Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

[Huigberts Builds]

I hope the book includes a new version of the *houseless* robes we got in the original sorting hat set back in the day. They'll probably include Harry again but it would be nice if it was Ginny.

[Robert8]

20 hours ago, Kyp said:

You could easily fill a second Wave. Just on the top of my head: Lockhart, Greyback, Bellatrix, Lucius Malfoy, Narzissa Malfoy, Teenager Malfoy, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Alicia Spinnet, Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, Dolohov, Crabbe and Goyle, Pavarti, Lavender, Fudge, Sirius, Kingsley, The Dursleys, Other Houseghosts, Seamus Finnegan, A generic Deatheater, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw Quidditch Players, Prof. Sprout, Mr. Weasly, Mrs Weasly, Percy, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ginny, Wormtail, Fleur, Krumm, Griphook, Nicolas Flamell, Nagini (human form), Tonks, Cormac Mclaggan, Earny Shumpike, younger Tom Riddle, Myrthe, the Carrows, the Snatcher, Rita Skeeter, Scrimgour, Xenophilius Lovegood, Aberforth Dumbledore, Mundungus Fletcher and Kreacher. (plus Book-only Characters like Ludo Bagman, Peeves or Prof. Binns, but i doubt that)

There are enough characters, but they need to save some for the sets, especially if this theme is meant to be "evergreen"

[Roebuck]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

There are enough characters, but they need to save some for the sets, especially if this theme is meant to be "evergreen"

Yes plenty of characters, only from the new FB movie are we missing 10 of the main cast, in HP many more.. While I am fairly certain we will get a new series, I do not think Lego will rush it.. If they are planning to release sets at least until 2024, they have plenty of time for a new CMF series, I guess 2020 is earliest they will do it

[Whovastron]

On 10/29/2018 at 11:30 PM, Lego-Freak said:

The Superheroes lines are evergreen themes, they don't really count IMO  Jurassic World is also a special case since there was a two-year gap in-between, so it could technically be considered a reboot of sorts rather than an additional wave. Minecraft on the other hand is quite a weird theme when it comes to wave size (the largest one was this spring for some reason), I'll give you that 

I was more thinking of themes like Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and previous incarnations of Harry Potter where the wave size was usually diminished wave after wave 

Thing is Harry Potter could be evergreen, we just don’t know yet.

[Seaber]

The calender on Instagram in is German, so I might have this wrong, but it looks like Diagon Alley will be available from 5-21 November with €80 purchases. 

[BacktoBricks]

41 minutes ago, Seaber said:

The calender on Instagram in is German, so I might have this wrong, but it looks like Diagon Alley will be available from 5-21 November with €80 purchases. 

The UK November 2018 store calendar can now be viewed at https://www.lego.com/en-gb/stores. Diagon Alley is indeed available between 5-21 November and with purchases over £80 in the UK.

[Legoniche]

I think some people are getting WAYYY to caught up with the whole ‘they’ve included main characters in minifig series and bricktober so they won’t appear In sets and therefore the line isn’t going to last’ business- I’ve said if before- characters have multiple costumes- take mad eye moody for example, yes, his main costume is that of the one in the minifig series, but he also appears without his jacket on, look at the old Lego mad eye moody, the torso would resemble more of that look- furthermore umbridge doesn’t always wear that lighter pink sweater- again look at her previous minifig form, doesn’t have the pink sweater because it’s a different version, there’s different costumes for slughorn, hooch, trelawny, even flitwick was played by a different actor in the first 2 films offering a version of him- point is, I do feel like, this could be an evergreen theme, simple because there are so many characters which all have different costumes, and so there is room for more minifig series and sets without using up every version of characters- I mean there are 3 sirius’ Lego could do, the Azkaban costume, the christmas dinner costume, the order of the Phoenix costume 

[Whovastron]

1 minute ago, Legoniche said:

I think some people are getting WAYYY to caught up with the whole ‘they’ve included main characters in minifig series and bricktober so they won’t appear In sets and therefore the line isn’t going to last’ business- I’ve said if before- characters have multiple costumes- take mad eye moody for example, yes, his main costume is that of the one in the minifig series, but he also appears without his jacket on, look at the old Lego mad eye moody, the torso would resemble more of that look- furthermore umbridge doesn’t always wear that lighter pink sweater- again look at her previous minifig form, doesn’t have the pink sweater because it’s a different version, there’s different costumes for slughorn, hooch, trelawny, even flitwick was played by a different actor in the first 2 films offering a version of him- point is, I do feel like, this could be an evergreen theme, simple because there are so many characters which all have different costumes, and so there is room for more minifig series and sets without using up every version of characters- I mean there are 3 sirius’ Lego could do, the Azkaban costume, the christmas dinner costume, the order of the Phoenix costume 

Also, Lego were probably playing it safe by making sure they covered a lot of people’s favourite characters in the first wave incase it didn’t catch on. This wave is a huge risk for Lego, to bring back Harry Potter again without a new movie is risky, the hobbit shared characters and actors with LOTR, unlike fantastic Beasts, which shares dumbledore, but that’s about it. And it’s a theme they’ve had to kill quite a few times before. Just incase it crashed and burned, I think they wanted to make Die Garda happy, giving us 50+ Minifigures in the first year.

[BrickBob Studpants]

8 hours ago, Legoniche said:

...even flitwick was played by a different actor in the first 2 films...

Nope, that was also Warwick Davis  The reason he looks so different is that they didn‘t have a role for Flitwick in PoA but still wanted Davis to play a character, so they made him the choir conductor. From GoF onwards, this new character was then retconned as Flitwick 

[Legoniche]

6 hours ago, Lego-Freak said:

Nope, that was also Warwick Davis  The reason he looks so different is that they didn‘t have a role for Flitwick in PoA but still wanted Davis to play a character, so they made him the choir conductor. From GoF onwards, this new character was then retconned as Flitwick 

OH yeahhhhhh- I did know that I think it slipped my memory aha- thanks for reminding me, what I meant was two versions or two variations 

15 hours ago, Whovastron said:

Also, Lego were probably playing it safe by making sure they covered a lot of people’s favourite characters in the first wave incase it didn’t catch on. This wave is a huge risk for Lego, to bring back Harry Potter again without a new movie is risky, the hobbit shared characters and actors with LOTR, unlike fantastic Beasts, which shares dumbledore, but that’s about it. And it’s a theme they’ve had to kill quite a few times before. Just incase it crashed and burned, I think they wanted to make Die Garda happy, giving us 50+ Minifigures in the first year.

Exactly! And to be honest I’m extremely grateful by how much we got and how many characters we got at the moment

[Legoniche]

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

[Blondie-Wan]

On 10/29/2018 at 6:30 PM, Lego-Freak said:

I was more thinking of themes like Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and previous incarnations of Harry Potter where the wave size was usually diminished wave after wave 

There were four waves of Indiana Jones, only one of which was smaller than the previous wave. Two of them were actually larger.

[BacktoBricks]

4 hours ago, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

Hhmm tricky one ... but probably Hagrid, Filch and Quidditch Harry. I love the new Hagrid with his lantern and umbrella and Filch's expression is really good. On the other hand, Quidditch Harry isn't even the most accurate (no printing on legs), but he is just so super cute with that little red cape. :)

[Tariq j]

8 hours ago, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

I gotta admit, I like both Dumbledore figures a lot. But the Richard Harris version just takes the cake for me. I’d also say Professor Trealwnay and Mad Eye Moody are among my favourites too. 

[RODDY]

11 hours ago, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

Neville, Lupin (werewolf eyes), and Slughorn. 

[RODDY]

Did anyone notice that when mp bricks put out a bunch of the leaks, he put out a Wizarding World promotional image? Maybe we might get winter sets after all (Lockhart please Lockhart)

Edited November 4, 2018 by RODDY

[Huigberts Builds]

19 hours ago, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

Probably Hagrid, CMF Dumbledore and Moody

5 hours ago, RODDY said:

Did anyone notice that when *** put out a bunch of the leaks, he put out a Wizarding World promotional image? Maybe we might get winter sets after all (Lockhart please Lockhart)

Meh if it means anything (which I doubt) it probably is about that book with an unknown figure. I think it's kinda too late for leaks of winter sets now. 

[Osbot]

On 11/3/2018 at 4:37 AM, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

There are so many! I’ll say Graves, Hagrid, and Trelawny.

[GryffindorResistance]

I really hope we get at least 2 waves of sets in 2019. It would be ridiculous for Lego not to after literally how big the release was this past summer. Every set was sold out in my Lego store every time they had a shipping day!

[Roebuck]

37 minutes ago, GryffindorResistance said:

I really hope we get at least 2 waves of sets in 2019. It would be ridiculous for Lego not to after literally how big the release was this past summer. Every set was sold out in my Lego store every time they had a shipping day!

If we get one wave in 2019 I am happy (if we are unlucky next wave is in 2020), everything above that is a bonus.. Hardly think they will do 2 waves next year unless they do 1 HP and 1 FB for some reason.. Lego can keep this line going until 2024 backed by the new films (not that I think they need them to keep the hype going), so they are in no hurry to flood the marked with sets

[Whovastron]

On 11/3/2018 at 10:37 AM, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

That is tough, Lego really went all out. I really believe they put everything into this theme to make it sell. Hagrid is a great update, Richard Harris Dumbledoore is great, Moody is great, Graves is great, Newt from the minifig series is really good. I dunno, there’s so many great ones.

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

15 minutes ago, Whovastron said:

That is tough, Lego really went all out. I really believe they put everything into this theme to make it sell. Hagrid is a great update, Richard Harris Dumbledoore is great, Moody is great, Graves is great, Newt from the minifig series is really good. I dunno, there’s so many great ones.

Richard Harris was lacking a cape for me - he looks so much better with one
and Graves is my personal favourite figure - but they should have chosen the recent Dr. Strance hairpiece, including the side printing.

Objectively I gotta choose: Hagrid (perfect in every way), Moody (spot on prints + perfect hair, even though Snape's hair piece would have been fine) and Hermione (looks sooo much like kid-Hermione, while Harry and Ron rather look like caricatures - which is still fine)

[DocStrange]

On 11/3/2018 at 6:37 AM, Legoniche said:

What are everybody’s top 3 wizarding world minifig of 2018 ?

Moody, Hagrid, and Dobby. Has anyone heard anything about the Diagon alley promo in America? i have emailed lego.com and called, but i have received better information on here. I would hate to keep waiting to buy $100, when it will never come...

 

[Don Neimoidte de la Mancha]

3 hours ago, DocStrange said:

Moody, Hagrid, and Dobby. Has anyone heard anything about the Diagon alley promo in America? i have emailed lego.com and called, but i have received better information on here. I would hate to keep waiting to buy $100, when it will never come...

 

https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018/11/03/lego-harry-potter-40289-diagon-alley-gift-with-purchase-available-nov-9-21-review/#more-122491

[badbob001]

Remember when they made a set showing micro-scale versions of the first few modular buildings? Now imagine these five diagon alley buildings as five separate modular building style sets. I would definitely get that! The Ninjago "modular building" ran out of material after two sets, but diagon alley is worth at least five sets!