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That, like Lego Gringotts, is something that shockingly does not exist. So either way the # stands.

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Every new piece of information we get makes a Gringotts even in 2022 seem more unlikely.

You should write fan fiction.

Haha. She needs to work on the poker face though.

I'm glad you finally got them. They are great figures, although I have to admit I don't like Hufflepuff's alternate face print. It looks evil to me!

I love it - 'from credible source'

Buy it a soon as it comes out in the first production run and you won't have a problem.

Providing the release date doesn't get bumped back again then FB3 releasing next year would mean that 2022 would be the perfect year for a series 3. If they stick to the 12 figure format though, once you factor in the probable Newt, Tina, Queenie, Jacob, Grindelwald and Credence variants then that would only leave half for HP figures and then you have to have a Harry, Ron and Hermione. If that was the case, then there would only be three spots left which I hope we would be filled with characters we are unlikely to get in actual sets such as Pomfrey, Xenophilius and Skeeter.

Absolutely. In fact I got like this with my Lego in general so I've downsized my collection. But for my HP figures I use a minifigure display frame from DigsForFigs and display my figures three deep and stepped up at the back. This allows me to get in 300+ figures into one frame of around 56cm squared wall space. Two deep would be better for seeing all the figures, but I like the three deep stepped as they kind of all look like they're standing for the school photograph lol. I display them in film and place within film order going up the frame. I see from your location that this exact frame won't be an option for you, but I'm sure there might be similar in Aus. In the future if the theme goes on for far longer than expected I would either a) get a second frame or I might go with the putting them in a box in grip seal bags idea. I feel like if I'm going to have them I want them displayed, but like you say there is now so many that I have to have them neat somewhere not spread out all over the place. If I had all the sets and loads of cabinets to display them all dust free, then I would put the figures with the sets, but for a purely figure collection I like seeing them altogether in a frame.

You're thinking like me lol. Technically we got series 1 in 2018, series 2 in 2020 so series 3 would be 2022 in theory. But until we get any relatively solid info on what next year's licensed CMFs are looking likely to be I'm not counting on it. As for likely, well I think the series so far have sold well and there are certainly plenty of figures Lego could choose from both in terms of new characters and variants so I don't see why not. I sure hope they do.

Irony is, the mistake batches will probably be more popular. The model is a thing of beauty though. This was my childhood and the nostalgia is sweet.

No not obvious. I thought it was a brick too at a quick glance. Well spotted!

I think you're referring to Ashnflash's rumour video from a couple of months ago, but that wasn't real box art just a mock up of what the set might contain.

Welk you'd think so wouldn't you, but this is Lego and I've kind of learned not to go with the logical.

Could it be that there is a secret golden figure in the advent calendar? After all, the first AC had 6 normal figures and then the golden architect statue and I've counted the figures and the minibuilds for the new AC and it only looks like 23 different things. 🤔 Of course they may be being stingy and splitting the table and the food into two.

Nope, apart from the fact that it's buildable objects, but does contain minifigure/s and is called Hogwarts Icons, although leaker/s are surprised at what Lego considers 'icons'. And it's not buildable Ron. My favourite set from this year is Hogsmeade, because that combines a good displayable representation of a location with great figures. It gives me 2018-20 vibes. After that I love the bathroom for that polyjuice mug and the figures. On buying it, the chess set is pretty good (it's got me playing chess at least) and I do like those figs. I'd say my least favourite is Fluffy Encounter. Fluffy is good, but the build is boring and the figures can be cobbled together from other sets.

Well that's something at least. Thank you.

The HP section of the stream was as magical as a Squib. And the stream is broken ...

Thank you. I am pleased, although not so much as having to buy the set to get them by the sounds of it. Haha that is the dilemma isn't it. How many sets do we all buy just to get figs.

I am so intrigued. To be completely honest I have given up on the D2C this year as it's clearly not going to be the Gringotts a lot of us wanted and I feel like I will only be purchasing it if it has minifigures that mean buying it as a set outweighs the price of buying figs separately. So that being said, now the disappointment over Gringotts has dwindled, I'm just left intrigued as to whatLego has conjured up.

Can you tell us if it will be good for purely minifigure collectors?

I doubt it unfortunately. The teaser for Star Wars says 'Ssssh ... A new set reveal.' Whereas for HP it says 'A truly magical building challenge.' And considering how they hyped up the art set during the last HP live stream and made it sound like there was something so exciting hidden under the table even though it was an already released set, I don't hold up much hope. It's only 90 minutes after all and that's covering what sounds like a Minecraft designer interview, Star Wars set reveal, Technic race, a look at the new Mario sets, a HP building challenge and an interview with an astronaut. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/lego-con

Thank you for posting. I like how you draw attention to the variability in the theme. I'm partial to the minifigure location sets and vehicles myself and I did already appreciate how the theme is so varied, but I didn't quite think of how the theme has covered so many of the different product formats.

It's rumoured to be a collection of buildable items and called something like 'Hogwarts Icons' although a leaker suggested that we might find it odd what Lego considers 'icons'. There is also meant to be minifigures in the set.