Wizarding World 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

[Accio Lego]

8 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Is it possible to use minidoll hats for minifigs? If so there is a potential new witch hat in the set I think

Minidoll and minifigure heads are absolutely designed to be the same diameter on top, allowing the two systems to interchange wigs most of the time. For example Lavender and Karkaroff both use minidoll hair that can clearly be identified by the accessory holes they have. Female minifigure hair doesn’t get put on dolls as often because long hairpieces tended to be sculpted to fit around the blockier minifig torso, but both male characters in the set you posted use pieces that originated on minifigures, and the Nessarose minidoll in one of the other Wicked sets seems to use the same hair mold as Rosmerta. 
 

Personally, I’ve been thinking ‘Ooo… I want that for a Diagon Alley shopper’ since the first trailer dropped (since we already knew Wicked would be getting sets by then). The question is how easy will it be to get ahold of a part which will almost certainly be IP locked. 

[Jaromir]

I think we are very close to official reveal. I am happy with the new D2C Burrow, I like the way it is designed and packed with details, also enjoying the fact it will be basically half price comparing to others D2C, like Gringgots which I didn't like, due to the dungeons part.

[mark1991t]

The new Advent Calender is advertised to be compatible with the most recent Great Hall set. Ashnflash has an review up, where he has put everything together in the Great Hall. Doesn't seems to fit that great to me, but maybe other possibilities can do the trick. 

 

[krimimimi]

He's right about the prints and the overall quality of the HP ACs compared to others, and that doesn't just go for lego. I've had advent calendars ever since I was a kid, and they're a key part of the season. Somewhere along the line, as an adult, it gets pared back to chocolates, if you're lucky, or maybe tea, or just pictures behind the doors. Lego has really re-introduced the fun to ACs, the HP and City ones especially, and even the City ones have started to have too many boring nano builds.  What am I supposed to do with all the miniature RC airplanes, cars, boats and trains?

By contrast, I loved last year's expansion to Hogsmeade, the artwork was a joy, and the ability to play with just the box and its contents is so nice. It's considerate design. I hope they do one for Diagon Alley at some point, and I'm going to enjoy this Great Hall expansion pack, too. 

[Huigberts Builds]

6 hours ago, krimimimi said:

He's right about the prints and the overall quality of the HP ACs compared to others, and that doesn't just go for lego. I've had advent calendars ever since I was a kid, and they're a key part of the season. Somewhere along the line, as an adult, it gets pared back to chocolates, if you're lucky, or maybe tea, or just pictures behind the doors. Lego has really re-introduced the fun to ACs, the HP and City ones especially, and even the City ones have started to have too many boring nano builds.  What am I supposed to do with all the miniature RC airplanes, cars, boats and trains?

By contrast, I loved last year's expansion to Hogsmeade, the artwork was a joy, and the ability to play with just the box and its contents is so nice. It's considerate design. I hope they do one for Diagon Alley at some point, and I'm going to enjoy this Great Hall expansion pack, too. 

I also have the feeling Harry Potter advent calendars get a way higher budget than regular ones. 10 unique printed pieces opposite to just around 3 in the Marvel one. Maybe they're treating them like normal sets? As Harry Potter already has a natural connection to christmas.

[Black Falcon]

Might just depend on how much of their budget they are willing to spend on the Advent Calendar, compared to the Sets.

[Bugbot20082]

The new singer ghost in the AC on its own is amazing, 3 new prints and a recolour of an uncommon part is exceptional! And it’s not even a named character! , I wish we could get Lockhart, Slughorn and other teacher variants this way with this much detail, it makes up somewhat for no CMF#3. 

[Roebuck]

8 hours ago, Huigberts Builds said:

10 unique printed pieces opposite to just around 3 in the Marvel one

The Marvel sets have a crazy high price now, so I assume they demand really high licensed fees compared to HP. So they could probably only include 3 to keep it at the same price

[Huigberts Builds]

3 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

The Marvel sets have a crazy high price now, so I assume they demand really high licensed fees compared to HP. So they could probably only include 3 to keep it at the same price

I guess so, although star wars also only has about 2 or so every year since the very start of those things, so I think, if anything, Harry Potter is the outlier. Ofcourse that might indeed come down to licensed fees, although part of me also thinks it's because Harry Potter was gonna get christmas themed sets regardless of whether the advent calendars were a thing or not, since the regular sets go over pretty much any scene, so they might as well turn them into advent calendars instead and share some of that budget. Idk

[Gorilla94]

"compatible with the great hall" - I think the set is meant not the great hall in the set. The duelling Club will replace the poorly executed tables. I don't thi k there will be 2 sets At the same time 100% meant to replace it. You can fill for example the risiculously empty Hufflepuff common room with some of the stuff. So people, who buy all sets, won't throw a whole set into the part box.

Edited August 9 by Gorilla94

[SoupOrFishOil]

On 8/8/2024 at 3:34 AM, Accio Lego said:

Minidoll and minifigure heads are absolutely designed to be the same diameter on top, allowing the two systems to interchange wigs most of the time. For example Lavender and Karkaroff both use minidoll hair that can clearly be identified by the accessory holes they have. Female minifigure hair doesn’t get put on dolls as often because long hairpieces tended to be sculpted to fit around the blockier minifig torso, but both male characters in the set you posted use pieces that originated on minifigures, and the Nessarose minidoll in one of the other Wicked sets seems to use the same hair mold as Rosmerta. 

Sorry to be that guy, but mini-dolls use minifigure hair way more often than minifigures use doll hair. That's been common practice since the beginning of the Friends theme (most men and boys had reused minifig hair) and it just became common over time. Minifigures using doll hair only started to become common in 2023 when Friends did away with rubber hairpieces.

But yes, they are completely interchangeable. And the last few years Lego has made an effort to bring their designs more aligned with each other. Now the only major difference most of the time is that mini-doll hair has pinholes on the top.

The mini-doll space helmets, however, do not fit minifigures.

Edited August 9 by SoupOrFishOil

[mirkwoodspiders]

Have to think the Burrow will be officially revealed this coming Monday or Tuesday. That's right about two weeks before release/Back to Hogwarts. I hope when they do finally reveal it, we'll get to see the rumored Borgin and Burke's GWP as well. 

[Gbt3783]

GWP is being advertised on eBay! Lucius is the figure…looks decent

[mark1991t]

44 minutes ago, Gbt3783 said:

GWP is being advertised on eBay! Lucius is the figure…looks decent

It is now on Reddit/legoharrypotter too. Function with the Floopowder is the same as in the upcoming Burrow. Lucius looks a repeat to me, without his printed legs from 2020 DA.

Edited August 9 by mark1991t

[BacktoBricks]

A disappointing GWP for me; @mark1991t is right I believe and Lucius is a repeat, but actually a downgrade as there is no printing on his legs and the build isn't anything exciting to me. However, I'm actually glad as I didn't want to feel forced into getting The Burrow on release just for the GWP.

[mark1991t]

I actually like the build, but as we only see an interior and don't think an exterior is present, I don't see how this should connect to the newer-style DA sets, as this set has those connection-points on its side.

[Huigberts Builds]

The gwp looks oké imo. Nothing too special, which is fine. Although I wish they just gave us Borgin and Burkes as an actual set for once instead of drip feeding us bits and pieces every few years. I do think it's interesting how it has about the same shape and size as the 2012 one, just without an exterior.

[Black Falcon]

48 minutes ago, BacktoBricks said:

A disappointing GWP for me; @mark1991t is right I believe and Lucius is a repeat, but actually a downgrade as there is no printing on his legs and the build isn't anything exciting to me. However, I'm actually glad as I didn't want to feel forced into getting The Burrow on release just for the GWP.

So far there is no reason to think the GWP will be sold exclusively to the Burrow, and I would bet it will be on all Harry Potter Sets just like it was last year.

What I do like about the GWP is that we get Lucius instead of yet another Harry Minifigure. Would have expected a second Minifigure though. Overall I would say it is a good GWP with a nice play feature but last years GWP was much better.

[karrit]

It's not bad but I'd really like the full shop at some point.  Maybe I'll just buy enough to make the GWP threshold and wait on purchasing the Burrow until the inevitable Black Friday & Holiday deals.  or maybe even Costco will actually get the Burrow set in at a discount.

 

[BacktoBricks]

@Black Falcon Forgive me, what I should have said was The Burrow or any other Harry Potter sets to hit the threshold as I already have the sets I want from the latest releases, such as the Durmstrang Ship, and have no desire to buy those I don't, say the Great Hall, especially at full price. 

Edited August 9 by BacktoBricks

[Black Falcon]

3 minutes ago, BacktoBricks said:

@Black Falcon Forgive me, what I should have said was The Burrow or any other Harry Potter sets to hit the threshold as I already have the sets I want from the latest releases, such as the Durmstrang Ship, and have no desire to buy those I don't, say the Great Hall, especially at full price. 

I wonder how many people were holding off to buy the Durmstrang ship to buy it together with the GWP, since I would guess it will be enough for the GWP - as a Semi-Exclusive Set it would make sense to choose that one, though if many are going to buy the Burrow anyways, I guess it doesn´t matter in the end. Eitherways I would guess that those two will be the top Sets to go alongside the GWP - as you said Sets like the Great Hall don´t really make much sense as they are much cheaper elsewhere - and I doubt we will see that one discounted already this year.

[BrickBob Studpants]

It’s quite a nifty GWP, but why are they still using that Bruce Wayne faceprint?  Fingers crossed Lucius gets a new one in January! 

[Accio Lego]

The build for the gwp is exactly what I was expecting. Floo fireplace and chimney with a nice shelf of merchandise next to it. Lucius might be a bit of a downgrade from his previous appearance, but given that 1) it’s not another Harry, 2) we’re almost certainly getting a new Lucius in January, and 3) it means we get the mysterious box of dark artifacts he’s selling to Borgin, I’m personally not inclined to complain. 
 

Personally, I like it for what it is. And for anyone moaning about how they just want a proper B&B set - I honestly think this could make it more likely. The 2011 version from that year’s Diagon Alley set had a nice exterior, but the interior had the floo fireplace, vanishing cabinet, and almost nothing else due to space and (presumably) budget constraints. The shelf in this gwp already has more merchandise that the 2011 version of the store did, and I’m hoping that with the fireplace and CoS character variants already accounted for it will streamline a potential B&B set into a proper shop with the vanishing cabinet and Death Eater group from HBP. That sounds like a much more manageable budget and coherent story than trying to mix the CoS and HBP versions into the same set. 

[Alex6]

Would have much preferred a Harry variant in the cloak/green jumper he wears in that scene with a dirty face print to an inferior version of the old Lucius.

[Accio Lego]

16 minutes ago, Alex6 said:

Would have much preferred a Harry variant in the cloak/green jumper he wears in that scene with a dirty face print to an inferior version of the old Lucius.

They probably wanted that torso to remain exclusive to the Diagon Alley D2C. The head looks to be on the Burrow version of Harry.