Slytherin Alumni

While we normally don't see official pictures until sometime in April, we normally have descriptions by now. The Quidditch trunk and Expecto Patronum are the 2 sets I'm most interested to read a description. In my opinion they could go either way. The Quidditch trunk could either be similar to the trunk last year including Quidditch players, Madam Hooch, Lee Jordan, a miniature field, equipment, trophies, etc. OR it could be a buildable trunk (not my preference). Expecto Patronum could be a buildable Stag or other patronus (not my preference) OR a number of scenes (as we've previously discussed) from the films, but essentially a playset. We could also learn the names of the 2 unknown sets. Hopefully we will get some type of update soon! I still haven't found the Quidditch polybag, however the Doctor Strange polybag which released Feb 1 is on Targets website to purchase now. By that timeline, the Quidditch polybag should be available to purchase by mid April :)

April 1st…maybe it was an April Fools joke 🫠

I’ve looked for the Quidditch polybag at Target and WM so far with no luck. If I remember correctly, I didn’t find any until late summer last year. It’s on Targets website but says Sold Out. Hopefully it will be available sooner this year. I wish LEGO would sell the polybags on their website! Has anyone had any luck so far?

It really depends on your situation... The GWP price thresholds seem higher this year, and it’s usually limited to the HP theme. If you’re caught up on the all sets you want from HP and don’t buy every set, then you should wait. If you still have sets from previous years to buy or plan on purchasing every summer set, you should be fine buying the March sets now.

I’d say the polybag is a huge W! Finally a realistic way to build a Ravenclaw team :) Maybe the micro build hints to one of the unnamed sets? A full Quidditch pitch would be amazing! My guesses for the final two sets: 76422: Full Quidditch Pitch 76432: Durmstrang Ship

There are so many great sets coming this year! I was going to get the RoR, but I may just get the Grey Lady and Fiendfyre on BL. I’m sure the Harry and Hermione minifigs will reappear in the BoH and Draco and Zabini are included in the banner. I’m not a huge fan of the banners as a whole but I will be getting my house and hanging it up. The Slytherin Banner conveniently happens to be my favorite out of the 4. The basilisk eye, Tom Riddle was here and the black lake in the lenticular background are all nice touches. We should hear more information on the HP summer sets soon as other themes have started to get summer descriptions lately. And we should finally get an image of the polybag that releases Wednesday next.

So excited for the Statue of Liberty NWH set! A little relieved it’s $100 instead of $200.

Any idea when we might see images of the polybag? It releases in less than 3 weeks and we haven’t heard much.

Also the scene where the Dark Lord arrives after they escape and kills several. Many people die in the Battle of Hogwarts and we are getting that this summer. Surely they wouldn’t leave out everyone that dies; that would mean no Voldemort. He and Harry are 2 minifigures I would expect to see in that set.

I was really hoping for a Christmas at Grimmauld Place AC this year, but at least it's Winter themed! Aberforth in the AC may give us hope for a Hog's Head next year Quidditch truck: do we know for sure if it is a brick built trunk to display or a playset (like last years trunk) with minifigures, builds, accessories, etc.?

Microscale…well, that sucks! I’m not a fan of microscale builds; I would rather have the Knight Bus or Burrow. I don’t see Microscale anything selling well in the HP theme. The AC was marked down from $45 to $25 before Xmas and they still couldn’t sell them. At least it won’t be an added expense :)

If the theme goes on long enough, I imagine they will do a D2C version of many sets. They did the HE, Gringotts is coming, possible Burrow and Knight Bus in the future. A full Quidditch pitch and minifigure scale Great Hall at some point would also make sense. If you could have a larger version of 1 set what would you choose? I only buy sets I really like. The only con is missing out on some minifigures occasionally, but a variation usually comes out in a later set.

Whether real or not, it sounds like a cool set! The Statue of Liberty would be a great display piece for non fans as well. Yes on bs. Absolutely agree on Sandman and Lizard…Sandman was one of my favorite villains.

The leaked potential D2C Burrow set is said to have 2388 pieces. With just a 28 piece difference, pieces could have been added or subtracted depending on which came first. 76419 could easily be the Burrow and I really hope it is :) I also hope 76422 or 76423 is a full Quidditch set. We haven't had one on market for some time and with the trunk and polybag coming, it would make sense. Hopefully we will get the rest of the summer set titles and some descriptions soon.

So, we have a potential D2C image for next year, but not an image for the polybag coming next month I wonder if TLG will make a public statement concerning the leak. It may well be the biggest leak in LEGO history.