Wizarding World 2026 - Rumors & Discussion

[BacktoBricks]

If Lego is having to work around the new show at all, and in order to really do the castle justice, I would have thought that the castle will end next year, before the show premieres in 2027. There may be some crossover and as we don't know when the show will air in 2027, I would have thought Lego has to keep the castle going until then. I don't think it would make sense to start another one in the crossover period, if they do switch to show sets. And if that is the case, I do think it less likely that we will see the Bloody Baron this year @Kaijumeister. As @Accio Lego says, we have already had The Grey Lady this year, so even if the next expansion doesn't include Myrtle we've had our house ghost for the year going on the trend of the past two. That being said, Lego does like to switch things up! Regardless, you would think he has to appear in this castle iteration as they would surely know leaving one of the house ghosts out would disappoint a lot of people as @Gorilla94 said.

I hope we get another Voldemort at some point too with a printed skirt and the dark green robes. The battle wear version in the Battle of Hogwarts is great, but the one in Malfoy Manor is obviously designed for play and he just needs a skirt for me, he is too swishy and floaty. 

Being cheeky, I would also love a Battle of Hogwarts Narcissa and Malfoy as Malfoy Manor figures also just aren't doing it for me. Something about the printing feels plain and chunky, like the printing on Bellatrix's corset being defined by negative space. I would love to see Narcissa in her outfit like the one from the old Forbidden Forest set.

 

 

Edited January 6 by BacktoBricks

[Virginia_Bricks]

2 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

If Lego is having to work around the new show at all, and in order to really do the castle justice, I would have thought that the castle will end next year, before the show premieres in 2027. There may be some crossover and as we don't know when the show will air in 2027, I would have thought Lego has to keep the castle going until then. I don't think it would make sense to start another one in the crossover period, if they do switch to show sets. And if that is the case, I do think it less likely that we will see the Bloody Baron this year @Kaijumeister. As @Accio Lego says, we have already had The Grey Lady this year, so even if the next expansion doesn't include Myrtle we've had our house ghost for the year going on the trend of the past two. That being said, Lego does like to switch things up! Regardless, you would think he has to appear in this castle iteration as they would surely know leaving one of the house ghosts out would disappoint a lot of people as @Gorilla94 said.

This is my only hope we get 3.5 years of modular castle sets. The show doesn't seem to be rumored for early 2027 and even if Lego delays the Winter wave back to March does Warner Brothers want sets on shelves before episodes release. Lego has well covered PS sets in the movie style the last 3 years, so they could lean into a 4-7 themed castle set so not to conflict with summer series sets.

Unfortunately I just think them throwing Ravenclaw in the Hospital Wing versus the Astronomy Tower shows this wave is ending in 2026.

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

I would love to see Narcissa in her outfit like the one from the old Forbidden Forest set.

Yeah, Narcissa with regular legs just looks dumb. I get they did it so she can sit down at the table, but other sets before have included both skirts and legs for that very reason  And while they‘re at it, they could also use a different hairpiece for her. How about Glinda‘s, which they‘ve also just recoloured for the Grey Lady? Oh, and a new faceprint.

And they should finally use the Hidden Side smoke piece to depict flying Death Eaters. That piece almost looks like it was designed for that exact purpose! If it‘s still around, that is, as it was last used in Dreamzzz sets two years ago.

[akaseim]

Happy new year everybody!! After a loooot of months waiting, we have finally opened our Howgarts sets on Christmas morning... The problem with keeping the haul for so many month is that you forgot how many sets (and money) you have... 11 sets!! :-O  It was so fun building them, and they look gorgeous. We got the Great Hall, the Boathouse, Potions and Charms, the Dueling club, the Greenhouse, the Owlery, Hagrid's hut and two Fords (one for each kid) And because here in Spain we have gifts also this morning (our Reyes Magos :-D) we got also two sidecars with Hagrid and Harry and the Sorting hat ceremony from the new wave. 

Of course, as soon as my kids built everything they started looking for new sets to add to the Castle :-D We obviosly missed the Main Tower because we have to eat too :-D but I have checked the retiring date and I think I can manage to get it for next Christmas (today is not to soon to start with Christmas wishes, right?) along with the new sets.... 

But my little one has fall in love with The Burrow (she doesn't understand we don't eat lego pieces...), so let me ask you if there is a good moment to buy it. I missed the Room of Requirements gift and I'm not sure if there will be any other set gifted before September. I guess the collectors sets don't lower their price...

On the other side, any chance of getting this year a Howgart set with Luna minifig? I thought she was the minifig on the Hospital Wing but she is not, and she's my daughter favorite character. 

We hope for the Astronomy tower this year :-) and we really would like the Whomping Willow, any chance? 

I personally want a Sirius minifig and a set of the Room Requirements from the Dumbledore's Army...., but not sure if we can reach that book/movie if this is the last year of tha Castle, we hope is not. I can see sets for two more years :-D 

Edited January 6 by akaseim

[brickbride]

1 hour ago, akaseim said:

On the other side, any chance of getting this year a Howgart set with Luna minifig? I thought she was the minifig on the Hospital Wing but she is not, and she's my daughter favorite character. 

Have you considered the activity books? This one https://www.amazon.com/Activity-Lovegood-minifigure-Thestral-mini-build/dp/1837250812 has Luna and a buildable Thestral. It's from last year but the German version only comes out in January 2026, I don't know about your country's unfortunately.

This one's from 2023 but still available from bookstores in my country: https://www.amazon.de/Lego-Harry-Potter-Minifigures-Accessories/dp/0794450822 It has three minifigs including Luna.

She's obviously in the Lovegood House as well but I don't know of any Hogwarts sets she's in. We might be able to guess more once the set names drop. (Plus Luna's a popular character, one of few females, AND one of few Ravenclaws, so there's always a chance they'll just stick her into any random set regardless of whether it makes storytelling sense.)

 

1 hour ago, akaseim said:

We hope for the Astronomy tower this year :-) and we really would like the Whomping Willow, any chance? 

I personally want a Sirius minifig and a set of the Room Requirements from the Dumbledore's Army...., but not sure if we can reach that book/movie if this is the last year of tha Castle, we hope is not. I can see sets for two more years :-D 

Popular opinion is that we might never get an Astronomy Tower with this modular system (emphasis on might, we don't know) because the Ravenclaw Common Room's supposed to be in there, yet they shoehorned it into the Hospital Wing instead.

I'm sure we'll get a Whomping Willow sometime soon, the last one was with the Shrieking Shack that's already gone from shelves.

I also think the chances for Sirius are pretty high; Sirius Black's Escape was a part of the last modular Hogwarts so we might get it here, plus with all the anniversary patroni it would be weird if Harry's stag were the one we didn't get, and the scene it appears in pretty much requires Sirius. But again we don't know for sure.

I don't think we'll get the RoR from fifth year until this modular system ends. We already have one version of the RoR for this modular system, I doubt we'll get another.

Though you could cross two items (Luna and RoR) of your list by simply buying a copy of 75966 second-hand. ;-)

Edited January 6 by brickbride

[Virginia_Bricks]

39 minutes ago, brickbride said:

I also think the chances for Sirius are pretty high; Sirius Black's Escape was a part of the last modular Hogwarts so we might get it here, plus with all the anniversary patroni it would be weird if Harry's stag were the one we didn't get, and the scene it appears in pretty much requires Sirius. But again we don't know for sure.

So far none of the patronuses have been in a scene where it makes plot sense.

I think they throw Harry’s stag in the large modular set.

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, brickbride said:

Popular opinion is that we might never get an Astronomy Tower with this modular system (emphasis on might, we don't know) because the Ravenclaw Common Room's supposed to be in there, yet they shoehorned it into the Hospital Wing instead

This is a rather incorrect assumption. There were Ravenclaw dorms in the previous Astronomy Tower set, but canonically, Ravenclaw has its own tower just like Gryffindor. Lego just shoehorns both houses where they can fit them because doing a tower set just form them isn’t convenient for them. 
 

34 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

So far none of the patronuses have been in a scene where it makes plot sense.

I think they throw Harry’s stag in the large modular set.

Counterpoint, Harry’s main character status means he and his Stag are the most marketable characters, and the ones more casual collectors might buy a small set just to get. Hence, golden Harry came in the smallest 20th anniversary set – which I could easily see happening again with the patronuses. 

[brickbride]

1) I wasn't saying that Ravenclaw belongs to the Astronomy Tower canonically, I was saying that LEGO think it does. The 2018 castle had a Clock Tower with the Hospital Wing and DADA, and we got the same combination here (though DADA's now inexplicably in the dungeons) minus the clock. They also had an Astronomy Tower with Ravenclaw.

2) That makes no real sense. Why would LEGO try harder to market small sets? I think Harry was in the Polyjuice Potions Mistake precisely because he's not a figure many people want. Snape was in the Chess Set and Voldemort with robes was in the flagship set (Chamber of Secrets), and those are much more sought after (check the prices even now!). In the case of the patroni, there's an additional size difference; obviously the stag would be much more expensive to produce based on material costs alone, so putting it into a small set makes no sense. If they wanted to do that we would have gotten it with the motorcycle chase but instead they went out of their way to not declare that one to be an anniversary set so they would not have to include anything. I think it's pretty clear by now that either the stag will be its own set (which would make the most sense, as all the patronus collectors would then be forced to buy it, plus LEGO loves remaking sets and even has a current Dementor mould it could use) or it will be included in a really expensive set.

Edited January 7 by brickbride

[Accio Lego]

4 minutes ago, brickbride said:

1) I wasn't saying that Ravenclaw belongs to the Astronomy Tower canonically, I was saying that LEGO think it does. The 2018 castle had a Clock Tower with the Hospital Wing and DADA, and we got the same combination here (though DADA's now inexplicably in the dungeons) minus the clock. They also had an Astronomy Tower with Ravenclaw.

2) That makes no real sense. Why would LEGO try harder to market small sets? I think Harry was in the Polyjuice Potions Mistake precisely because he's not a figure many people want. Snape was in the Chess Set and Voldemort with robes was in the flagship set (Chamber of Secrets), and those are much more sought after (check the prices even now!). In the case of the patroni, there's an additional size difference; obviously the stag would be much more expensive to produce based on material costs alone, so putting it into a small set makes no sense. If they wanted to do that we would have gotten it with the motorcycle chase but instead they went out of their way to not declare that one to be an anniversary set so they would not have to include anything. I think it's pretty clear by now that either the stag will be its own set (which would make the most sense, as all the patronus collectors would then be forced to buy it, plus LEGO loves remaking sets and even has a current Dementor mould it could use) or it will be included in a really expensive set.

1) the last two Hospital Wings were both connected to the Clocktower because it is shown as adjacent to the clock in the PoA movie. The original Clocktower set had the Hospital Wing, Moody’s DADA classroom, Dumbledore’s Office, the Prefect’s Bathroom, and the Great Hall dance floor in it because it was the only planned interior GoF set at the time and those are practically all the rooms crucial to the GoF movie. This year’s Hospital Wing set features Lupin’s DADA classroom because they needed to feature him and his anniversary patronus somewhere (and there are very few other set possibilities that could feature him), and the Ravenclaw common room – quite likely thrown in as this year’s requisite house common room since odds are on the Chamber of Secrets being the summer flagship set. Similarly, the 2020 Astronomy Tower set threw the Ravenclaw forms in there because they needed something as filler for the middle floor and they had Luna in her party dress to occupy it (the Gryffindor dorms had already been done in that system). There’s plenty of other rooms that could be done in that middle space if Lego decides to tackle the Astronomy Tower – something happening once in the past does not a pattern or hard rule make. 
 

2) Harry is an extremely popular and desirable character – particularly with children just getting into the fandom. Hence, the golden anniversary Harry comes in the cheapest and most child affordable set, and nearly every Harry Potter polybag over the years features Harry himself. Little kids who love how Harry saved himself and his godfather with his stag patronus will happily buy a set with his stag if it’s in their budget, and won’t have been old enough to already have the original version (introduced in the smallest set of its wave, incidentally), making it all the more desirable to them. Meanwhile, adult collectors are more likely to actually like Snape (or at least be completionists) and want the anniversary sets featuring him – hence golden Snape featured in the less kid friendly buildable chessboard and his Doe Patronus will likely feature in one of the more expensive sets this summer. 

[brickbride]

5 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

2) Harry is an extremely popular and desirable character – particularly with children just getting into the fandom. Hence, the golden anniversary Harry comes in the cheapest and most child affordable set, and nearly every Harry Potter polybag over the years features Harry himself. Little kids who love how Harry saved himself and his godfather with his stag patronus will happily buy a set with his stag if it’s in their budget, and won’t have been old enough to already have the original version (introduced in the smallest set of its wave, incidentally), making it all the more desirable to them. Meanwhile, adult collectors are more likely to actually like Snape (or at least be completionists) and want the anniversary sets featuring him – hence golden Snape featured in the less kid friendly buildable chessboard and his Doe Patronus will likely feature in one of the more expensive sets this summer. 

Yes, I've said it myself that making the stag patronus its own small set would make a lot of sense. You don't need to convince me of that. :-)

What I can't see is LEGO putting the stag into a small set as a collectible extra (just like the golden Harry the last time around). Again if they wanted to do that, the motorcycle chase would have been the perfect set for it, yet that one comes without a patronus.

[akaseim]

18 hours ago, brickbride said:

Have you considered the activity books?

Oh, We don't have those books in Spain.... but there's no problem, my daughter has decided the Ravenclaw girl is Luna no matter what, so everybody happy :-D

The problem with the GWP RoR is that I don't like it :-O I mean, I love the idea of a room plenty of things, and I really prefer one with Draco and Harry or Harry and Ginny full of random objets than the Order of the phoenix scene, but the Dumbledore Army has patronus so I think I can have lucky this year :-) 

On the other side, I don't care a lot about the Astronomy area but I really one a new tower, because the Main Tower is so big, I would like something with small romms (like Charms Class) in each level... four level would be great. 

But what we really want is more classes and characters. 

[Virginia_Bricks]

2 hours ago, akaseim said:

On the other side, I don't care a lot about the Astronomy area but I really one a new tower, because the Main Tower is so big, I would like something with small romms (like Charms Class) in each level... four level would be great. 

I want the Astronomy tower because it is the most unique tower in the entire castle in my honest opinion. If Lego doesn't do it I might just buy 1 or 2 extra Hospital Wings and MOC it because base on proportions its base should be as wide as that set is.

[akaseim]

1 hour ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

I want the Astronomy tower because it is the most unique tower in the entire castle in my honest opinion. If Lego doesn't do it I might just buy 1 or 2 extra Hospital Wings and MOC it because base on proportions its base should be as wide as that set is.

 I have taken a look to the Astronomy tower from 2020 and I don't like it too much, really :-D  I want something more like the Owlery but a little bit bigger. The previous set has the are of the dinner and that make it too... something I don't like. I prefered a Main Tower without the Main part :-D

[Virginia_Bricks]

5 of the set names leaked on Unibricks Instagram and now Reddit

Viaduct confirmed, but the second modular (Courtyard plants) seems up in the air. Could be a whomping willow set or maybe it attaches the East Wing and you can sit the Greenhouse on it

Edited January 7 by Virginia_Bricks

[sammy_zammy]

Dobby is a free elf… Could it finally be the UCS Dobby’s sock?

[BrickBob Studpants]

My worries became true, we ran out of buildable characters and are now getting remakes  Hooray for Knockturn Alley though!!  Vanishing cabinet and a better Narcissa Malfoy anyone?

[JS038]

Hogwarts Castle: East Wing- this is so vague it only peaks my curiosity. Are we going to be getting the bell towers with it? Or is this simply the viaduct entrance? 

Hogwarts courtyard plants is probably a botanical… although I’d love if it was a courtyard expansion for the catle.

Dobby the free elf is likely going to be a remake of the Harry, Lucious, Dobby scene from CoS. 379 pieces is high for that simple scene though? 

knockturn alley is self explanatory. 

this leaves two remaining un-leaked sets. Hoping one is a classroom insert: 

- 76475: 244 pieces 

- 764777: 480 pieces

Edited January 7 by JS038

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

5 of the set names leaked on Unibricks Instagram and now Reddit

Viaduct confirmed, but the second modular (Courtyard plants) seems up in the air. Could be a whomping willow set or maybe it attaches the East Wing and you can sit the Greenhouse on it

Viaduct is not confirmed. 
 

For those who haven’t seen/found it yet, the list is 

-76462: Hogwarts House Symbol (14+, 542 pcs.)

- 76469: Dobby the Free Elf (8+, 379 pcs.)

- 76471: Knockturn Alley Shops (8+, 788 pcs.) 

- 76473: Hogwarts East Wing (10+, 2164 pcs.)

- 76474: Hogwarts Courtyard Plants (14+, 817 pcs.) 

This leaves 76475 and 76477 unaccounted for, although the later is likely the advent calendar. 
 

Some notes:

- East Wing ≠ Viaduct. It is possible a viaduct side build will be included (it is a massive set and an in scale viaduct bridge would only be wide enough for one minifig), but the bulk of the set will be the actual East Wing, which is still very likely to include the Chamber of Secrets, considering that the last massive castle expansion was named Central Tower instead of Dumbledore’s Office or Third Floor Corridor. 
 

- Knockturn Alley Shops will definitely feature Borgin and Burke’s, likely alongside Marcus Scarr’s tattoos parlor – a location invented for the Orlando theme park’s Knockturn Alley that was featured on the sign of the previous Shops set (continuing a pattern). 
 

- Presuming Lego doesn’t inexplicably recreate the soon to be retiring Dobby the House-Elf set, Dobby the Free Elf will probably be a recreation of the 2002 and 2010 Dobby sets where he is freed. We won’t know for sure until prices drop. 
 

- Given its age rating, Hogwarts Courtyard Plants is almost certainly a Botanicals style set of buildable magical plants and not another modular (76477 is still a candidate for that). 

[BacktoBricks]

3 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

My worries became true, we ran out of buildable characters and are now getting remakes  Hooray for Knockturn Alley though!!  Vanishing cabinet and a better Narcissa Malfoy anyone?

Haha me!

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 minutes ago, JS038 said:

Dobby the free elf is likely going to be a remake of the Harry, Lucious, Dobby scene from CoS. 379 pieces is high for that simple scene though? 

Ohhhhh, good point!! I just assumed it was gonna be a remake of the 2023 figure, but you’re right, based on the set name it could be a playset!  A wave without at least one buildable figure is suspicious though. At least one of the unknown sets has to be one!

[Accio Lego]

1 minute ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

 A wave without at least one buildable figure is suspicious though. At least one of the unknown sets has to be one!

Not so suspicious when you consider we’re getting a buildable Hogwarts crest and unspecified plants. When you think about it, a school crest equals four whole buildable creatures this wave. 

[(1)Stein]

Mmmm.... 76473: Hogwarts East Wing is a pretty lame name, since the great hall faces east'ish 🤔

[BrickMatit]

10 minutes ago, (1)Stein said:

76473: Hogwarts East Wing is a pretty lame name, since the great hall faces east'ish

If you follow the book canon and put the lake at south, this would be correct 

Anyway, could the name suggest the presence of something more than Viaduct Entrance, like a section of the Central Tower, Long Gallery, Bell Tower part of the castle?

[(1)Stein]

Maybe this can help!

[Virginia_Bricks]

Totally meant Viaduct Entrance when I typed Viaduct. Personally don't believe Lego would use that name in a set name given its uniqueness, so not sure that indicates more of the East Wing will be with it. Maybe, but the name isn't enough to convince me.

I am going to hold out hope that Courtyard Plants is the modular and Dobby the Free Elf (can't see them only doing 3 modular sets in the likely final year, but maybe they could). The age rating suggest Dobby (though the current buildable is 8+ and all of Ninjago's 14+ sets are mini-fig) over Courtyard, but an 800 piece set would be a nice final facade piece to the castle.