Wizarding World 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[Virginia_Bricks]

13 minutes ago, RODDY said:

I think for this GWP the minifigure will probably be DH Neville with the sweater since he’s the one who greets them and guides them back to Hogwarts when they return. Would love a DH Seamus or Ginny too

You are likely right. Forgot he was the first to receive them. Lots of Neville figures this year if true (maybe more than Harry)

[Ferder]

4 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

They won't release a second RoR in this modular system....

The slide-out room system is actually the perfect excuse to release multiple versions of the same place, especially Room of Requirements which changes so often. Here's hoping they do a general release of a larger-scale version of the room tied around a more iconic moment (Order of the Phoenix Training, the Vanishing Cabinet). 

Edited August 11 by Ferder

[Accio Lego]

I’m pleasantly surprised that we’re getting the DH2 DA hideout version of the Room of Requirement, but l, in retrospect, I probably shouldn’t be – last year to go with the Burrow we got Borgin and Burke’s, which is where we see Harry floo to from the Burrow, so it makes sense that the year we get Hogsmeade with the first ever Hog’s Head we’d get the location that connects to the Hog’s Head via secret passage. 

[brickbride]

9 hours ago, Ferder said:

The slide-out room system is actually the perfect excuse to release multiple versions of the same place, especially Room of Requirements which changes so often. Here's hoping they do a general release of a larger-scale version of the room tied around a more iconic moment (Order of the Phoenix Training, the Vanishing Cabinet). 

I don't expect them to. For one thing these versions would still all have to be called Hogwarts Castle: Room of Requirement and if two or more were available at the same time it would lead to confusion. For another, the way they've been going about things with the Most Expensive Hogwarts Ever, we have a TON of ground still to cover. They've wasted so many slots on things with barely any story relevance already, I really cannot see them doing the same location two or three times.

That said, I agree that the hammocks version is less appealing than the training or the Vanishing Cabinet or the Fiendfyre version of the RoR. But it easily lends itself to the slide-out module format and hasn't been done before which is probably why it was chosen.

Edited August 12 by brickbride

[BrickBob Studpants]

24 minutes ago, brickbride said:

But it easily lends itself to the slide-out module format and hasn't been done before which is probably why it was chosen.

Plus it ties into Hogsmeade the same way the Borgin & Burkes GWP had a thematic link to the Burrow D2C set 

I like this choice since that means that all four appearances of the RoR have now been covered, technically! Sure, the HBP version was not really a room, but that‘s where the vanishing cabinet canonically was, and we did get that in the 2010 Hogwarts set

Speaking of which: I wonder if the vanishing cabinet will make an appearance in the rebooted theme at some point. It’s one of the very few elements they haven‘t remade yet!

[Virginia_Bricks]

The Room of Requirement does seem likely as its own standalone set, so I think this is more evidence this wave ends next year. With 2-3 replace-able modules each year, that would mean 4-6 if it was going to go 4 years.

We know the Sorting Ceremony is one next year and I'd expect Divination (DADA in a facade set), but it seems likely the next would be the RoR which as stated above I don't think they will duplicate.

Though it is canonically above ground (and book canon on the 7th floor with Dumbledore's Office), so I wonder if this hints to an above ground swap-able area in either the Hospital Wing set or summer set.

[BrickMatit]

Both sets are on LEGO web site: Villaggio di Hogsmeade™ – Edizione del Collezionista 76457 | Harry Potter™ | LEGO® Shop ufficiale IT and Castello di Hogwarts™: la Stanza delle Necessità 40770 | Harry Potter™ | LEGO® Shop ufficiale IT.

[BrickBob Studpants]

This really is the year of Neville, huh  I like the GWP quite a lot!

[krimimimi]

I'm another lukewarm vote on Hogsmeade, which is a pity, as I was looking forward to this set. As so many of you have said, the price feels off for what you get, exacerbated for me by the fact it just doesn't look like the Hogsmeade I know from the films, artwork and video games. I wish 45% of it didn't feel like such a repeat, as well. If they'd at least not redone Honeydukes and given us Puddifoot's instead, it would have been a help, adding variety and new scenes, and the previous version doesn't really lend itself to reuse for MOCcing. Better to have another store entirely, especially when they don't spend much time in Honeydukes to begin with.   

I do appreciate the plate roofs with their greebled snow. It's crucial for most Hogsmeade scenes, and I'd have missed it otherwise. Plus it also allows them to (Minister) fudge the roof lines, which gives a nicer result.

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Owl Post/Banges are way too small and remind me of the Magical Menagries which I think was the only blemish to the absolute perfection of the  Gringott’s set. They should have picked one of the two shops, preferably Banges because we have never gotten a music store in Lego Harry Potter and given us some instrument molds like a Violin or something. Set is a skip for me. 

@RODDY I think their definition of 'instruments' isn't going to be what we're thinking. No musical instruments, but magical items, like the Remembrall. Technically still an 'instrument', but not the same meaning. 

 

I can tolerate the small stores in the interests of a more diverse roof line, unfortunately it's not done as well as I'd have hoped to see.

On 8/8/2025 at 4:55 PM, BacktoBricks said:

I continue to enjoy discussing the sets with you all, but I buy a very small fraction of what I used to.

True for me as well, but some of that must be due to saturation, though, no? I do look at sets and think if there isn't a sufficient improvement, I'll give it a pass. Both the Knight Bus and 4 Privet Drive have things going for them, and yet I've purchased neither as they don't add much to what I already have.  

1 hour ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

We know the Sorting Ceremony is one next year ...

Do we have a list for next year already? Also how do they do that now that we have the Great Hall? It sounds like better material for an Accessory Pack (that we no longer get ) or an Advent calendar. 

[Virginia_Bricks]

3 minutes ago, krimimimi said:

Do we have a list for next year already? Also how do they do that now that we have the Great Hall? It sounds like better material for an Accessory Pack (that we no longer get ) or an Advent calendar. 

January wave set names leaked a month ago. How they pull it off will be interesting, especially since it will likely include a sorting play feature.

[RODDY]

25 minutes ago, krimimimi said:

 

 I think their definition of 'instruments' isn't going to be what we're thinking. No musical instruments, but magical items, like the Remembrall. Technically still an 'instrument', but not the same meaning. 

 

I can tolerate the small stores in the interests of a more diverse roof line, unfortunately it's not done as well as I'd have hoped to see.

 

Ohhhhh it’s the other meaning of instrument, today I learned, thank you for letting me know. 
 

I also love the picture of Diagon Alley next to Hogsmeade it looks really cool. 

Edited August 12 by RODDY

[BrickMatit]

18 minutes ago, krimimimi said:

Do we have a list for next year already?

Yes, that's it:

- 76467: Luna Lovegood House 90$

- 76470: Flying Ford Anglia 80$

- 76463: Hogwarts Castle: Hospital Wing 100$

- 76464: Caulderon: Secret Potion Class 60$

- 76460: Hogwarts Castel: SSorting Hat 15$

- 76461: Cornish Pixie 30$

- 76459: Hagrid & Harry's Escaping from Privet Drive 20$

- 76466: Philosopher's Stone: Collector Edition 170$

[mark1991t]

Looks like the outfit for Zonko's staff is from Hogwarts Legacy as seen in this Youtube vid:

 

[MaxHeadroom]

There’s a lifestyle image of Hogsmeade next to Diagon Alley.

Are they trying to discourage people from buying this? Yes it looks a bit more detailed than Diagon Alley but these buildings also look minuscule compared to those, not to mention that set is already 25% larger just from the number of modules. I really want to get this but nah. They have to be testing if we’ll just buy anything for any price like Star Wars fans. 

[BacktoBricks]

Is Neville's cardigan print in the ROR GWP a poor imitation of his Deathly Hallows cardigan (if it is meant to be, then the one in the Battle of Hogwarts set looks more accurate to me) or is it from another scene? It'd a nice print, but just doesn't seem very accurate to me for the DH cardigan.

[Accio Lego]

Looks like we’re also getting another metal novelty for those who purchase the D2C the first week like the Weasley clock magnet from last year. This one is a gold colored brick archway with Hogsmeade signs dangling underneath it. 

[Ferder]

There's a designer video (@georgegilliatt) and a stop-motion video (@Lego) on Instagram showing how the set looks "closed up." Captures the village feel lot better that way than in a line.

Edited August 12 by Ferder

[mark1991t]

9 minutes ago, Ferder said:

(..) and a stop-motion video (@Lego) on Instagram (..)

But is there a teaser to a future Knockturn Alley set ''Dungbomb = Knockturn Alley in July'' ? 

[Virginia_Bricks]

11 minutes ago, mark1991t said:

But is there a teaser to a future Knockturn Alley set ''Dungbomb = Knockturn Alley in July'' ? 

At face value its just that a Dungbomb smells like Knoctorn Alley in July does. But Lego does sneak teasers in from time to time in sets and other materials.

[krimimimi]

@BrickMatit, thanks for the list

22 minutes ago, mark1991t said:

But is there a teaser to a future Knockturn Alley set ''Dungbomb = Knockturn Alley in July'' ? 

If they put it in there, and they did, I'd say it's an official teaser. Maybe we'll see a Mundungus Fletcher in the set, too 

 

Edited August 12 by krimimimi

[BrickMatit]

Just a price consideration:

with The Burrow (2024) price per piece ratio this set would have cost 349$;

with Gringotts (2023) price per piece ratio this set would have cost 289$;

with Diagon Alley (2023) price per piece ratio (after price increasing) this set would have cost 262$;

with Diagon Alley (2020) original price per piece ratio this set would have cost 232$.

[RODDY]

10 hours ago, brickbride said:

I don't expect them to. For one thing these versions would still all have to be called Hogwarts Castle: Room of Requirement and if two or more were available at the same time it would lead to confusion. For another, the way they've been going about things with the Most Expensive Hogwarts Ever, we have a TON of ground still to cover. They've wasted so many slots on things with barely any story relevance already, I really cannot see them doing the same location two or three times.

That said, I agree that the hammocks version is less appealing than the training or the Vanishing Cabinet or the Fiendfyre version of the RoR. But it easily lends itself to the slide-out module format and hasn't been done before which is probably why it was chosen.

They can make it a part of a larger set like the Astronomy Tower so they can completely avoid naming it or they can do a different name like Fiendfyre Escape or Dumbledore’s Army Training or Room of Hidden Things for the Half Blood Prince Vanishing Cabinet. It’s so easy to do and having multiple variations of the same room which is known for changing would be a cool play feature. After the Prisoner of Azkaban, new rooms become much more scarce so I could definitely see them redoing it in some form. 

[BacktoBricks]

7 hours ago, krimimimi said:

True for me as well, but some of that must be due to saturation, though, no? I do look at sets and think if there isn't a sufficient improvement, I'll give it a pass. Both the Knight Bus and 4 Privet Drive have things going for them, and yet I've purchased neither as they don't add much to what I already have.  

For me, not really. True, when I realised this theme was becoming more permanent and the amount of sets was increasing quickly, I did decide to mostly collect the minifigures because space was going to dictate how much I was going to be able to display and I don't like to keep sets just in storage, it just feels a waste to me. So that being said, I was never going to get every new set, but for the most part, for iconic location / vehicle sets if they feel like upgrades to me I would rather move my old sets on and upgrade to the new set. Privet Drive and the Knight Bus have both fallen under this category because  both significant improvements, and as such I have purchased both. 

I general though, I would be tempted by so many more sets, specifically Star Wars, if it wasn't for the decrease in quality combined with price rises. That combo specifically has stopped me from getting back into collecting Lego Star Wars and really sucked the life out of my desire to collect the theme. Compared to the quality of sets and the attention to detail and care that went into minifigures even just a few years ago, the products being produced under that theme now no longer feel collectable for me. The designers I'm sure do the best they can under constraints given, but the overall products feel like half baked cash grabs.

Harry Potter, on the other hand, has still retained its magic, but that feeling is starting to wane. If you had told me even a couple of years ago we would get a Hogsmeade D2C I would have said it would be a definite buy. Even if I didn't have the space to display it, I would have liked to have experienced the build, collected the minifigures and then moved on the build. Yet now, again, specifically due to the decrease in quality and price rise combo, it's going to be a no from me.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Having just built some of the One Piece sets, I‘m now wondering whether the portraits will continue to appear in the 1HY sets at least. I‘m still missing two of them, and resorting to Bricklink isn‘t fun  The chocolate frog cards ended after two years, so it‘s not super likely, but it‘d be a nice thing to continue since it‘s still the same castle system and unlike the cards, the portraits are actually incorporated into the builds!

[Virginia_Bricks]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Having just built some of the One Piece sets, I‘m now wondering whether the portraits will continue to appear in the 1HY sets at least. I‘m still missing two of them, and resorting to Bricklink isn‘t fun  The chocolate frog cards ended after two years, so it‘s not super likely, but it‘d be a nice thing to continue since it‘s still the same castle system and unlike the cards, the portraits are actually incorporated into the builds!

I'd expect them to continue because they are also an easy way to decorate hallways and dungeons in otherwise boring parts of sets.

If by some miracle I don't have all of them when they stop releasing them, I have already decided to email Lego customer service and ask for my missing ones. So far I have collected each set that contains them so I think it is fair to expect to get a full set in that scenario.