x105Black Posted May 10, 2018 Unikitty feels girl-oriented because of the bright colors and rainbows, but also the pink female unicorn kitten protagonist. Anyways, this is getting quite off-topic. The point is that it seems Harry Potter will do to Castle what Star Wars did to Space, which is effectively kill the theme. While there are many people hoping for Harry Potter to become evergreen because they love the theme, there are also many people lamenting the virtual death of the Castle theme. This is especially true when considering in-house Space themes since the inception of Star Wars, or in-house Pirates themes since the inception of Pirates of the Caribbean. Considering that these used to be the flagship themes of LEGO, it's disheartening to see them replaced by licensed counterparts that just don't offer the same experience. I'm excited for these Harry Potter sets to a degree. I love the design of the thestral. I like a lot of the other designs, and some of the minifigures could be useful. It will certainly give us some parts that will be useful. But I fear for the future of Castle if this is going to essentially be replacing it. It is missing so much of what makes Castle work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brickwraith Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 38 minutes ago, x105Black said: Unikitty feels girl-oriented because of the bright colors and rainbows, but also the pink female unicorn kitten protagonist. Anyways, this is getting quite off-topic. The point is that it seems Harry Potter will do to Castle what Star Wars did to Space, which is effectively kill the theme. While there are many people hoping for Harry Potter to become evergreen because they love the theme, there are also many people lamenting the virtual death of the Castle theme. This is especially true when considering in-house Space themes since the inception of Star Wars, or in-house Pirates themes since the inception of Pirates of the Caribbean. Considering that these used to be the flagship themes of LEGO, it's disheartening to see them replaced by licensed counterparts that just don't offer the same experience. I'm excited for these Harry Potter sets to a degree. I love the design of the thestral. I like a lot of the other designs, and some of the minifigures could be useful. It will certainly give us some parts that will be useful. But I fear for the future of Castle if this is going to essentially be replacing it. It is missing so much of what makes Castle work. Star Wars didn't kill space, multiple space themes have released alongside Star Wars, including Space Police 3, Galaxy Squad, and Alien Conquest, As well as Mars Mission and Life on Mars. Space stopped appearing when lego started focusing on having 3 year themes like Chima and Nexo Knights, Ninjago didn't impair it because it was a test. And I'm not sure why everyone thinks Potc killed pirates, there has been a pirates theme since Potc's only multiple set wave Edited May 10, 2018 by Brickwraith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8BrickMario Posted May 10, 2018 2 hours ago, x105Black said: Anyways, this is getting quite off-topic. The point is that it seems Harry Potter will do to Castle what Star Wars did to Space, which is effectively kill the theme. While there are many people hoping for Harry Potter to become evergreen because they love the theme, there are also many people lamenting the virtual death of the Castle theme. This is especially true when considering in-house Space themes since the inception of Star Wars, or in-house Pirates themes since the inception of Pirates of the Caribbean. Considering that these used to be the flagship themes of LEGO, it's disheartening to see them replaced by licensed counterparts that just don't offer the same experience. I'm excited for these Harry Potter sets to a degree. I love the design of the thestral. I like a lot of the other designs, and some of the minifigures could be useful. It will certainly give us some parts that will be useful. But I fear for the future of Castle if this is going to essentially be replacing it. It is missing so much of what makes Castle work. In both of their heydays, Castle and HP happily coexisted, because HP really isn't a Castle theme. The lack of a Castle theme now owes more to the 2013 wave and Nexo Knights than it does to this one emerging. It seems like NK and this will make whatever potential Castle theme coming up more historically-oriented, but I'm not convinced it'll never come back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeekByKnight Posted May 10, 2018 Can this thread PLEASE not devolve into a tsunami of toxic fandom. Comic book and video game fandom has already been derailed by delluded bigotry, can Lego not be the next to go? Where's a moderator when you need one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roebuck Posted May 10, 2018 How reliable are the piece counts for the sets? Since they emerged on April 1. I have a hard time believing them and at least compared to the price on some of the sets they seem dubious to me Is there a trustworthy source for them or is it a April fools joke going rogue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Numenorean Posted May 10, 2018 31 minutes ago, Roebuck said: How reliable are the piece counts for the sets? Since they emerged on April 1. I have a hard time believing them and at least compared to the price on some of the sets they seem dubious to me Is there a trustworthy source for them or is it a April fools joke going rogue amazon is the best source for knowing the number of the bricks: cmf: https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0792QRS4T?tag=amazon0efa-21 Aragog: https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0792R1K14?tag=amazon0efa-21 Newt https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0792RMHLN?tag=amazon0efa-21 Whomping willow: https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0792QK8GL?tag=amazon0efa-21 howard hall: https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0792RDN2V?tag=amazon0efa-21 a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peppermint_M Posted May 10, 2018 Harry Potter is in the title of the thread, it is not difficult to see that this is a thread for Harry Potter. Please go and discuss Unikitty at length in the appropriate thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whovastron Posted May 10, 2018 I really like how Lego is investing in this theme. Planning ahead by restraining themselves to the first 2 films for this wave. This gives them the potential for at least 4 years of the theme without them busting out all the great set ideas straight away. The investment in new parts and marketing, aswell as the Minifigure series and D2C make me believe that they believe this has the chance of being a flagship theme in the brand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Numenorean Posted May 11, 2018 Susan bones and McGonagall on instagram. Hedwige too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocabottle Posted May 11, 2018 Nothing we hadn't seen right? Same faces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roebuck Posted May 11, 2018 20 hours ago, Rachie1234 said: Hopefully there will be another minifigure leak in the next 12 hours Yes, they are back 14 hours ago, Black Numenorean said: amazon is the best source for knowing the number of the bricks: Thanks, then I assume it is trustworthy even tough they are odd 23 minutes ago, cocabottle said: Nothing we hadn't seen right? Same faces. Do not think so, but it is still a leak since it not from Lego officially. If they keep leaking we will soon see a new fig we have not seen yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Numenorean Posted May 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Roebuck said: Yes, they are back Thanks, then I assume it is trustworthy even tough they are odd Do not think so, but it is still a leak since it not from Lego officially. If they keep leaking we will soon see a new fig we have not seen yet Why are they odd? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkeye12 Posted May 11, 2018 has anyone else seen the leaks of the non-Hogwarts versions of Harry and Ron? It looks like the clothes that they wore in the forbidden forest so this is most likely going to from the arogog set. The prints look nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Numenorean Posted May 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Hawkeye12 said: has anyone else seen the leaks of the non-Hogwarts versions of Harry and Ron? It looks like the clothes that they wore in the forbidden forest so this is most likely going to from the arogog set. The prints look nice. We saw it 4 days ago. They will be in the aragog set ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roebuck Posted May 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Black Numenorean said: Why are they odd? 157 pcs - $14.99 If we use this set as the norm 132 pcs - $19.99 This set has around 80 pcs to little 500 pcs - $39.99 This has 100 to many 694 pcs - $49.99 This has around 200 to many 753 pcs - $69.99 Around 50 to many so almost the norm 878 pcs - $99.99 About 120 pcs to few, but has a lot of minifigs so that is ok It is odd that a few of the sets have a lot more pieces than they should according to the price Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent Kallus Posted May 11, 2018 I saw this on facebook. Quote Speaking of series figures, a Lego store employee confirmed that there will be 22 figures in the series. They also stated that 1 figure will only be found in every 4 boxes. They said it seriously but you can never 100% guarantee that you aren't being messed with. Take it with a pinch of salt but potentially there will be a Harry Potter series figure that is much rather than the current S18 Cop. Though I presume it means rarer rather than rather when it says rather in the last line. But if this info is solid then I take it as bad news, though I'd wonder who is special enough to be a chase figure, maybe one of JK herself? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falconfan1414 Posted May 11, 2018 18 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said: I saw this on facebook. Though I presume it means rarer rather than rather when it says rather in the last line. But if this info is solid then I take it as bad news, though I'd wonder who is special enough to be a chase figure, maybe one of JK herself? That would be terrible but yeah probably jk Rowling or a gold Harry Potter or something like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THELEGOBATMAN Posted May 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said: I saw this on facebook. Though I presume it means rarer rather than rather when it says rather in the last line. But if this info is solid then I take it as bad news, though I'd wonder who is special enough to be a chase figure, maybe one of JK herself? People who want to collect 'em all will have a giant problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
x105Black Posted May 11, 2018 That's a terrible idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falconfan1414 Posted May 11, 2018 Imagen the price of the figure second hand if it is true. I could see it between 60-100 dollars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeekByKnight Posted May 11, 2018 "I saw this on facebook" should be enough to dispel this as anything other than nonsense. It doesn' even make sense from a retail perspective. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falconfan1414 Posted May 11, 2018 28 minutes ago, GeekByKnight said: "I saw this on facebook" should be enough to dispel this as anything other than nonsense. It doesn' even make sense from a retail perspective. The Facebook part is believable as there are a bunch of different lego groups out there. Where the info is questionable is the Lego store employ as most of the time they have as much info as the common person on here does. As for marketing and retail perspective, I don’t think the mr gold sold well at all because everyone wanted mr gold and only mr gold. I know the cop one per box isn’t popular with kids but I’m not sure how that has affected sales of the series. Though if Lego wants to include someone like jk roweling as the 22nd figure this would be the series to do as people would want the other figures in the series as well so it could help sales Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roebuck Posted May 12, 2018 9 hours ago, Agent Kallus said: I saw this on facebook. Though I presume it means rarer rather than rather when it says rather in the last line. But if this info is solid then I take it as bad news, though I'd wonder who is special enough to be a chase figure, maybe one of JK herself? I have no problem with series 18 cop being one in a box! All the other figs are much better than it It is not a army builder type of fig I assume it is close to the bottom of the favourite list for most kids Since it is rare, it has a high price with the collectors Buy one box and you get one On the other hand if we get a JK Rowling in every 4th box that is a nightmare, you could end up buying 5-6 boxes and not get a single one (and who does that anyway) I hope it is not true, but one 1 JK per box I am fine with. Then points 2, 4 and 5 would apply (possible even 3), but see no reason 1 are.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Numenorean Posted May 12, 2018 11 hours ago, Roebuck said: 157 pcs - $14.99 If we use this set as the norm 132 pcs - $19.99 This set has around 80 pcs to little 500 pcs - $39.99 This has 100 to many 694 pcs - $49.99 This has around 200 to many 753 pcs - $69.99 Around 50 to many so almost the norm 878 pcs - $99.99 About 120 pcs to few, but has a lot of minifigs so that is ok It is odd that a few of the sets have a lot more pieces than they should according to the price Do you have followed lego before? Because TLC has already changed the price of many sets, a lot of time. Sometimes they put a price in the legostore and a few weaks after the price was increasing to 15 euros. If they think the price is not good for HP wave, don't worry, they will up it. Who would like to have j.k rowling as minifig? Not for me. I guess for a rare minifig or never build like tom riddle, ombrage or Maugrey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedHoodPug Posted May 12, 2018 I’m guessing that it’s Grindewald I see on instagram, looking a tad more Depp like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
