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You should MOC one and show us!

1. Generic Rohan soldier that looks different from Uruk-Hai Army duo 2. Generic Goblin from the Hobbit 3. Generic Ghost (Army of the Dead)

I'm sorry if this has been posted. This is worthy of frontpage news!

Gandalf, Elrond & Galadriel are the 3 Elven Rings Bearer.

I am guessing this is the black gate scene. Am I right?

Multiple orgasm!!! I just shouted in my whole neighborhood. I love you Lego, and I promise to spend $10,000 on LotR and Hobbits! Damn damn damn, am I dreaming?!?

Let's keep hoping. Last year, I posted pics of 2011 Kingdoms sets on the Xmas week. We should see them in the new retailers' catalogue somewhere in this Dec. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I think the 6th minifig is a crew. It doesn't look like Barbosa or any of Davy's crew. Or issit the Admiral?

Oh I must say I love reading others' buy list. I call it a buy list because that's what I'm going to buy, not wish for. 3 Mills, 2 Carriage, 3 Prison, 3 Blacksmith.

Yeah I was right. It was priced exactly as BB in Singapore.

Yeah the new king looks nice. The farm house looks ok to me. It's the exterior and minifigs that I want it for.

I think the Forbidden Forest is under-priced (for a respectable tree and 4 minifigs) and Knight Bus is over-priced (for a small bus and 3 minifigs). Thanks for the photos!

Heyhey a fellow Singaporean! I bought many castle sets for my son.

I agree with Cutty. Variation is much needed and appreciated. Secondly, my family loves the molded animals - the pigs, the cows and the horses. Nobody seems to take notice of the brick-built chickens on my MMV. I agree that once we get the new molds, we'll learn to love them.

Oh I love the SW Advent Calendar, with an new exclusive Yoda somemore. Having zero SW sets, everything in the calendar will be new to me!

$10-20-30-60(or 70)

Kingdoms line is awesome. They have civilians. I think Heroica will stay as a board game. But I'll buy it! I love board games!

I love the goat, the printed pig, the printed horse, the new torsos, the mill, the farmhouse, the pitch forks, the pails, and everything in this new set. At least 3 copies for me!

The prices for QAR and Black Pearl were mentioned many posts earlier. The retailers' catalogue in Singapore revealed that the prices for QAR is going to be S$249.90 and Black Pearl S$189.90. So Derfel is right, Black Pearl is going to be about 1/3 smaller than QAR. TLG won't be releasing an IF every other year you know.

I like it. My minifigs would love to stay in it.

Hi all, This is my first review. Just came back from my dark ages in Nov last year. This is my first Harry Potter set, and I'm quite sure I'm the one of the first in Singapore to own and build it. Set: 10217 Name: Harry Potter Diagon Alley Pieces: 2025 Year of release: Jan 2011 Minifigures: 11 The total build time took 5 hours, as compared to MMV 8 hours, despite the fact that this set has more pieces. TLG had numbered the packets this time round, making hunting for pieces easier. It also has less 1x1 rounds, so the big pieces ratio are higher than MMV. This equates to better value for parts? Packets: One of my bag 2 burst in the box, making a mess. Luckily I have no pieces missing. Stickers & instruction booklets: Interestingly, the stickers this time round are made of transparent plastic, so they are more durable and re-stickable. The transparent background made it possible to stick them on any background. Building 1 - Ollivander's Wand shop Contents: Minifigs: The minifigs in Diagon Alley comes with their respective building. In Ollivander's, there are Hermione, Ron and Ollivander himself. All heads has 2 faces! We've already seen Hermione's and Ron's faces. Ollivander's horror face looks like him facing Voldemort in the HP7 scene. Building: This building has the smallest base plate of the 3. The wand shelf. The wand boxes are all stickers. Completed level one facade Building the inside Building 2 - Borgin & Burkes Contents: Minifigs: Borgin & Burkes comes with 4 minifigs - Lucius Malfoy, Fenrir Greyback, Fred and George Weasley. All 4 of them have 2 faces. As mentioned by others, Fred & George have the same heads. Building: The base of Borgin & Burkes. The left rotating base is used for the skeleton, where the right is used for the vanishing cabinet. Vanishing cabinet! Level one facade Something interesting here, the fence are attached to skeleton legs! Innovative! Top view Building 3 - Gringott's Bank This is the biggest building of the 3 and contains the most packets and parts. It is the only one that can swivel in and out, open and close. I took the most pictures of this building. Contents: I forgot to take a photo on the contents, but here's the bags. Minifigs: Finally Harry Potter appears. He and Hagrid is found with 2 goblins on the last building. Here, only Harry Potter has 2 faces. The goblins' heads should have printing on them, my son is afraid of their faces. Hagrid's body came as a whole part. Only his head and hair are removable. Building: The front base of Gringott's bank Level one facade without the profile pillars New unique piece: 2x2 round profile bricks Level one with pillars Adding the signboard for Gringott's Bank Building level two and more profile pillars The bank safe. It is definitely not as big as the one shown in HP1, where Harry took a ride into the basement. Gringott's front view - opened Gringott's front view - closed Gringott's side view - closed Gringott's back view - closed Gringott's back view - opened Gringott's Bank with minifigs Summary Presentation wise, this set is very colorful and beautiful. It has the same feel as MMV, as it portrays the daily life of the magical world. Right now, the two sets rank top on my display cabinets. Would be good if we have some generic wizards and witches manning the 'sales' outside the shops. But there are 11 minifigs here, so nothing to complain about. Playability wise, this set is not an action set, so I 'play' it by shuffling the buildings and minifigs around. Here is an alternate layout of the set: The challenge here is to merge this set with the rest of the Harry Potter sets. But unfortunately I dun have them. Design: This set is perfectly designed! Each building are uniquely different from one another. Ollivander's is bright and colorful; Borgin & Burkes is dark and eerie; Gringott's Bank is majestic and vintage. The designer is the same person as MMV and Pirates Soldiers Fort. I'll buy all sets designed by him! Value: This set has 2025 pieces and cost $150. Enough is said. The designer used many uncommon parts. Example: the 2x2 round profile bricks are new, the green 2x1 bricks on Ollivander's have grooves and the white 2x1 bricks on Gringott's have strips. My point is, they are not built with common bricks so commonly found on other sets. I think I will buy 2 more boxes. Build-experience: Although it took me 5+ hours to build, I spent 3 days doing it. I found myself wow-ing at the curve facade of Ollivander's and Borgin, the semi-circular roof top of Borgin, the crooked profile pillars of Gringotts, and turning the 3 buildings into an alley. Visitors to my house loves it! Overall: If you have budget for one big set, buy this. If you want to buy Hogwarts Castle, buy this instead. This looks so complete. It kinds of invite me to expand the alley. The difference made by the Lego designer is humongous, as Diagon Alley has a totally different feel with the other HP sets. Lastly, I didn't know a review takes such a long time! But it was satisfying. More photos here: Flickr

Cheers for the HQ pictures, amazing!! Is there're 2 more movies after OST, I think this licensed theme is win!

Nice leak. Looking at the "effects" on the gun fire, lamps, etc., my impression is that these are almost the finalized pictures, with only the pieces count missing.

Splendid!!! I wish this was in Diagon Alley set.

How did you buy these? where do they sell in bulk like these?