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The new micro Hogwarts Castle was just revealed, and I’m glad it’s not the GWP because it’s not all that exciting to me. Though I can certainly see the appeal to people looking for a more affordable microscale Hogwarts! Speaking of the GWP, any last minute predictions what it might be? I’m hoping it’s a build for the hall of prophecies because I’ve been wanting that as a set for a very long time, and the sketch of the ministry of magic doesn’t appear to include it (though it’s too difficult to tell for sure). Ideally it would come with the silver trio, but more likely it would come with just Harry or Neville. I’d also be beyond thrilled with representations of the various rooms Harry and the gang encounter in the book, such as the doors room, the space room, the brain room, or the time turner room, but that seems highly unlikely. It’s a shame I can’t buy just the underground layer of the ministry set because I’m not too interested in the top two parts (and I don’t want to spend $450), but I’ve always wanted sets that represent the battle of the department of mysteries. Hopefully all will be revealed soon! Any guesses when we’ll see the GWP and the official Ministry set images?

Hey guys, I encountered something interesting today. I’m in the U.S., and I went to my local Target store and saw they have the shelves set up for the newest wave of sets (because retailers in the U.S. get the new sets Aug 1st instead of June 1st). Notably, the sets were cheaper than Lego.com! For example, the East Wing was $250 instead of $270. Knockturn Alley was $100 instead of $120. Expecto Patronum was $30 instead of $35. I felt that this wave was more expensive than they needed to be and just chalked it up to tariffs or something. But I found it interesting that Target has better prices at launch than LEGO does. In my opinion, these are the pieces the sets should be, especially for Knockturn Alley and Expecto Patronum because they definitely felt overpriced. I haven’t purchased any of the sets from this wave yet simply because they felt overpriced, but if they’re going to be priced properly at Target, I’m a lot more likely to pick them up! Anyway, I just thought that was odd (though I’m not complaining) and was wondering if anyone else noticed this or encountered this in the past.

Idk what everybody else does, but here’s what I do to find any new leaks: Google “Lego Harry Potter Reddit” Click into Reddit. Click to sort the posts by “new” Scroll until you find them. You’ll see the new figure leaks from like yesterday :)

Interesting. So it’s essentially a remake of the 2018 Great Hall set. Even the price point is similar. Most people really liked the 2018-2020 Hogwarts system, so this new system might end up being popular after all. Idk if I’ll collect yet another Hogwarts system simply due to lack of space and redundancy, but if it’s unique enough, I could certainly be swayed. I definitely like the price of it, and a wave of more affordable Hogwarts expansion sets would be really nice. Fingers crossed the rest of the wave gets announced soon and hopefully includes a Deathly Hallows Ron!

I could be completely off, but the way the name of the set is not very specific leads me to believe it’s more of a display piece than a play set. I’m picturing either a microscale depiction of key scenes from the first movie (which is overdone at this point), or some sort of diorama. Possibly a book nook or art set. It just seems odd to title a set “First Year at Hogwarts Castle” if it only depicts the Great Hall, you know? A name like that feels like it should be all-encompassing of all the Hogwarts events/scenes from the first movie. And if it really is the Great Hall and based on the first movie, it’ll probably be the sorting ceremony, which is weird considering a $15 sorting ceremony set is currently on shelves. As for Harry Meets Dobby, I guess we’re just getting a $15 version of Harry’s (or should I say, Dudley’s second) bedroom? That seems a bit boring. Not sure what else it could be unless it’s some sort of gimmick or diorama or art thing. If they really wanted to create a $15 set with Dobby, I feel like a remake of Dobby’s Release would have been a better choice. But for $15, I’ll probably get it anyway unless it’s really dumb. Fingers crossed we get some sets for the third movie and on (especially fifth and on) because I’m getting tired of sets mostly being from the first two movies.

Anyone remember approximately when we’ve gotten January set names in the past? It would be very exciting to get those very soon, but I don’t want to get my hopes up yet. January 2027 set names would likely give us a clue if the current Hogwarts system will continue or if it’ll get rebooted again. Unrelated, but now that we have a doe Patronus, I’m hoping they’ll finally make a DH part 1 trio tent camping set with the locket horcrux battle scene! In general, I’d just be really happy the less sets we get from the first two movies (unless it’s something new, like a unicorn in the forest set now that the unicorn from the new cmf exists).

Essentially 😂 Just something fresh because we’ve already seen Dumbledore’s Office so many times, so having it be the Deathly Hallows scene would be so interesting.

Waiting for the East Wing to leak has been agony! I’m also very curious about the Dumbledore’s Office book nook, but there would have to be something really special and unique about it to make me spend $130 on it considering I have the Main Tower set that has a good enough version of the office. Is the general consensus that May 2nd (Battle of Hogwarts day) is the official reveal date? If that’s the case, we might not even get those leaks at this point because that’s only like a week away!

I’m kinda thinking the doe and phoenix might both come in the book nook and nothing in the east wing. If the book nook is Dumbledore’s Office, it’s probably the scene where Snape says “Always”, and it makes sense his patronus would be there then. And since I don’t believe Dumbledore appears in the east wing set but he would appear in his office, his phoenix would probably come there with him. Though that would be a big bummer to not get a Patronus in the east wing. But since the owner of each patronus comes in the sets with the patronus, I don’t see any way for the doe or Phoenix to be in the east wing. I guess we’ll have to wait for official pictures to know for sure! but these new molds look awesome! Is the dog an existing mold, or is it new?

Did we ever determine which Patronuses will be included in the new sets? I think we know Harry’s stag will be in the Expecto Patronum set and Ron’s dog in the Knockturn Alley set (based on the sketches). Was there any word on what might be included in the East Wing or any other sets?

Hahaha true, I should have specified adult-sized Ron gets excluded. Plenty of little legged Rons in sets! To everyone who wants the golden trio and silver trio to be included, my money is on: Harry Hermione Neville Luna I just don’t see all 6 being included (would LOVE to be proven wrong), and I feel like Ron and Ginny would be the easiest to skip since Harry is a requirement, then Hermione, Neville, and Luna are probably the most popular characters. Arthur will probably be the only Weasley included, or maybe Percy too if they really want to branch out. A Battle of the Department of Mysteries set has been one of my top most wanted sets forever, and I’m just really hoping to minifigure selection is great (which for me, includes all of the golden trio and silver trio along with the Order and some death eaters).

Here’s my prediction for Ministry of Magic minifigures if we get 15 in the set! 1. Not Ron 2. Not Ron 3. Not Ron 4. Not Ron 5. Not Ron 6. Not Ron 7. Not Ron 8. Not Ron 9. Not Ron 10. Not Ron 11. Not Ron 12. Not Ron 13. Not Ron 14. Not Ron 15. Not Ron Lego sure loves to pretend Ron doesn’t exist :(

I know I tend to ask this periodically, but I really enjoy hearing your answers! What sets/minifigures would you guys most like to be made? For me, my top 3 sets would probably be: - A DHp1 set depicting Harry and Ron defeating the locket horcrux. Ideally, it would also include the Doe patronus and possibly even the tent they camp in. I feel like this set would be a no-brainer for Lego to make, but for some reason they still haven’t made it. - An OotP set depicting the book version of the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, which would feature multiple small rooms such as the hall of prophecies, the veil room, the brain room, the door room, the time turner room, the planets room, etc. I’d love it to include Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Lucius, Bellatrix, Dolohov, and an Order member or two, but I know that’s unrealistic. I just think it would be such a cool set with lots of playability and display ability. - A HBP Astronomy Tower battle remake that also includes elements from OotP, such as Umbridge’s office, the room of requirement, Fred and George’s fireworks, Slughorn’s class, etc. It could include Harry, Draco, Dumbledore, Snape, a death eater (Bellatrix or Greyback), Fred and George, Umbridge, a DA member or two (a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff), and maybe Slughorn or Lavender. Really, I’d just love to see more Year 5 and up sets because they’ve done just about every Year 1-4 set that they could, except for a few (Unicorn in the Forest, Third Task, Passageway to Hogsmeade remake, etc). As far as minifigures go, I just want a DH Ron at this point. I’d also love a version of Harry based on his appearance in the PS1/PS2 Harry Potter video games, though that’s very unlikely. What would you guys like to see in the future?

Wait, so the only 3 play scale sets this next wave will be Knockturn Alley, Hogwarts East Wing, and Expecto Patronum? That’s kind of a bummer. Did we determine the Dobby set is for sure a buildable Dobby and not a playset of Dobby being freed? If there really are only those 3 sets with minifigures, we can expect the Expecto Patronum set to come with Harry’s stag patronus, and then maybe like Ron’s or Snape’s in Knockturn Alley and then theirs or Dumbledore’s (or maybe Ginny’s but I doubt hers would be prioritized) in the East Wing? That is kind of a letdown to only get 3 patronuses, unless they come in the buildable things sets, but I kind of doubt that.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know why we haven’t migrated to a 2026 forum yet? I’m not sure how that works or who is in charge of that, but I figure it’ll happen sometime soon.