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Agreed, I think I'd almost prefer this was the case. Save the moulds for pieces that need it eg fang.

Good spot, I think you're right as the dark blue is at least similar enough and the tie implies that it's a worker rather than a casual shopper. Shame it's not a known character from books or films but might be a nice addition to Hogsmeade if nothing else. Still not personally a fan of including theme park locations ahead of movie locations at all, given we're missing the leaky cauldron, borgin and burkes, and many other shops. For a similar reason I'd personally prefer a cheaper Gringotts without the dragon perched on top, although it's surely inevitable at this point given the price and the display in the Leicester square lego shop.

Quite like the look of this. Easy enough skip for me (but will pick up some of the figures). It's great for those who can't afford Diagon Alley and I like the new Ron, Ginny, Lavender and possibly Romilda (cool that we no longer need a Harry in every set). I'm pretty sure Romilda has a medium tan head and dark brown hair which seems perfect. Twins look the same as from Diagon Alley which is appropriate, no upgrade needed - however the face prints look like wider smiles than before? The fanged frisbee and puking pastilles are nice inclusions - as is the pygmy puff assuming it's not just a pink stud lol. I personally don't like the inclusion of something that wasn't in the films or books (owl post) however it might be a nice addition for Hogsmeade instead. I assume the remaining figure is a generic owl post worker, partly as I don't recognise the character and partly because LEGO has a trend of using generic figures to add diversity (just an observation, nothing critical of course). One owl seems a bit stingy if that's all we get for this building.

Last summer's wave was revealed on the first Friday of April. So presumably there's a small chance we get a reveal tomorrow?... Although I think we knew figures etc. by that point last year so maybe that's a tad optimistic.

I know it was discussed a lot with the UCS set but how much would the Hogwarts Express coming in dark red make the new set more appealing for people? I'd definitely see more value in the set if that was the case as I've been considering modding the 2018 set with dark red pieces.

I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to get a Narcissa Malfoy in the Battle of Hogwarts set. She isn't involved in the actual fighting, but most of her screentime from the entire series is during the day of the battle, lego doesn't seem to lean into the action scenes too heavily and it's as good an opportunity as any to give us arguably the most notable missing character since the 2018 reboot.

Personally I would just like a Diagon Alley-compatible Gringotts bank with maybe a couple of vaults even if not underground. I'm mostly just desperate to add the missing centrepiece to Diagon Alley and in that regard really not fussed about the dragon or mines. Although I think they'd make a great standalone set. No reason we can't get everything combined though - LEGO has had several years to work it out! Buildable patronus sounds fun and is an easy skip for me thankfully. Piece counts for WWW and HE are a bit concerning at their price points as I don't think there can be that many large/new pieces. I was thinking the other day that the new Room of Requirement is actually really decent value for the number of parts and the fact it has 5 new minifigures and a few new pieces for the fiend fyre serpent and the door.

I don't think I'll be convinced of these upcoming sets until a more reliable source confirms them. Nothing personal against @bRICKbRAT of course, their short track record is good and they've made valuable contributions here - we've just had too many false claims in the past! If true then it's a disappointing and concerning outcome. Firstly, it's a shame in general to get remakes when there are such important locations still missing. For the WWW set, I thought the version in Diagon Alley was perfect so this feels like a wasted opportunity for a Leaky Cauldron or Borgin and Burkes. There would no doubt be new inclusions to set this apart from last time but it feels very unnecessary. The big concern for me is whether it means Gringotts is incompatible with Diagon Alley - I am not fussed about the underground section or dragon at all in a Gringotts set but the bank is the centre piece of Diagon Alley and if LEGO is not to make it compatible then that would be a huge let down. As for the new Hogwarts Express, this seems again likely to disappoint anyone who purchased the D2C set. If it is able to be motorised I'm sure that would appeal to many and if it's in dark red then that would be a big improvement - however both would raise questions about why it wasn't possible in the D2C. As far as I remember the Hogsmeade station only appears in the 1st and 5th films. I think the version from the 1st film would be much more interesting personally but I'm not sure what scenes from either would be worth depicting.

I've just finished building the Ministry of Magic and feel like this is a vastly underrated set. I've seen it criticised for price, overall size and floor space in each section. But the price per piece isn't bad (and was excellent on the deal I got), it was actually much bigger than I expected and whilst I wish there was more space to add minifigures to each room, I'm happy to compromise there for better value elsewhere. I also love that it's still an affordable set for kids on a good deal as it's a very desirable location. And this is not to mention that it's packed with details from various scenes, achieves the difficult job of capturing an underground atrium with offices, has one of the best HP minifig selections in any set and makes for a great display piece. For several reasons it's the first time I'm tempted to buy a second copy of a set. Alongside Grimmauld Place from 2022 I think it's one of the best sets since the reboot.

Thanks! This is excellent, we can only hope! I'm less opposed to customising figs with parts that are released after the figs and this would be a definite edit for me.

@ZeLuiz08 another amazing edit! I also thought about the black hair description from the books but somehow the dark brown looks perfect to me. There's no chance you could do Lockhart with the new hairpiece in either tan or medium nougat... no pressure, I'd just be really interested to see it.

I'd love a CMF that focussed on great costumes. Any Lockhart iteration, Karkaroff's white Yule ball coat, Bill and Fleur wedding attire, Scabior, the Bloody Baron etc.

Wouldn't have thought of this but it's a great shout (and a very good edit!). I don't know if it's because I like the original Riddle minifigs but I think dark brown would be the perfect colour.

I think the Lockhart figs have been simultaneously great and a missed opportunity. The prints have been nice if oddly coloured, the cape in the Diagon Alley set is lovely and the nervous facial expression is excellent. However the other facial expression could have done with the eyebrows raised a bit in smug tradition, and the new BTS hair in tan would be a PERFECT addition in my opinion. I avoid trying to change figures where possible but Snape absolutely benefits from a black cape.

Totally agree that a focus on Hogsmeade builds would be brilliant. Signs for the shops, horse and cart, butterbeer wagon, street lamps etc. I enjoyed the microbuilds last year but they're not so useful for mocs.

From the picture of the four students it looks like someone with a pink torso is cut out the frame and possibly someone with a black hairpiece (as well as duplicates of the trio).

Wow! Five beautiful figures just leaked from what looks like a Hogsmeade set. Really accurate to the third film and in the case of ABERFORTH(!!!) to DH1. I have the feeling that could be the advent calendar theme confirmed - but if so then the recoloured hats/new torsos are very generous for such a set. In any case, they are wonderful.

I'm interested to see the Hogwarts and Grounds set as I expect LEGO will have done a really nice design for it. However, there's so much great stuff released that it's nice to pass on some. Hopefully there's no minifigures in this or other non-minifigure scale HP sets this summer.

Fang is not on the list for some reason, I imagine he would have featured quite highly had he been on it. Personally, I think Fang would be my number one slot for a new moulded piece in the HP line.

Really interesting to hear everyone's comments on LEGO testing their loyalty. I totally agree that we don't have to buy everything that gets released, but I think LEGO does prey on the fact that people value complete sets of figures etc. A CMF series 3 would be much more consumer friendly than releasing exclusive figures in kids books etc. @krimimimi I've updated list of missing characters below. This time including a list of "popular" characters based on here: https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/harry-potter-characters It's had 500,000 votes so a nice big sample size. I've included the figures that have been released since my first list for comparison with the other columns but added a few below for the sake of interest. Other note: no leaked but as yet unreleased figures marked off (e.g. Rita, Bill, Charlie). Screentime Mins Book Mentions Popular Narcissa Malfoy 6.75 Percy Weasley 486 Narcissa Malfoy Barty Crouch Sr 5.25 Kreacher 312 Aberforth Dumbledore Percy Weasley 5 Bill Weasley 302 Bill Weasley Xenophilius Lovegood 5 Barty Crouch Sr 295 Poppy Pomfrey Fang 3.5 Ludo Bagman 246 Lee Jordan Rita Skeeter 3.5 Rita Skeeter 188 Charlie Weasley Scabior 3.5 Igor Karkaroff 165 Helena Ravenclaw Aberforth Dumbledore 3.5 Peeves 164 Regulus Black Igor Karkaroff 3.25 Winky 162 Kreacher Nigel 3 Poppy Pomfrey 156 Katie Bell Kreacher 3 Rufus Scrimgeor 153 Ariana Dumbledore Mundungus Fletcher 3 Mundungus Fletcher 147 Andromeda Tonks Bogrod 3 Angelina Johnson 135 Angelina Johnson Katie Bell 2.75 Xenophilius Lovegood 124 Winky Marge Dursely 2.75 Katie Bell 116 Ted Tonks Rufus Scrimgeor 2.5 Charlie Weasley 110 Albus Potter Cormac McLaggen 2.5 Lee Jordan 109 Alice Longbottom Blaise Zabini 2.5 Fang 105 Firenze Poppy Pomfrey 2.25 Ernie Macmillan 92 Arabella Figg Helena Ravenclaw 2.25 Narcissa Malfoy 89 Rose Weasley Scorpius Malfoy Peeves Xenophilius Lovegood James S Potter Gellert Grindelwald Frank Longbottom

Fun question, I'd say Great hall, Hagrid's hut and Hogwarts Express are essential sets. And I agree with your figs except I'd swap Cedric for Sirius (loving the Sirius overload recently). On a related note, does anyone else feel like their loyalty to LEGO is being exploited lately? It definitely feels like there are too many sets each year and too many repeats which devalue already owned sets. The new burrow is a prime example, for me the leak is oversized and lacks the charm of a LEGO-ified set location - and it's a very inaccessible way to get a Bill/Charlie figure. I felt the same about the anniversary figures in the Hogwarts Icons sets, I've loved LEGO Harry Potter since the original sets and the 20 year anniversary figures were really cool but releasing mini-figures in a non-minifigure scale set felt a bit exploitative as many don't have interest in non-minifig scale products - especially ones that aren't linked to the anniversary being celebrated. Anyone agree/disagree?

I blame ALL OF YOU for memeing Dobby's sock into existence D2C Gringotts is awesome, everything else pales in comparison for me beyond this - it was THE set that was missing. Battle for Hogwarts is also really good news. And personally I like getting non-minifig scale sets mainly because it saves me money! But also because they do a good job of them and it clearly appeal to other people.

I just don't look at the pictures when I buy it and when it arrives I open the flap without looking at the box as far as possible (once the flap is open there are no visible gifts). It does the job to the extent that around half the gifts are surprises. I get the Star Wars one for the Mrs and it's completely spoiler free for her, lucky duck. I really enjoy doing it this way and it makes the set feel a lot more valuable but I think it's probably not worth having a separate thread/spoiler warnings. It's no problem avoiding the forum for a while when the reveal comes out.

That's why I was avoiding the forum for a while, to miss that discussion. Spoiler warnings might help. It's not essential that anything change, I'm happy just leaving the forum for a while in the summer when most of the advent calendar chat comes up. I was more just wondering if anyone else does the same and if a separate thread/spoiler warning might be worth it.

I don't know if this is the right place to post but how would people feel about having a separate thread for advent calendar discussion next year. Far more than any other sets, I really appreciate the surprise of finding out what's inside the advent calendar. The result is that I avoid this forum for a while in reveal season in the hope of evading spoilers (they still inevitably happen). Perhaps I'm very much in the minority and people would find it frustrating having a separate thread. However, if it's a popular opinion then maybe the main thread would get more activity from people would otherwise be trying to avoid spoilers plus there would be discussion of the advent calendar in the main thread during advent.