BrickBob Studpants

What was your point then? You said that there would be mostly comic-inspired sets now had the MCU not taken off. Not sure what I missed there Yeah, the comic book industry as a whole, not necessarily Marvel or DC. Manga are outselling them left and right

Exactly, which is why I’d like the set to feature two vaults, so the third can be released as the GWP

For that price, it‘d better include it Imagine buying a $400 DA plus a $430 expansion, and then you‘d still have to fork out $50-70 for a dragon to complete the whole thing Released in 2026, of course. Hopefully, the set will include the following elements: Interior of the bank with some desks At least 4-5 goblins (including Griphook and BBQgrod) Two vaults out of the three prominent ones (Lestrange, Potter, the one with the Philosopher‘s Stone). One of them’s gonna be a GWP anyway A more accurate Philosopher‘s Stone (trans-red gold nugget piece please ) Dragomir Despard & Hermiotrix The Ukrainian Ironbelly Thief’s Downfall play feature (sounds like it may be included already!) 2-3 guards Lots of gold, GOLD!!

The source for that article is Giant Freaking Robot, who are notorious for fabricating „scoops“ Giving strong „my uncle who works for Nintendo“ vibes

What do you mean „person“, as in singular? We collectively morbed this thing into existence, it‘s a certified middle-of-January miracle! Speaking of miracle: I wonder why we already know about Gringotts and even the GWP so early. Those are usually the very last things to leak. I guess someone in the know was so excited they just had to spill the beans Hope nobody gets in trouble for this

If the MCU wasn‘t a thing, we wouldn‘t have Marvel sets in the first place Comics are a dying medium, as the declining sales figures show. Without movies and shows, both Marvel and DC would be toast

Probably pretty low. I‘d want one, but nowadays he‘s better known as s Smash character than the NES accessory he originally was

BrickHeadz

You're absolutely correct. Statistically speaking, there is no way someone got all of them right

Nature is healing. Imagine if we actually morbed this set into existence Since we now know that a REAL Battle of Hogwarts set is coming (sorry, not sorry, 2011 set), what new minifigs do you expect there? As for new characters, hoping for Aberforth and/or Narcissa, the rest will most likely be new versions of existing characters

I call shenanigans. Some of these were oddly specific I’m excited for the DH sets, but overall it’s a mixed bag to me. I don’t care at all about that trunk, the Dobby fig is whatever, the Knight Bus is unnecessary, and that 65$ remake of Expecto Patronum is just a waste Of course it could still be a DH set, but I kinda doubt that

More Brickheadz are always welcome

Expecto Patronum: Really hope it's a DH set, not a PoA one Battle of Hogwarts: YES! Quidditch Trunk: MEH. Gringotts for $430?! Holy smokes Knight Bus D2C? Okay then. A BUILDABLE DOBBY?! The prophecies were true

I really like the sound of that portal polybag! Could be pretty versatile given how commonly these portals are used throughout the MCU, and those trans-orange tiles are pretty rare to boot. Also, a Strange minifig in a polybag sounds like a great deal!

The polybag is gonna be a Quidditch practice one Hoping for HBP Ron here

Less than two hours!

In all likelihood, no. Diagon Alley, the Icon collection, and the Hogwarts Express were all first rumoured a while after we had seen the regular set lists in the respective years. This year shouldn’t be different

Eh, too obvious Or are you hinting at something?! While it’s unique-looking, serves as the place where an important scene happens, and offers good minifig potential, I still can’t see it as a set. Feels a bit too niche to me Prove me wrong, TLG!

As @Legocentrico points out, they like to spread things out I would do the same if I were Promobricks. Generates a more steady number of views

This year, NYTF is scheduled for September and the other two fairs don’t allow pictures. Even if they did, they now mostly have 1HY sets on display anyway. In short: don’t expect anything out of the toy fairs this year (or ever again, for that matter)

I don’t remember Vector being a hulking behemoth

Huh, that‘s a month earlier than usual! Not complaining though My final predictions: PS Hagrid’s Hut Battle of Hogwarts random smaller Hogwarts extension D2C Knight Bus Skirmish at Malfoy Manor Third Task Troll on the loose

I know they‘re fictionalised versions, but it still doesn‘t sit quite right with me. I‘d rather they give us named characters instead and only include generic soldiers when there‘s no way around it, like drivers or pilots

Eh. RoP has the superior production design in my opinion, which would lead to better sets. The designs in WoT are not bad per se, but I think they’re very generic and dull as dishwater The design of the Dark One in particular is the lamest villain design I‘ve seen in a looooooong time. In terms of fantasy theme set potential, this is my preferred order: LotR, Hobbit, RoP, DnD, WoT. I still want that Bolg minifig

No. If that was an issue, we wouldn‘t get minifigs of any of the villains in ROTLA or TLC since all of them were either Nazis or allied with them. The actual problem is his uniform. While it is made up in a similar way the Flying Wing is, it probably looks too much like a real-life tank to be set material, I‘m afraid. I‘d love to have a set based on that scene, but alas…