Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

[Winkerbean]

I work for a large retailer and we have them on our warehouse system at £3.99

Edited July 5, 2018 by Winkerbean

[MAB]

I doubt it. On ebay there are quite a few pre-orders for boxes at about £200 (pre-orders are nearly always RRP+).  If they were £3.99 each, the pre-order price for a box would be £240+.

 

[Balrogofmorgoth]

54 minutes ago, rakky said:

I don’t believe that until I see it. Forbidden planet has them at pre-order for £2.99 and they always stock Lego at the market price. Where did you get £3.99 from? Also, I don’t think they’d sell as well. 

They’ve been $3.99 in the US for years and sell just fine

[nikhkin]

When they were £1.99 it was a great price. £2.99 was hard to justify for some of them. At £3.99 it's just absurd for a single minifigure. 

Just now, Balrogofmorgoth said:

They’ve been $3.99 in the US for years and sell just fine

$3.99 is not the same as £3.99. They may well sell just fine in America, but considering they were only £1.99 a couple of years ago people will not want to pay twice as much. 

[MAB]

Just now, Balrogofmorgoth said:

They’ve been $3.99 in the US for years and sell just fine

The currency sign in front of the number makes a difference.

 

[Whovastron]

2 hours ago, Winkerbean said:

Any uk'ers i can confirm that the minifigures will be £3.99 in the UK

I’m fairly certain that in the press release it said £2.99 for the U.K. 

[Balrogofmorgoth]

1 hour ago, nikhkin said:

$3.99 is not the same as £3.99. They may well sell just fine in America, but considering they were only £1.99 a couple of years ago people will not want to pay twice as much. 

 

1 hour ago, MAB said:

The currency sign in front of the number makes a difference.

 

Yeah $3.99 is more than £3.99...

[nikhkin]

Just now, Balrogofmorgoth said:

 

Yeah $3.99 is more than £3.99...

It really isn't. You should look into the current currency exchange rates.

$3.99 is only about £3.02 at present, and paying £3.99 in the UK is the equivalent of paying $5.27 in the US.

Even accounting for tax, the price of £3.99 is more than $3.99

[MAB]

2 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Yeah $3.99 is more than £3.99...

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Believe what you want.

 

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[DungeonsAndFlagons]

So it looks like 71043 is going to be a micro scale set from what I can see on the internet. I have seen what appears to be micro figures for the set, not confirmed but I have seen them. Plus it does not make sense to have a giant 6000+ piece Hogwarts Castle when you already have two pieces in the Great Hall and Womping Willow sets. It makes more sense to sell minifig scale Hogwarts Castle in seperate sets to breakdown the cost and piece count. I just can't see LEGO bringing out two mining scale sets with a Great Hall or a Hogwarts Castle without a Great Hall. So my money is on 71043 being a micro scale set.

[Terrasher]

Just now, DungeonsAndFlagons said:

So it looks like 71043 is going to be a micro scale set from what I can see on the internet. I have seen what appears to be micro figures for the set, not confirmed but I have seen them. Plus it does not make sense to have a giant 6000+ piece Hogwarts Castle when you already have two pieces in the Great Hall and Womping Willow sets. It makes more sense to sell minifig scale Hogwarts Castle in seperate sets to breakdown the cost and piece count. I just can't see LEGO bringing out two mining scale sets with a Great Hall or a Hogwarts Castle without a Great Hall. So my money is on 71043 being a micro scale set.

Yeah, 71043 will definitely be micro scale. Question is, with 6000+ pieces, many of them probably very small, how big could it be? Is there a chart somewhere that shows the scale of the castle compared to a person? If it's in true scale with the microfigures, maybe a scale chart would be of help.

[Bricked1980]

Here are Jang's thoughts on the Hogwarts express. 

 

[AmperZand]

Has @WhiteFang reviewed the the HP/FB CMFs yet? I love Fangy's CMF reviews. 

[Friscorays]

2 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

 

Yeah $3.99 is more than £3.99...

See point already made by nikhkin but in my current reality, $5.27 is definitely significantly greater than $3.99.

Edited July 5, 2018 by Friscorays

[Balrogofmorgoth]

4 hours ago, nikhkin said:

It really isn't. You should look into the current currency exchange rates.

$3.99 is only about £3.02 at present, and paying £3.99 in the UK is the equivalent of paying $5.27 in the US.

Even accounting for tax, the price of £3.99 is more than $3.99

 

4 hours ago, MAB said:

Believe what you want.

 

 

1 hour ago, Friscorays said:

See point already made by nikhkin but in my current reality, $5.27 is definitely significantly greater than $3.99.

My mistake. I miscalculated in my conversion, that’s on me. Sorry for stepping on some toes, wasn’t my intent

[Jern92]

NZ peeps, CMF available at Toyworld Albany.

[sunhuntin]

7 minutes ago, Jern92 said:

NZ peeps, CMF available at Toyworld Albany.

How much for a box, Jern? I wonder if Palmy Toyworld will have them?

[Jern92]

1 minute ago, sunhuntin said:

How much for a box, Jern? I wonder if Palmy Toyworld will have them?

I'm not sure, presumably 60 X $5.99?

I haven't been there to check it out yet. Just saw the store post about it on Facebook.

[sunhuntin]

Ouch, didn't realise they had gone up. Hopefully Toyco will have a sale, lol.

[Don Neimoidte de la Mancha]

Anyone having news for the Bricktober figures release date?

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

Jang just made me finally decide I will be getting the Hogwarts Express! I'll wait for a discount, though.

[WhiteFang]

6 hours ago, AmperZand said:

Has @WhiteFang reviewed the the HP/FB CMFs yet? I love Fangy's CMF reviews. 

Not yet as it’s still on the way.  

[Roebuck]

5 hours ago, Jern92 said:

NZ peeps, CMF available at Toyworld Albany.

"Apology to Harry Potter fans. We posted earlier today that Harry Potter minifigures were in store and available to be sold. Unfortunately LEGO delivered the stock early in error and we are not permitted to sell the stock before the embargo date which is 1st August. We are truly sorry for any inconvenience and hope to see you on 1st August when the stock will definitely be available."

At least it confirms that they are out 1st of august

[Jern92]

Just now, Roebuck said:

"Apology to Harry Potter fans. We posted earlier today that Harry Potter minifigures were in store and available to be sold. Unfortunately LEGO delivered the stock early in error and we are not permitted to sell the stock before the embargo date which is 1st August. We are truly sorry for any inconvenience and hope to see you on 1st August when the stock will definitely be available."

At least it confirms that they are out 1st of august

LOL I was wondering why they were out early. I specifically asked the staff if we were allowed to buy them, and the staff said yes. Wonder if anyone was lucky enough to pick up a few before they realised their mistake.