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I certainly agree it is popular with people who have contributed to this thread, and I don't deny HP is popular with a WHOLE LOT of people. The only question for Lego that matters, however, is if enough of the people who enjoy HP buy Lego. I personally would like Lego to reissue old or release new HP sets simply so that the additional supply would bring about lower prices compared to what is currently available on the second hand market. But as much as I enjoy the HP books and movies, if you take my 8 year old daughter out of the picture (and the fact that Christmas is in only 8 weeks), would I be buying a Lego HP set? Probably not. Maybe Lego can make a business case for continuing the HP line. Maybe there will be more than one Fantastic Beasts sequel (though even if 5 are planned, they'll be shelved in a heartbeat by Warner Bros. if they aren't profitable enough) and they draw enough eyeballs to convince Lego it can make a profit by releasing sets. Maybe some shiny new franchise won't appear next year that doesn't siphon off interest from HP. A lot of maybes. While I personally just don't see it happening, for the sake of all the passionate HP fans out there who also like Lego, I genuinely hope the rumors of new HP sets coming are true.

Point taken, and I see Fantastic Beasts (FB) has a sequel (FB2) currently slated for a November, 2018 release. That said, 1.) there was no Lego set issued in conjunction with the first FB film, unlike with the the first HP film in 2001, and 2.) FB and FB2, being spin-offs from the original HP with new plot points, supplies no business or marketing case for Lego to issue new sets based on the original HP, so I still don't see that happening. Given that Lego didn't issue any sets in conjunction with the first FB film, at best it is taking a "wait and see" approach to see if it's worthwhile to issue sets tied in to the FB franchise. The first HP movie was the highest grossing film in the year it was released in and broke box office records. From Lego's point of view, making sets in conjunction with it was a no-brainer. By comparison, FB was just the 9th highest grossing film in 2016. Still a good showing for the studio, sure, but good enough for Lego to invest in? I'm still very skeptical.

I joined this board a couple weeks ago and this is my first post here, though I've posted frequently on model railway boards. I've really found this forum useful and informative - especially the reviews. The imaginative builds I've seen are inspiring, too. My eight year old daughter recently got interested in the HP books and movies and since she likes Lego and with Christmas coming up I've bought her some of the old sets. I've had to hunt a bit on eBay and on Bricklink for used, complete sets (with boxes of course - they are for Christmas after all) at a price I'm willing to pay, but I've been successful. To be honest, even though the used HP sets are selling for double or triple the price of their original prices, compared to the high prices of new Lego sets, the used sets are in the same ballpark. I find this discussion about new Lego sets for HP fascinating because I see no business case for it. The last "real" HP movie came out 6 years ago and the movie Fantastic Beasts last year was based on a book that was a one-off that had no sequels. There's no marketing tie-in, synergy, hype, and word-of-mouth like there was when the original HP Lego sets were released and there isn't another HP film "around the corner" to stoke interest in the general birthday and Christmas toy market at this point in time. It's not like "Star Wars." I think Lego had a good run with their 2001-2012 HP line but the golden era of Lego HP sets is definitely over. I can't see Lego investing either time and money in coming out with a whole new line of HP sets and mini-figures at this point, or even reissues of old sets. I could see it maybe releasing something along the lines of an Lego Architecture kit of of Hogwarts Castle and charging a mint for bag of a small bag of 1x1 bricks, but that's it. The world has moved on.