when/if I ever see it again, I'll be able to get it. Looking at their pictures of the Knight Bus, the "Dre Head" as they call it looks nice, and actually isn't a minifigure head (not a bad thing, as he's still more than just printing on the windshield). The bus itself definitely looks better the more I see it. The purple is quite nice, and I love that it has the chandelier (sorta looks like it can swing too). Ernie and Stan both look nice, and Harry isn't bad himself. Only disappointing detail about this set is the lack of the grim, and part of me thinks that could change for the production version. The Forbidden Forest set continues to look good. Might actually get multiples of this set just to have more than one of that tree. The extra minifigures might also be helpful in looking to trade for other characters I don't have yet (like Grayback).

Not that I've seen, yet, but I'm hoping we get some soon. I'll be surrpised if part of one of the towers isn't made-up to look like part of the room of requirement. I also wouldn't be too surprised if one of the towers rocky basements was a small version of the chamber of secrets.

All three sets look great. Some slight disappointments, but nothing that'll stop me from buying them. The lack of any sign of the grim being included in the Knight Bus set is somewhat disappointing, but oh well, my dream of a minifigure head painted-up as the shrunken head have been realized. Can't read it, but the text under him on the front of the preliminary packaging looks like it says something different. Maybe Lego will be the first to give him a real name? The bus itself is slightly underwhelming, but definitely better than it's predecessor. Might order some parts to spruce it up a bit. Can't really tell what's going on inside of it, but it looks like the interior is nicely detailed. Hedwig's inclusion is nice, as is Ernie Prang's, and what seems to be the only Harry not in uniform in these sets. The Battle for Hogwarts set continues to look good. Other than Lucious being included, and Harry being in his school uniform, this set looks pretty much perfect. Nagini is a nice little surprise. Maybe this set will have a sword after all I love the globe they've put in what I'm going to call the astronomy tower. Are there any interior pictures of this set? (haven't seen any, but haven't really looked for them, lol). The Forbidden Forest is actually the best out of these new sets, imho. It's nice to see that Hagrid actually is in this set, and that Narcissa's minifigure has turned out quite well. The two-toned hair looks better than I thought it would. I find it slightly funny that the set on display has Voldemort holding Narcisa's wand, and her holding his. Harry being in his uniform is disappointing, but hopefully that'll change for the production version (the preliminary packaging shows him in normal clothing, so hopefully that par ends up more accurate than the set on display). The "forest" itself is actually quite nice. I'm assuming that the tan baseplates will end-up green for the production version. The tree is nice and big, and I love the inclusion of the mushroom. The blue flames are a nice inclusion, and make sense, since this set's story is going to be...tamer than the actual scene in the book/movie is. Nagini's inclusion in this set is nice to see. Would have been amazing if she was a new piece, and could be coiled around Voldemort, but this will do nicely. Even if this set ends up getting released later than the other two, I'll still probably get this set first, lol. While I'll be getting all three, this is the one I want the most. Will be nice to finally have a Lego Hagrid, and from a nice cheap set is a nice bonus. Is it just me, or does it look like last year's Quidditch Match, Hagrid's Hut, Burrow, and Hogwarts sets are going to be rereleased this year? Would be great, as it would be nice to have a second chance to buy the castle set (only saw it at retail once).

Honestly, considering it's just a $12 set, I think we'll be extremely lucky to get Harry, Hagrid, Voldemort, and Narcissa in it. As much as I would love for Bellatrix to be in the set too, I honestly can't see it happening. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the set only had Harry, Voldemort, and Narcissa. The most minifigures to come in a $10-13 Harry Potter themed set has been three (would be epic if this set finally brought that up to four). Tomorrow should be one great day. Can't wait to see what Lego has in-store for us with the Knight Bus set. I'm excited for all three sets, but I'm most excited for the new Knight Bus. Probably helps that PoA is my favorite of the books/movies, and I never did get the original one (still have the mini version of it though).

Not "worried" about getting news from Toy Fair, was just curious if anybody on here was going to be among those reporting from the event. I'll be surprised if Brickset doesn't have their own report up at some point. Also, as Mrlegoninja has pointed out, FBTB seems to focus just on Star Wars, so there's no telling if they'll have news on any of the other themes, let alone pictures. As for the prices of the sets, not a surprise there. It was easy to guess the prices of the Forbidden Forest and Battle for Hogwarts sets based off of their box dimensions, which happen to be the same as last year's Freeing Dobby and Hagrid's Hut sets. The price of the Knight Bus is still anybody's guess at the moment, as it's box dimensions don't match-up with any of last year's sets. Hopefully the overall set is bigger than the original's. That way they can add more detail to the bus itself, and hopefully give the shrunken head some justice by making him a minifigure head rather than printing on the window (I probably sound like a broken record, lol). I'm not sure if it's just me, but every time I try to imagine what the front of the new Knight Bus set's box will look like, I laugh a little. Something about that big purple bus on a mostly red colored box just sounds like it would look funny to me.

Assuming that one of the towers is going to represent Ravenclaw tower, I wouldn't be surprised if the statue of her was in this set. Would technically be a minifigure, but looking back at pictures of last years castle set, the knight figure wasn't advertised on the front of the box, or in the minifigure line-up. Makes sense to me anyways. Also, I'm really hoping that the Harry figure included ends up in his "normal" clothes rather than his school uniform. Neville isn't wearing his uniform, so I don't see why Harry should. Can't wait to see more pictures of the Battle for Hogwarts set, and to finally see pictures of the other two sets. Out of curiosity, anybody here going to be reporting from the New York Toy Fair?

This. Although the same mask thing doesn't bother me a whole lot. I'll probably have Lucious keep his normal face turned forward most of the time anyways. Also, it's not that they didn't give us another new minifigure, it's just that he really makes no sense in the set, and there are some minifigures they've also recently used that would have made much more sense. Bellatrix, Grayback, or even another Dementor would have been really nice. I would even be happy with his spot taken up by another Ron, tbh. Lucious being included isn't going to stop me from buying the set, but it's still disappointing to see him again. The other minifigures are going to be good enough to overshadow that dissapointment, especially Lupin and Neville. Part of me is really hoping that they re-release some of last years sets when they release these three new sets. Would be nice to have a second chance to buy the castle set and Hagrid's Hut.

Narcissa has been confirmed by a reliable source to be in the Forbidden Forest set. Lucious was in the Graveyard Duel set, but that wasn't the last set he was in. He was in last year's Freeing Dobby set, and he's in this years Diagon Alley set, so having him in the Battle for Hogwarts set just seems redundant. He's still decently useful as a generic Death Eater, but just barely (I'll probably end-up flipping the torso backwards and swapping the arms to give him a plain black chest instead of Malfoy's unique jacket). It is preliminary, but I think that the character choices are final. I imagine certain minifigures will look different. Especially Lupin and Neville. Don't they use pre-existing pieces for minifigures they haven't finished the design of just yet? (like Voldemort wearing green in the preliminary pictures, and wearing black for the actual production). I remember last year the preliminary boxes had all the correct names for the minifigures, but the images weren't the final version of them. It's a bit fuzzy, but if you zoom in on the BfH set image, you can see that the minifigs match-up with the names on the box, so any differences for the production version will be how they look, rather than who they are.

Noticed that too. Not much to go off of, but it's probably the Forbidden Forest set. I don't think any of the Knight Bus minifigures will have a cloak. It makes me hopefully that pictures of the other two sets are out there. It's jut a matter of finding them, lol. If not, we'll most likely get some pictures from the New York Toy Fair anyways.

Sorry, I meant the picture of the Battle for Hogwarts set (fixed that )

The picture we've got of the Battle for Hogwarts set confirms it's seven minifigures, and Huw over at Brickset confirmed Narcissa for the forest set and Harry, Stan (the "driver"), and Ernie (the "old guy") for the bus set. Only one technically not confirmed, is Harry for the forest set, but I believe it's safe to assume he'll be in that one too.