MAB Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 13 hours ago, LegoSims20 said: Do you have a pic? :) I regret selling her now. :( Do you guys think they will create a Lego Harry Potter advent calendar and magazine in 2019 or one day? I doubt they will do an advent calendar for 2019. While it would be popular, I don't think they would do four advent calendars and I cannot see them cutting SW, City or Friends. Quote
GoldenNinja3000 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, MAB said: I doubt they will do an advent calendar for 2019. While it would be popular, I don't think they would do four advent calendars and I cannot see them cutting SW, City or Friends. I agree. I’m very surprised that Ninjago has never gotten an advent calendar but HP seems like a difficult theme to make one for. Since it’s so location focused as opposed to vehicle focused, I think coming up with minibuilds for more than one calendar would be difficult. Quote
Roebuck Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Well pirates, castle and kingdoms have had advent calendars in the past, so it should be no problem making one for HP/FB! I would be a good theme for it as well, but the main problem as I see it is that we now have 3 different calendars on a yearly basis already: friends (mostly for girls) city (mostly for boys) SW (mostly for older boys) HP/FB wound be great for both boys and girls, so Lego could remove 1,2 or 3 of the normal ones and sell that instead, but it is a big change so probably not next year.. Quote
MAB Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, Roebuck said: Well pirates, castle and kingdoms have had advent calendars in the past, so it should be no problem making one for HP/FB! 3 Not for a long time though, and even then it was one of Castle / Pirates / Kingdoms and one City, and for only three years. Then 2011 along came SW plus City, then 2012 Friends plus SW plus City. I don't think there is the market for four different LEGO advent calendars and they are now three well established calendars from the top selling ranges. Knocking out the in-house City and Friends for another licensed one would be controversial and I cannot see them removing SW. I would quite like them to rotate the themes a bit, but it is going to take something dramatic to make that happen. Maybe HP is big enough but I doubt it. It is also important that HP has a (big) CMF series out too. Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Ok so I’m confused about the Bricktober packs. I saw on IG that you have to spend $40 to get each one but it doesn’t say where to get them. So will the HP one be available to buy at B&N? Or do you have to spend $40 there? And where are the rest of them? Quote
Whovastron Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 HP very likely won’t get an advent calendar. I could see a magazine happening, Jurassic World and The Lego batman movie got one. Quote
LegoSims20 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Whovastron said: HP very likely won’t get an advent calendar. I could see a magazine happening, Jurassic World and The Lego batman movie got one. I wish I could design the models for it each month. I might play dumb and ask a Lego Store employee if they have a HP advent calendar, because retailers apparently pass requests onto Lego. Edited August 23, 2018 by LegoSims20 Quote
nikhkin Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said: Ok so I’m confused about the Bricktober packs. I saw on IG that you have to spend $40 to get each one but it doesn’t say where to get them. So will the HP one be available to buy at B&N? Or do you have to spend $40 there? And where are the rest of them? There aren't actually any details about them for the US. They are free when you spend 40 Euros in Germany, and have a "value" of 15 Euros. It is not specified whether you can actually just buy them for 15 Euros. Lego has stated the Harry Potter set will be available in B&N, but no further details (or even dates) have been revealed. Quote
Falconfan1414 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) Ollivander comes in a little Dagon ally buildable promo Edited August 23, 2018 by Falconfan1414 Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Falconfan1414 said: Ollivander comes in a little Dagon ally buildable promo Yeah I just saw that on IG. Any idea what the circumstances surrounding it are? And in case anyone is wondering, yes, this is the exact set that was on display in the background of the Hogwarts Castle designer video. So no D2C microscale Diagon Alley, it seems to be a small promotional set If Diagon Alley ends up being super hard to get, I’ll just order Ollivander on eBay Edited August 23, 2018 by Balrogofmorgoth Quote
Falconfan1414 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 It seems that diagon ally will be a gift with purchase rather than something you can buy. If you look at set numbers to compare, the story book, a gift with purchase, was 40291. While the buildable lego store, which was something you could buy, was 40305. Diagon ally is 40298 Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Falconfan1414 said: It seems that diagon ally will be a gift with purchase rather than something you can buy. If you look at set numbers to compare, the story book, a gift with purchase, was 40291. While the buildable lego store, which was something you could buy, was 40305. Diagon ally is 40298 Now I’m wondering if it’ll end up being a September GWP for buying the Hogwarts Castle set and just wasn’t available during the early VIP release. If that’s true, I’m glad I haven’t gotten it yet Quote
Omega 8 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 11:54 AM, Omega 8 said: There's no way the Top hat is minifig scale it's almost as big as the wizards hat in the foreground, And the top, right most element appears to be a 1x1 cylinder atop 2 or 3 2x2 round bricks. Seeing the leak on IG, I stand corrected :( On 8/20/2018 at 2:57 PM, Goonmo said: I tried to measure the model. My guess is that it's close to 64 studs wide, the same width as two modulars next to one another. The only difference is that we are seeing 5 buildings shoved into that space making the buildings look smaller, but I'm fairly certain this model (preliminary or not) is NOT meant to be mini-scale at all. This model just features smaller buildings (similar to how 76108 features a very undersized Sactum Sanctorum in height and width, they most likely have normal minifig sized doors and whatnot, just some of the exterior detail is downsized in order to maximize the pieces of the potential set and make the build have that cramped feeling that the movie setting has. Not sure how an ultra nano scale set looks so large in the background. On 8/20/2018 at 3:05 PM, BrickJagger said: Thanks for the picture, it's much appreciated. Based on this I think it'll be minifig scale and about $200. I also think that it'll be the only set released this winter, and more HP will be coming next August. It'll most assuredly be out in time fo the holidays. Quote
Falconfan1414 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Balrogofmorgoth said: Now I’m wondering if it’ll end up being a September GWP for buying the Hogwarts Castle set and just wasn’t available during the early VIP release. If that’s true, I’m glad I haven’t gotten it yet I don’t think so as usually gwp are advertised on lego store’s calanders and this one isn’t on the September calander Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Just now, Falconfan1414 said: I don’t think so as usually gwp are advertised on lego store’s calanders and this one isn’t on the September calander True, I forgot the calendar was already out. Quote
RODDY Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 30 minutes ago, Falconfan1414 said: Ollivander comes in a little Dagon ally buildable promo Sigh... Disappointed quite a bit hearing this. I was hoping the Diagon Alley was real. Cloud City here we come! Anyways I love the HP pack Slughorn is even more awesome looking with better photos. Only complaint is Umbridge she has an overkill of detailing on her face. Quote
ETELENZOS92 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Oh my God!! How wrong we were hahaha, in the end is a micro Diagon Alley with a minifigure of Ollivander Quote
Omega 8 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 FTR, I actually like the set quite a bit, It's a cool little build I might get 2 copies Quote
RyanMe Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, Falconfan1414 said: It seems that diagon ally will be a gift with purchase rather than something you can buy. If you look at set numbers to compare, the story book, a gift with purchase, was 40291. While the buildable lego store, which was something you could buy, was 40305. Diagon ally is 40298 And that is why I held of buying the D2C hogwarts. I had a feeling this would happen. Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 11 minutes ago, RODDY said: Sigh... Disappointed quite a bit hearing this. I was hoping the Diagon Alley was real. Cloud City here we come! Anyways I love the HP pack Slughorn is even more awesome looking with better photos. Only complaint is Umbridge she has an overkill of detailing on her face. This doesn’t mean we won’t get a full sized Diagon Alley set in the future. It’s just a promo set so it really doesn’t mean anything at all Quote
Omega 8 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 22 minutes ago, Falconfan1414 said: It seems that diagon ally will be a gift with purchase rather than something you can buy. If you look at set numbers to compare, the story book, a gift with purchase, was 40291. While the buildable lego store, which was something you could buy, was 40305. Diagon ally is 40298 I certainly hope there is a way to simply purchase it. Quote
SuperChris Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Wow, it looks like a cool little set. Doesn’t it look a little too big to be included as a free purchase though? Quote
GoldenNinja3000 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, SuperChris said: Wow, it looks like a cool little set. Doesn’t it look a little too big to be included as a free purchase though? They’ve done some pretty sizable free giveaways recently, like the Creative Storybook, 60 Years of the Brick, and that mini Lego Store/VIP card build from last October. Diagon Alley looks pretty cool. I wish they would’ve included some microfigures since it’s microscale but oh well. It’ll look nice next to Hogwarts. I’m excited to see how it’s available but I hope it isn’t a “spend $100+ on HP only” thing since I’ve already bought all of the new sets. Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, GoldenNinja3000 said: They’ve done some pretty sizable free giveaways recently, like the Creative Storybook, 60 Years of the Brick, and that mini Lego Store/VIP card build from last October. Diagon Alley looks pretty cool. I wish they would’ve included some microfigures since it’s microscale but oh well. It’ll look nice next to Hogwarts. I’m excited to see how it’s available but I hope it isn’t a “spend $100+ on HP only” thing since I’ve already bought all of the new sets. I haven’t bought the D2C yet so I’ll be good but I do agree because most hardcore fans have bought everything already, and a lot of people will be upset. But I have a feeling that’s what it will be Quote
Falconfan1414 Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 If you looks closely you can see at least gringotts and the Weasley’s joke shop have interiors to them Quote
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