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I was expecting a bigger build for the Gamer Market but I can't complain with the amount of minifigures included. You just can't argue with that.

It make sense if that's the piece in black. I personally haven't seen that wide visor and headgear go together.

Hey guys, why is no one talking about how great The Mandalorian is? No spoilers though.

The Ice Planet trans-orange looks dope for those visors. I can't get a better view on how that visor is attached on the head though. Is it like a small headgear with majority covered by the visor?

These new BAM exclusives are really making me return back to the store quiet often just to look out for new pieces. Good job TLG... But it's bad for my wallet. Haha.

Great work as always @WhiteFang -- surprised that we didn't get this review earlier like the rest of your CMF reviews. Well, no need to answer that (wink wink) Looking forward to get my complete set tomorrow. I really like the Fox Costumed Girl and the Dog Sitter.

I thought about that too... but let's see :)

Interesting that the temp names include "low" ... hope it means that they are low priced sets.

What's weird is seeing these minifigures outside the packaging. Like you mentioned, these minifigures cost ridiculous amount of money and none of them should be worth that much, but they are. Lucky that our friend loaned you these. As for the review itself -- you did a great job on comparing them with the regular minifigures. Frankly, I want to see LEGO release a variant of these SDCC widely to the public so that it won't alienate the rest of the people who actually want these minifigures.

I did a lot of research for the toy lines for season 3 and @Digger of Bricks is correct about the Funko Pop S3 toy line (I mentioned it in my review lol) It's true. There is until now. It was supposed to be a pre-order and I thought it was part of a bigger cosplay stuff going on... but I won't spoil anything here. The purple wizard scene is not even shown long enough. I felt it's really a throw-away reference but at least they have put a reference to Season 3. LEGO has broken those tropes lately and they don't seem to mind having exceptions. I think they have finally figured out a way to use the age recommendation (16+) to target the right audience without questioning "age-appropriate" materials

I binged this season yesterday but I have never re-watched it so I don't know if I like it better than the other seasons. Personally, I like the ending of this season particularly the last scene outside Byers' house.

I'll get this tag: Thanks!

I will likely get the Wrecking Ball set because of the adorable Hammond and those sand green parts. Really neat little set.

Well played TLG. Now I want that Rescue minifigure.

I don't need the prize. If that makes it easier for you. I am just after the tag.

Congratulations to all the winners! Really awesome to see the talents brewing here in forums. Cheers!

Glad to be abel to help you :) This is my favourite set from the new Harry Potter theme so far. That's why I bought it. Oh, is it? I think it's new for this wave. I am also not aware it's not yet available in US. If it wasn't transparent, the set would have not been called "Patronus" haha. Just wait for LEGO to repurpose this mould for something else. They will be crazy not to! Thanks. Build is not fantastic, but the parts and technique used are excellent. So-so. Surely, the minifigures are the centre of my attention as well as the stag when I bought it. Cheers! Thanks WhiteFang! Always welcome. As mentioned about, I wasn't aware this is not yet available in the US. July 1 is just around the corner! Coming soon.

Yes, that was introduced with the Harry Potter CMF series Yeah. I think the priority of the sets are bit messed up. How can you blame the designers? There are so many great sets to be referenced in the movies. Not that I am biased to the new Dementors. I can see the advantage of the old vs new ones. What I really like about the old ones are just the cape. Everything else, I like about the new ones more. I guess we can mix and match to get the best Dementors we prefer. I am also looking forward to more Patronus. Luna's bunny is easy as we already have a bunny mould. Ginny is also easy as there is a standard horse mould, too.

your radar is so quick to pick these up... I am likely getting 70847 because of the 2 babies in that set.

They chose the the waitress Rachel.... errrr... It's Joey's outfit in Season 4 episode 13 when Joey first uttered the pick-up line "Hey, how you doin'?"

Indeed, it is! Doing a marathon of old movies is a great pastime. Agree. Of course I didn't say it's unique to the Dementors because it happens to a lot of sets. That why I weigh the value the of set is not just by pure price alone. Some people are willing to pay X amount of money for the minifigures. So, a higher price in secondary market could mean it is either highly in demand (very desirable to collect) or the supply is limited that scalpers take advantage of the situation. Either way, this set is more valuable than any of the Bricklink options at the time of my review. Hopefully the stag gets an opaque colour next time. It's very likely it will be re-used for seasonal sets.

Wow. That's a very long time. Glad this review help your decision. Go get it and enjoy the set.

Yes, I like the stag too but the main reason I bought these are the 2 Dementors. No problem with the same review sets. It happens a lot so it's no big deal. I agree with you.

Oh dear! I can't believe I am reviewing a set with a new creature mould again. Quick disclaimer: this is my very first Harry Potter set, excluding the CMF series. Therefore, I can't make a direct comparison with the older minifigures as I don't have any. Now that it's out of the way, think of your happiest memory. With all your might, focus on a single, very happy memory. Ready? This is my 24th Eurobricks RA review, set number 75945 - Expectoooo... Patronum!!! Overview Name: 75945 Expecto Patronum Theme: LEGO System / Harry Potter Year: 2019 (2H) Pieces: 80 Minifigures: 4 Price: USD 19.99 / EUR 19.99 / GBP 19.99 Introduction This set is based on a very iconic scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when Harry saved his future self and godfather from Dementors using a defensive charm called Expecto Patronum. The back-end time travel that took place towards the end of the movie is one of my favourite sequence in the entire HP series, save the final battle of Harry and Voldemort. I rewatched the movie late last year and it only cemented my opinion that Prisoner of Azkaban is one of the best directed movie in the franchise. Enough about the movie. Let's talk about the LEGO set. Front panel The front panel shows the roster of minifigures at the left corner. Something that sticks out immediately is the abundant glow effect especially on the stag. Back Panel At the back, the usual action features are illustrated. There is nothing much happening there except the radar dish being shot at the Dementor. More about the play features later. Content of the box These are the immediate contents from unboxing. There is 1 small instruction booklet, 3 plastic bags containing bricks, 1 plastic bag containing the stag and 1 paper box with the capes. And here are all the parts unpacked. I am happy to report there is no stickers! Minifigures Just like what I did with my previous review, I will focus on the minifigures (and creature) first because this is the most important aspect of the set, at least for me. The stag is included in the line up for scale comparison purpose only. Front view with hairpiece/headgear and armours Everything is new to me in LEGO Harry Potter theme so I have no preconceived notion what has changed or what has improved. All the direct comparison that I can make is between this set and the HP movies. However, looking at the pictures of previous Sirius Black, all I can say is that it is a huge improvement over the old one. The re-coloured Luke Skywalker hair looks good in dark brown and it fits the gritty character design very well. Harry Potter sports a new torso and he uses the dark tan medium legs that is first paired on Justin minifigure in set 75810 The Upside Down (Stranger Things). Harry Potter in this set is a decent minifigure. I can't complain about this protagonist. Moving on, there are 2 Dementors included in this set. It is exactly the same one in set # 75955 Hogwarts Express that was released last year. Interesting enough, if you look at the average selling price of these blind dark hooded creatures in Bricklink, 2-3 of these is already worth this new Expecto Patronus set. Crazy, right? How could 2 of these minifigures be worth the entire set? One could hope that as more set 75945 is parted out that the average price of these minifigures would go down. But that's not my point. My point is, if you have been wanting to get the new Dementors, this set will give you so much more value than buying the minifigures in the secondary market. Think about that again. Back view with hairpiece/headgear and armours The back printing for the human characters are very minimal but this is not problem for me. The Dementors use the tried and tested cape with tattered edges. For someone who didn't own the older Dementor minifigures, I think they are just fine. Do I like a better cape like previous Dementors? Yes, but I will not trade the marbled black ghost lower body part because they look terrific on these ghostly minifigures. Front view without hairpieces/headgears and cape Without the cloak and cape, we can see more details of the Dementor. One could say that the Dementor's face is nothing but a ... hole... A black face with a hole. A hole? They don't have eyes because they're blind. So that's just their mouth sucking all the happiness of their target. Whatever. That's the new Dementor minifigure for you. Back view without hairpieces/headgears and cape Sirius and Harry has dual face print. I always expect major characters to have dual face print so I am very glad that TLG didn't cheap out on these two. There is no alternate face for the Dementor because it will be covered by the cloak, always. It has no back printing also because the capes will cover the back anyway. Totally fine. Corporeal Patronus As the only defence against Dementors, Expecto Patronus has to be one of the most famous spell in Harry Potter. It has 2 forms: non-corporeal and corporeal. The set is all about Harry's Corporeal Patronus which takes form of a stag. In the books, Corporeal Patronus is supposed to be silvery in colour. In the movie and games adaptations, the Corporeal Patronus appears to be predominantly bluish so when I saw the first picture of the stag in glittery transparent light blue, I am not surprised at all. I think people remember what they see in the movie so I am not going to complain or argue that it should have been just transparent with glitters. I almost forget -- the stag's horns are made of softer material, likely done to prevent injuries. It does not have glitters unlike the rest of the stag's body. Comparing the stag with other 4-legged animals Next to the City feline mould and NINJAGO wolf, the stag is taller. There is no leg or hind legs articulation likely because it makes the production of these special moulds cheaper and easier. Unlike the recent animal moulds though, the deer/stag mould follows the same design approach of LEGO cows as it has a space for bricks and a plate in the middle of its body so that you can fit a saddle or a yoke for a cart. I can see this mould being re-used for Santa's reindeer but that's purely my speculation. Stag top view Build All parts laid down before building There are lots of good parts included in this set and the build is not shabby, too. Forbidden Forest Trees The trees are not identical but it is using the same trunk and base. They are not as big as I wanted but knowing this is a relatively cheap set, I cannot complain. I am even thankful that we get 2 trees instead of 1. At the back, all you see are anti-studs so it is not pleasant to look at. I think the intention of the designer is to always face the beautiful side of the trees to make the build simple and less bulky. If you put the trees back to back, it could make a good stubby medium-sized tree. It's possible -- but I don't want to go in details because you need to do some modifications. Sexy back... NOT! These side of the tree is not camera friendly... but it's okay for the price. Tree deconstructed The build of this tree is simple and efficient because it is using the relatively new part (#41682) Tile Special 2x2 with 1x2 Vertical Plate to erect the trees upright. Glad that this part exists now. It's definitely going to make more interesting stud not on top building techniques. Completed build The completed build is small but effective because the trees add a lot of depth to the scene. My only gripe is that the lake shore is very small, and the "Great Lake" isn't great at all. TLG is really banking on kid's imaginative play to make this work. "I'm so sorry Sirius, there's not enough space for us to re-enact the scene properly" Parts I like the all brown and green parts included. These parts can be easily used for other purposes and if you buy these set in bulk, you can keep all the parts to make a bigger forest. I hope smaller sets can be like this set -- the parts are really useful and the minifigures are very desirable. Not many sets fall in that category. Excluding minifigure parts, the new mould in this set is none other than the stag in transparent light blue with glitters. The other parts that were re-coloured in transparent light blue with glitters are: 1x2 brick and a dish 4 x 4 inverted (radar) with open stud. The tattered cape included in the set comes in just 1 small paper packaging with numbered "6270340" -- don't panic if you see only one of this paper packaging because there 2 capes inside. 2 capes in 1 packaging Extra parts For reference, here are the extra parts. Note that I didn't use the wand from this set because I have a spare dark brown wand lying around somewhere. Conclusion It's not hard to land a good score for this set because a lot of the pros outweighs the cons. See below: Pros: New stag creature mould is exclusive in this set New Sirius Black is also exclusive in this set Two Dementors are included - an excellent way to get more of these ghostly creature easily The parts used on trees are very useful for MOCs Cons: Very little studded area to put the characters on the lake shore which makes the plates almost useless. Beside, there are only 8 studs of "lake" included. The trees are only meant to face forward as all you see at the back are the anti-studs If you bought all the sets in this HP wave, you'll end up having 3 identical Harry Potter minifigs. Great if you like to make an army of Harry Potter.. So, to wrap things up -- Review summary Playability: 7/10 - the stud shooter seems to be forced just to add additional play feature. As advertised, there are endless magical possibilities with 4 minifigures included -- but it's mostly for role-playing the minifigures only. Design / Building Experience: 8/10 - The trees efficiently use the bracket part but the tiny space on the shore is so little that if the designers just get rid of the plates they could have reduced the cost or allocated more parts on the trees. Minifigures: 10/10 - Sirius Black is my favourite minifigure in this set but one cannot deny that the inclusion of 2 Dementors make this line up perfect. Price / Value for money: 10/10 - Excellent minifigures, exclusive creature and very useful parts included in the set give this set tremendous value Overall: 8.75/10 - A little set every Harry Potter fan should get. Excellent value, great parts and excellent minifigures all in one set. EXPECTO PATRONUS!

@Aanchir Thanks for adding your inputs into this review. Knowing more reasoning or argument could help others form a better opinion about these products.