Wizarding World 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[BrickBob Studpants]

22 minutes ago, BacktoBricks said:

I keep hoping we'll get lists seeing as we've had Summer Star Wars and Ninjago. Hopefully soon. 

Not the first time it happens, but it‘s always weird when we know more about sets scheduled to release up to 7 months after others  Case in point, we know the full minifig list of the Enterprise, but still have no clue who‘s included in the Bag End set, despite the latter releasing in April and the former in November 

I‘m not expecting a full list just yet, but it‘d be nice to know some details. We already knew about Karkaroff and Crouch Sr by this point last year! 

[chris6507]

Do we know where the Hogwarts Castle Flying Lesson set fits into the whole "most detailed castle ever"? Trying to find it and haven't found anything yet.

[MaxHeadroom]

1 minute ago, chris6507 said:

Do we know where the Hogwarts Castle Flying Lesson set fits into the whole "most detailed castle ever"? Trying to find it and haven't found anything yet.

It doesn’t. It’s a part of the castle which doesn’t connect to anything we have gotten yet or will get this summer. Chances are it will never actually get a canonical connecting point. 

[BacktoBricks]

I'm not actually buying this wave of castle just getting the minifigures, but it will be interesting to get another larger section this summer and hopefully see how it's going to come together more because right now with the Owlery and Flying Lesson section it all feels very bitty. The Owlery, Boathouse and Potions Class are also down to retire this year so again some of the sections will be off shelves before the castle has really got going. I know they can't keep sets around forever, but considering how long the Astronomy Tower remained around whilst the whole next line of castle sets were on shelves what stays around does feel rather strange some times.

[BrickBob Studpants]

9 minutes ago, BacktoBricks said:

The Owlery, Boathouse and Potions Class are also down to retire this year so again some of the sections will be off shelves before the castle has really got going.

It‘s indeed a bit strange, but you could argue that these sections aren‘t that essential for having a cool Hogwarts display. The Great Hall, Main Tower, and other important expansions (Clock Tower and Astronomy Tower) should absolutely be on shelves at the same time, but these three in particular aren‘t quite as vital in my opinion

Speaking of expansions: do you guys have any idea which one could be used to finally give us an OotP-specific Hogwarts set?  The Main Tower will very likely be based on CoS or PoA, so it‘d have to be another one. The Clock Tower has a strong link to PoA, and despite it serving as a GoF set in 2019, I feel they‘d go for another PoA set. Similarly, a new Astronomy Tower would make the most sense as a HBP set. I can‘t think of a specific stand-out castle section that played a big part in OotP…

I know I’ve been harping on it, but it’s kinda bonkers how OotP is the only HP movie (besides DH1, obviously) that still has no castle section dedicated to it

[BrickMatit]

22 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The Clock Tower has a strong link to PoA, and despite it serving as a GoF set in 2019, I feel they‘d go for another PoA set. Similarly, a new Astronomy Tower would make the most sense as a HBP set. I can‘t think of a specific stand-out castle section that played a big part in OotP

I'm not sure we'll have the Clock Tower. This section doesn't appear both in 71043 Hogwarts Castle and in 76419 Hogwarts Castle and Grounds. It's true that in the first set even the Astronomy Tower wasn't there, but between the two sections I think the Clock Tower is the most sacrificable. There's also to keep in mind the 3 years planning LEGO seems to follow: in 2018-2020 we had Great Hall, Clock Tower and Astronomy Tower; in 2024 we've already seen the Great Hall, in 2025 we'll have the Main Tower and so there could be only a spot for a big set in 2026 - and for display purpose Astronomy Tower is more important than Clock Tower... but there's also the possibility that LEGO decided to produce the DADA Tower instead the Astronomy Tower - this last one appears only from HPB I believe.

And there's also to consider that one spot could be occupied by a Quidditch related set that it's missing from this new castle.

Standing to your question on OotP, I think a lot will depends on how big is the Main Tower. Will it have only the Main Tower or also the Quad Entrance and the near smaller tower - the one with the bridge to the Viaduct Entrance? If there will be only the Main Tower, the Quad Entrance + Small Tower could form a next medium set and accomodate something from OotP (Umbridge's Office, Room of Requirement... in this case in the underground sections there could be Slytherin Common Room with Malfoy and Pansy as member of the Inquisition Squad).

[Ferder]

8 hours ago, chris6507 said:

Do we know where the Hogwarts Castle Flying Lesson set fits into the whole "most detailed castle ever"? Trying to find it and haven't found anything yet.

JJMly trues out attaching it to the connection points on the Great Hall, but comes to the conclusion (like the rest of us) that it will look better connected to a different part of the castle, in the future. 

As for whether we'll see the Clock Tower-- the fact that it wasn't included in either microscale sets doesn't rule out the possibility of its release. Both the Training Grounds Tower and the Owlery weren't on those either but still were released. And neither of those are as iconic as the Clock Tower. 

[Gorilla94]

What interests me the most would be how closed up it will be in the end. I'd love it to be a closed up model you can open up and pull rooms out.

The opel siide of the great hall looks like there was something planned to be attached

Edited February 6 by Gorilla94

[Gorilla94]

I have to say I am very happy to see how many many new child faces were released in the last years. I didn't notice a bunch of them like from despicable be and jurassic world.

[vmk]

On 06.02.2025 at 15:42, BrickBob Studpants said:

Знаю, я уже много раз говорил об этом, но просто безумие, что «Орден» — единственный фильм ГП (кроме DH1, конечно), которому до сих пор не посвящен раздел о замке.

But what about this set?
75966
Bright representative of OotP.

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, vmk said:

But what about this set?
75966
Bright representative of OotP.

It‘s not a real castle expansion though as it wasn‘t meant to connect to any of the other sets  I appreciate all of the OotP sets we got so far, but I need MOAR

[vmk]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Хотя это не настоящее расширение замка, так как оно не было предназначено для соединения с другими наборами.   Я ценю все наборы OotP, которые мы получили на данный момент, но мне нужно БОЛЬШЕ.

Me too!
OotP -  it's an amazing film that can be made into some very memorable sets. 
I think this film fits the concept of Wizarding World more than the next 3.
It's strange that Lego pays almost no attention to him. 

[Tariq j]

On 2/6/2025 at 12:42 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

 

Speaking of expansions: do you guys have any idea which one could be used to finally give us an OotP-specific Hogwarts set?  The Main Tower will very likely be based on CoS or PoA, so it‘d have to be another one. The Clock Tower has a strong link to PoA, and despite it serving as a GoF set in 2019, I feel they‘d go for another PoA set. Similarly, a new Astronomy Tower would make the most sense as a HBP set. I can‘t think of a specific stand-out castle section that played a big part in OotP…

I know I’ve been harping on it, but it’s kinda bonkers how OotP is the only HP movie (besides DH1, obviously) that still has no castle section dedicated to it

I wonder if they could do the viaduct entrance? Like yeah it’s not explicitly connected to OotP in any way but you could probably fit the room or requirement and maybe Umbridge’s office in there if you wanted to make it OotP themed. 

Edited February 11 by Tariq j

[mark1991t]

There's a review up for the new Knight Bus and in it a comparison with the 2019 one:

 

[Clone OPatra]

Definitely looks way better than the last one imo.

It's unfortunate that it doesn't include any form of shrunken head, Stan's hat is a big downgrade, and they keep using that German Shepherd mould for Sirius.

But the actual bus build looks great.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Interesting that the 2019 and 2025 models both introduced a new window piece!  While I still like the 2019 set, the new one is a lot more accurate  Too bad we lost both Stan’s hat and the shrunken head. Oh well

[MaxHeadroom]

It’s a massive improvement, the kind that makes you wonder how the 2019 one was ever considered solid. That being said, I’m passing on it unless I find it on clearance like I did the last Hogwarts Express. These days I find the castles, D2Cs, and figures. are the only things I really display. Maybe I’ll get the next remake in 2030 or whatever 

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, MaxHeadroom said:

It’s a massive improvement, the kind that makes you wonder how the 2019 one was ever considered solid. 

I wouldn’t go that far as it‘s still a solid set I think, but the new one is a vast improvement for sure! Especially the new windows are much more accurate, which is funny considering the previous set also introduced new windows, as pointed out before  Makes me think the 2019 pieces were created with something else in mind and they just happened to show up in that set first. They‘re excellent, long-requested pieces that still get put to good use, but in hindsight, they weren’t exactly accurate to the KB 

We still haven‘t figured out why the set got delayed, right? I couldn‘t spot any culprits or even suspects in the video  It‘s not like it has any obvious vulnerable functions or stability issues like previous delayed sets.

[Virginia_Bricks]

49 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I wouldn’t go that far as it‘s still a solid set I think, but the new one is a vast improvement for sure! Especially the new windows are much more accurate, which is funny considering the previous set also introduced new windows, as pointed out before  Makes me think the 2019 pieces were created with something else in mind and they just happened to show up in that set first. They‘re excellent, long-requested pieces that still get put to good use, but in hindsight, they weren’t exactly accurate to the KB 

We still haven‘t figured out why the set got delayed, right? I couldn‘t spot any culprits or even suspects in the video  It‘s not like it has any obvious vulnerable functions or stability issues like previous delayed sets.

Maybe just a production issue with the new windows or the pieces they needed to recolor in purple.

[Gorilla94]

Does anyone have a good suggestion for another Lavenda Brown hairpiece? I really don't like the friends one. I thought about painting the dorothy one from tlm2 cmf

Edited February 14 by Gorilla94

[JS038]

Just finished building the new flying lesson. It’s a pretty great little castle set. I really like the variety and attention to detail in the exterior of this new Hogwarts line. The scene is very thorough too with all of the characters included. 
 

It’s a bit odd they released a piece that does not clearly fit into the overall castle build at the moment. I’m hoping they find a way to make use of the clips that are on it to eventually work it into the new system, and not have it floating as its own tower off to the side like the Owlery. 

[JeanGreyForever]

I'm hoping if the Staircase Tower set does feature Dumbledore's Office, that it actually features a working entrance with a staircase that dials up. I was disappointed the last Dumbledore's Office set didn't include that feature and just had the entrance to his office as a sticker.

[Gorilla94]

8 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

I'm hoping if the Staircase Tower set does feature Dumbledore's Office, that it actually features a working entrance with a staircase that dials up. I was disappointed the last Dumbledore's Office set didn't include that feature and just had the entrance to his office as a sticker.

I doubt it would be spinning like in the original, but I could see a recolour of the flee powder mechanism… just with a larger base and probably again with a sticker on the backwall xD

[BacktoBricks]

4 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

I doubt it would be spinning like in the original, but I could see a recolour of the flee powder mechanism… just with a larger base and probably again with a sticker on the backwall xD

Ooh yes that would be cool. Great idea. 

[TheLegoDr]

That new Knight Bus does look considerably better, but since I own the last version and the 2011? version, I don't know if I can justify yet another Bus. And the figure prints look good, but is it enough of a change? I know I'm not the target since they want to capture new buyers. But set alone, I'd say the new one would be worth it if I didn't already own a few copies.