Wizarding World 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[mark1991t]

  On 4/29/2025 at 9:37 PM, karrit said:

Can't make out the word after "Shop"  but Alicia & Katie are the other two.

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I think it says owner. Can't find anything if the keeper/owner was named.

[BrickMatit]

  On 4/29/2025 at 9:11 PM, mark1991t said:

do I read Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnet?

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I read the same and, maybe, shop clerk... the first letter seem a C more than a K or a O (owner?).

Edited April 29 by BrickMatit

[karrit]

I think I'd go with Shop Owner from the looks of it.

[Virginia_Bricks]

Herbology looks nice and the little closed up image on the side of the box looks good too. Seems pretty easy to modify too to expand it.

[brickbride]

Herbology does look pretty cool between the skirt piece, the mandrakes, and the various other plants in the background. I'm also pleased to notice that it's "only" EUR 50 - wasn't there talk of it being EUR 60? I mean EUR 50 is still too much for that size and for only 390 pieces and three figs, but that's LEGO these days for you.

QQS and Fortescue's, though? Ugh. The crooked window at Fortescue's is nice, as is the ice cream cone (though the latter's nothing Friends couldn't also do), and the striped awning and little chairs-and-table sign at Fortescue's as well as the crooked chimney at QQS at least somewhat evoke the D2C Diagon Alley. But other than that? I realize that the pink for the upper part of QQS wasn't everyone's cup of tea (though I don't mind it) but where's the sand green at least? QQS now looks like a giant tu... I mean 76429 Sorting Hat. The D2C version also had a lovely leaning window which was fun to build and looked great, couldn't they have at least approximated this with hinges or something? And the microscale verson had an upper level in dark gray and dark blue with Quidditch hoops on the front which again would have looked better. I don't get it why they have to be this inconsistent about the looks of the shops if the result then doesn't even look good.

[Gorilla94]

Hm... I like the new broomstick. 

I am pretty dissapointed, when it comes to the minifigures... Does one of the new students recycle Hermione's face? :/ the herbiology class would have been the perfect Opportunismus to recolour the Hiddensee side hairpiece with heasdhones for Hermione. 

[JeanGreyForever]

Out of all the new Diagon Alley sets, this one is the worst. 

Herbology classroom is well-done, albeit expensive. Hoping it connects to the castle.

[Jaromir]

QQS looks nice from the front, but I am skipping all of those Diagon Alley sets, since I got D2C of Diagon Alley on my shelf, so no point for me to buy the same shops but downgraded. Herbology class looks beautiful and very detailed for its size, having only 3 minifigures is a bit sad, but we are getting 3 Mandrakes, which decent quantity. I can't tell wether it will connect anywhere to the rest of the castle but 90% chance it won't, unfortunately :(.

[karrit]

I think the Herbology class is way overpriced for what's in it.  Yes there are some interesting new parts but I'm not seeing the value in this set at all.  A couple of years back this would have been $30-35. 

Looks like the Quidditch Supplies has yet another Slytherin Quidditch Robe.  Would have preferred a Hufflepuff one.  Will be interesting to see what else the two shops have inside that we can't see in these photos.

[Seaber]

Not sure if anyone else has updated their unmade minifigures list, but here is mine. Let me know if there are any mistakes! 

 

PS (6+2): Tom, Dedalus Diggle, Doris Crockford, King's Cross Guard, Bloody Baron, Augusta Longbottom, (Firenze, Unicorn) 

CoS (7): Millicent Bulstrode, Penelope Clearwater, Mr Mason, Mrs Mason, Mr granger, Mrs granger, Knockturn Alley witch

PoA (1): Housekeeping Witch 

GoF (4): Roger Davies, Amos Diggory, Frank Brice, Eloise Midgen

OotP(6): Mrs Figg, Zacharias Smith, Madam Bones, John Dawlish, Antonin Dolohov, Prof Grubbly-Plank

HBP (5+1): Amycus Carrow, Alecto Carrow, Thorfinn Rowle, Cormac McLaggen, Marcus Belby, (Inferi) 

DH (8+1): Charity Burbage, Mundungus Fletcher, Elphius Doge, Rufus Scrimgeour, Xenophilius Lovegood, Aunt Muriel, Bathilda Bagshot, Dirk Cresswell, (Giants) 

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 4/30/2025 at 9:10 AM, Seaber said:

Not sure if anyone else has updated their unmade minifigures list, but here is mine. Let me know if there are any mistakes! 

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…wow. The number of missing characters is ridiculously short now, and there’s maybe 4 or 5 I would actually be interested in (Scrimgeour, Xenophilius, and the Carrows). Impressive!

[Yope]

  On 4/30/2025 at 9:10 AM, Seaber said:

OotP(6): Mrs Figg, Zacharias Smith, Madam Bones, John Dawlish, Antonin Dolohov, Prof Grubbly-Plank

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We did technically get Dolohov in Gringotts - at least his death eater mask is one of the options.

Does anybody know if the QQS shop owner is totally original (with questionable hair/hat piece!) or if their design is based on something? 

Also... I might be mad but are they using the medium brown skin tone for the QQS building?  It looks too dull to be medium nougat and it's clearly not reddish-brown

[Virginia_Bricks]

  On 4/30/2025 at 6:49 AM, karrit said:

I think the Herbology class is way overpriced for what's in it.  Yes there are some interesting new parts but I'm not seeing the value in this set at all.  A couple of years back this would have been $30-35. 

Looks like the Quidditch Supplies has yet another Slytherin Quidditch Robe.  Would have preferred a Hufflepuff one.  Will be interesting to see what else the two shops have inside that we can't see in these photos.

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Is Herbology really that overpriced? Potions was $40 vs this at $50 (not including the $5 tariff price hike since Lego can't control that). The width and length dimensions are the same, but Herbology is 1-2 bricks taller. The student torso prints are likely to be exclusive to this set as well as Sprout, which Potions had neither of. And I'm pretty sure they gave Snape leg and arm printing in that set knowing they were going to reuse it in a set the next year for Dueling Club. Plus a new mandrake mold, new pot piece and plenty of large plant pieces.

And just like Potions I expect this set will go on discount at non-Lego retailers after 6 months if the price is to much to buy at release.

[brickbride]

  On 4/30/2025 at 2:24 PM, Virginia_Bricks said:

Is Herbology really that overpriced? Potions was $40 vs this at $50

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You're saying that as if Potions hadn't been overpriced to begin with.

Though Potions had four figs, a new Snape, and new parts as well (the flask and bubble pieces, both in two different colours). It also had more pieces than Herbology so yes, a EUR 10 premium for fewer parts and fewer figs seems excessive. And that's not even going into whether the figs are going to remain exclusive, which we just don't know.

But of course it depends on what you value. If all you care about are potentially exclusive fig parts, have at it! I'm more of the "How much stuff do I get for my money" persuasion and from that POV, both Potions and Herbology seem overpriced to me.

 

 

Edited April 30 by brickbride

[mark1991t]

We got a box picture leak of the booknook. Interesting that it shows as bookends on the box though.

[brickbride]

It's the same for the Sherlock booknook, and that one actually makes sense when closed. With the HP one, Harry and Ron would push their carts to the front of the engine, and the carriage would be on another track, so I can see why they'd only show the closed version on the back of the box. But my best guess is that they simply want to make it look like you get more for your money.

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[Legofan04]

  On 4/30/2025 at 2:24 PM, Virginia_Bricks said:

Plus a new mandrake mold, new pot piece and plenty of large plant pieces.

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Are the mandrake molds new?  They look like a new color for the piece that was introduced in  Dreamzzz  which is totally fine by me. Ever since their introduction, I hoped they would be used for the mandrakes. 

  On 4/30/2025 at 5:48 PM, brickbride said:

"How much stuff do I get for my money" persuasion and from that POV, both Potions and Herbology seem overpriced to me.

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The price of the Herbolgy classroom will eventually come down. After it had been on the market for 5 months, I found the potion classroom on Amazon for 20% off, only paying $32. There's bound to be deals for it at some point.

I think that, while the Herbolgy set is a tad overpriced  ( although not as overpriced as what's happening in themes like Marvel), that's a really cute little set. Love the plants everywhere. One interesting thing, though, is the budget for the sets. HP obviously has seen an increase in the budget in the past two years, with most of the play sets, particularly in the summer wave, getting new molds or prints. Wonder what changed between the 21-23  sets where they cheaped out in some ways (like with the gridded floor pieces), and now.

 

Edited April 30 by Legofan04

[Brick Wiz]

Not sure if anyone pointed this out yet, but looking closer at the leaked pic, Fortescue's corner is a hinge so it can be a corner building or connect as a straight facade in line with the others.

[Black Falcon]

  On 4/29/2025 at 8:04 PM, Huigberts Builds said:

It was in the first movie. Plus lego made a set on it during the original poa run, so I think it would be a pretty nice callback to make a new one as gwp.

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Ah, well I certainly wouldn´t be against it, would be interesting how they would do it. A minifig for the statue would probably be to small, and I would kinda expect some play function to open the entrance, though not sure how well you could brickbuild the witch, given the size still isn´t that big.

  On 4/30/2025 at 5:48 PM, brickbride said:

Though Potions had four figs, a new Snape, and new parts as well (the flask and bubble pieces, both in two different colours). It also had more pieces than Herbology so yes, a EUR 10 premium for fewer parts and fewer figs seems excessive. And that's not even going into whether the figs are going to remain exclusive, which we just don't know.

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7 more pieces are hardly an argument though, especially since, again, the number of pieces hardly tells you anything. If you look at both sets, yeah, I see more value in the Herbology Class than in the potion one, especially since the later is built from smaller pieces than the new set. Not going to say it is 10€ more of value, though. But in the end everyone has his own idea about what a set is worth.

All in all I do like the Herbology Set, looks great and I am quite happy that we are finally getting a proper Set for them. Can´t really say the same about the DA set, QQS looks as expected, but the Ice Cream Parlour look very small. Not really a fan of the colours either, but I do like the Minifig selection in it.

[krimimimi]

I don't know if we're being quite fair in the Herbology minifig count. If you compare it with sets like 40657 Dreamzzz Dream Village, the Dreamlings, which seem equivalents of the Mandrakes, are counted as minifigs in the set. Ditto anything with Snivel, Susan, or misc Grimspawn. They don't count the minifigs on the box when they're mannequins like in this summer's QQS or statues like the Rivendell set, but it definitely factors into their price calculation. 

[karrit]

  On 4/30/2025 at 2:24 PM, Virginia_Bricks said:

Is Herbology really that overpriced? Potions was $40 vs this at $50 (not including the $5 tariff price hike since Lego can't control that). The width and length dimensions are the same, but Herbology is 1-2 bricks taller. The student torso prints are likely to be exclusive to this set as well as Sprout, which Potions had neither of. And I'm pretty sure they gave Snape leg and arm printing in that set knowing they were going to reuse it in a set the next year for Dueling Club. Plus a new mandrake mold, new pot piece and plenty of large plant pieces.

And just like Potions I expect this set will go on discount at non-Lego retailers after 6 months if the price is to much to buy at release.

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I think the Potions class was almost worth the price at $40 with the interesting new parts it included.  I don't see an additional $10 worth of value here.  They used simple older parts for most of the plants which for the most part aren't very interesting specimens.  I know there are some new molds & minifig prints but they aren't even including any of the portrait pieces in this set.  The walls are basically archways & windows while potions was a lot of brickwork.  The Mandrakes & flower pots are the only interesting new items in this set to me and whatever those gold hook things on the roof are.  While there may be some new minifig parts to me they weren't necessary as the parts already existed previously.  Other than Neville getting the headphones separated from his hair of course.  So instead they attached them to Professor Sprout's Hat/hairpiece making that part only usable in this set for the one character.  I feel like to make a decent greenhouse you need at least three copies of this set so $150 would be a steep price to pay.  Fortunately I recently got a bunch of those Archway pieces off the PAB wall and most of the green plant parts so along with some windows I should be able to expand upon this set fairly easy.  I was really hoping for some more interesting unique looking plants in this set so I'm a bit disappointed with they way they cheaped out with the parts they used.

[Clone OPatra]

  On 4/30/2025 at 7:08 PM, Legofan04 said:

Are the mandrake molds new?  They look like a new color for the piece that was introduced in  Dreamzzz  which is totally fine by me. Ever since their introduction, I hoped they would be used for the mandrakes. 

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Yes they're a new single-piece mould. The Dreamlings piece is a small body on which to attach Minifigure (or bigfig) heads.

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 4/30/2025 at 10:28 PM, karrit said:

So instead they attached them to Professor Sprout's Hat/hairpiece making that part only usable in this set for the one character.

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Um, not only is it the same piece used for the last two Sprout minifigs, it’s also used for the QQS shopkeeper in this very wave!

[BrickBob Studpants]

Pics of the AC are out! Everyone gets an Xmas sweater and the builds are mostly cutesy creatures 

[Huigberts Builds]

Ngl, this is probably my least favourite Harry Potter Advent Calendar, especially compared to the others great ones coming out this year. Harry Potter has been winning the AC race ever since the first one in my book, but this year it just gets outshined by pretty much every other one. Sure the sweaters are cute (although I don't remember ever seeing them in the movies) and so are the builds, but the builds are pretty useless to me. Other years they would enrich my other sets, this year idk, maybe for the people who bought the tiny Hedwig, but I wouldn’t have gotten them if it wasn't for the figures. Maybe they changed designers? Feels very different from other years. I'll buy it for the sweaters, but meh...