Wizarding World 2026 - Rumors & Discussion

[RODDY]

36 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

My 2 Death Eaters would be Bellatrix and Lucius. Lucius also makes a cameo before Harry's trial so that adds to his likelihood. I also don't think they do the courtroom scene without somebody besides Fudge judging Harry. Bones could be that choice if they want not done before. I agree Umbridge isn't essential and her outfit is not the iconic pink except for the collar, but I just expect the 2 jurors if they make that scene and Umbridge is more likely than Bones.

Dumbledore can fill in for another person in the court scene where he goes all Saul Goodman cross examining on the Ministry, so while I’d appreciate a Bones or Figg or Umbridge not the most essential figures but would love to see them. 
 

 

47 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

I think you’re forgetting just how essential Bellatrix is to that particular battle – add on the fact that she’s a fan favorite character and I don’t think Lego will skip her. 
 

I think there is a decent chance they’ll skip Umbridge though. Her only Ministry appearance in OotP is during the courtroom scene where she’s wearing Wizengamot robes, she’s not present when Fudge witnesses Voldemort’s return or an exclusive character we can’t get anywhere else, so it makes sense not to force her into the set when you could include another character who does fit one of those parameters. 

Bellatrix I could see them skipping on grounds of her killing Sirius and her yelling “I killed Sirius Black” as much as I would like to see her there. It’s the one way I see them avoiding the Veil scene.

Umbridge though I agree she’s not too prominent in OOTP and she can always come in a GWP with her more iconic pink robes, but I won’t say no to a Wizengamot Robe Umbridge. 
 

3 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

Whether a set is good or not to me doesn't depend on the price. Something can be great and terribly priced (or just out of my price range) and the inverse is true and something be terrible but well priced.

In that vein, Hogsmeade was a good set (but not great like The Burrow). The interiors are a lot better than pictures give credit. 

Taking into account the last 5 playset D2Cs we can reasonably predict what we will get. The average price piece is 10.9 cents (Hogsmeade was the high point at 12.7 and DA at 9.5) and the average price per gram was 7.5 cents (Hogwarts Express was the high point at 8.1 and Gringotts at 7.0, though Hogsmeade was 7.1). The average mini-figures per price was 1 for every $31.50 USD (Burrow had one every $27 and Gringotts one every $36.20). The average pieces per mini-figure were 290 (Burrow had one every 240 pieces and Gringotts had one every 370 pieces). DA is the only outlier in price, I'm guessing as Lego was figuring out Harry Potter demand. Gringotts looks great on paper but it has less minifigures than average and smaller pieces. Hogsmeade looks bad on a paper but has larger pieces and more mini-figures than average.

We know that piece count is around 4,000 for the Ministry. So if it gets the average price that is ~14 mini-figures or the Hogsmeade pricing ~15 mini-figures. 14 and $460 feels very likely. That means Arabella Figg and Amelia Bones both likely get the boot unless Lego wants a never before seen character, which all D2Cs have had. I think it is fair to say they will reuse a Death Eater (maybe to replace Lucius even though his mask is not in the current Death Eater prints). So if you stick to 2 Death Eaters, Trio, Luna, Ginny, Neville, Voldemort, Dumbledore, Sirius, one adult DA member, Umbridge, and Fudge you would have room for either Arabella or Amelia if they go to 15 mini-figures and $480. They could easily also give one or multiple of Luna, Ginny, and Neville the boot.

 

I agree that Hogsmeade got a bit too much hate, it’s really an overpriced set but a good one at that. I bought it and built it over Christmas, going in I was skeptical and really just wanted the new Three Broomsticks, Zonko’s, and Hog’s Head. But I really did end up falling in love with the whole thing.

As for Ministry of Magic minifigs, yea 15 to me seems to be the reasonable number, though ideally I would love to see like 20 to do it true justice. The essential figures are imo Gold Trio, Silver Trio, Lucius, 2x Death Eaters, Dumbledore, Voldemort, Fudge, Sirius Black. The last two slots are the ones up for discussion. Probably need one of the DA members, I’d guess Kingsley because he works there and for representation/inclusion. And then maybe then we could squeeze in Ms Figg though maybe a Percy Weasley in his suit would be more likely. Man I really wish Lego were less stingy with minifigs in big sets cause 20 would be mint. Get Lupin, Mad Eye, Tonks, Bones, and Umbridge Wizardgamot Robes you’d really be cooking. 

Edited Thursday at 06:42 PM by RODDY

[brickbride]

15 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

In that vein, Hogsmeade was a good set (but not great like The Burrow). The interiors are a lot better than pictures give credit. The design of the exterior of each building is well above Diagon Alley. And the mini-figures are better than Diagon Alley and even with Gringotts.

I strongly disagree. Diagon Alley is, to me, the best HP set of all time. The building exteriors are intricate yet solid-looking, you can display it in a number of ways (front to front, back to back, I've even seen photographs with it stacked on top of each other!), and the interiors are, again, very well-designed (especially the storage space under the stairs in Ollivanders). You really get the feeling that the designers just wanted to do something neat and didn't care how many parts it took (i.e. the leaning facade of QQS, the giant mascot in WWW, the above-mentioned storage space and stairs with a number of the rare wand boxes). And of course you also get a lot for your money. Meanwhile, the D2C Hogsmeade looks like a giant compromise, i.e. the facade of the Three Broomsticks which makes it slightly more imposing than the playset but also means that the building now has no second floor.

As for the minifigs, I admit that I don't care much about plain legs and suchlike - unless they distract from the overall appeareance, i.e. Hermione's winter coat for Hogsmeade now looking like a sleeveless vest thanks to no arm or leg printing. What I do care about is, again, LEGO's obvious skimping. I.e. we got both the Flumes in the playset Hogsmeade but now Mr Flume's missing, and McGonagall had skirt printing in the playset Hogsmeade but has none in the D2C. I just think that a D2C should be the best possible version of a location in all regards (based on what's available at the time of release) so things like these just feel like LEGO not valuing their customers.

 

13 hours ago, RODDY said:

As for Ministry of Magic minifigs, yea 15 to me seems to be the reasonable number, though ideally I would love to see like 20 to do it true justice. (...) Man I really wish Lego were less stingy with minifigs in big sets cause 20 would be mint.

We're not getting 20. Period. Though I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling that with the way LEGO has been jacking up prices they should be jacking up the figure count, too. Last time I voiced this opinion I was shouted down because 15-20 figs for a playset is simply unheard of (never mind that so-called playsets at a price point of EUR 250 are also something previously unheard of).

15 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

Whether a set is good or not to me doesn't depend on the price. Something can be great and terribly priced (or just out of my price range) and the inverse is true and something be terrible but well priced.

Sure, but you cannot seperate the set from its price so you still have to take it into account.

If a set is fairly priced but out of my price range that's one thing - I can still acknowledge that it is a good package overall (price and design), just not for me. However, if the designer did a good job yet the price is way above what it should be, the whole package (price and design) becomes less valuable to me because if I buy it I feel cheated, and that influences my enjoyment of the set.

LEGO's a luxury, not a necessity. Luxuries tend to be tied to strong emotions, which is probably why pretty much every set description LEGO gives out these days suggests that you "treat" either yourself or someone else with the set. There are a lot of other options to get enjoyment out of something like EUR 460 (again I'm not talking of necessities like paying rent or buying groceries) so if LEGO are charging that much for a D2C they ought to convince us that it is money well spent.

Edited 18 hours ago by brickbride

[Minga 089]

12 hours ago, RODDY said:

As for Ministry of Magic minifigs, yea 15 to me seems to be the reasonable number, though ideally I would love to see like 20 to do it true justice. The essential figures are imo Gold Trio, Silver Trio, Lucius, 2x Death Eaters, Dumbledore, Voldemort, Fudge, Sirius Black. The last two slots are the ones up for discussion. Probably need one of the DA members, I’d guess Kingsley because he works there and for representation/inclusion. And then maybe then we could squeeze in Ms Figg though maybe a Percy Weasley in his suit would be more likely. Man I really wish Lego were less stingy with minifigs in big sets cause 20 would be mint. Get Lupin, Mad Eye, Tonks, Bones, and Umbridge Wizardgamot Robes you’d really be cooking. 

I personally think they won’t include the golden as well as the silber trio. I guess maximum 4 spots for them. And in total 14-16 minfigures, 

I would expect:

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, 

Voldemort, Lucius, 2x Death Eater (either just random or Bellatrix and Dolohow)

Dumbledore, Arthur, Sirius, Kingsley

Fudge, Umbridge

And if we are lucky and there are one or two more, I would expect sth exclusive like Mrs Figg, Bones or Percy, but probably more likely the last two as they are employees of the MoM

We could also end up seeing two Harry’s, similar to DA

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Minga 089

[RODDY]

 

8 hours ago, brickbride said:

We're not getting 20. Period. Though I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling that with the way LEGO has been jacking up prices they should be jacking up the figure count, too. Last time I voiced this opinion I was shouted down because 15-20 figs for a playset is simply unheard of (never mind that so-called playsets at a price point of EUR 250 are also something previously unheard of).

 

While I’m expecting 15 myself, 20 isn’t entirely unlikely either cause the Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition comes with 20 minifigs and they will imo probably end up sharing the $500 price point if Hogsmeade’s recent pricing is any indication. And half of the $1000 Death Star’s minifigure count is 19. I think if you are paying several hundreds of dollars for a Collector’s Edition set, you should be getting all the key players and a couple of exclusive background characters for each location/vehicle they do. Hogsmeade and DA both fits this criteria. 15 for the Ministry especially is just not going to cut it no matter how you cut it cause you aren’t getting all the DA adults that show up and you may not be getting the Silver Trio which is borderline criminal imo. For me it isn’t the total amount should be higher, it’s the total amount that does the scenes they are representing justice. If you can get a set done with five minifigures, then five it is. But the Ministry just needs more imo. 
 

 

6 hours ago, Minga 089 said:

I personally think they won’t include the golden as well as the silber trio. I guess maximum 4 spots for them. 

 

I’d be so disappointed by no silver trio ngl. 

[Virginia_Bricks]

1 hour ago, RODDY said:

While I’m expecting 15 myself, 20 isn’t entirely unlikely either cause the Hogwarts Express Collector’s Edition comes with 20 minifigs and they will imo probably end up sharing the $500 price point if Hogsmeade’s recent pricing is any indication. And half of the $1000 Death Star’s minifigure count is 19. I think if you are paying several hundreds of dollars for a Collector’s Edition set, you should be getting all the key players and a couple of exclusive background characters for each location/vehicle they do. Hogsmeade and DA both fits this criteria. 15 for the Ministry especially is just not going to cut it no matter how you cut it cause you aren’t getting all the DA adults that show up and you may not be getting the Silver Trio which is borderline criminal imo. For me it isn’t the total amount should be higher, it’s the total amount that does the scenes they are representing justice. If you can get a set done with five minifigures, then five it is. But the Ministry just needs more imo. 

Those two examples had a lot of "filler" mini-figures. The HE had 4 Harry Potters, a repeated Dementor, Trolley Witch, and Hermione and two generic Hogwarts students. A lot of the Death Star's mini-figures are repeats from other sets or just a new face on an existing leg and torso combination. They could go the same way with the Ministry for employees and background characters, but I wouldn't expect more than 12-14 named, unique characters. They only get so many unique prints and molds to use so they can't all be unique if you want a high count.

On the other side: I'm guessing 6-8 interior rooms and then the Atrium. The trial room, the hall of prophecies, Death Chamber, Arthur's Office, Umbridge's or Fudge's Office, Shacklebolt's Office (if he is included), and either the Brian Room or Time Turner Room (the last two D2Cs have done rooms/scenes not shown in the movies).

[BrickBob Studpants]

The chances for completely new characters or even new variants are low, so instead I‘m hoping for some updated versions of minifigs we‘ve had before  A new Gambledore is an absolute must, everything else is a bonus.

[RODDY]

46 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

Those two examples had a lot of "filler" mini-figures. The HE had 4 Harry Potters, a repeated Dementor, Trolley Witch, and Hermione and two generic Hogwarts students. A lot of the Death Star's mini-figures are repeats from other sets or just a new face on an existing leg and torso combination. They could go the same way with the Ministry for employees and background characters, but I wouldn't expect more than 12-14 named, unique characters. They only get so many unique prints and molds to use so they can't all be unique if you want a high count.

On the other side: I'm guessing 6-8 interior rooms and then the Atrium. The trial room, the hall of prophecies, Death Chamber, Arthur's Office, Umbridge's or Fudge's Office, Shacklebolt's Office (if he is included), and either the Brian Room or Time Turner Room (the last two D2Cs have done rooms/scenes not shown in the movies).

Thats a good point with the repeat characters but there is some repeats they can do here as well. Pull Voldemort and Lucius from the Malfoy Manor set, pull Belatrix from either the Malfoy Manor or the upcoming Knockturn Alley. Death Eaters pull from either the 4 Privet Drive Escape or Lovegood House. Harry from the Privet Drive Escape set. It’s basically the same thing just unzipped. Fudge from Hogsmeade (lol). That’s 5/6  there just from existing sets, maybe there could be more to pull from our mystery set. The gold trio just need new torso prints, Silver trio same maybe Ginny needs a face print idk when the last time we got an older version of her. Dumbledore might be the most costly resurrecting the old hairpiece/hat combo along with new torso and dress prints. But I do think 20 is still possible, just unlikely.

Edited 10 hours ago by RODDY

[Black Falcon]

On 4/7/2026 at 11:58 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Well I’ll be damned! According to Unibricks, a ~4000 piece Ministry of Magic awaits us!

And I was convinced there wouldn’t be a D2C set this year! GAMBLEDORE VS VOLDY OR BUST

Edit: They could also incorporate the Battle of the Department of Mysteries!

So many voices against it and here we are getting it ;).

I hope this time they do it justice, at this price range it should be way easier to do so.

On 4/8/2026 at 7:52 AM, Roebuck said:

I missed the memo, when did we start a 2026 thread 

The 2025 one just got renamed.

On 4/9/2026 at 7:29 AM, Roebuck said:

I see now that this thread is another one that do not show up in "my activity", I usually just look there to find new post in the threads I post in. Is there anyway to fix that, makes it hard to follow when I have to actively look in every thread to see it there are any new posts

Edit! Never mind I see that this post suddenly showed up there now, even tough there are several pages with post that have not  Hopefully fixed now then (however still interested to know what to do next time this happens)

That issue exists for more than half a year now: 

 

I am afraid the only reason it showed up was actually because you looked shortly after you posted, and after a few minutes it just disappears.

5 hours ago, RODDY said:

Thats a good point with the repeat characters but there is some repeats they can do here as well. Pull Voldemort and Lucius from the Malfoy Manor set, pull Belatrix from either the Malfoy Manor or the upcoming Knockturn Alley. Death Eaters pull from either the 4 Privet Drive Escape or Lovegood House. Harry from the Privet Drive Escape set. It’s basically the same thing just unzipped. Fudge from Hogsmeade (lol). That’s 5/6  there just from existing sets, maybe there could be more to pull from our mystery set. The gold trio just need new torso prints, Silver trio same maybe Ginny needs a face print idk when the last time we got an older version of her. Dumbledore might be the most costly resurrecting the old hairpiece/hat combo along with new torso and dress prints. But I do think 20 is still possible, just unlikely.

The problem with all the repeats is, that the sets that include those characters are mostly retiring before the Ministry would, so it would still have to keep them in production.

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, Black Falcon said:

On 4/7/2026 at 10:52 PM, Roebuck said:

I missed the memo, when did we start a 2026 thread 

The 2025 one just got renamed.

Uh, no. The last few pages of the 2025 thread were moved to a new 2026 one. This is only page 24, do you really think we got through a whole year plus with less than two dozen pages?

[Gryffindor]

Here’s my prediction for Ministry of Magic minifigures if we get 15 in the set! 

1. Not Ron

2. Not Ron

3. Not Ron

4. Not Ron

5. Not Ron

6. Not Ron

7. Not Ron

8. Not Ron

9. Not Ron

10. Not Ron

11. Not Ron

12. Not Ron

13. Not Ron

14. Not Ron

15. Not Ron

 

Lego sure loves to pretend Ron doesn’t exist :(

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, Gryffindor said:

Here’s my prediction for Ministry of Magic minifigures if we get 15 in the set! 

1. Not Ron

2. Not Ron

3. Not Ron

4. Not Ron

5. Not Ron

6. Not Ron

7. Not Ron

8. Not Ron

9. Not Ron

10. Not Ron

11. Not Ron

12. Not Ron

13. Not Ron

14. Not Ron

15. Not Ron

 

Lego sure loves to pretend Ron doesn’t exist :(

They have no problem putting Ron in most sets (see: the latest Diagon Alley Shops, the first Diagon Alley Shops playset, both Hospital Wing sets, Ford Anglia, all three of the latest big Castle sections, etc.), they’re actually only allergic to Deathly Hallows Ron for some reason (he’s only ever appeared in the Ministry playset and Gringott’s D2C). If the D2C is based off OotP then that’s theoretically not an issue (we haven’t gotten a OotP Ron since the reboot l, but that’s because there have only been 3 OotP sets and Ron wasn’t even eligible for 2 of them). 

[Gryffindor]

42 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

They have no problem putting Ron in most sets (see: the latest Diagon Alley Shops, the first Diagon Alley Shops playset, both Hospital Wing sets, Ford Anglia, all three of the latest big Castle sections, etc.), they’re actually only allergic to Deathly Hallows Ron for some reason (he’s only ever appeared in the Ministry playset and Gringott’s D2C). If the D2C is based off OotP then that’s theoretically not an issue (we haven’t gotten a OotP Ron since the reboot l, but that’s because there have only been 3 OotP sets and Ron wasn’t even eligible for 2 of them). 

Hahaha true, I should have specified adult-sized Ron gets excluded. Plenty of little legged Rons in sets! 

To everyone who wants the golden trio and silver trio to be included, my money is on:

Harry

Hermione

Neville

Luna

 

I just don’t see all 6 being included (would LOVE to be proven wrong), and I feel like Ron and Ginny would be the easiest to skip since Harry is a requirement, then Hermione, Neville, and Luna are probably the most popular characters. Arthur will probably be the only Weasley included, or maybe Percy too if they really want to branch out. 
 

A Battle of the Department of Mysteries set has been one of my top most wanted sets forever, and I’m just really hoping to minifigure selection is great (which for me, includes all of the golden trio and silver trio along with the Order and some death eaters).