Wizarding World 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[brickbride]

According to a story on instagram, there will be a HP D2C with a set number of 76457, no rumours as to the set name yet.

What do you think, a smaller D2C like the Burrow or another massive one?

Youtuber JJ Mly (not the leaker of the set number) did a vid a month ago pedicting five likely topics (Quidditch Pitch, Hogsmeade, Azkaban, Horcruxes, MoM) but that seems to me to just be guesswork. I cannot see a large enough target group for either Azkaban (way too bleak), Horcruxes (the same), or MoM (a fairly dark location and the only previous set wasn't well-received). Hogsmeade maybe - I do think the playsets have covered all that LEGO is going to cover but it's a theme park location which might make it more popular. As for a Quidditch Pitch, it would still have to be minifig scale so would that not basically be just a ton of green plates? If anything I could rather see a Quidditch Icons set with Harry's Firebolt, James Potter's Seeker trophy, and a Snitch or something.

Edited February 20 by brickbride

[brickbride]

Also if the leak is true then there are two set numbers, 76455 and 76456, still unaccounted for.

76456 has to be the AC since Brickmerge features it as an HP set, 7+, 278 pieces, with a September release date but also a 2025 EOL date. Any ideas for 76455?

Edited February 20 by brickbride

[Gorilla94]

I think, if they take the printed soccer field tiles, add the sand islands with the ring poles on each end and build some towers around it, it would be a pretty good quidditch field

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 2/20/2025 at 5:38 PM, brickbride said:

Any ideas for 76455?

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That one‘s not listed on brickmerge though, and the rumoured D2C set is 76457. It‘s likely just a skipped number.

As for the D2C set, I‘m expecting a buildable object (or collection) of sorts. That said, we need a price point and piece count before we can properly start speculating

[Virginia_Bricks]

I'm hoping for Hogsmeade and some boring exclusive GWP (like last year's clock). The D2C is not in this year's budget so don't want to feel like the GWP is necessary, but want a Hogsmeade like Diagon Alley longterm. I'd even take just three half baseplates if they don't think $400-500 is going to sell.

Edited February 20 by Virginia_Bricks

[BacktoBricks]

  On 2/20/2025 at 5:20 PM, brickbride said:

According to a story on instagram, there will be a HP D2C with a set number of 76457, no rumours as to the set name yet.

What do you think, a smaller D2C like the Burrow or another massive one?

Youtuber JJ Mly (not the leaker of the set number) did a vid a month ago pedicting five likely topics (Quidditch Pitch, Hogsmeade, Azkaban, Horcruxes, MoM) but that seems to me to just be guesswork. I cannot see a large enough target group for either Azkaban (way too bleak), Horcruxes (the same), or MoM (a fairly dark location and the only previous set wasn't well-received). Hogsmeade maybe - I do think the playsets have covered all that LEGO is going to cover but it's a theme park location which might make it more popular. As for a Quidditch Pitch, it would still have to be minifig scale so would that not basically be just a ton of green plates? If anything I could rather see a Quidditch Icons set with Harry's Firebolt, James Potter's Seeker trophy, and a Snitch or something.

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I'm going with Quidditch Pitch. I've thought a D2C Quidditch Pitch might happen for a while and I think Lego has gone through enough more iconic locations now that it could well be time for it to happen. We're also getting QQS in this year's DA module so could be some torso reuses etc. Plus it would make a change from buildings. I wouldn't buy it personally as I've stopped collecting the play sets let alone D2Cs, but I would love to add some of the teachers from the Quidditch scenes in their outside attire to my minifigure collection. A Lee Jordan with the black dreadlock piece would also be cool. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

I have no preference actually. I pretty much got all out of this theme that I ever wanted, so I‘m just along for the ride  The Quidditch Pitch wouldn‘t be my choice, but I‘d take it.

[karrit]

Quidditch Pitch wouldn't be my choice.   I bought 4 copies of the 2018 one and haven't done anything with them yet.   It would need to have at least two full house teams and some really detailed stands which would make it quite pricey.  Like the D2C Hogwarts Express it would end up costing way more than I'd be willing to spend so most likely I probably wouldn't buy it. 

Personally I'd prefer a D2C quality Hogsmeade Village set or a detailed Leaky Cauldron, Borgin & Burkes, or a few more D2C Diagon Alley shops.

[brickbride]

  On 2/20/2025 at 7:44 PM, Virginia_Bricks said:

I'd even take just three half baseplates if they don't think $400-500 is going to sell.

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That's pretty optimistic! The big DA is four half baseplates and already costs EUR 450, so even with three I wouldn't expect much below EUR 400. 😞

It's worth noting that most of the playscale Hogsmeade (except the station) went EOL last year.

As did the UCS Hogwarts Express so maybe we are due a new one (this time what most everyone wanted, i.e. a motorized version that runs on rails with King's Cross)?

Though with the way things have been going lately, I agree with @BrickBob Studpants that buildable objects (or Merlin forbid, giant buildable creatures) sound likely.

  On 2/20/2025 at 7:28 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

That one‘s not listed on brickmerge though, and the rumoured D2C set is 76457. It‘s likely just a skipped number.

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Could be, but then the D2C isn't listed either, so I am curious.

By the way, I think we have confirmation now that HP is getting an AC (since 76456 can't really be anything else IMO).

Edited February 21 by brickbride

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 2/21/2025 at 5:28 AM, brickbride said:

Could be, but then the D2C isn't listed either, so I am curious.

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Well yeah, but if 76455 existed, there would have to be a good reason why it‘s not on brickmerge. Ockham‘s razor says it‘s a skipped number

  On 2/21/2025 at 5:28 AM, brickbride said:

As did the UCS Hogwarts Express so maybe we are due a new one (this time what most everyone wanted, i.e. a motorized version that runs on rails with King's Cross)?

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I don‘t think they‘ve ever replaced a not-so-successful D2C set with another version as soon as it reached its EOL  The only D2C set that ever got almost seamlessly replaced was the Death Star, and both versions were popular sets (and the replacement was mostly a minifig update).

Thus, I highly doubt they‘ll release another HE anytime soon. Even if they listened to fan feedback and conclude that a smaller-scale motorised version would do better, it‘d still be a risky move so quickly after the previous one got retired.

Since we‘ve had quite a few minifig-scale D2C sets in a row, I think another collection of buildable objects or a large-scale vehicle is more likely ^^

[Gorilla94]

  On 2/21/2025 at 8:26 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Thus, I highly doubt they‘ll release another HE anytime soon. Even if they listened to fan feedback and conclude that a smaller-scale motorised version would do better, it‘d still be a risky move so quickly after the previous one got retired.

Since we‘ve had quite a few minifig-scale D2C sets in a row, I think another collection of buildable objects or a large-scale vehicle is more likely ^^

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There is also the question, who would buy it. We got 2 playscale ones since the reboot. Lots of AFOLs got 2 and made a large one. In my opinion my version is already perfect. The only thing missing are black instead of grey technic pins. The first is quite cheaply available used... if lego releases another one once again more expensive than the ridiculously overpriced second one, I can see lots of patents buying the oder one on eBay.

I agree. Maybe the flying car or a quidditch Icons collection.

[Tariq j]

Hogsmede would be my guess. I could see it having a very similar layout to Diagon Alley. As well as the shops we see in the films I wonder they could also include shops from the Orlando Park.

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 2/21/2025 at 3:42 PM, Tariq j said:

Hogsmede would be my guess. I could see it having a very similar layout to Diagon Alley.

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Like the opposite of what happened with DA  I like that idea! Certainly better than another HE or a Quidditch Pitch. Not exactly enormous potential for new minifigs since we already got a nice selection in the playset and the 2023 AC, but that’s an issue in general now, no matter what ideas they consider

[Black Falcon]

If they are not doing a Minifig-Set I would hope for fawkes in the same size as they did Hedwig in the Hogwarts Icons Set. If it is a Minifig-Set, I would still be interested to see a better version of the Ministry of Magic - or well the Leaky Cauldron with either an other part of Diagon Alley or Nocturn Alley - though in the end they could just do everything, or no set at all.

[JeanGreyForever]

I hope it's the Quidditch Pitch because we've never gotten a definitive set on that. Just smaller iterations that always focus on Gryffindor vs Slytherin.

Wondering if we might also get Knockturn Alley to to match with the Borgin and Burkes GWP. The GWP is clearly meant to connect to something. I wonder if another D2C Diagon Alley set could feature both Knockturn Alley and the Leaky Cauldron.

[brickbride]

  On 2/21/2025 at 6:40 PM, JeanGreyForever said:

I wonder if another D2C Diagon Alley set could feature both Knockturn Alley and the Leaky Cauldron.

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I wouldn't get my hopes up for the Leaky Cauldron, since it's a pub and LEGO avoid doing those. Yes they did the Three Broomsticks but I'm not sure if they know that butterbeer is supposed to be alcoholic, they didn't do the Hog's Head either.

And the problem with a DA expansion is that the old DA is set to retire soon, so anything new would have to be able to stand on its own. What else in Knockturn Alley (apart from B&B) would even be iconic or well-known enough to count? Hogsmeade in the same style as DA would make more sense to me since it would stand on its own yet be able to be displayed together.

  On 2/21/2025 at 6:40 PM, JeanGreyForever said:

I hope it's the Quidditch Pitch because we've never gotten a definitive set on that. Just smaller iterations that always focus on Gryffindor vs Slytherin.

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Well the most dramatic games usually end up being those houses up against each other so it makes sense. For me the 2018 set with all the stands was as definitive as it needs to get. Sure the players were still Gryffindor against Slytherin, but even a D2C version would be unlikely to feature all four houses playing each other simultaneously, that just doesn't make sense. Army-building Quidditch players even from other houses isn't that hard thanks to the Cho polybag, the book with Cedric,  and the house banners. Certainly cheaper, I'd guess, than a D2C! So I'm not sure if enough demand would really be there.

Edited February 22 by brickbride

[JeanGreyForever]

  On 2/22/2025 at 5:33 AM, brickbride said:

I wouldn't get my hopes up for the Leaky Cauldron, since it's a pub and LEGO avoid doing those. Yes they did the Three Broomsticks but I'm not sure if they know that butterbeer is supposed to be alcoholic, they didn't do the Hog's Head either.

And the problem with a DA expansion is that the old DA is set to retire soon, so anything new would have to be able to stand on its own. What else in Knockturn Alley (apart from B&B) would even be iconic or well-known enough to count? Hogsmeade in the same style as DA would make more sense to me since it would stand on its own yet be able to be displayed together.

Well the most dramatic games usually end up being those houses up against each other so it makes sense. For me the 2018 set with all the stands was as definitive as it needs to get. Sure the players were still Gryffindor against Slytherin, but even a D2C version would be unlikely to feature all four houses playing each other simultaneously, that just doesn't make sense. Army-building Quidditch players even from other houses isn't that hard thanks to the Cho polybag, the book with Cedric,  and the house banners. Certainly cheaper, I'd guess, than a D2C! So I'm not sure if enough demand would really be there.

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Isn't butterbeer only mildly alcoholic? Not enough to get inebriated from unless you drank tons and tons of it, unlike firewhiskey? I think Lego wouldn't have a problem with butterbeer because the public would go by the real life butterbeer you can buy at Universal which is definitely non-alcoholic and child friendly, rather than the book version. But you're right that we've never gotten a Hog's Head set before. Are there no official medieval tavern sets? I never realized Lego actively avoids taverns and pubs.

Knockturn Alley could still potentially connect to Gringotts. Outside of B&B, I couldn't think of anything else that would work, hence why I think the Leaky Cauldron would be the best choice to pair with it. If nothing else, at least the wall facade from to form an entrance to Diagon Alley. But I can see Hogsmeade working as an alternative to Diagon Alley especially something like Zonko's Joke Shop acting as a replacement for Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes.

We've never had a Quidditch set with two sets of hoops. Or even two sets of stands, so there could be one set on each side of the pitch. And it would be nice to get at least one set where we get a full Quidditch team of 7 players, including Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, and Alicia Spinnet. With reusable torsos and legs, I don't think it would be impractical for a D2C Quidditch set to feature 14 minifigs if 7 of them share the same Gryffindor torsos and capes and the other 7 feature the same Slytherin torsos and capes.

[Gorilla94]

  On 2/22/2025 at 5:33 AM, brickbride said:

Army-building Quidditch players even from other houses isn't that hard thanks to the Cho polybag, the book with Cedric,  and the house banners. Certainly cheaper, I'd guess, than a D2C! So I'm not sure if enough demand would really be there.

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The question is with which level of detail you are satisfied with. To me they need the hood piece and a fitting cape. Without leg priiting those are still just somewhat "ok-ish". Just a printed torso without anything else is to me just mildly better than taking an unprinted white figure and write Quidditch player with a pen on it. 

I also got dozens printed medium cmf legs, so my students with robes do not have to use unprinted legs...

Edited February 22 by Gorilla94

[Black Falcon]

  On 2/21/2025 at 6:40 PM, JeanGreyForever said:

I hope it's the Quidditch Pitch because we've never gotten a definitive set on that. Just smaller iterations that always focus on Gryffindor vs Slytherin.

Wondering if we might also get Knockturn Alley to to match with the Borgin and Burkes GWP. The GWP is clearly meant to connect to something. I wonder if another D2C Diagon Alley set could feature both Knockturn Alley and the Leaky Cauldron.

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If they do a Knockturn Alley Set it will include Borgin and Burkes for sure - and I don´t see a way they would make it so that the GWP would connect to that in any way.

  On 2/22/2025 at 5:33 AM, brickbride said:

I wouldn't get my hopes up for the Leaky Cauldron, since it's a pub and LEGO avoid doing those. Yes they did the Three Broomsticks but I'm not sure if they know that butterbeer is supposed to be alcoholic, they didn't do the Hog's Head either.

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I don´t actually think they would have a problem with it. In the end it still is an quite Iconic place within the Franchise and in the end they have shown with the new Modular that they can do a pub, without doing a pub ;).

  On 2/22/2025 at 5:33 AM, brickbride said:

And the problem with a DA expansion is that the old DA is set to retire soon, so anything new would have to be able to stand on its own. What else in Knockturn Alley (apart from B&B) would even be iconic or well-known enough to count? Hogsmeade in the same style as DA would make more sense to me since it would stand on its own yet be able to be displayed together.

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Gringotts is still around and they have shown in other series that just because one Set retires they can still make more of it. And honestly, Diagon Alley is a Set that probably many people got already that would be the target audience of a Leaky Cauldron. Hogsmeade of course is also not an unlikely option, though probably would end up beeing another 400-500€ Set, while the Cauldron could be done as a 200€ Set if done alone - with Knockturn Alley of course, it would depend on what they include.

  On 2/22/2025 at 5:33 AM, brickbride said:

Well the most dramatic games usually end up being those houses up against each other so it makes sense. For me the 2018 set with all the stands was as definitive as it needs to get. Sure the players were still Gryffindor against Slytherin, but even a D2C version would be unlikely to feature all four houses playing each other simultaneously, that just doesn't make sense. Army-building Quidditch players even from other houses isn't that hard thanks to the Cho polybag, the book with Cedric,  and the house banners. Certainly cheaper, I'd guess, than a D2C! So I'm not sure if enough demand would really be there.

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Yeah, that is probably the main issue I see with an UCS-Style Quidditch Pitch. People would expect to get 4 Teams from such a Set, but then again you would also need some spectators to fill the stand so it doesn´t look empty - and there is no way they will include that many minifigures IMO.

  On 2/22/2025 at 7:45 AM, JeanGreyForever said:

Isn't butterbeer only mildly alcoholic? Not enough to get inebriated from unless you drank tons and tons of it, unlike firewhiskey? I think Lego wouldn't have a problem with butterbeer because the public would go by the real life butterbeer you can buy at Universal which is definitely non-alcoholic and child friendly, rather than the book version. But you're right that we've never gotten a Hog's Head set before. Are there no official medieval tavern sets? I never realized Lego actively avoids taverns and pubs.

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There was a Tavern in the Medieval Market Village and we got the Guarded Inn - in the end they avoid to depict alcohol nowadays but I don´t think that it would prevent them from doing the Cauldron.

[JeanGreyForever]

  On 2/22/2025 at 8:30 AM, Black Falcon said:

If they do a Knockturn Alley Set it will include Borgin and Burkes for sure - and I don´t see a way they would make it so that the GWP would connect to that in any way.

There was a Tavern in the Medieval Market Village and we got the Guarded Inn - in the end they avoid to depict alcohol nowadays but I don´t think that it would prevent them from doing the Cauldron.

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I wonder why they gave it connection points then.

That's what I thought but I wasn't sure. I don't think most people associate the Leaky Cauldron with a pub so much as they view it as an inn and the entrance to Diagon Alley anyway.

BTW for anyone who has the troll from the Great Hall set, is his club supposed to not really fit in his hand and fall out? Because my troll's club doesn't fit in his hand at all.

[BacktoBricks]

  On 2/23/2025 at 12:45 PM, JeanGreyForever said:

BTW for anyone who has the troll from the Great Hall set, is his club supposed to not really fit in his hand and fall out? Because my troll's club doesn't fit in his hand at all.

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I was going mad too with this and was literally going to ask the same question on here the other day and then the club just ... clicked into the hand. I haven't removed it since so don't ask me how, but it should click in! 

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 2/23/2025 at 1:42 PM, BacktoBricks said:

I haven't removed it since so don't ask me how, but it should click in! 

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Exactly that! Bigfig hands can hold elements with bar connections, but you need to make sure they click into place  It’s sort of like a clip connection, but you need to apply some force.

  On 2/23/2025 at 12:45 PM, JeanGreyForever said:

I don't think most people associate the Leaky Cauldron with a pub so much as they view it as an inn and the entrance to Diagon Alley anyway.

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I can’t see the LC working as a DA expansion for multiple reasons:

1) Whether people think of it primarily as a pub or an inn is irrelevant since it IS a pub, which TLG tend to avoid.

2) It’s the entrance to DA, yes, but that’s part of the problem. Unless such a set includes some new shops, who would buy the mere entrance to a place you have to purchase separately?

3) The 2020 DA set is on its way out, so any further expansions are kinda too late. Sure, you could say the same thing about Ninjago City, but I think those work a lot better on their own, compared to a DA expansion that doesn’t include any of the shops that people would instantly recognise.

4) The LC by itself is not as iconic as Gringotts, Ollivander’s, or WWW, making it a tougher sell in comparison (again, unless they spice it up).

5) We have three DA systems now. They just released a $200 microscale version and there’s another playset coming, so I have my doubts they‘d muddle the waters further by adding an entry to the first system too

Edited February 24 by BrickBob Studpants

[JeanGreyForever]

  On 2/23/2025 at 1:42 PM, BacktoBricks said:

I was going mad too with this and was literally going to ask the same question on here the other day and then the club just ... clicked into the hand. I haven't removed it since so don't ask me how, but it should click in! 

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  On 2/23/2025 at 2:11 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Exactly that! Bigfig hands can hold elements with bar connections, but you need to make sure they click into place  It’s sort of like a clip connection, but you need to apply some force.

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Thank you both. I did what you guys recommended by adding more pressure and it clicked and fits perfectly now. 

  On 2/23/2025 at 2:11 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

I can’t see the LC working as a DA expansion for multiple reasons:

1) Whether people think of it primarily as a pub or an inn is irrelevant since it IS a pub, which TLG tend to avoid.

2) It’s the entrance to DA, yes, but that’s part of the problem. Unless such a set includes some new shops, who would buy the mere entrance to a place you have to purchase separately?

3) The 2020 DA set is on its way out, so any further expansions are kinda too late. Sure, you could say the same thing about Ninjago City, but I think those work a lot better on their own, compared to a DA expansion that doesn’t include any of the shops that people would instantly recognise.

4) The LC by itself is not as iconic as Gringotts, Ollivander’s, or WWW, making it a tougher sell in comparison (again, unless they spice it up).

5) We have three DA systems now. They just released a $200 microscale version and there’s another playset coming, so I have my doubts they muddle the waters further by adding an entry to the first system too

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That's all true. I still hope we can get at least a Knockturn Alley since the Diagon Alley set does tease that as a possible connection behind WWW. Especially since it's home to the Vanishing Cabinet which is rather a plot important detail.

[BrickBob Studpants]

  On 2/24/2025 at 2:07 AM, JeanGreyForever said:

That's all true. I still hope we can get at least a Knockturn Alley since the Diagon Alley set does tease that as a possible connection behind WWW. Especially since it's home to the Vanishing Cabinet which is rather a plot important detail.

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Knockturn Alley will definitely get a (non-GWP) set at some point, but the question is which system it will tie in with. As much as I‘d like to see a D2C DA expansion, I think a playset version is more likely, for the reasons outlined above

[JeanGreyForever]

  On 2/24/2025 at 9:39 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Knockturn Alley will definitely get a (non-GWP) set at some point, but the question is which system it will tie in with. As much as I‘d like to see a D2C DA expansion, I think a playset version is more likely, for the reasons outlined above

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I think it could still go either way. I remember even with Gringotts, it took so long for that set to be officially confirmed that many people thought Lego had given up on expanding the D2C Diagon Alley set. And there was still speculation when we knew the set would be made if it would tie-in or not since many thought it had been too many years since the last set.

I do know that I probably won't be interested in a playline version that doesn't connect to the D2C set. I think Lego's best bet would be to start off with a D2C version of Knockturn Alley and then release a playline version later on like they did with WWW. I can see Gringotts getting a playline version in a few years as well.