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Draco and Lucius actually had tan hair in the 2010-2011 sets, so those hairpieces do exist in tan - Draco actually had the same mold, but I think Lucius's hair is different. I checked on bricklink, and the ponytail used for 2010 Luna exists in tan too, although Luna had it in yellow.

I could see them doing 3 big sets for this castle, 1 each year. My guesses for the other two would be the Grand Staircase tower and the Viaduct Entrance, to finish off the front view of Hogwarts. Then the rest would be smaller stuff, hopefully more classrooms and common rooms. The only other sets they need for the grounds would be a Quidditch pitch and Herbology greenhouse, although the Quidditch pitch wouldn't be part of the castle, I guess.

Epilogue Ron and Hermione would be another option. Also, in terms of rights, I'm pretty sure Waner Bros owns everything Harry Potter except for the original books, which are owned by JK Rowling and various publishers in different countries. Hogwarts Legacy and the other video games are WB, and I believe they have the rights to Cursed Child as well. Even if these aren't included in the contract with Lego, they should be able to change that. I think what it comes down to is whether Lego and WB think something like this would increase sales.

It's the rear legs. You have all four legs bending the way, in real life the elbows and knees bend in opposite directions. This is the same in all animals including humans.

This is really good, but his knees bend the wrong way - have a look at the Creator Magestic Tiger to see what I mean: https://brickset.com/sets/31129-1/Majestic-Tiger If you fix that, your Simba would look amazing!

An obscure shop like Broomstix doesn't make much sense for a playset, I think it's more likely to be a scaled down Borgin and Burke's so you can re-enact the scenes from HBP. As a playset with limited pieces, it makes more sense to use those bricks for something that adds to the play rather than a random building kids wouldn't even recognise.

I counted how many playsets we got each year of the reboot: 2018 - 5 plus 2 FB sets 2019 - 7 2020 - 5 2021 - 5 2022 - 7 2023 - 5 I think we just got spoiled last year - 2021 had a lot of gimmicky sets like this year, so maybe next year we'll get more playsets again?

All people seem to do these days is complain about everything. You should at least wait and see what it's like before complaining, and it's probably going to be a while, they've only just made the deal from the sound of it. Nothing's been made yet, that's why they used the same castle and music. No adaption is ever going to be a 1:1 version of the books, books and screen are different formats, so what works for one may not work for the other. So just calm down, and wait and see what happens.

Lord of the Rings doesn't have the popularity with kids that Harry Potter has. They wouldn't compete that much. Harry Potter might lose some adult customers to LOTR, but kids will still want HP. Besides, this whole thing makes no sense. It just seems like baseless speculation. I just can't see Lego giving up one of their best-selling themes for a theme whose previous run didn't seem to sell that well - although playsets probably weren't the best choice for the theme!

Here are mine: 1.The Burrow (2020) 2. Hagrid's Hut (2019) 3. Diagon Alley (2020) 4. Astronomy Tower (2020) 5. Clock Tower (2019) 6. Great Hall (2018) 7. Microscale Hogwarts (2018) 8. Hogwarts Icons (2021) 9. Hogsmeade Village (2021) 10. Grimmauld Place (2022) 11. Newt's Case (2018) 12. Dumbledore's Office (2022) 13. First Flying Lesson (2021) 14. Thestral Carriage (2022) 15. Transfiguration Moments Book (2021)

I just looked up pictures of Yaz, and light nougat seems fine to me. Giving her a darker skin tone would like the Cho Chang figures we've had, and people complain about the color lego uses for her. Just saying...

Ginny's outfit in that set Is based off Order of the Pheonix, when they go the ministry at the climax of the film. Even weirder, is that they re-used that torso for Hermione in the 2011 Diagon Alley! I guess Lego wasn't as fussed on accuracy back then...

I find the furniture doesn't stay in the charms book as well as the others. It close flush if the furniture is lined up properly, it's just a bit tricky.

Robes from the anniversary sets are available for all four houses too.

You've pretty much answered your own question: Lego make accessories that look like lego, not like tiny replicas of the props. That said, a new broom mould is way overdue! Quidditch Draco or Kingsley from the CMFs would have been the perfect place to introduce it, Imo. Lego's priorities confuse me sometimes - like how they made many different specialised body parts for years before finally replacing the sloped brick with a proper skirt piece, which is useful for many different themes! And then they go and make a cat with a Mohawk for The Lego Movie 2....