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I just realised something. In the 2020 wave there are no stud shooters! (Only noticing because I’m currently building Quidditch Match... it’s a lovely set but boy is that stud shooter for the Quaffle forced into the set.)

I’m not sure why people were expecting otherwise, seen a few people say they thought it was £400 which I don’t remember ever being mentioned (in fact I don’t remember GBP mentioned at all). I always assumed £350 like Hogwarts but can always hope for slightly less based on the €/£ difference on some other recent D2Cs ?

Was gonna say that earlier. I’ve got screenshots of all his post so we can at least see how much of what he said was true.

Zavvi is great and is part of The Hut Group, a huge group of UK retailers. It’s fine.

Astronomy Tower £75.99 on Amazon UK if anyone’s interested :)

Just finished it. Wow it’s amazing! But also flipping heck it’s gigantic, gonna need a bigger shelf. The Astronomy Tower’s even taller isn’t it... Also this was meant to make me hold over until the new sets come down in price but it’s just made me want them even more to connect them lol

Not the new wave... but I’m finally home after being stuck due to lockdown, so can start building my backlog from months ago. Just built the Dragon Boat Race last night, excited to build the Great Hall today!

Hello! Welcome :) I’m hoping to get the Tree House soon too. DA does sound awesome I agree. I wouldn’t expect quite 6000 pieces. Hogwarts had a lot of very small pieces that bump up the piece count. Generally 4000 pieces is reasonable to expect for $400, maybe slightly more. But I wouldn’t judge on piece counts alone anyway, but more overall quality of the set and as Jangbricks says, “volume of stuff”. It will very likely be multiple buildings that may or may not be connectable, yes. I doubt it’ll be an enclosed street - there’s a slight chance it’ll have some street though. Nice to have you among the community. :) Yeah sorry for bringing him up again. But if people can keep it civil and on topic I don’t see any harm in at least discussing what he could mean, as although his reputation is diminished, there’s no guarantee that he’s completely wrong I guess. Yes I’m curious about those two things too...

Yeah... although the proof is in the pudding. His hints for The June wave’s sets were very guessable, but many of his DA hints are specific and so whether or not he’s fake shall then be clear at last.

Yes, absolutely. I shall screenshot all his posts - as presumably he’ll delete them too when whatever it is is revealed. Does anyone have any screenshots before he deleted a load? As I am noticing some missing like the “He’s back” and obviously the advent calendar ones. If his hints turn out to be true, he said he’d be back next year - so we’ll know we may be able to trust some of what he says, but also to doubt everything he says next year as presumably he’d pull the same trick. If they turn out to be false, well know to pay no attention to him ever again, just like we were anyway.

I’m presuming everyone here has pretty much unfollowed KNN, myself included, so I haven’t seen his post yesterday mentioned. It essentially says: -Some “recognised LEGO fan media” have seen 75978. -A few days ago he deleted every hint that was already revealed. -Today (yesterday) he deleted almost every game hint that was a distraction for other “leakers”. -He also warned not to trust a random guy on IG (as in him) and doubt everything (as in his fake leaks). -He hopes we like Diagon Alley and CMF series 2 and says to stay tuned for next year, and that “I’m out”. -He also commented “LTB”. Not sure what to make of it. Either he’s back-pedalling or he did intentionally leak fake stuff for some reason. Not sure what “distracting other leakers” means or why he’d do that except to protect a job (although don’t see why it would). I do believe he had some sort of purpose though - I don’t see why anyone would troll for such a long period of time, and also continue to deny everything while being proven wrong and disliked by the community. Oh well, it was still fun while it lasted. (Don’t forget, if you discuss/reply to this, discuss the comments, not the leaker!)

I still don’t think they’d make facades of any shops. Sure they can make the shop be a smaller one, but I would have thought they’d make the scale and style consistent. Your list for the main ones seems reasonable. I think Gringotts, Ollivanders and WWW are a given. The other two could have something in their place. I do think five is reasonable to hope for. Its not like lists are copyrighted :P ———— I just had a thought - Borgin and Burke’s wasn’t the only thing KNN confirmed, he also confirmed Weasleys Wizard Wheezes... what if WWW was the thing that’s wrong :O

The same place they put Fred and George in the 2011 Diagon Alley that had no Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes ?

You’ll have to do some minor technic brick modification if you have it in the official setup btw, in J2G’s video he showed how the gap isn’t quite big enough between the AT pin hole and the Whomping Willow floor.

Ooh. So the question now: which certain someone are we referring to here, as they said opposite things: Is it our resident troll here on EB? Or is it our favourite debunked leaker?

They also already made 3 Hagrid's Huts and 2 Great Halls and they did those again

They could have Hogsmeade Station as well. I believe it was in one of the older sets? Maybe it will be a microscale DA, with a microscale Hogwarts Express, going across a microscale London and UK, connecting to a microscale Hogsmeade?

Also with the Hogwarts Express, every carriage looks the same. With many other train sets, they have multiple different carriage designs. Uh oh that would ruffle some feathers re a certain someone... But with Ninjago City docks, that can be a standalone set. A Hogwarts extension... not so much. If someone was going to buy only one, they'd buy the one with the Great Hall and Staircase, as that's the most recognisable part and what most people think of when you mention Hogwarts. I'm not sure people would buy just the expansion.

Wow! This is an amazing setup. I love how everything's all nestled together. I hope to do something like this! I love your MOCs as well, like that archway. Everyone keeps posting "I got this set" and my mouse cursor edges nearer and nearer to the "Buy" button...

I get what you mean but the way he reacted as though we were in the wrong and we were stupid, I don’t really care for his hints real or not. Yeah lol it doesn’t exactly take a genius to work out lol. Interesting they didn't mention Quidditch Match.

Theres a very simple solution here ? nah I understand your frustration.

Yeah I noticed the same on photos...

That's correct. It's been mentioned a few times elsewhere, and yeah, the US is getting EU sets and having stickers put on to comply with US regulations.

Is it it not four and a half? GH, WW, CT, AT and RoR?

I say again, that's not gonna happen for making a prediction lol. Maybe told off for being off-topic if you're unlucky. My prediction is minifig-scale, and Gringotts, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, Ollivanders and Borgin & Burke's. I think 5 shops seems reasonable. Any less would be disapppinting. Any more would be a bonus, and next on my list are Flourish & Blotts, the Leaky Cauldron and Quality Quidditch Supplies.