Wizarding World 2026 - Rumors & Discussion

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 hours ago, brickbride said:

So to recap the lineup is: basilisk + 12 minifigs (which isn't that much really - the last Chamber of Secrets from 2021 had 11 figs + basilisk and cost EUR 120 less)

Yeah, but the number of minifigs is not always proportional to a set’s price, even among playsets  The Main Tower also had 12 minifigs. 20 or more would be nuts for a regular retail set!

6 hours ago, brickbride said:

[…] Tom Riddle is the most noteworthy omission (he was in both the 2002 and 2021 Chambers).

Agreed, you can’t have the CoS without him. He’s essential to the scene!

What baffles me a bit is that we get 3 students on top of the trio, Draco, and Ginny, which is kinda odd since Lockhart is now the only professor included in the set (or staff member in general). As for the students, it’s probably gonna be Justin as the Hufflepuff representative, Collin, and a random Ravenclaw student (should’ve stuck to my initial prediction )

[BrickMatit]

30 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Agreed, you can’t have the CoS without him. He’s essential to the scene!

It would be foolishness to have a Chamber of Secrets without Tom Riddle. I know that Main Tower had PS challenges and no Quirrell, but he was in the Great Hall set, while Tom Riddle isn't in any other set. And it's not a minor character like Pomfrey, whose lacking could somehow be justified, also considering she didn't appear in the PoA Hospital Wing (not that I appreaciated her missing, anyway).

[Mom builds lego]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Yeah, but the number of minifigs is not always proportional to a set’s price, even among playsets  The Main Tower also had 12 minifigs. 20 or more would be nuts for a regular retail set!

Agreed, you can’t have the CoS without him. He’s essential to the scene!

What baffles me a bit is that we get 3 students on top of the trio, Draco, and Ginny, which is kinda odd since Lockhart is now the only professor included in the set (or staff member in general). As for the students, it’s probably gonna be Justin as the Hufflepuff representative, Collin, and a random Ravenclaw student (should’ve stuck to my initial prediction )

Minifigs are definitely not proportional to set price. The Office set had 15 new minifigs for $150 Canadian (not sure what it was USD, maybe $110?) Way better value than say Quality Quidditch Supplies & Ice Cream Parlour with 6 minifigs at $130 Canadian. I do love that there have been some great little play sets that include 4 minifigs in $20-30 range like the dueling club, sorting hat ceremony, privet drive escape. 

[brickbride]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The Main Tower also had 12 minifigs. 20 or more would be nuts for a regular retail set!

You say that. I say that EUR 250 list price is nuts for a regular retail set.

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Agreed, you can’t have the CoS without him. He’s essential to the scene!

What baffles me a bit is that we get 3 students on top of the trio, Draco, and Ginny, which is kinda odd since Lockhart is now the only professor included in the set (or staff member in general). As for the students, it’s probably gonna be Justin as the Hufflepuff representative, Collin, and a random Ravenclaw student (should’ve stuck to my initial prediction )

I guess technically Tom Riddle could be among the "3 students", leaving a spot for someone else, but I doubt it - his uniform should be noticably different (if we go by the 2021 version) and he should have "adult" legs, so overall would be hard to mistake for a regular student. So 3 more students (likely including Justin, Colin, and maybe Millicent or Blaise Zabini) plus Tom Riddle would be my interpretation/guess.

Edited February 28 by brickbride

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, brickbride said:

You say that. I say that EUR 250 list price is nuts for a regular retail set.

That’s a separate discussion though

2 hours ago, brickbride said:

So 3 more students (likely including Justin, Colin, and maybe Millicent or Blaise Zabini) plus Tom Riddle would be my interpretation/guess.

Indeed. The rumour said 12 minifigs,  we currently know about 11, and I doubt someone would confuse Tom for a regular student.

I’d rather have a repeat of Filch or a new costume for Dumbledore (if there are any left at this point) over random kitbashed students, but I’ll accept it. This set will technically contain the highest number of students ever in a set between the trio, Ginny, Draco, Tom (if included), Myrtle, and the 3 semi-random ones

[brickbride]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

This set will technically contain the highest number of students ever in a set between the trio, Ginny, Draco, Tom (if included), Myrtle, and the 3 semi-random ones

If you want to call a decades-old spectre of the Dark Lord and one of his undead victims students, then sure I guess. ;-) I don't even think it holds up in terms of minifig parts since Tom's uniform would likely be too old-fashioned to be of much use for modern-day students, and Myrtle would have ghost colouring.

[Gorilla94]

Hm... Minifig-wise that is - except for the bloody baron - extremely underwhelming. Glad I have Pomfrey and Pince. Hospital wing and library without them has something of a big middle-finger towards new collectors.

I wish we get at least Myrtle with printed medium legs in grey. 

[brickbride]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That’s a separate discussion though

I don't think it is.

I mostly agree with you that, say, 20 or so minifigs would be unheard-of for a playset. And that the number of figs decreases with bigger sets. But until a year or so ago it also used to be unheard of for a so-called playset to cost EUR 250, and as that seems to be the new norm it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to expect at least a couple more figs for a set this expensive.

It's not like they'd run out of characters; so far most every bigger set in the new system had noteworthy omissions, plus there's still missing characters like Burbage which have never been made.

Actually I've just looked it up: The old Chamber ended up being EUR 150 (it used to be less before at least one price increase, possibly two (I can't remember exactly), but let's go with that). It had 11 figs, one of which was a golden anniversary figure so let's not count that, too. That would give us one fig per every EUR 15 spent. In terms of the East Wing that would amount to 16-17 figs. I'd expect most people would be happy with 14-15 (which would at least give us Pince, Filch, and possibly Trelawney for a more complete Hogwarts roster). Do you really think that unreasonable?

For comparison, Ninjago City had 19 figs and was EUR 300. Ninjago City Gardens had 22 figs for EUR 350. The Daily Bugle (a licenced set from a fairly expensive IP) had 25 figs for EUR 350! Granted neither of them are playsets but again, we're far outside of what used to be playset pricing here.

Edited February 28 by brickbride

[RODDY]

There’s no way that Tom Riddle isn’t in the East Wing, at least Quirell was in the Great Hall and that set is a companion to the Main Tower. I think this to me would be by far the most egregious exclusion, especially since Tom Marvollo Riddle/I am Lord Voldemort is the main villain of the entire series nevertheless just the Chamber of Secrets where he plays a pivotal role in the climax. I can live without Pince, she’s a blink and you’ll miss her character. I can live without Pomfrey in the Hospital Wing since it’s based on PoA. But excluding Tom Riddle from the Chamber is like excluding Vader from the Final Duel, inexcusable. I think they must have mistaken him as one of the 3 students imo. 

I’m not too bothered by the lack of staff besides Filch & Ms. Norris I don’t need another Harris Dumbledore in red robes or a random professor, I’d rather have all the petrified victims in one big package since they are more relevant to the reference material and are harder to come by. So if the last two students are Collin and Justin alongside Riddle, I’ll be stoked. Especially since we got Ernie in the Main Tower which was neat. I’m still hoping Ms. Norris finds her way into this set even without Filch alongside the blood writing wall. But not sure if Lego will tackle that for a playset. 

 

[BrickMatit]

1 hour ago, RODDY said:

I think they must have mistaken him as one of the 3 students imo

The same leaker, in the past, said there will be 12 minifigures - pretty coherent with the number of pieces and price, considering it's the same of Main Tower - but now he listed only 11 minifigures. Maybe Tom Riddle is the 12th.

Edited February 28 by BrickMatit

[Accio Lego]

So have we got any ideas on 76478 other than it probably being a retailer exclusive and the $130/1182 piece ratio meaning it’s most likely a proper play set? 
 

My guess is another castle section like the Hospital Wing or Flying Lesson – something that could include Snape because I highly doubt Lego would do a set of anniversary patronuses and not include his Doe somewhere. 

Edited February 28 by Accio Lego

[RODDY]

38 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

So have we got any ideas on 76478 other than it probably being a retailer exclusive and the $130/1182 piece ratio meaning it’s most likely a proper play set? 
 

My guess is another castle section like the Hospital Wing or Flying Lesson – something that could include Snape because I highly doubt Lego would do a set of anniversary patronuses and not include is Doe somewhere. 

I’m huffing on the copium that it’s the Astronomy Tower and I think it might be just enough pieces to pull it off, even if it maybe a little shorter than the Main Tower. I’ve seen some mocs of it at 800 pieces that look pretty close to the size needed to be in scale with the rest of the castle so another 400 pieces or so should get us there. The tower alone in the 2020 set was 412 pieces, so about triple that to 1182, I think you got it.And Snape does play a pivotal role in the whole sequence of events that transpire there, so he’s a realistic inclusion there. 
 

 

56 minutes ago, BrickMatit said:

The same leaker, in the past, said there will be 12 minifigures - pretty coherent with the number of pieces and price, considering it's the same of Main Tower - but now he listed only 11 minifigures. Maybe Tom Riddle is the 12th.

Good catch, didn’t realize that the original was 12 and it now went down to 11. So yea Riddle could still be 12 and we could still get three more students. That makes a lot of sense now.

Edited February 28 by RODDY

[JeanGreyForever]

On 2/27/2026 at 9:08 PM, RODDY said:

Yea many weren’t happy with Lupin’s DADA so it’s def a shot of redemption here (personally thought it was pretty good but the staircase could definitely be executed better). I just wish the designers would have just replaced Lupin’s with a Divinations Classroom since it’s the last classroom we are missing instead of giving us two DADAs. Especially if this the last Hogwarts expansion though I’m delusional and in denial holding out hope on the mystery set. But I can always just headcanon Lupin’s DADA as the office where he shows Harry Expecto Patronum, so it works out and I’ll never say no to more Lockhart and a better DADA.

 

Divination has really been ignored by the Harry Potter theme for the last few years outside of those book classroom sets that had one themed to Trelawney. I think it's overdue to appear in a new set. Like you, I do hope this isn't the last Hogwarts expansion set. We need at least an Astronomy Tower. That's a good idea to pretend Lupin's classroom is really the room where he teaches Harry Expecto Patronum. I'd rather have on DADA classroom that is consistent to how it looks in all the movies.

On 2/27/2026 at 11:48 PM, RODDY said:

I mean we have a chance to get a more improved take of the architecture of the classroom itself, that imo is the biggest draw. Like a more elaborate staircase and maybe just maybe the dragon skeleton itself. Especially since it’s so tied with the pixies collapsing it, I think it would be a super neat play feature (yes I’m 28 years old but I still love my play features). Normally I wouldn’t count on the skeleton being included but I think there might be enough room this time, especially if it’s on the second floor which I’m guessing DADA will be. Man the more I talk about Lockhart’s DADA the more I get behind it…

The skeleton would be great and I hope they include it although I won't hold my breath. It really ties the room together. 

[brickbride]

On 2/28/2026 at 11:33 PM, Accio Lego said:

So have we got any ideas on 76478 other than it probably being a retailer exclusive and the $130/1182 piece ratio meaning it’s most likely a proper play set? 

I still think we might be due a new Hogwarts Express. The last one (Hogwarts Express & Hogsmeade Station) went EOL in 2025 and was part-exclusive as well. Though USD 130/1182 pieces is actually kind of cheap for one - the last one had slightly fewer pieces and was EUR 130 so with LEGOflation I'd guess we'd be up to EUR 150 or so by now.

[BrickBob Studpants]

59 minutes ago, brickbride said:

I still think we might be due a new Hogwarts Express.

If we end up getting sets based on the show, the HE is likely one of the first things they’re gonna tackle, so releasing a new HE this year would not be the best move I think  

[Virginia_Bricks]

On 2/28/2026 at 5:33 PM, Accio Lego said:

So have we got any ideas on 76478 other than it probably being a retailer exclusive and the $130/1182 piece ratio meaning it’s most likely a proper play set? 
 

My guess is another castle section like the Hospital Wing or Flying Lesson – something that could include Snape because I highly doubt Lego would do a set of anniversary patronuses and not include his Doe somewhere. 

I'm guessing a later movie given how run through at least PS and COS are in the last few years. Maybe a POA set, but most likely GOF through HBP. I'm hoping OOTP since it has been 4 years since the last set around that movie and we have a HBP set in Knockturn Alley coming out this summer.

46 minutes ago, brickbride said:

I still think we might be due a new Hogwarts Express. The last one (Hogwarts Express & Hogsmeade Station) went EOL in 2025 and was part-exclusive as well. Though USD 130/1182 pieces is actually kind of cheap for one - the last one had slightly fewer pieces and was EUR 130 so with LEGOflation I'd guess we'd be up to EUR 150 or so by now.

 Maybe. There was 5 years between the 2 playset HEs so far. 2027/2028 would be five years since the last one. If they do a new one before the shows, I would expect it to be OOTP based and include a thestral carriage instead of a station. But I'd be surprised to see the price to piece ratio improve since I don't think you can easily downsize the train again.

[JS038]

49 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

I'm guessing a later movie given how run through at least PS and COS are in the last few years. Maybe a POA set, but most likely GOF through HBP. I'm hoping OOTP since it has been 4 years since the last set around that movie and we have a HBP set in Knockturn Alley coming out this summer.

I think this is very good assumption. Given the piece count, and the price, and that it’s 10+. The other 10+ sets from the last few waves are either a) large caste additions, or b) the more niche collectors sets for later movies, such as the Durmstrang Ship, Malfoy Manner, and the Lovegood House.

I feel fairly confident it’s not a buildable creature or gimmick set given the low number of playsets and high number of buildable objects currently listed for this summer wave.

I will gladly take a large castle addition like the Astronomy Tower, or a robust / more niche scene from one of the later movies targeted at long time collectors like the ones I mentioned above.

[Virginia_Bricks]

On 3/2/2026 at 9:43 AM, JS038 said:

I think this is very good assumption. Given the piece count, and the price, and that it’s 10+. The other 10+ sets from the last few waves are either a) large caste additions, or b) the more niche collectors sets for later movies, such as the Durmstrang Ship, Malfoy Manner, and the Lovegood House.

I feel fairly confident it’s not a buildable creature or gimmick set given the low number of playsets and high number of buildable objects currently listed for this summer wave.

I will gladly take a large castle addition like the Astronomy Tower, or a robust / more niche scene from one of the later movies targeted at long time collectors like the ones I mentioned above.

Put together the modular castle again (I go between having it out on a coffee table assembled together and separated on shelves. I also find rearranging my collection every 6 months a great way to enjoy it more) and I just don't see the way they can correctly do the Astronomy Tower. Unless the Viaduct Bridge is incredibly long (though that would be accurate), the East Wing will need to be in a little further in than accurate to avoid a long bridge. I think this is most likely because does Lego want to waste 300-500 pieces on a bridge.

Its one thing to have a long bridge part of a D2C set, but another thing for a standalone playset where the focus is on the actual castle part.

So then the correct placement of the Astronomy Tower is to the left and back of the Viaduct Entrance. But if the East Wing is placed forward little, that spot is partially occupied by where the Hospital Wing set goes.

Love to be wrong, but I think they go with a non-castle playset of the later movies.

[RODDY]

1 hour ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

Put together the modular castle again (I go between having it out on a coffee table assembled together and separated on shelves. I also find rearranging my collection every 6 months a great way to enjoy it more) and I just don't see the way they can correctly do the Astronomy Tower. Unless the Viaduct Bridge is incredibly long (though that would be accurate), the East Wing will need to be in a little further in than accurate to avoid a long bridge. I think this is most likely because does Lego want to waste 300-500 pieces on a bridge.

Its one thing to have a long bridge part of a D2C set, but another thing for a standalone playset where the focus is on the actual castle part.

So then the correct placement of the Astronomy Tower is to the left and back of the Viaduct Entrance. But if the East Wing is placed forward little, that spot is partially occupied by where the Hospital Wing set goes.

Love to be wrong, but I think they go with a non-castle playset of the later movies.

If they omit the Stone Bridge that connects the Main Tower portion to the Viaduct Entrance, this would be a problem of not being able to fit the Astronomy Tower. However with the exposed doorway of the small tower that clearly leads to somewhere in The Main Tower set, I can’t see them skipping the Stone Bridge. With the Stone Bridge, it should push the East Wing far enough to the right allowing plenty of room for the Astronomy Tower to co exist with the Hospital Wing. 
 

 

[Virginia_Bricks]

Would Lego bring back sand red for Lockhart (and also the rumored Zam Wessel return for Star Wars)?

Or maybe the new warm pink they introduced this year?

[Virginia_Bricks]

Drawings leaked of Knockturn and East Wing by Unibricks

[RODDY]

Set sketches for East Wing and Knockturn Alley are up in the usual places. Crazy how the sets are scheduled two months back and yet we are getting info earlier than ever before except 2020. Honestly quite pleased with the Chamber sketch, like how there’s room to place minifigs infront of Salazar Slytherin’s statue this time around and we get two snake statues as well. Chamber door is also included. TR? Initials are included on one of the figs so thank heaven he’s included. Must be the BTS hair by the looks of it, which is perfect. The split in the basement is interesting there’s three so there might be room for a place for the bone section and slide. So the Slytherin Common Room is a small pullout.The ground floor is Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom on the left, and what I’m assuming library to the right. Top floor has two stairs which interesting, idk what’s going on up there. Flying Fawkes is sick. Four Spires on the East Wing is confirmed with the two back ones as skinny ones. Love what I’m seeing here. 
 

Edit: After watching Unibricks video, the ground floor right is Lockhart’s Office with a balcony (siiiickkk) and the top floor is all the library which is one big library. 

Edited March 11 by RODDY

[Tariq j]

I didn’t even realise that was meant to be the Slytherin common room! It looks fairly small (about the same size as the Charms classroom(?) which is a shame. I’m actually pleasantly surprised at how the Chamber has turned out. It’s a pull out section like many predicted but there’s a nice bit of detail and they’ve included the chamber door as well.

Looks that might be Lockhart’s classroom/office on the bottom right?

[Accio Lego]

Ron’s Dog confirmed as the anniversary patronus for the Shops set – although the ‘sketch’ format of these leaks means that it’s hard to tell if it uses a new mold or not. The ears don’t look as pointy as the dreaded shepherd puppy and the upright tail is definitely different than any molds currently available but that might not mean anything. 
 

No sign of a patronus in the East Wing sketch, but the dotted lines a question marks on several of the minifigs suggest that the image the leak creator saw of this set was more in the preliminary stages than the other one (our first leak of the collectors edition Burrow had blank stand in minifigs). Plus the image I’m seeing cuts out on the left side, so something could be hiding there or simply not included yet. 
 

The fact that we appear to be getting flying Fawkes in the East Wing is great, and ups the possibility that we might get Dumbledore’s patronus in 76478 or the D2C. 

[Virginia_Bricks]

Knockturn Alley I have no notes for. Interior still pending but exterior feels almost perfect.

East Wing is a B+/A-. It feels well designed and full for what it is, but doesn’t hit like the Main Tower did. That is the clear best set from this wave. The Chamber is well done and the basilisk can come through the mouth. I appreciate having a space for Harry, Ron, and Lockhart to fall into but it is the reason Slytherin’s Common Room gets shrunk. That being said the common room looks well detailed for a small module. The bathroom is hard to tell and looks cramped but should hit the right notes and clearly has a slide. The balcony for Lockhart’s classroom is nice but otherwise it seems sparse. The library is nice but very small and not sure what is above the bathroom. Also appears to be 11 minifigures in the end which is disappointing. Finally, it’s just the sketch and none have had clips showing but where the Astronomy tower would connect had a railing, so I think we can all let that wish fade.