Harry Potter 2020 - Rumors & Discussion

[lego_guyon02]

Just now, steam235 said:

How can some one buy the complete set of CMF when they come out? Last time, I tried to buy about a dozen at retail stores, but after getting too many duplicates, I ended up on ebay for the rest.

A few options:

1. Go to a store and feel for the figures you want (I wouldn't recommend just grabbing a few, that'll likely result in duplicates)

2. Go to Brickiink or Ebay and buy the figures you want

3. Buy an entire box of 60 bags and sell the figures you don't want / need multiples off

[Brickity]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

What's the point of buildable toys if we get huge moulds? Where's the point and fun in there? Smaller animals should be molded, but creatures like dragons definitely shouldn't (don't even try to say "bUt JuRaSsIc WoRlD") be moulded. Just look at Ninjago - dragons there are amazing, and it doesn't have to stand at $200 price point.

The main problem are the ball joints - after all those years Lego still doesn't want to make those in other colours than grey. That's why most creatures look weird, those parts stand out too much. People say that Hungarian Horntail was a fail - it was, but not because of it being brickbuilt. It was a fault beacuse of the design and how poorly it was built. I bet a lot of designers could do it justice.

I agree with you. I never really owned the 2005 one, so maybe that’s a factor, BUT honestly it just looks like a big chunk with little to no articulation. 

 I didn’t dislike the one we got last year, though I must admit it wasn’t very accurate and it had some weird details, like the back, the tail, and the head mold.

3 hours ago, thenudeorganist said:

I mean there is a possibility that the reason for the 400€ pricetag is a large Gringott's interior with the dragon and the carts.

Yes to the large Gringotts interior, not sure about the dragon and carts. I mean yeah it’s a lot pricier than the one we got in 2010, but on top of wanting it to have a large interior, adding the carts section and dragon would probably take some budget for the other stores, let’s not forget the 2010 interiors were super empty, and we still need WWW, quidditch supplies and F&B. Also, for some reason I found the 2010 minifig selection to be very bland, so I expect a bit more this time.

However, the dragon could add to some variability and break the “monotony” of just buildings. But my point is, if they’re releasing a €400 diagon alley, then they should give it the proper detail and attention first, and not throw in something else that could have its own set next year and probably take up some of the budget.

So if there’s not much to do to the buildings with €400, then sure, give me the dragon and carts.

 

Edited March 30, 2020 by Otherworld

[thenudeorganist]

Just now, Otherworld said:

However, the dragon could add to some variability and break the “monotony” of just buildings. But my point is, if they’re releasing a €400 diagon alley, then they should give it the proper detail and attention first, and not throw in something else that could have its own set next year and probably take up some of the budget.

I agree completely. I'd like a detailed version of Gringott's, Ollivander's, WWW, Flourish&Bott's + a small Leaky Cauldron with the entrance to Diagon Alley. It's highly possible that they include the dragon to accompany Griphook in the CMF, who knows. But yeah, I'm lowkey hoping for a microscale because I can't afford it :D

[BrickBob Studpants]

33 minutes ago, steam235 said:

How can some one buy the complete set of CMF when they come out? Last time, I tried to buy about a dozen at retail stores, but after getting too many duplicates, I ended up on ebay for the rest.

27 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

A few options:

1. Go to a store and feel for the figures you want (I wouldn't recommend just grabbing a few, that'll likely result in duplicates)

2. Go to Brickiink or Ebay and buy the figures you want

3. Buy an entire box of 60 bags and sell the figures you don't want / need multiples off

4. Go to minifigmaddness.com, where you can buy either an entire box of 60 or a full set of 16 minifigs. The former can be pre-ordered a couple of months before the series gets released while the latter takes a while 

[Balrogofmorgoth]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

What's the point of buildable toys if we get huge moulds? Where's the point and fun in there? Smaller animals should be molded, but creatures like dragons definitely shouldn't (don't even try to say "bUt JuRaSsIc WoRlD") be moulded. Just look at Ninjago - dragons there are amazing, and it doesn't have to stand at $200 price point.

The main problem are the ball joints - after all those years Lego still doesn't want to make those in other colours than grey. That's why most creatures look weird, those parts stand out too much. People say that Hungarian Horntail was a fail - it was, but not because of it being brickbuilt. It was a fault beacuse of the design and how poorly it was built. I bet a lot of designers could do it justice.

Ninjago dragons look terrible. I completely disagree with your reasoning here

[lego_guyon02]

Just now, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Ninjago dragons look terrible

Depends on what dragon you're looking at. Some dragons like the Empire Dragon and aren't that good but other dragons are really great, imo Firstbourne is one of the best dragons LEGO has ever made

[Darth Shadowthrone]

52 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Ninjago dragons look terrible. I completely disagree with your reasoning here

I'm going to have to disagree with you there, the latest golden dragon from the Legacy Ninjago subtheme was amazing both for how poseable it was and how good it looked, especially with how the wings can be angled. As someone who has both the 2005 and 2019 Horntails I also prefer the new one (even tho it's not perfect) because it's far more playable than the more static one. Although Lego Smaug was perfect if they made the Ukrainian Ironbelly at the same scale and detail it would add an extra £50 on top of the build of on any set. 

Also I really don't think that the dragon will be in the Diagon Alley set either, especially as the set will probably be much more focused on design than playability. As the last Gringotts was just a foyer with a vault I think we'll see something similar here. 

Also my ideal Diagon Alley set would have the Leaky Cauldron with both a front facade facing the Muggle World and the back brick-door area leading out onto a line of shops up to Gringotts, with Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and Borgin and Burkes creating a corner on the opposite side to the shops unconnected from them. With that many buildings I think it could easily be £400, especially if some are quite shallow builds similar to the Sanctum Sanctorum, where each half of the building was only about a £50 build. Apart from maybe Gringotts and Weasley's Wizard Wheezes I doubt any of the individual structures will be modular-sized. 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

1 hour ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Ninjago dragons look terrible. I completely disagree with your reasoning here

Just tell me these look bad. They are fantastic builds, and they are much more poseable than moulded dragons are. Of course they don't look as good as for example Smaug, but what's the point of a building toy if instead of those amazing buildable dragons you get a moulded one? Check out every one of them.

https://brickset.com/sets/71713-1/Empire-Dragon 

https://brickset.com/sets/70679-1/The-Ultra-Dragon

https://brickset.com/sets/70653-1/Firstbourne

https://brickset.com/sets/70652-1/Stormbringer

https://brickset.com/sets/70612-1/Green-Ninja-Mech-Dragon

Edited March 30, 2020 by THELEGOBATMAN

[lego_guyon02]

Just now, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Just tell me these look bad. They are fantastic builds, and they are much more poseable than moulded dragons are. Of course they don't look as good as for example Smaug, but what's the point of a building toy if instead of those amazing buildable dragons you get a moulded one? Check out every one of them.

https://brickset.com/sets/71713-1/Empire-Dragon 

https://brickset.com/sets/70679-1/The-Ultra-Dragon

https://brickset.com/sets/70653-1/Firstbourne

https://brickset.com/sets/70652-1/Stormbringer

https://brickset.com/sets/70612-1/Green-Ninja-Mech-Dragon

Empire Dragon isn't that good tbh, definetely one of the worst Ninjago dragons

[RODDY]

7 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Just tell me these look bad. They are fantastic builds, and they are much more poseable than moulded dragons are. Of course they don't look as good as for example Smaug, but what's the point of a building toy if instead of those amazing buildable dragons you get a moulded one? Check out every one of them.

https://brickset.com/sets/71713-1/Empire-Dragon 

https://brickset.com/sets/70679-1/The-Ultra-Dragon

https://brickset.com/sets/70653-1/Firstbourne

https://brickset.com/sets/70652-1/Stormbringer

https://brickset.com/sets/70612-1/Green-Ninja-Mech-Dragon

Yeah but this isn’t even fair, the Hungarian Horntail came in a thirty dollar set where these ones are double if not triple the price of the First Task Set which was $30 with 4 minifigs with a bunch of new prints and a tent. For what it is the Hungarian Horntail is fine. Any bigger and it won’t scale well with the system scale Hogwarts. A $90 Horntail would be very odd against the Great Hall.
 

On a different topic, when were the Aug 1st sets revealed last year? I’m planning on either buying the entire wave and the minifig series or Diagon Alley on Day 1, then buy the rest on Christmas.

[TeriXeri]

15 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

Empire Dragon isn't that good tbh, definetely one of the worst Ninjago dragons

Agreed it's much worse then this one that wasn't listed yet : 

https://brickset.com/sets/70593-1/The-Green-NRG-Dragon

[Legoniche]

WW3 starts here 

[TurboTj-DK]

Just now, Legoniche said:

WW3 starts here 

Grab the popcorn and sit back!

[lego_guyon02]

Just now, Legoniche said:

WW3 starts here 

WW1: Allied vs Central

WW2: Allied vs Axis

WW3: Molded vs Brickbuilt

[Legoniche]

Just now, Guyon2002 said:

WW1: Allied vs Central

WW2: Allied vs Axis

WW3: Molded vs Brickbuilt

Love it haha ??

 

Just now, TurboTj-DK said:

Grab the popcorn and sit back!

And now for the bit everyone loves! Ooooo yeah, the trailers, I love the trailers... all specially chosen for this film actually! (If you’ve been to an Odeon, you’ll get it ?)

[Balrogofmorgoth]

1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Just tell me these look bad. They are fantastic builds, and they are much more poseable than moulded dragons are. Of course they don't look as good as for example Smaug, but what's the point of a building toy if instead of those amazing buildable dragons you get a moulded one? Check out every one of them.

https://brickset.com/sets/71713-1/Empire-Dragon 

https://brickset.com/sets/70679-1/The-Ultra-Dragon

https://brickset.com/sets/70653-1/Firstbourne

https://brickset.com/sets/70652-1/Stormbringer

https://brickset.com/sets/70612-1/Green-Ninja-Mech-Dragon

It’s not that they look bad in and of themselves but they all look robotic which makes an organic dragon build look terrible. For organic dragons, molds are infinitely better looking and I personally don’t feel like it takes anything away from the building experience if there are other builds in the set

Edited March 30, 2020 by Balrogofmorgoth

[BrickBob Studpants]

New hint: "He's back"  Fudge?

[RAMcGonagall]

Just now, Lego-Freak said:

New hint: "He's back"  Fudge?

We got a Fudge minifigure last year, maybe now he's coming in the Atrium?

[Huigberts Builds]

Just now, Lego-Freak said:

New hint: "He's back"  Fudge?

He said in the past that some hints are for locations. So ministry of magic?

[lego_guyon02]

MoM wouldn't make sense though, the setnumber for the ''smaller set'' has already been taken up by the D2C

[DNSNVN01]

Just now, Lego-Freak said:

New hint: "He's back"  Fudge?

Fudge in a cmf would be a wasted slot I find so the MoM makes more sense. But if there are no more extra sets he could be in diagon alley like the leaky cauldron scene in PoA

[Legoniche]

Well it could hint at fudge or Voldemort, or the ministry of magic- and if it is the ministry of magic, both of those figs are a high possibility, making all three suggestions of the hint a likely outcome 

[lego_guyon02]

Just now, DNSNVN01 said:

Fudge in a cmf would be a wasted slot I find so the MoM makes more sense. But if there are no more extra sets he could be in diagon alley like the leaky cauldron scene in PoA

Diagon Alley would make sense

[Huigberts Builds]

1 minute ago, Guyon2002 said:

MoM wouldn't make sense though, the setnumber for the ''smaller set'' has already been taken up by the D2C

Some yet unknown set maybe? Like a retail exclusive.

[TurboTj-DK]

Setnumber/Price(USD)
75966                  = 20
75967                  = 30
75968                  = 70
75969                  = 100
75969                  =  40
Advent calendar  =  30
Tom Riddle Book =  20
CMF                    =  80
borrow                 = 100
diagon alley         = 400
Total                     = 890USD? (Is only 806Euro. My math might be potato)
Rumor is that we will need around 960(EURO) to buy the whole wave. 
So My point is that we might be missing the MoM Battle with fudge. 
There is a price gab if the rumor is true.  ( This is a really far fetch I know xD )