I’ve just seen the set images (thank you to two of the members here for sharing them with me =)
heres my thoughts and opinions on each
the girls bathroom:
the figures will definitely be the highlight of the set for me (although I really hope they don’t have jumpers on the final product, just reuse malfoys torso from the AT LEGO) but the build isn’t that bad.
the sink and stalls look good from what I can see and I hope the sink has an opening function, it’s great to get another butter beer glass and I hope it has a different color inside although I expect it to be a reuse from the cmf
Forbidden corridor:
Fluffy looks great, I really hope the trio will have scene accurate outfits in the final product, I’ve wanted those outfits for so long and if they keep the jumpers that may be the most boring mini figure line up of any HP set ever
the castle build I’m not too excited about unless it changes between now and the release, it doesn’t appear to represent anything specific and although I get it’s supposed to look like the original hp sets it just looks a bit off, hopefully it has a few good challenge rooms inside to make up for it although it doesn’t seem to have the space
Hogsmeade:
Hogsmeade looks fantastic! I’ve been wanting a Hogsmeade based set for a very long time and this doesn’t disappoint, the figure selection is very good and the buildings are amazing! I hope the interiors are very good as well.
The great hall:
this one has me torn a bit, I actually didn’t mind that LEGO was remaking the great hall and even expected one this year (although I thought it would be DH based) but it’s not as good as I was hoping, the Hall itself isn’t awful although I think it would’ve been much better had it had one stud pillars and windows rather two stud, the side also looks rather strange as there’s no entrance. It appears to be based heavily off the 2010 great hall rather than 2001 with almost the exact same pillar and window design as 2010.
the side build though just seems odd, it’s not a horrible build but it’s inclusion seems unnecessary, I don’t know if it’s supposed to represent the grand staircase tower but it doesn’t look like it and the hall doesn’t look right without the tower. I think the set would’ve been much better had the side build been scrapped and the focus been just on the hall, the tower, and the chamber below.
the basilisk looks really good though and the figure selection is amazing!
all in all it’s not a horrible wave especially since it’s an anniversary wave and not a regular set wave but it could’ve been executed better in my opinion.
I look forward to seeing the final images and look forward to seeing what we get in August
sorry for the really long post by the way =)