Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

[joeee]

The Diagon Alley is such a cute build! I can't wait to have it. ( It will be so fun to build on my cramped desk. I won't have to worry about space lol! )

I have to say, microscale builds remind me of paintings. Up close, one can see each paint brush or each 1 x 1 piece. But from afar or blurred vision, they look really great in how it all meshes together...and the set sometimes can seem bigger than it is!

[Balrogofmorgoth]

8 minutes ago, Legoniche said:

 

LegoSims20 vs LordVoldemort

gee that’s like if umbridge fought Gilderoy Lockhart 

Brilliant

I’ll admit I was wrong by saying Diagon Alley wouldn’t work in microscale at any level, it does work for a promo set like this. But the actual Diagon Alley set if we get one down the road will not be microscale. I think we all know that’s what we were talking about.

[Legoniche]

12 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Brilliant

I’ll admit I was wrong by saying Diagon Alley wouldn’t work in microscale at any level, it does work for a promo set like this. But the actual Diagon Alley set if we get one down the road will not be microscale. I think we all know that’s what we were talking about.

Yes aha!

im in the same boat as you there my friend

I actually can’t wait for a system scale diagon alley tho

[Huigberts Builds]

On 8/20/2018 at 2:19 AM, Huigberts Builds said:

it looks more like the architecture las vegas skyline tbh.

I was pretty close to what it actually was I think, kinda. I'm happy I waited with buying all sets on day 1 now.

[Balrogofmorgoth]

3 minutes ago, Legoniche said:

Yes aha!

im in the same boat as you there my friend

I actually can’t wait for a system scale diagon alley tho

Me neither, it’s so iconic. Although part of me hopes they save a system scale Gringotts for a Deathly Hallows set Sith the dragon. Unless they just included the dragon in a Diagon Alley set that encompassed all the films. That would be ideal

[topiku]

The mini diagon alley is really cute. I like it :)

[Legoniche]

4 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Me neither, it’s so iconic. Although part of me hopes they save a system scale Gringotts for a Deathly Hallows set Sith the dragon. Unless they just included the dragon in a Diagon Alley set that encompassed all the films. That would be ideal

That would most likely be the case- that way a new bellatrix could be available if she doesn’t all ready appear in a battle at the ministry for magic or astronomy tower set 

[LegoSims20]

What if we're all wrong and the twist is that there is a UCS system scale Diagon Alley and this is the free gift!? :O

Haha but anyway, this set is lovely and I will get one no matter what I have to do. 

[Roebuck]

1 hour ago, LegoFjotten said:

As promo sets go, I think it's pretty cool! Relatively large, boxed, with a (so far) unique figure. Sure beats a small polybag with 30-40 pieces and a repeat minifig.

However.... I hope this is the last Harry Potter microscale set we will see in a looooooong time.

My thoughts exactly, no more micro-scale; Lego! This gives us a new minifig so that is fine, but I would have preferred a system-scale set e.g. a part of Ollivanders wand shop.. 

[Legoniche]

2 minutes ago, LegoSims20 said:

What if we're all wrong and the twist is that there is a UCS system scale Diagon Alley and this is the free gift!? :O

Haha but anyway, this set is lovely and I will get one no matter what I have to do. 

I was thinking that as well, would certainly be over the moon if that was the case

lets hope ??

So there’s no way Lego is not going to make a system scale diagon alley, so this ollivander can’t remain exclusive to this set

[Balrogofmorgoth]

Honestly, a Harry Potter Architecture style series would be cool if and only if they went alongside the system sets and didn’t replace them

[JopieK]

Don't call out at each other @LegoSims20 and @LordVoldemort and keep it friendly in here. It is our hobby, so keep it enjoyable for each other and for the rest.

[seellee]

Oh great.  Another page of people slagging off microscale sets  

As far as I’m concerned long may they continue! 

[jhoya]

1 hour ago, LegoSims20 said:

If they don't let me have this as I've already bought Hogwarts I will be freakin furious!!!

Yea, way to alienate the most hardcore customers.

[Fenghuang0296]

35 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Me neither, it’s so iconic. Although part of me hopes they save a system scale Gringotts for a Deathly Hallows set Sith the dragon. Unless they just included the dragon in a Diagon Alley set that encompassed all the films. That would be ideal

Ooooh, yes! They should definitely break up Diagon Alley into multiple sets. We could have one set about Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, one Ollivander's, one for Gringott's . . and then the inevitable D2C could include Flourish and Blott's and Borgin and Burkes'. 

[Ultron]

I’m lost, why are we assuming it’s microscale...? I dont see confirmation anywhere. 

[Balrogofmorgoth]

3 minutes ago, Ultron said:

I’m lost, why are we assuming it’s microscale...? I dont see confirmation anywhere. 

There’s an image on Instagram

3 hours ago, 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

Look at it this way though. If they had advertised it in the September calendar, they wouldn’t have had any success with the early VIP release because everyone would have just waited. So it’s possible that it was just an economical move 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Interesting choice for a promo set, but I'm all for it as long as it's not that much of hassle to acquire it  The amount of detail is amazing for a set of this size and I really like the use of TLBM Robin's head for the Weasley shop 

[RODDY]

3 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

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

True but I was hoping it would  come out this winter. But I can wait. 

[Ultron]

Ah, I see now. What a strange little set to release. Easy pass as Ollivander will come again in a real Diagon Alley

[Balrogofmorgoth]

Whatever ends up happening with this set, I think we can all agree that it is a very strange set and is surrounded by seemingly strange circumstances. While Orr of the mystery was solved, now this brings up brand new ones. Hopefully Lego tells us soon, I’m very interested to know about this set

Edited August 23, 2018 by Balrogofmorgoth

[LegoSims20]

You guys don't think the Smyths Toys HP Lego giveaway happening on Saturday could be the Bricktober pack, do you? 

[Legoniche]

14 minutes ago, LegoSims20 said:

You guys don't think the Smyths Toys HP Lego giveaway happening on Saturday could be the Bricktober pack, do you? 

I so very much hope so as I plan on being there at 11:00 on the dot, the on,y issue is, that bricktober pack is worth £12-£20 and I doubt they’d give away something worth that much, for free. It will most likely be the ‘harry’s Journey to hogwarts’ Polybag, which I don’t mind so much, but the bricktober pack would be beyond amazing, however, worst case scenario, the smyths giveaway could be that mini Hogwarts Express Polybag, I wouldn’t really like that at all

[LegoSims20]

13 minutes ago, Legoniche said:

I so very much hope so as I plan on being there at 11:00 on the dot, the on,y issue is, that bricktober pack is worth £12-£20 and I doubt they’d give away something worth that much, for free. It will most likely be the ‘harry’s Journey to hogwarts’ Polybag, which I don’t mind so much, but the bricktober pack would be beyond amazing, however, worst case scenario, the smyths giveaway could be that mini Hogwarts Express Polybag, I wouldn’t really like that at all

Probably will be HJTH. I paid a lot for that from Hamleys, too. 

[Legoman123]

Are we expecting more sets to add on to two Hogwarts set’s we got this summer then?