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The initial info came from me and still applies but that's all we currently know. The Quidditch information came from He Who Must Not Be Named and is assumed to be fake as his other "info" was too.

Posting leaks is against the rules of the forum but they are very easy to find just using Google.

Marcos Bessa took to Instagram to confirm he was still the creative lead for this wave and provided a list of the designers who worked on each set, though he didn't mention the Flying Lesson one. Hogwarts: Polyjuice Potion Mistake Design: Marcos Bessa Graphic Design: Peter Kjærgaard and Djørdjæ Djørdjævic Hogwarts: Fluffy Encounter Design: Yi-Chien Cheng with Fluffy's head sculpts by Ruth Kelly Graphic Design: Peter Kjærgaard and Djørdjæ Djørdjævic Hogwarts: Chamber of Secrets Design: Nicolaas Vas (as we predicted going off the many frogs) and Cornish Pixies by Miriam Toril Graphic Design: Peter Kjærgaard and Djørdjæ Djørdjævic Hogsmeade Village Visit Design: Yi-Chien Cheng Graphic Design: Peter Kjærgaard and Djørdjæ Djørdjævic Hogwarts Wizard's Chess Design: Marcos Bessa Graphic Design: Peter Kjærgaard and Djørdjæ Djørdjævic Harry Potter & Hermione Granger Design: collaboration between Marcos Bessa, Woon Tze Chee and Nicolaas Vas. Vas created the final product Graphic Design: Djørdjæ Djørdjævic Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix Design: Wes Talbott Graphic Design: -

I think it's a jar of dried leaves or something like that, must be potions related. Love the new name btw, although it's definitely gonna take some time to adjust

This is very nitpicky but I hate how the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw torso's lack those 2 small lines the DA robes had so the Snape/Hux print matched up with them. We finally get our first Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw torso's and we can't even use them for older students

Ron sitting on that horse honestly reminds me of these things:

I hadn't noticed before but apparently he can, it doesn't look that good though

Somewhere between today and April 30th. There's sadly no way to narrow it down more than this atm.

Part 3 was released a month ago.

Sad news for us Potter fans: Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy) passed away today.

Part 4 is out!

Looks like the new and more accurate design for Tom Riddle's diary is a sticker.

How is it $100 per new character? Those $300 are getting you at least 11 other figures and a huge build on top of those 3 figs, it's not just about them.

I would definitely go with the First Flying Lesson. The build is more far more interesting and all 3 characters are different, whereas those in the Fluffy set are the same. And then there's also Fluffy ofc, who's heads look absolutely awful.

Harry Potter got special treatment this time because it's an anniversary wave. But regardless we'll have seen the Marvel sets by the end of the month, so anywhere in the next 2 weeks. I highly doubt that as neither the color nor style even remotely match up.

This promotional video offers a look at all Hogwarts sections combined (although the lighting is awful):

Time to write down my final thoughts on this entire wave, I apologise in advance for the length of this post Polyjuice Potion Mistake I'm very glad we finally got a LEGO version of this scene but the execution is.... questionable. I like the sinks but the bathroom stall doesn't do it for me, neither do the Crabbe and Goyle heads (I would've preferred something that's less specific). That said I love the fact the sink can open up and it's incredible to get 3 Slytherin robes in a relatively cheap set. Will definitely get this one. First Flying Lesson While this scene never really caught my interest I'm very satisfied with this set. The build doesn't look too exciting but uses some useful pieces and features some very useful stickers like the House flags and James' Quidditch trophy. The figures aren't all that special either but Hooch looks nice and it's always good to get some more robes, especially non-Gryffindor ones! The Remembrall is great, I love how they put a different print on both sides so we can use it in both it's normal and ''hey you've forgotten something'' form. Will definitely get this one. Fluffy Encounter This is definitely the worst of the playsets in my opinion. The build is rather generic and there aren't a whole lot of interesting pieces, to add to that the figures are rather bland even though they have robes which I always appreciate. The interior is very basic and lackluster but the stuff that is there looks good. Now to adress the elephant in the room, Fluffy, who does not look good. I never really took much issue in the fact he's partially brickbuilt and I still don't but those heads are inexcusable, either go with a fully awoken Fluffy or a sleeping one and not some awful looking hybrid of both. Honestly not sure if I'll pick this up, will depend on the height of the discount stores will put on it. Fawkes A really impressive build with a good looking Dumbledore variant, there's really not much more to be said! As I'm personally not a fan of sets like these I'll skip on it though. Wizard's Chess It's a controversial word to use in regards to LEGO sets but I will use it here anyway: this set is garbage. A few of the problems I have with this set: - The chess pieces don't look recognisable. - The chess pieces aren't even close to being in scale with the figures (though I get what they were trying to do here). - The chess pieces look like they'll fall over any second. - There are no studs on the board to attach the chess pieces to. - With an entirely tiled over chess board a studded border looks rather awkward. - Accurate but rather bland minifigures. Suffice to say this set is one of the hardest passes I've done in the past few years Hogsmeade Village Visit While there are some small details that do not fully satisfy me like the sign for The Three Broomsticks or the rather bland sides of the buildings I have to say I am very impressed with the final look of this set! The builds are mostly fantastic and I adore the interiors and all the little details like Woodcroft's portrait, the shrunken heads and the various unique details in Honeydukes. As a fan of obscure characters I'm also very satisfied with the figures, who look really good aside from Mrs Flume's reused faceprint (damn Helga Hufflepuff again ). Will definitely get this one. Harry Potter & Hermione Granger While the initial leak did show us a very good looking new concept I have to go back on my earlier comments, this looks a bit weird to me. The legs, arms and hands look very odd and then there's the faces.... which are just completely flat. It's a new concept that I wouldn't mind seeing further explored in the future but it definitely needs some finetuning. Easy skip for me. Chamber of Secrets It won't come to anyone's surprise that I find the exterior of this set to be, well... crap. The good thing is that there's a lot of interesting and useful pieces in this set and I adore all the accessories like Lockhart's many portraits, the Cheeri Owls and Pixiepuffs cereal boxes, Lockhart's book, the new bottle print, the new candle mold and so on. The minifigures and Basilisk are also very solid, I love the amount of robes that's included in this set (finally some Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw love ) and the other figures look good for the most part. Will definitely pick this up. Overall I think this is a good but rather strange wave and one that definitely won't go down in 'history' as one of my favorite Harry Potter waves. That said it looks like we're now almost entirely done with stuff they could make based on the first 2 movies and for that I am grateful, now bring on the Deathly Hallows sets! I haven't bought anything off S@H in ages, I'd rather burn my money than support these anti-consumer practises.

He doesn't, in one of the lifestyle pictures you can see one of them is awake, one half asleep and the last asleep. As pointed out by @OrderOfTheBrick.

Have to say I really don't like Fluffy in his current form. Either go with an awoken version or asleep, not some awful looking hybrid of both Guess I'm gonna have to BL some extra heads.

Am I the only one who's disappointed they didn't show off any of the Chocolate Frog cards?

It is, you can see his name on it when you zoom in

The price conversion for some of these sets is infuriating Well that's a big oof

WOW! I really didn't expect them to include SIX heads for Fluffy

They're up: https://www.promobricks.de/lego-harry-potter-neuheiten-2021/120736/

I wouldn't be surprised at all if we get a Lockhart DATDA Moments set next year with some more Pixies.