Retro Brick Reviews

Question: what site are these renders on?

While a lot of retailer exclusives are smaller sets, there are large retailer exclusives as well. For example, LEGO Star Wars has an $80-130 retailer exclusive ser almost every year.

Praise me.

HERMIONE THY TAROTS A HERMIONE SHORTY AT AT Yeah, I'm starting to think I might have been wrong about the anagram. Either that, or we're getting a surprise Star Wars crossover.

ASTRONOMY HEARTH IT E ASTRONOMY AETHER HIT ASTRONOMY HI THEATRE ASTRONOMY ATTIRE HEH ASTRONOMY THREAT HI E ASTRONOMY TEETH HAIR ...Yeah, I've completely lost my marbles. Don't mind me. Good catch!

From there, you can take out RITA, leaving THEHE. So, THE, ASTRONOMY, RITA, HE. Far from a coherent message, but there could always be another solution. Alternatively, it isn't an anagram at all and I'm just slowly going insane. Either way works.

Maybe it's an anagram? After all, I know a Riddle with an affinity for them.

Kingnono just put out a new hint, and boy is it... interesting. No idea what it refers to. Also, he concluded with "next few days", so maybe we only have to wait that long for official images? That would fall on this weekend...

All evidence points to 75978 being the Diagon Alley D2C, so the underground scene will be part of Gringotts.

Seeing how the description seems pretty poorly translated, I think it's possible that the model does just have a naturally open back like the other sets, but was just mistranslated.

Of course, because in a set featuring a giant and two centaurs, the most surprising and marketable encounter is with a middle-aged woman. Makes sense.

Nobody knows. The English language is faulty.

Wow, I'm so excited they're continuing with the nano-sets, and I'm excited to display this alongside Hogwarts! I think the figure will probably be Madam Rosmerta, as she's pretty important to the plot of HBP. Hope they put this out with the sets and not the D2C, unlikely as that is.

Well, it always could appear in a set based on the opening of Deathly Hallows, albeit unlikely.

Even if it doesn't come in any sets this year, I wouldn't take it as a guarantee that it won't pop up eventually. The Carina Smyth head from the Silent Mary went unused for almost 2½ years, but now it's used on Hermione, Pepper Potts, etc.

That Lavender is yikes. She's probably the single most exaggerated character in the series, and yet they have her such a bored face. I would've gladly sacrificed, say, Umbridge's new head for a new design on Lavender. (Even iff it had to be a reused print, I think Queenie's head would've worked far better) Honestly, though, I think Ron looks great. I mean, of course short sleeves would've looked better, but I don't get why you're all acting like it ruins the figure not having them. It's a good print.

Luna has black leggings on, not boots.

According to Kingnono, the calendar will be OotP-themed.

If it wasn't for the CMF, I'd expect them to just use the existing print of a light-bluish grey jacket over a red tee. I'd honestly prefer that over getting the CMF torso in a $30 set, but the latter is the more likely option.

Dang. When it comes to Umbridge, LEGO doesn't slouch.

That's the outfit she wore during the third act of OotP, so it's probably from the Grawp set.

New Harry, Slughorn, & Hermione leaked Slughorn has his Bricktober face, but a new torso (which is on Harry). His hair also seems to lack the lighter printing on the sideburns, making it a new variant. Harry and Hermione unfortunately don't get new faces this year, but Hermione's torso looks quite nice.

Wrong. The Buckbeak in the book has a similar head to the 2019 figure- because they based it on the 2018 Thunderbird, just as LEGO did. The front legs and wings are very clearly taken directly from the 2004 design.

I still think the OG Harry hair in grey was pretty perfect. Not to mention that it'd just generally be nice to get that piece again, as it hasn't been seen since 2017.

That'd be nice, but the main thing I want is a different hairpiece, because grey Doc hair just doesn't work all too well for Ollivander.