Wizarding World 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[Chocolate Frog]

Mechs would work as ‘steampunk’ type designs. As for the age appeal I think HP appeals to older collectors because there’s so little else for them in terms of toys that build up a vast collection reflecting the whole HP universe. There’s some very high end 1/6 figures, some cheaper ones, but no big action figure/ Playset line in any scale.

[Jaromir]

I think I now understand, why in Great Hall set we got section of the castle that is on hinges and can be opened. The main tower will cover that section so we won't be able to see anything there, that's why we have that wall section openable so we could see the corridor with the portraits. My concern is only the fact that in main tower, balcony extends over the part that clips to great hall and no idea how it will connect. Last thing I am curious about is the purpose of the parts with hook (same as in the great hall) at the back side of the main tower, looks like something will be connected there, any ideas?

[MaxHeadroom]

23 hours ago, brickbride said:

And no-one needs more Harrys and Rons, so LEGO'd better come out with a Rita Skeeter mech or something. Though I wouldn't expect that either (or Hermione for that matter) since mechs are even more boy-centric then the rest of LEGO's portfolio.

True that the mechs normally focus on male characters but the Harry Potter line normally focuses on Harry and Hermione (unless it’s a Chamber of Secrets set). Harry and Hermionie are the ones who got giant buildable figures after all. Harry and Hermionie are the students who would, no WILL get mechs alongside characters like Dumbledore or Voldemort.

I manifested the UCS Dobby’s sock (or something good enough I guess) and I intend on doing the same for mechs. 

[Gorilla94]

I am curious about how the flying lesson will connect.

My guess at the moment is, that the castle will show the iconic front in the blurred image and the backside is open. So the next wäre can give us like two towers, which are opennon the backside with a viaduct in front of it to Connecticut to the castle

Edited May 14 by Gorilla94

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, MaxHeadroom said:

I manifested the UCS Dobby’s sock (or something good enough I guess) and I intend on doing the same for mechs. 

[RODDY]

Wonder when reviews for the Summer Wave will drop, I want to see The Main Tower in the flesh

[Micmac]

22 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

I am curious about how the flying lesson will connect.

My guess at the moment is, that the castle will show the iconic front in the blurred image and the backside is open. So the next wäre can give us like two towers, which are opennon the backside with a viaduct in front of it to Connecticut to the castle

yeah I'm not sure how they are going to transition from raised buildings on rock work to the flying lesson set with no underground section. I presume it's hidden behind everything else so you don't really notice. I do feel like we should just get the viaduct entrance and then the astronomy tower as a seperate set as this as this will bring down the cost of the next castle section but I think we will get them together and will be looking at another expensive section of the castle. Then the clocktower and maybe thats it for this version. 

[Virginia_Bricks]

9 hours ago, RODDY said:

Wonder when reviews for the Summer Wave will drop, I want to see The Main Tower in the flesh

Any day at this point. Jun 1 Star Wars set reviews are already out, but they clearly get priority

[brickbride]

On 5/14/2025 at 1:13 PM, MaxHeadroom said:

True that the mechs normally focus on male characters but the Harry Potter line normally focuses on Harry and Hermione (unless it’s a Chamber of Secrets set). Harry and Hermionie are the ones who got giant buildable figures after all. Harry and Hermionie are the students who would, no WILL get mechs alongside characters like Dumbledore or Voldemort.

I manifested the UCS Dobby’s sock (or something good enough I guess) and I intend on doing the same for mechs. 

Good luck with that. I'm still wondering "Who would want that?" everytime I see the UCS Dobby's Sock on a shelf but to each their own. ;-)

Also, I think LEGO just like sticking Hermione into sets so they can at least pretend to be somewhat gender-equal. As I've pointed out before, most affordable sets in this theme tend to be very boy-centric (Harry and Ron and giant scary spider, Harry and Ron and car ...) so I'd expect them to go the same route for mechs. If they wanted to make a girl-centric or at least unisex affordable HP set they certainly could - again I'm still surprised that we've never gotten something like Hermione and a unicorn - but it doesn't seem to be a priority. The closest we've come in recent years were the Thestral Carriage and the Cho polybag and they're both outliers.

[Black Falcon]

I think the answer to why there are no mechs in the HP franchise is quite simple. Because, even if they would want to do them, they couldn´t. Disney holds the Star Wars IP, so they can allow Lego to do mechs, same with Marvel. DC belongs to Warner, so Warner can allow Lego to make Mechs. But for HP, Warner isn´t holding the IP, but just a license, so they can only let Lego display what is shown in the movies. That beeing said, HP mechs are as likely as LotR ones.

Aside from that, Marvel, Star Wars and DC are all very modern, tech-based franchises, so mechs there aren´t really something that is that out of place. And while HP is playing in modern times, it is clearly based on magic rather than tech, so mechs wouldn´t fit in there.

[Accio Lego]

10 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

I think the answer to why there are no mechs in the HP franchise is quite simple. Because, even if they would want to do them, they couldn´t. Disney holds the Star Wars IP, so they can allow Lego to do mechs, same with Marvel. DC belongs to Warner, so Warner can allow Lego to make Mechs. But for HP, Warner isn´t holding the IP, but just a license, so they can only let Lego display what is shown in the movies. That beeing said, HP mechs are as likely as LotR ones.

Aside from that, Marvel, Star Wars and DC are all very modern, tech-based franchises, so mechs there aren´t really something that is that out of place. And while HP is playing in modern times, it is clearly based on magic rather than tech, so mechs wouldn´t fit in there.

This sums up the mech question pretty well. In my opinion, if the Harry Potter theme was going to try and copy one of the small/cheap playset formats used by other themes it would be more likely to try the microfighters from Star Wars. Ex. Mini Ford Anglia with Ron, mini Hogwarts Express with Hermione, mini Knight Bus with Harry, mini Thestral Carriage with Luna, mini Drumstrang Ship with Krum, mini Beauxbatons Carriage with Fleur, etc. 

[Gorilla94]

Would someone be interested in modifying the current castle together?  I made a few improvements at the great hall and designed a good Hufflepuff common room until now.

Edited May 16 by Gorilla94

[Bugbot20082]

On 5/16/2025 at 3:44 AM, Accio Lego said:

This sums up the mech question pretty well. In my opinion, if the Harry Potter theme was going to try and copy one of the small/cheap playset formats used by other themes it would be more likely to try the microfighters from Star Wars. Ex. Mini Ford Anglia with Ron, mini Hogwarts Express with Hermione, mini Knight Bus with Harry, mini Thestral Carriage with Luna, mini Drumstrang Ship with Krum, mini Beauxbatons Carriage with Fleur, etc. 

I can see them do this, each set with a pet too, using the baby thestral and foal for the carriages. It would be a neat way to get/make extra students from the other schools as the ship set only had the two champions. 

[Gorilla94]

24 minutes ago, Bugbot20082 said:

It would be a neat way to get/make extra students from the other schools as the ship set only had the two champions. 

I doubt they would do generic Durmstrang students or something like that.

[Bugbot20082]

6 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

I doubt they would do generic Durmstrang students or something like that.

Yes but you can easily swap the faces to make new students 

[Bugbot20082]

How about a ‘microfighter’ series but it’s with a brick built pet instead of a vehicle, similar to the small Hedwig and Fawkes we have already but but a little smaller and includes a rare/exclusive figure variant. 
Trevor, Crookshanks, Scabbers, Nagini etc 

[brickbride]

Then the corresponding figs would have to be Neville, Hermione, Ron, and Voldie, all of which are common already. Basically most every well-known character with a pet is a student. (Plus now that we know Voldie's "pet" is really a disabled woman of colour I'd expect them to maybe stay clear of that last one.)

In addition, LEGO's brick-built animals at a small scale tend to look really bad (i.e. the basilisk from the 2018 Great Hall, Hedwig at Privet Drive ...). And this year"s AC has enough of them to last every fan a lifetime. I cannot see the concept being a huge draw.

IMO the mech/microfighter equivalent should be a way to get rarer figs - that's why I mentioned Rita Skeeter - not yet another Harry, Hermione, Ron, or Neville. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Guys, none of these gimmicks are ever gonna happen  We already have small buildable creature sets and mechs obviously make no sense whatsoever. Plus it’s very easy to stick the main characters into small sets, which they already do, rendering mechs, microfighters etc superfluous. The fact HP constantly ranks among the 5 top performers also proves that the theme doesn’t need any silly gimmicks to survive ^^

Edited Wednesday at 10:10 AM by BrickBob Studpants

[mark1991t]

Reviews for Fawks and the Monster Books of Monsters are out via JB Spielwaren. Both have zero stickers.

[brickbride]

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The fact HP constantly ranks among the 5 top performers also proves that the theme doesn’t need any silly gimmicks to survive ^^

And yet there's barely any playsets left in this supposed children's theme.

Besides, SW is another huge property yet gets all the gimmicks.

[BrickBob Studpants]

25 minutes ago, brickbride said:

And yet there's barely any playsets left in this supposed children's theme.

This year, we have 9 playsets (10 if you count Hogsmeade), 4 buildable figures, 1 display set (still with minifigs), and 1 microscale set. I wouldn’t call that “barely any playsets”. If you mean affordable, there were still two cheap sets in the same wave and there are quite a few medium-sized sets ^^

29 minutes ago, brickbride said:

Besides, SW is another huge property yet gets all the gimmicks.

True, but SW lends itself more to gimmicks with all the vehicles, whereas HP is a lot more location-based. Even the previous gimmick sets depicted locations!

[MaxHeadroom]

20 hours ago, Bugbot20082 said:

How about a ‘microfighter’ series but it’s with a brick built pet instead of a vehicle, similar to the small Hedwig and Fawkes we have already but but a little smaller and includes a rare/exclusive figure variant. 
Trevor, Crookshanks, Scabbers, Nagini etc 

We already have a line like that, just without minifigures. Hedwig from last year and Fawkes from this year fill that role. 

[brickbride]

15 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

This year, we have 9 playsets (10 if you count Hogsmeade)

Hogsmeade? Why would I count a display set with a list price of several hundred EUR as a playset?

Of those you listed, several are pretty clearly meant as display sets like Malfoy Manor, the Main Tower, and both DA sets. And only two (!) playsets are below EUR 50 (Dueling Club and Charms Class). Now compare this to other childrens themes like Friends, City, Ninjago ...

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 minutes ago, brickbride said:

Of those you listed, several are pretty clearly meant as display sets like Malfoy Manor, the Main Tower, and both DA sets.

They have minifigs and play functions, so they‘re playsets  Expensive, yes, but playsets nonetheless. What disqualifies them as playsets in your mind?

[Gorilla94]

28 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

They have minifigs and play functions, so they‘re playsets  Expensive, yes, but playsets nonetheless. What disqualifies them as playsets in your mind?

I think there are 2 definitions of playsets. One side says they are the sets children actually players with/the sets targeted at children. The other side uses playset as synonym for minifigure scale with players features.