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If they're kind, they'd put the cloaks in an Accessory Pack so there's no need to keep them pristine as part of the lego sets. Cloaks need to be worn, played with and displayed, not kept tidy in cardboard. And yes, the lack of love the other Houses receive makes me sad as well. But for once the Hufflepuffs aren't the most neglected, however. I'd even be alright with the release of a book with a generic Ravenclaw Keeper. Behind the helmet, the hair doesn't matter, and the face wouldn't much either. Yes I now have those books in Polish, German, French and English, half of which I don't speak... For the most part there isn't much text / content to them, but I regretted it on the Poster book a little. Those were rather pretty.

Yes, it was speculated here in response to promobricks IG post with the fandom pun "siriusly" coupled with a graphic of the full moon, which the thinking was hinted at Black and Lupin. Shrieking Shack? The scene after it? Revealing it tomorrow on the full moon? Possibilities, possibilities. And wishful thinking of course... I'm definitely getting the Moment sets and the Hospital Wing, although I'll try to hold out until I can get them slightly reduced. The trunk will need to be more than slightly reduced. If the faces had been less young and they'd included skin-toned hands, it would have been a higher priority. Most excited about the Pomfrey fig, too, though. Heads up for anyone it helps, the German amazon store had the Ameet books with the minifigs of Lucius and Cedric in the Hufflepuff Quidditch uniform (as well as Harry and Sirius) on offer via Prime for 5 EUR. You might want to check yours. (Search for Ameet Harry Potter)

Oh that's right, the one that doesn't exist. No wonder I couldn't place it.

It's an excellent argument for the Express (and why I'm also sure the Durmstrang ship will appear eventually, too, despite having a virtual non-role in the films; lots of ship fans out there). At some point we'll see another motorised HE for sure, I'm just not convinced it will be this set. On the other hand, another argument for it, if you look at the HP mega-sets so far, the four most expensive we've seen in this theme, we had 71043 the nanoscale castle in 2018, 75978 Diagon Alley in 2020, the four art sets to make the Hogwarts seal in 2021, 76391 Hogwarts Icons in 2021. Skipping any one (or all) of those wasn't going to impact your HP lego experience in a marked fashion. You could still complete your minifig scale castle builds and all of the most iconic scenes. The only set that actually impacted the minifig scale experience was the more recent Diagon Alley set. (But I have no doubt if it remains evergreen, they'll make up for it with a very small set with Harry and Lockhart at some point in the future. They can sell it as the scene from the classroom, and kids will just mentally change the setting.) But the bottom line is they seem to choose things that are somewhat adjacent to the stories for the big sets. It's why I'm also pretty sure they wouldn't gate Gringotts behind a price tag like that. D2C will most definitely be later in the year, it gives them more points in time where we merrily generate buzz for free , and they can keep it under wraps until very shortly before which they seem to have great success doing. I'd be (very pleasantly) surprised if we hear anything before August. What's CC?

That, plus I'd also argue that even if you aren't an HP fan (supposedly such people exist) the DA buildings generally made for good street builds. With the exception of the wizard tipping its hat on the WWW (easily left out), there's no reason they couldn't be regular shops without serious modding.

Well that's an excellent reason not to mention it but also a horrible wager if so. I get the sense that Slytherin is underrepresented on this forum...

So you're saying they'd go... loony? Two? I'd say the rest are just keeping schtum as to their nefarious plans... Don't count them out. What was your half of the wager, btw? It's been too long (and @THELEGOBATMAN doesn't tend to mention your potential loss nearly as often as you do ). Weren't you going to eat a broomstick? (lego-sized or real?)

Wouldn't want you to miss out.

I really want the doe Patronus. If they never give us a Forest of Dean set, that would do nicely for a MOC.

Well you do now. No worries.

I like you anyway. Thanks, @BrickBob Studpants

Has Indy been confirmed? Last I noticed it was still 'Coconut'. (Not that I had a close eye out for it; I tend to miss non-HP rumours...)

Peeves doesn't really count along those lines, though, because it wasn't meant to be a question of deliberately using a book only character. Both sets he appeared in were from the first wave in 2001, at a point in time when they weren't sure what significance the character would later play in the series and when they knew an actor had been cast for the role, but apparently before the decision was made to cut those scenes. They went into it a bit in one of the anniversary wave interviews last May. But if they aren't willing to revisit the minifig even for an event like that... It would have made a lot more sense to get a golden Peeves instead of Voldemort, for instance, and yet nada. I wonder how much of this could also be a question of who owns the rights? Kind of like with the X-men and Avengers? Anyone know if that's an issue in the franchise with Scholastic, or have all rights since shifted to WB?

Considering they basically included Doris Crockford and Dedalus Diggle in the Accessory Set last year (even if unnamed) I'd say they aren't adverse to including background witchards, which I think is pretty cool. It's nice to be able to expand the universe. I'd hope we don't get a teen version of Charlie, though, as he'd probably be indistinguishable from Ron. I'm still hoping for adult versions of him and Bill.

@BacktoBricks, so once we have those details (for technicals purposes only) do we: stick to purchasing still more HP lego (and if so, which of the new sets?) venture into other themes (and if so which themes?) or *gasp* expand our horizons to include non-ABS purchases? (I have no idea what that includes anymore. Lockdown was so perfectly suited to lego-ing...) ETA: In general, we really don't seem to be doing that poorly with the info presently known for HP lego. So many other themes haven't even got piece counts or prices yet. https://www.stonewars.de/lego-2022/

The fault isn't yours, you did exactly what the clickbait-y hint intended you to do. We shall as a group, however, now persistently recall that you are easily fooled, and for (purely technical reasons naturally) will at irregular intervals require the access details for your bank accounts...

Speed Champions, Technic, City Farm, Ninjago and now Star Wars. I think that's it.

That's what they said anyway. Plus the pic of 75326 Boba Fett's Palace was posted today. Maybe they wanted to capitalise on whatever interest that generated, too.

Lockhart's DADA classroom was in 2021's CoS set with the Great Hall. Fwiw, we haven't had a regular Quirrell this round. Not since the 2018 GH.

The new Hospital Wing set gives me some hope. It looks like they've begun paying a little more attention to the façade. Even with the new format, a decent rendition of the Bell Towers isen't out of the question. The 2021 modular format "allows you to rearrange, to mix and match. Gives us also an opportunity to tap into locations and moments that we haven't before because maybe they weren't iconic enough in itself and now we can actually go into those locations." - Marcos Bessa in the zusammengebaut interview (last May I believe). Putting a lot of hope in "haven't before" not just being Fluffy's chamber. If it isn't Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw, I can do without. What I'd love is a four pack, one from each House with Ron in a Keeper's uniform. Make it one set of printed legs, one pair of shoulder pads and a helmet, and you could easily swap the Keeper to be from any House. Three other printed heads, three/ four hair pieces and you've built in variety. Make it so, lego! Betting on the Knight Bus instead of the Express. PoA and all. Makes more sense now than later. I'd seen the expected EOL on the Moment sets, but thinking of it this way makes me unexpectedly sad.

Because @Yope didn't mention it, I thought I would , they'd done a vastly improved revisit of Snape's class 4705 in the new modular format (only better ) combined with the twins loosing their fireworks. (I liked the use of fish and whips... Shockingly, not a combination available at your chippy.) It's a smaller scale set than the one proposed by RBR but very cute, thought you might like it. *waves @BacktoBricks* Good to see you back and on the mend.

Good luck with the move! So how about a OotP Hogsmeade set in 2023 (Lego, are you listening? Because this year we are obviously getting the Shrieking Shack, Right? Right?) with the Hog's Head and Madam Puddifoot's. One of the convenient things about the Hogsmeade sets is how neatly they slot into people's Christmas displays, even for those who aren't fans of the HP franchise. There's nothing too overtly Hogwarts-y about them. Minifigs - Harry, Cho, Aberforth, Madam Puddifoot (as I believe she's uncast, they can make her a POC and further help increase the gender and racial diversity count in one) and then either two students from the DA or another couple from the tea shop, or throw Neville and Luna in there or the AC or divide them up. (Or give us the Thestral carriage with Luna, whichever.) The AC could be Harry and Hermione and Ron, one or two other students (Neville / Luna) and one or two street vendors. I think one of the things they may have done wrong on the 2020 Yule Ball set was to include three figs in the exact same form as they appeared in that year's "Christmas set" as we used to think of them in our household. The Clock Tower was a bigger ticket item we'd have been likely to receive for Christmas or perhaps a birthday, and having fully half the AC's minifigs as dupes you'd get at the same time might not have been the best strategic choice, which is a pity as it was otherwise such a strong selection. Include a couple of Hog's Head benches in the AC, another seating group from each of that year's Hogsmeade shops so the sets extend beyond their footprint, a couple of outdoor vendors' stands and as @Xenophilius suggests, a few accessories. Because I agree, all the little details they add make such a difference. If selected judiciously, they could allow us to convert a second set of Hogsmeade or Hogsmeade II shops into different stores, which could boost sales of both. (Or the additional tables would allow the register to be removed from a second set and complete the build with a front and back for those that rather.) An owl, letters and signage for the owl post would do a good job of transforming one of the shops we have with few extra pieces. A bench table can easily be converted into an owls' roost, one register is much the same as another... Swapping details between the two would give all four more distinct looks. A few different coloured quills, scrolls, parchment and ink pots and we can convert the other store into a Scrivenshaft's, and we'd never pry Hermione out of there again. (The witch and wizard from 2021's AP could staff them.) Why not help fans MOC or use the AC to more readily enable alt builds, sort of like we get for the 3 in 1's?

2021 included a sign for the Leaky and a table complete with tankards and a bottle, so there's some hope that reluctance wouldn't restrict them completely. The 2020 Yule Ball may have been my favourite of the three ACs thus far for its cohesion of vision. Nanobuilds aside, it does a great job of extending the Yule Ball scene, so I could see future ACs continuing in that vein. (Kids, on the other hand, are often happier with representational builds, so 2021 may have gone over better... We'll have to wait and see.) As to whom: Katie Bell and the cursed necklace HBP. There were a couple of encounters with Rita Skeeter in Hogsmeade (GoF and OotP). It could also be an opportunity to reissue Fudge (PoA) as Hagrid's Hut is retiring. I suppose Ludo Bagman his good self is unlikely though... The Hog's Head and Madam Puddifoot's seem possible OotP Hogsmeade sets, however, and there are figs for each that would work and are unlikely to appear elsewhere. Benches and extra seating for either or both function much the same as the 2020 YB AC. I'd even be happy for random street vendors and shoppers. If you consider that lego had two unnamed figs and a vendor of an as yet unissued store in the 2021 Accessory Set, that might not even be a stretch. And lego had a chestnut vendor in the winter festival set. IIRC someone here had done a build of the Weasleys' Dragon Roasted Chestnuts (may have been Micmac in his DA expansion?). Something like that would be grand, so fitting and all winter-y magical. Or maybe a brick built Skrewt heating the mulled butter beer and cocoa. The actor who played Goyle injured his arm and had to sit out action sequences for PoA. Iirc, they made up a character instead of just giving the scene to another one (like Dobby / Nigel & Gillyweed) so as not to commit to anything in case Rowling had contradictory plans for the potential other character down the line. Sort of like Nigel Wolpert vs. the Creeveys. That scene would be a good one, although I'm not sure about the accompanying builds. They could give us Blaise instead of Pike / Goyle to help with the diversity issues and I doubt anyone would complain about not getting Pike. (Then again... ) As for ACs reusing minifigs, I wouldn't co-sign that. 2019 had 5 unique ones and one alt version out of seven total, 2020 3 unique ones and 3 that had only been in one other set, and 2021 had five unique ones and one alt version of a fig that had only been in a fairly exclusive set. All in all, they've made a good showing in that regard. I'd love the signpost. Not a huge fan of the nanobuilds, although they've been very well done, but they just don't really fit in my overall displays. I liked the Yule Ball AC despite more than because of them, but at least the Durmstrang ship and the Beauxbatons carriage fit in to the nanoscale castle set.

That was so well done, @Bugbot20082! Chuckling at hipster Hermione with churros... Aberforth would be a great idea! I'd like to get him eventually. I really hope they keep Hogsmeade going, and give us a Shrieking Shack this year, maybe a Hog's Head next year for the DA. That would be another great set to use an AC to expand on the characters included in the summer set.

Hey, welcome out of lurkdom! I don't think they'll have any problems skipping years forward or backwards for the AC (2019 PS, 2020 GoF, 2021 PS), but a year three set seems more likely (particularly having done the Yule ball only a little over year ago and it still haunts the shelves ). So let's say it were Hogsmeade (which sounds like a great idea) instead of based on one of the larger sets this summer... What kind of things do you think they might include? What would make a good Hogsmeade AC?