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9 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

I'm currently listening to the new POA audible adaptation and it has renewed my want for a new fluffy Crookshanks. Re listening to the story has given me a new appreciation for that ginger furrball. :laugh:

I have listed to the 2 first and they are great audio-books I must say :thumbup: The ones with Stephen Fry are nice, but this is the next level and probably cost a lot to make, recommend them to HP fans :wink:

Posted
On 1/9/2026 at 5:20 PM, akaseim said:

I don't think Slytherin's could look better without walls...

I already moced a massive Hufflepuff and Slytherin one to pull out. I really hope I can just use those and they will make the official one just as bad as the Hufflepuff room.

What do you guys think? Amazon has pivet diverse escape for about 13€ now. I think that is a good price. I am not sure about the hospital wing for 77€. Do you expect much higher sales?

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7 minutes ago, Gorilla94 said:

I already moced a massive Hufflepuff and Slytherin one to pull out. I really hope I can just use those and they will make the official one just as bad as the Hufflepuff room.

What do you guys think? Amazon has pivet diverse escape for about 13€ now. I think that is a good price. I am not sure about the hospital wing for 77€. Do you expect much higher sales?

Well Privet Drive will probably hit 12€ sooner or later, at least for a short time, but 13€ are still ok I think, but I would definitely wait with the Hospital Wing if you´re not in a hurry to get it. It will surely drop beyond 65€ with time - and actually you can buy it for 72,90€ including shipping on Steinehelden right now, so far better deal than Amazon (and IMO also a way better shop).

Also, I think Brickmerge is a good way to check if prices are worth it and if a set is avaiable at many retailers (at least for germans). 

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Two thoughts:

The rumored $130 set could easily be a new Shrieking Shack. 3 of the possible 8 minifigures are currently in sets (Snape, Lupin, and Hermione) and it will have been 4 years since the last one. Gives you a new Sirius minifigure if the patronus set doesn't include him (and if it does its another easy repeat minifigure) and we had 3 years between the Pettigrew minifigures so seems about time for him. It was a $90 the last time, so with inflation that is roughly $100 now. It was on the higher end at 12 cents per piece so if that stays the same, it should be roughly 250 more pieces in a $130 set. That is enough to widen the house a little to add the bed to the upstairs room and create some stairs from the first floor. Also can build out the Whomping Willow a little better. If I had only one guess at that set, this seems like a good fit with other POA sets coming out last year and this year.

On the modular castle, what if the Sorting Hat Ceremony set was a quickly designed set so that when the big Great Hall retires a playset that kind of fits the Great Hall exists, so that 2027 doesn't need a new Great Hall playset? I still believe the Hospital Wing was designed as a way to quickly finish off the modular castle in 3 years and get all 4 common rooms plus major classrooms (DADA, Transfiguration, Charms, and Potions). Lego might have been told by WB they needed series sets for 2027 and since that will be PS, a great time to release a new smaller Great Hall playset. Well now the series is delayed at least to the summer of 2027, so they need another wave of film sets. I expect the East Wing was originally planned to include the Chamber and Slytherin Common Room to finish the series, but what if the Sorting Hat Ceremony set was going to be a $20 Divination classroom. Now they have moved the $20 Divination classroom to the Winter 2027 and release a new Astronomy Tower. The Sorting Hat Ceremony has one new print (Draco's face) but otherwise is repeat minifigures so easy to design and all the builds are simple. Something that Lego could design in 6 months easily.

This modular castle was has been very undiverse from a movie perspective. The 2021-2023 was almost evenly split between 4 movies (COS had 3 sets). This wave has 7 PS, 3 COS, 1 POA and 1 GOF. Going in the final year with another PS just seems odd unless it was a quick audible. If the East Wing doesn't contain the Slytherin Common Room that is clear evidence we have another facade set, but even if it does I'm still holding out hope Lego has an Astronomy Tower being designed. They could easily do the East Wing dungeons as just the Chamber of Secrets like the PS challenges filled an entire dungeon.

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Of course Lego has originally designed this system for three years. With the series coming up as well as not knowing any sales number while for this system they needed to have planned the sets even more in advance.

That’s for the summer wave. For winter I think they didn’t plan too far in advance (3 years) and started with sets that are more or less (apart from the boat house) stand alone (Hagrids Hut, Owlery, Flying Lesson). Now with the hospital wing there is a change in my opinion. The first is it directly connects to the castle and they give us more detail interior than before, even it is still not perfect.

How I interpret things. They always wanted to keep options open to go longer if it is doing really well or there are some issues with the series. And now they did plan this set, remember they still need to do it in advance, with the clear intention yes we can continue, but it’s not a given. So they laid a connection to a potential Clock Tower set, but also give us some iconic scenes in case it won’t continue. So imo it is a set that keeps options open. But I think regarding the class room, they have understood people wanted to have them directly included in a better quality and that’s what we see.

If they only have three big sets for four common rooms it’s a bit tricky. And while everyone speeks about the Chamber the real question is what will be the interior of the upper floors. And I think probably in their first draft they would have maybe included the RC here and go with both of them in one set to finish things off.

My personal take is that they will continue with the winter wave and then it is finished and they will focus on the series. In general I think they focus on more well known exteriors like the Clock or Astronomy Tower rather than Long Gallery or Bell Towers. And after the hospital wing they don’t need filler sets. And the decision will be based on sales. If the big/expensive sets are doing really well, they might give us the Astronomy tower with a small side build for 200€ and if not so the Clock Tower (similar to 2019 just with underground instead of side build) for 120-150€ 

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The usual place has a leak for the new CMF series (29). Characters will include a "cute witch" in case anyone wants to populate their wizarding worlds with new figs. There's also a "unicorn elf" of which there's already a picture, the outfit would work well for dress robes I think (it's yellow-skinned, though).

Posted
5 minutes ago, brickbride said:

The usual place has a leak for the new CMF series (29). Characters will include a "cute witch" in case anyone wants to populate their wizarding worlds with new figs. There's also a "unicorn elf" of which there's already a picture, the outfit would work well for dress robes I think (it's yellow-skinned, though).

I’m definitely keeping my eye on the Cute Witch, and since the Unicorn Elf’s outfit doesn’t have anything that particularly screams unicorn about it, it’s safe to say that this will be an easy way to get your hands on the new unicorn mold released last year. 
 

And for anyone wanting to expand their collection of baby dragons there will apparently be a recolor of the D&D one in reddish brown that will come with a Chocolatier – who is reportedly Willy Wonka inspired and therefore will probably have vaguely Victorian inspired clothing that will blend well with the wizarding world. 

Posted
7 hours ago, brickbride said:

Characters will include a "cute witch" in case anyone wants to populate their wizarding worlds with new figs.

Kinda funny that we still haven‘t seen the hair & hat combo piece that was initially intended for Vidiyo in a HP set. It appeared in the Hocus Pocus set, D&D CMF, BAM, and now very likely in S30, but still hasn‘t been used for a random shopper or shopkeeper :laugh:

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On 1/16/2026 at 4:53 AM, Accio Lego said:

That said, we do have decent odds of getting a new fluffy Mrs. Norris in the East Wing. 

I am afraid you are right... to be honest I think the last one is perfectly fine and I wish the new fluffy cat would be used for Crookahanks but I guess it is likely part of the interior will be a big sticker with the writing on the wall an Mrs. Norris. The Kids love animals, new collectors do not have her, the sceene would fit perfectly with the chamber, girls bathroom and Slytherin Common room... 

Posted
6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Kinda funny that we still haven‘t seen the hair & hat combo piece that was initially intended for Vidiyo in a HP set. It appeared in the Hocus Pocus set, D&D CMF, BAM, and now very likely in S30, but still hasn‘t been used for a random shopper or shopkeeper :laugh:

You’re right, and I am rather irked that Lego didn’t make use of it for the shop attendant in Quality Quidditch Supplies – the Sprout hairpiece with the built in earmuffs just isn’t as versatile as they want to pretend it is. 

 

3 hours ago, Gorilla94 said:

I am afraid you are right... to be honest I think the last one is perfectly fine and I wish the new fluffy cat would be used for Crookahanks but I guess it is likely part of the interior will be a big sticker with the writing on the wall an Mrs. Norris. The Kids love animals, new collectors do not have her, the sceene would fit perfectly with the chamber, girls bathroom and Slytherin Common room... 

I don’t see why a new Mrs. Norris is something to get glum about. Sure, the first version was great and I’d rather get a new Crookshanks, but with how big the East Wing is I’d be disappointed if it didn’t include the graffitied wall in minifig scale for the first time and Mrs. Norris to go with it. Think of it like the Snape minifigures – the 2018 version was excellent and the best we’d ever seen, but later versions with arm printing details were a delightful step up. Mrs. Norris is fluffy. Mrs. Norris is the first victim in CoS. Logically, an absolutely massive CoS set should include Mrs. Norris, and she should use the fluffy cat mold now that it’s available. 

Posted (edited)

I forgot, is the CoS theming of the East Wing set actually rumoured or is it mere speculation? If it‘s the former, what do you expect to see in the set? ^^

  • The corridor with an updated Mrs Norris as some have suggested is a great idea! Pretty gruesome imagery if you can actually place her on the wall though :laugh_hard: When I first saw the movie, I thought she was dead and it was her blood on the wall.
  • A new Lockhart variant is a must! Though the Cornish Pixie set kinda confirms he‘s stuck with that hairpiece now.
  • The polyjuice scene should be featured. They kinda have to include the bathroom, after all!
  • In my view, the Basilisk can be reused as is. No notes.
  • A new piece for a flying Fawkes would be neat!
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Posted
19 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I forgot, is the CoS theming of the East Wing set actually rumoured or is it mere speculation? If it‘s the former, what do you expect to see in the set? ^^

  • The corridor with an updated Mrs Norris as some have suggested is a great idea! Pretty gruesome imagery if you can actually place her on the wall though :laugh_hard: When I first saw the movie, I thought she was dead and it was her blood on the wall.
  • A new Lockhart variant is a must! Though the Cornish Pixie set kinda confirms he‘s stuck with that hairpiece now.
  • The polyjuice scene should be featured. They kinda have to include the bathroom, after all!
  • In my view, the Basilisk can be reused as is. No notes.
  • A new piece for a flying Fawkes would be neat!

The rumor stated there was a Chamber of Secrets. Theoretically it could be DH themed and not COS, but that would be a weird turn of events.

The only thing I truly want above ground is the Polyjuice Bathroom with a good play function for them to fall down. The Devil's Snare feature in the Main Tower is one of the highlights for me.

I'd also prefer they skip Lockhart. I know the Dueling Club set is now retired and that outfit is not right for Chamber scene, but there are so many other characters still missing from this modular wave to repeat Lockhart.

Posted
2 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

I don’t see why a new Mrs. Norris is something to get glum about.

Because I get worried we won´t get a good Crookshanks before the fluffy cat mould retires.

Posted (edited)
52 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I forgot, is the CoS theming of the East Wing set actually rumoured or is it mere speculation? If it‘s the former, what do you expect to see in the set? ^^

  • The corridor with an updated Mrs Norris as some have suggested is a great idea! Pretty gruesome imagery if you can actually place her on the wall though :laugh_hard: When I first saw the movie, I thought she was dead and it was her blood on the wall.
  • A new Lockhart variant is a must! Though the Cornish Pixie set kinda confirms he‘s stuck with that hairpiece now.
  • The polyjuice scene should be featured. They kinda have to include the bathroom, after all!
  • In my view, the Basilisk can be reused as is. No notes.
  • A new piece for a flying Fawkes would be neat!

According to the information gained via Faniklockow.pl, which is still supposedly to be taken with a grain of salt although leaked by a reliable leaker, the East Wing contains a scene with the Chamber of Secrets. So going on that I would say it is COS themed and expect to see:

  • A new Lockhart variant. The one we got in the last COS set had him in his orange suit, but red neckerchief which he was wearing when he was confronted by Harry and Ron before they went down into the COS. If we could get the orange suit with cream neckerchief version that he wears in the pixie scene that would be great, or better still have his green robes Quidditch scene variant. I would thought we would see his classroom and maybe get a Pixie or two.
  • The Basilisk is a given I would say for a COS set and I too don't see why the former mold can't be reused.
  • I would also expect Myrtle's bathroom to be in the set to go above the COS and as such, Myrtle and Polyjuiced Harry, Ron and Hermione.
  • I would love to see the corridor with the writing on the wall, but I'm thinking they may skip that due to space. Mrs Norris may be in the set though and Filch easily could too now that the Owlery has retired. Unfortunately, just like the Owlery, if Filch does appear I expect him to get the downgraded plain legs.
  • A flying Fawkes would be great, but I no longer expect Lego to include the obvious in a set to play out a scene especially if you can get that item in another set, just like you really need Quirrell to play out the end challenge, but he comes in The Great Hall. And if Fawkes did appear, I'd say he would be the same mold if they are going to the expense of including the Basilisk.
  • Harry / Goyle, Ron/ Crabbe, Hermione / cat,  Myrtle, Lockhart, Tom Riddle, Bloody Baron, Filch, Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley all seem like potential minifigures to me. Then I think we'll get our usual house students. Maybe Millicent Bulstrode, Hannah Abbott and another Ravenclaw. 

 

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Posted

All I’m going to say while being incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, biased, Pink Lockhart variant or bust. The Lockhart in the 2021 Chamber set with that orange/gold outfit I can understand cause the DADA classroom with the Cornish Pixies were included. But in a set where the only scene that Lockhart is present in is the whole climax of the movie, pink feels the most appropriate and would be a cool remake of the 2002 one.

Posted
22 minutes ago, RODDY said:

[…] pink feels the most appropriate and would be a cool remake of the 2002 one.

And we just coincidentally got a new shade of pink this year! :laugh: And the new shade of violet would work for a remake of his DA outfit, if that ever materialises :classic:

Posted
27 minutes ago, Gorilla94 said:

Because I get worried we won´t get a good Crookshanks before the fluffy cat mould retires.

Molds don’t really retire. If they go out unused for long enough it becomes a little more expensive to bring them back, but the mold still exists unless the master gets damaged in some way (this apparently is what happened to the goat) or Lego’s style evolves so much it’s no longer in system. 
 

The smooth haired cat and kitten molds have been in pretty consistent use since they were introduced – cats are domestic animals that can be thrown into generic City sets and modular buildings very easily. So even though the longhair hasn’t appeared outside of a CMF yet, I really don’t think there’s anything to worry about. 
 

(And if Mrs. Norris does show up using the longhair mold, then she’ll keep it in general use for years)

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I forgot, is the CoS theming of the East Wing set actually rumoured or is it mere speculation? If it‘s the former, what do you expect to see in the set? ^^

I’m expecting the entire underground section to be devoted to the actual Chamber. The set is huge, but wit the chute and landing area, tunnel collapse, and inner chamber there’s a lot of ground to cover, so I don’t think the Slytherin common room will actually fit. 
 

In the upper levels, Myrtle’s bathroom and the graffitied corridor outside are a must. But with the Hospital Wing, Dumbledore’s Office, Dueling Club, and even Transfiguration classroom having all been done already, the rest of the upstairs probably will be based off location rather than movie association (similar to how the Grand Staircase Tower features Dumbledore’s Office because that’s where the office is located despite the fact that the rest of the set is based off the first movie). That section of castle included the Library in the 2018 microscale, and while that set played a bit fast and loose with a lot of locations, the Library is a solid choice to include here as a larger room that features in many of the movies but doesn’t have any scenes worth making a standalone set of (the last and only decently sized version was bundled with the previous Dumbledore’s Office set). 
 

Character wise, I’m not inclined to be optimistic about getting a new polyjuice trio. Previous polyjuiced minifigures have been in sets that exclusively represent the scene the characters were polyjuiced during. In contrast, the big showstopper here is supposed to be the Chamber of Secrets. Nobody wants have Harry fighting the Basilisk with the sword of Gryffindor while wearing Slytherin robes. Likewise, nobody wants the Harry from one of his most climatic scenes stuck with one expression because he’s got Goyle’s face on the back of his head. We might get polyjuiced Hermione, since she doesn’t participate in the final fight, but not the boys. 
 

Since we know there are a dozen minifigures, I’d say:

1)Harry, 2) Ron, 3) Ginny, 4) Tom Riddle, 5) Lockhart, and 6) Myrtle are all pretty certain, with the two Weasleys the strongest candidates for the set’s anniversary patronus. 

For the rest, my guesses are 7) Hermione, 8) Filch with Mrs. Norris, 9) Justin, 10) Crabbe, 11) Goyle, 12) a Ravenclaw student (I won’t even pretend to know who it will be, but all the large installments of this castle system have included at least one student from each house so far). 
 

21 minutes ago, RODDY said:

All I’m going to say while being incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, biased, Pink Lockhart variant or bust. The Lockhart in the 2021 Chamber set with that orange/gold outfit I can understand cause the DADA classroom with the Cornish Pixies were included. But in a set where the only scene that Lockhart is present in is the whole climax of the movie, pink feels the most appropriate and would be a cool remake of the 2002 one.

I don’t care what color Lockhart’s robes are as long as he has a proper cloth cape. He needs to be able to collapse on the tunnel floor and he can’t to that with a plastic cape like the one he’s wearing in the Dueling Club set. 

Posted
9 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

1)Harry, 2) Ron, 3) Ginny, 4) Tom Riddle, 5) Lockhart, and 6) Myrtle are all pretty certain, with the two Weasleys the strongest candidates for the set’s anniversary patronus. 

For the rest, my guesses are 7) Hermione, 8) Filch with Mrs. Norris, 9) Justin, 10) Crabbe, 11) Goyle, 12) a Ravenclaw student […]

I don‘t disagree with the line-up, but not having a single new character (beside the Ravenclaw student perhaps) in such an expensive set would be kinda disappointing. Replace Justin with the Bloody Baron and it‘s a deal! :snicker: 

Posted
10 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don‘t disagree with the line-up, but not having a single new character (beside the Ravenclaw student perhaps) in such an expensive set would be kinda disappointing. Replace Justin with the Bloody Baron and it‘s a deal! :snicker: 

Technically, Crabbe would be new and Goyle hasn’t been done since 2011. 

Posted
On 1/16/2026 at 7:00 AM, Roebuck said:

I have listed to the 2 first and they are great audio-books I must say :thumbup: The ones with Stephen Fry are nice, but this is the next level and probably cost a lot to make, recommend them to HP fans :wink:

I've lost count how many times I have listened to the Stephen Fry versions (I used to own them on cassette) and he will always be my OG Potter narrator, but these new audible versions are something different. I haven't listened to them with headphones in which I have read is recommended to get the full Dolby experience, but even so I do like the immersive atmosphere. My only dislikes so far have been the Dursleys, Alicia Spinnett's over enthusiastic shouts, and Draco's guffawing, but mostly I like the cast. Listening to it has made the material feel fresh again and very clever using Arabella Stanton to voice Hermione pre her debut in the HBO show as I think it showcases her aptitude for portraying the character. On the other hand, I think it will now be jarring to find Hermione the same, but Harry and Ron different in the HBO show. 

Posted
22 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don‘t disagree with the line-up, but not having a single new character (beside the Ravenclaw student perhaps) in such an expensive set would be kinda disappointing. Replace Justin with the Bloody Baron and it‘s a deal! :snicker: 

We’re definitely getting the Baron. Unless they suddenly change tack & go in a different direction. With each large section we’ve gotten a common room with the accompanying House Ghost. 

Posted
11 hours ago, Vindicare said:

We’re definitely getting the Baron. Unless they suddenly change tack & go in a different direction. With each large section we’ve gotten a common room with the accompanying House Ghost. 

1) The Hospital Wing is not a large castle section, it’s a medium one less than half the size of the other sets with common rooms. So they already have changed their pattern. 

2) The Chamber of Secrets takes up A LOT of space and is subterranean. The Slytherin common room is also subterranean. Trying to include them both in the same set would be difficult size-wise (and, frankly, visually confusing to have the great big snake themed Chamber with a small snake themed module squashed next to it that doesn’t actually have any physical connection to the larger underground section).

 

Therefore, some of us have already theorized that the Lego designers put this year’s commonroom/house ghost combo into the much smaller Hospital Wing set in the winter wave so the largest summer wave set could devote its entire underground section to the Chamber of Secrets with Myrtle as the ghost. It would mean the pattern is ‘one house ghost + common room per year’ instead of ‘house ghost + common room in every large set’ (which as discussed has already been broken by point 1).

We’ll likely get the Slytherin common room and Bloody Baron next year. 

Posted
43 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

Trying to include them both in the same set would be difficult size-wise (and, frankly, visually confusing to have the great big snake themed Chamber with a small snake themed module squashed next to it that doesn’t actually have any physical connection to the larger underground section).

I agree with the first part, but, really, who could be confused by having the Slytherin Common Room near the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets :snicker: Anyway, it would be better than having a Mirror of Erised under the roof while all of the path bringing to it is in the dungeons. That was confusing :iamded_lol:

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