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Is anybody else unable to get on Bricklink today? Keep getting a 403 error and clearing everything isn't helping. :(

Well that's a very subjective idea, but I think the general consensus is around 2011-14. The era of Jabba's Palace, Sail Barge, Republic Gunship, AT-TE, Palpatine's Arrests etc.

Apart from Hagrid it looks like it. I think the idea is that their non wand hands are by their sides and covered by their black robes.

Lego leaving in the image of the shuttle in the R2-D2 LAN press kit either screams A) They really are as incompetent as we think or B) It was a deliberate move to try and find 'leakers' within LAN and they don't mind it 'leaking' because they intend to announce the shuttle on May 4th. But the fact that Disney seems less them happy by more than one account would suggest the first ... Or both, if Lego really did pull that move without consulting Disney. Either way, Lego really needs to get it together because there's only so many times you can keep blaming others for your mistakes. Anyway, I'm going to go grab lunch now because you've made us all hungry.

If the shuttle could actually fit all of the Bad Batch in it then it would at least be doing better than the Knights of Ren Transport, but from this picture I'm thinking no ...

That's exactly what I've just done for Fluffy and the Bathroom set. Great minds think alike lol. Anyone would think we don't trust the Lego IT system.

No problem. It sounds kind of average. But I'm going to reserve judgment until pictures. A lot of people hated the sound of the new HP sets until they saw them.

PM'd you.

So there won't be all of the Bad Batch.

Thanks guys. Received my B&P today. Took 6 days to arrive after shipping and seemed to come from Slough.

For anybody in the UK, how long has it taken for you pieces to arrive after they have shipped and who is Lego using for B&P delivery? My order was shipped a few days ago, but I haven't order B&P for a couple of years so don't know the current situation. TIA.

Did you get this confirmed by customer service?

Yes I found those on Amazon for preorder yesterday, but not the others. 🤔 I'm reluctant to preorder from Lego even with double VIP because their shipping of preorders can be dreadfully slow. If there was a promo I'd be more willing, but otherwise I'd rather do Amazon because last year they had reduced the bigger sets by a few £s even on release day and shipped quicker. Not sure what to do yet. What are you thinking?

Happy Birthday! Hope you have fun building.

You will get charged when they ship the sets, although if you use Paypal you might find some of your balance held until they ship. I don't use Paypal for Lego so don't know about that one.

I think it's actually a very clever compromise, for as much as I would love six heads instead it is a bit unreasonable in reality. Or at least, if they did they would put the price up therefore making the set unobtainable for more people.

Only the three heads as far as we know. The image above is explained because they made the middle head have one eye open and one shut so that if you look at Fluffy from one side it looks as though he is sleeping because you see three closed eyes or if you turn him the other way, it looks as though he is awake because you see three open eyes. It's angle 'trickery' basically.

Do we know what the promos are for June yet? I would preorder with double points, but if there is promo in June I wouldn't then get it and also Lego was so slow shipping my preorder last time. I might has well have gone to Amazon because they already reduced the big set by a few £ after a few days and could ship it quicker. Also, whilst I like Fluffy's printed faces, when the three of them are together I feel like we have a freeze frame of him happy, sneezing and angry. And the rest of him is very blocky. So I'm glad I got the old Fluffy - it's probably the only time where I like an older piece because of quality rather than nostalgia.

Just saw this too. Such a shock. Saw her on an interview at the start of the pandemic and you would never have known. I hope if if the pandemic did one thing it perhaps allowed her to spend quality time with her family. RIP Helen.

From what I can see the beard is obviously white and the print does look different; there are some gold lines going across the torso whereas the 2018 version has dots down the middle. It also looks more dark orange than red to me.

They have the holes on the side for the technic pins, so if the heights line up there's no reason why they shouldn't. Can't help but think that Lego intends for this considering they are retiring the Great Hall this summer. The styles aren't that different that the average consumer wouldn't think they are meant to connect with the Clocktower, Astronomy Tower etc.

It does look like that front jumper is just for small Fawkes rather than there being a side build with Dumbledore / Fawkes.

It has the holes for the technic pins so it should be able to.

I said I don't know what's inside the build, but I doubt there's much. Even so, I'm happy with the set. I was just saying that the value in sets like this is more the figures because thebuilds aren't that exciting, but that at the end of the day I'm just glad it's not another brickbuilt set.