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That advent calendar has made my list! So much love goes in to designing these sets, it's so great to see the developers are really happy with the end product. I've already bought the five sets that just released, looks like I have to scrape together some funds for more lol

Already available at some Kmart stores in Victoria, Australia. If you want some of them cheaper and don’t mind waiting a few days, I’ve found MightyApe to be excellent when I’ve shopped with them in the past.

These are all incredible, I am beyond overjoyed with the lot. Another wave of Day 1 buys.

Dumbledore looks fabulous, he’ll be the belle of the ball ?

And then maybe the year thereafter, for Half Blood Prince or Deathly Hallows Part 2 they could do the Astronomy Tower

Whether is turns out to be accurate or not, that MOC is awesome! I was hoping the new clock tower would turn out to look close to the 2004 one. Was probably my favourite set from back in the day, got it for Christmas and it's still at the parent's house safely stored away. Since we only saw the four champions leak, is it likely they are the only four figs included in the First Task set? Figs change between demo models and release, and I'm guessing whoever the leaker is grabbed all of the ones from that set. Just my two cents.

Agreed, Cedric and Fleur’s heads are far superior to the 2005 versions.

I love that idea and hope it happens! A good spot to put Dumbledore on my display - right at the base of the tower!

Buckbeak and the Stag look excellent! Hoping the set pics come soon!

Picture of Yule Ball Krum’s torso is up, looks great!

I think the stud shooter will be supposed to be used to represent Rey grabbing the lightsaber from the snow. Either that or it’s for kids to play Rey or Ren solving the fight the “Indiana Jones” way ?

Cheers! I liked that they’ve put the figs with the wrong builds lol But that looks like a great little kit!

Really like that Hoth set, thinking if the Shield Generator set looks good too I’ll grab both, pull off the targets, and just have a midi scale Battle of Hoth display.

I'm curious, has anybody done Lego Steamed Hams? I'd love to see that.

This is great! I'm hoping this scene is recreated in the upcoming sets this year.

Maybe controversial, but I’d rather they stuck with the brick built style for creatures.

I do very much hope future Hogwarts sets will connect to each other, even if they don’t advertise the feature as a link to retired sets

Trouble is, 200 VIP Points really does nothing if I can’t get an order delivered. I appreciate the offer, but really, it doesn’t solve my problem, and just adds to the points I cannot use.

Bit of a whinge here about my recent interaction with Lego Customer Service. On the 22nd of September I placed an order for the Star Wars Range Trooper set through the Lego Shop at Home Website. This set has not been made available for Australians through any other retail stores, and is only available through Lego directly, or through other online dealers. Immediately my order was placed on hold, because the address I provided was for a Parcel Locker. A Parcel Locker is a service run by the Post Office over here, which is a box that can only be opened by a single use code that is emailed to the receiver when a Parcel arrives. For context, with my current living situation, I have to use this Parcel Locker service when receiving anything other than letter post. I currently live in university owned housing, and as such, my street address is actually about fifty odd houses. There is a letter service that runs, however this is handled internally through the University, and their reputation is spotty at best. It once took them a month to get a letter to me (an important one at that) after it was delivered to the office. Parcels are often refused and wind up lost. On the off chance a Parcel did find its way to me, it would be left unsecured in the letter area, which is less than ideal.The Parcel Locker is the best, most secure option for me to use. I emailed customer service to explain this and was told they would look in to it. I did not hear back for five days, whereupon I emailed them again asking what the status was with my order. They replied later that day stating that they have a policy of not posting to P.O. Boxes and asked for a different address. I responded by explaining again that the Parcel Locker was from my experience fully suitable for receiving any parcels, and much safer than any alternative. I requested this issue be passed up to a manager and said I was not happy being kept waiting for five days (so far). Customer service got back to me again, reiterating that they do not deliver to P.O. boxes, as they have had difficulties in the past with similar services. They passed along a list of Lego retailers in Australia that stock Lego and suggested I check with them for the set (already tried them all, nada) but promised to ask the dispatch team if they would make an exception in my case. I heard back earlier tonight and was told there would be no exceptions, and was given 200 VIP Points for the trouble, and asked if there was a friend or neighbor’s address I could provide. I responded by pointing out that the VIP Points were of no use to me, as I have only the one address, and that it was not logical to involve a third party to ensure the Parcel made it to me when there was already a secure way of getting it to me, as the next closest address I could have it delivered to safely is far out of my way. Lego’s final offer was to send the Parcel to my street address and see what happened. I refused, telling them I have lost Parcels before doing this, and it would only be a waste of time. They vaguely promised to review the policy and terminated the order. I have to say I am really disappointed with Lego here. They refused to move on a policy that makes no sense to enforce despite having no real clue what was best for my situation. I am frustrated with the initial poor communication time, and the frustrating circles they ran it. What bothers me to is the offer of VIP Points by the way of an apology. I appreciate the gesture, but as I stated, if I could not get a delivery, they really had no value to me. I’ve ended up paying a 30% markup and will be waiting four weeks instead of two by going through a seperate website, but at least my Range Trooper is on his way. I’ve deleted my Lego Shop Account and have no intention of using that service for at least the remainder of my least (another year minimum). Anyway, that’s my rant, what do you think? Fair call to stick by the policy, or should Lego shift a bit if the customer knows best? Got a similar experience? Now I guess I sit back and wait for my set to arrive. EDIT I should also mention that most usually, if the Post Office loses a Parcel, they will reimburse you. If the University loses a Parcel, you’re out of luck.

Thanks Nick, that's a heap of great insight. I'll clarify ( as I did with customer service) that the Parcel Locker system is run by the postal company, so it's not a forwarding company as much as an alternate delivery storage box, secure access for one person. Really disheartening to hear that this policy is based around stopping fraud. Kinda peeves me that Customer Service never bothered to explain the policy, as they promised they'd review the policy, which obviously seems like a falsehood now. I think regardless of that, the five day wait for a response was out of line. Also, as far as the university using the Parcel Locker system, I understand why they do. With 1000+ residents, plus hundreds of staff and postgrad students, it makes sense to use a system like that. Thanks for the great insight!

Presumably one series will be Lego Movie 2, one would be Series 19, last one will hopefully be Harry Potter 2, but obviously that’s nothing but speculation and guesswork.

Regardless of what comes next year, having now completed my collection, I have to say, 2018 Lego Harry Potter was excellent. Hopefully the sets have sold well enough to show Lego that the line is worth continuing on in to future years.

CMFs to the best of my knowledge have been made in China from a different company (outsourced by Lego), to my understanding the sets are made by Lego in house. Might have something to do with licensing, I remember hearing that the collectable Star Wars figs from the early 2000s copped Lego a lawsuit as they were classed as action figures, not construction toys, but that’s just my guess.

An idle thought I had today regarding the choice of characters for he Bricktober pack and how Lego settled on those figures. Madame Hooch - Referee in Quiddich games, corresponds to the Quiddich Match set Horace Slughorn - Major plot in the story is his Slug Club, which in the books, has their first meeting on the Hogwarts Express, which corresponds to that set Dolores Umbridge - Introduces herself to the school by interrupting Dumbledore's speech in the Great Hall, another set Boggart Snape - A bit of a stretch, but considering the Whomping Willow features Snape's Office, Classroom, and the Whomping Willow (where he had significant history), the case could be made the Whomping Willow set is fairly Snape-centric. Just thoughts, almost certainly nothing.

PETA also protested Games Workshop, because their Space Wolves models are shown wearing the belts of giant alien wolves. But that’s neither here nor there. Has anybody in Australia managed to find the Hogwarts Express in stores? Best I can tell only Lego Shop At Home has them, wondering if anybody knew more.