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Hogwarts East Wing shouldn't be Hogwarts Castle: East Wing, following the scheme we've seen until now? Could be a working temporary name? And Hogwarts Courtyard Plants is a strange name too. What plant are there in the Courtyard? Whomping Willow is, at least in CoS movie, in courtyard, while in PoA is in the grounds, but I don't remember anything else so iconic - in GoF there's a tree in the Courtyard, but well it's not something you can consider iconic.

If you follow the book canon and put the lake at south, this would be correct Anyway, could the name suggest the presence of something more than Viaduct Entrance, like a section of the Central Tower, Long Gallery, Bell Tower part of the castle?

I perfectly know that I will never be able to display all the sets together in the suggested way and there's no way I can have more than the front line of the layout - so no Hospital Wing displayed. Living with a family means making compromises on the use of space. Anyway, I and my brother - with whom I share the collection - think that this will be the definitive Hogwarts Castle - at least for us. My Great Hall, Boathouse and Main Tower stands at the top of a living room cupboard and the Main Tower is missing the top, 'cause there's the ceiling. I have space at least for the Viaduct Entrance section, not aligned correctly with the rest of the castle and maybe the Astronomy Tower, reduced in height. In future, we're thinking about making room on a square coffee table in the living room, next to the sofa and put there all the castle.

On contrary, I don't see the Astronomy Tower has a D2C set. It has a different shape from the main tower, but its size isn't so different, so it could be simply part of the regular sets. Furthermore, having a black-box set to complete a regular set is not something we've seen until now for LEGO Harry Potter. Usually they're set that stand on its own - being microfigure, so really different from playsets (Hogwarts Castle and Grounds or Diagon Alley) or being targeted at adult collectors more than to Hogwarts castle completist (Hogsmeade, Burrow, Gringotts, Hogwarts Express).

At this point, I'd say it will likely have both Viaduct Entrance and Astronomy Tower - set CoS based.

A good remake, of course for people who have not the 2022 previous one, would be a Shrieking Shak + Whomping Willow. It could easily merge with the Hogsmeade set and add the tree as part of Hogwarts fields.

On Tiago Catarino Youtube channel a 30 minutes long review of all january wave.

The retiring of the Great Hall would certainly be indicative.

On Cheesey Studio youtube channel there's a video with all the sets put together.

Oh, thank you. I had no time to search the source of that image, but I still considered it too strange for Hogwarts - really nothing I would have called Hogwarts.

@krimimimi in general, I can think to a lot of features that a smart play system and smart bricks could add to LEGO Harry Potter and I'd likely not appreciate any of them Cost of having them in sets is, in my opinion, the main limit on what LEGO could and would put inside. We've already seen a sound brick in the Sorting Hhat set. My main fear is, of course, that future sets - not only Harry Potter's ones - will cost more and offer less than today in term of bricks, buildings, structures and minifigures. The idea of future sets being connected through an online application or that need an application to perfectly work is not something that excites me. I buy my set to build them - well, of course - to expose them and to play with them and I don't think this smart play system would add something relevant at my relationship with LEGO.

From here: LEGO Smart Play: What to Expect from LEGO’s Main Selling Point in 2026 LEGO describes it as "the smartest LEGO brick we’ve ever built." The Smart Brick reacts to everything builders do, from how it is held, moved, or incorporated into a build. Its main features include: LED Lighting and Sounds: The Smart brick adds a new dynamic to play with lights, character sounds and environmental effects. Sensors and Scannable Tags: Much like the technology used in the LEGO Super Mario theme, the Smart Brick will be able to detect colours, barcodes and RFID-enabled LEGO Minifigures. Electronic Minifigure Integration: Certain Smart Play Minifigures will be fully interactive, triggering effects on the Smart Brick and possibly responding to app-based events. These figures will have completely modified parts compared to standard LEGO Minifigures, resulting in the torso and legs being permanently attached. Wireless Charging: Smart Play and the Smart Brick will feature wireless charging, ensuring the brick can be used for extended periods of play. Reports claim this will involve a charging pad which creates a charging field, allowing built models with the brick to be placed on the pad.

Yes, not sure how much of a hint is the LEGO box, but I think at least Viaduct Entrance is pretty certain. Not sure about Astronomy Tower: the 71043_Hogwarts Castle hadn't it and it doesn't appear on the background silhouette you find in instruction booklet, but it appears in the background of the Main Tower box. Probably 'cause it would appeared too much out of position, considering they're trying to give us "the most detailed Hogwarts castle" and following the real castle silhouette.

It's the central part of the Viaduct Entrance. You can see it in LEGO form in Castello di Hogwarts™ 71043 | Harry Potter™ | LEGO® Shop ufficiale IT.

So, as expected, the set is the eastern part of the Quad. The position under the roof sacrifices the Ravenclaw Common Room even more than how much was sacrificed the Hufflepuff Common Room under the Great Hall: just one seat and a really tiny entrance - was Flitwick the designer? Hospital Wing without Madam Pomfrey was already described as not so good, but this time the Hospital has also a small bookcase where you can store potions, lotions and so on. The set, based on PoA, has strong references to CoS - Grey Lady, Penelope Clearwater, the Skele-Gro - so having also Madam Pomfrey wouldn't be out of case even if she doesn't appear - as I remember - in PoA movie. Likely the choice of having Ravenclaw in this set allocated budget towards the new Grey Lady, making impossible to have also Madam Pomfrey. I already commented some time ago the strange decision of putting Ravenclaw in this set. Great to have the Grey Lady from the first movies. LEGO is going full on PS, CoS and PoA! At this point it's pretty certain we'll see also Bloody Baron and I expect it to appear in the summer 2026 set, that I think will represent the Chamber of Secrets and Slytherin Common Room: a logical thougth, I believe. DADA classroom is a good playable part with the big spider and the dementor. The big well-done wardrobe makes the interior of the class less lacking than other swappable modules in bigger sets. Now, with DADA, we can complete waht I considered the major teachings in Hogwarts (Transfiguration, Herbology, Charms, Potions and DADA). In the end, I think it's a good addon to the castle.

Not that I know of.

Perfectly agree, it's a set I really like for what it is.

There's likely various reason for LEGO to produce that sort of sets. As @krimimimi already said, producing more sets of the "most detailed Hogwarts castle" in a shorter period could push spending beyond the budget available to some buyers. And some others, seeing how expensive would have been the castle, could have decided to not even beginning buying the bigger sets. Then you have to considered that LEGO is also aimed at kids and Harry Potter is pretty popular also today to justify having smaller sets for them - like Dueling Club or Sorting Ceremony or Advent Calendars. And with the budget for the minor sets, LEGO would have produced something like Charm class, surely not an exciting set. Furthermore, the fact that LEGO continues to produce objects, creatures and others not playsets likely means that there's enough people buying them. And those people maybe wouldn't have buy a playset, but simply invest their money in not LEGO objects or creatures by other producers. This, for LEGO, would means less earnings. So, while I'm not fond of that type of sets, I can imagine why LEGO produce them.

Well, but Hospital Wing - not considering Ravenclaw - promise to be a stronger set than Flying Lesson one. Lupin is a well-known and appreciate character and his boggart class, even if without Snape in Neville-grandmother's-outfit is surely better than the tiny and empy Transfiguration classroom and the Quidditch stuff closet - basically a filler meant to be switch with Charm classroom set; Hospital is surely a better location, also for playability, than McGonagall office and Trophies Room. And Hospital Wing, on contrary than Flying Lesson, has a pretty collocation, behind Quad Entrance, 'cause it's part of the Quad itself. Now, imagine not having Ravenclaw Common Room with Grey Lady but Mrs Pomfry and a filler room or Divination classroom with Trelawney and no Mrs Pomfrey: a set like this would have towered above Flying Lesson. There's something else to consider, when thinking about how long a Hogwarts castle last: the longer it last the more numerous are the sets LEGO has to keep on shelves, in their warehouse and in production. LEGO is already retiring Boathouse, a set that is relevant, in my opinion, for the Hogwarts layout, but a 4 year long castle would mean for LEGO to keep on shelves Great Hall, Main Tower and other two big sets. I imagine that removing one would seriously affect sales of all the others. People that wouldn't find all the sets on shelves could simply wait for a new castle.

I think having two ghosts in one set shouldn't be a problem for LEGO. In my opinion, having Ravenclaw in Hospital Wing is caused by the pattern LEGO is maybe following. I wrote a similar thing on Reddit Lego Harry Potter two days ago, so maybe you've already read it SHORT VERSION: the fact that Ravenclaw isn't in a big set like others Common Room - I assume the next summer main set will have Slytherin one - is a strong clue that LEGO is following a 3 year pattern like in the past, maybe connected with the Harry Potter TV series, said to be scheduled for the beginning of 2027 in USA. Hovewer, likely LEGO has a back up plan with a further wave in summer 2027, for the current castle; but not being sure about it they decided to put Ravenclaw Common Room in a minor set. LONG VERSION: LEGO is following a 3 year pattern, like the past two Hogwarts castles (2018-2020 and 2021-2023). There is space for only 3 summer main sets (Great Hall, Main Tower, Viaduct Entrance - maybe with the Astronomy Tower) and a bunch of minor castles addon (Owlery, Boathouse, Dueling Club, Flying Lesson, Hospital Wing, Sorting Ceremony, Herbology) and switchable sets (Classes). This Hogwarts castle will end with January 2027, while summer 2027 will be the starting point for a new Hogwarts castle - likely smaller and maybe connected with the Harry Potter TV series that is scheduled to be on air at the beginning of 2027 in USA. Now, Harry Potter TV series is something to take in consideration. We don't really know if LEGO will entirely switch from movies to TV series - I think it also strongly depends on what's the agreement between LEGO and Warner Bross, marketing research and so on... it's not impossible that LEGO will produce a new castle, based on TV series, aimed to the new Harry Potter fan, but that can interest also the old Harry Potter fan that appreciate the new series or want to add something new in their collection. Maybe they'll continue the Collectors' sets aimed at AFOL, like the January 2026 Philosopher Stone Collectors' Edition; maybe not. Here's, hovewer, there's a problem: while is it true that the TV series is scheduled at the beginning of 2027, it's not impossible that it could be delayed for some technical issues. It would be strange for LEGO not having a backup plan. So, likely LEGO is planning or will plan also a summer 2027 wave for the current Hogwarts castle. But they're not sure about it, so they couldn't put Ravenclaw in those sets: having only 3 out of 4 Houses in the "most detailed Hogwarts castle" would surely be a huge failure and it would have serious negative marketing consequences. Harry Potter LEGO fans can survive without Umbridge's office, maybe with some complaints, but can't accept having "the most detailed Hogwarts Castle" with all but one Common Room, I think. In any case, TV series or not, having Ravenclaw Common Room in a minor winter set is, for me, a strong clue on the fact that the current Hogwarts castle is meant to last 3 years as the previous ones. Of course, this is simply just my 2 cents .

Hermione natural collocation is in Hospital. Depending on wether the hoodie is dirty and torn or not the scene is after or before using the Timeturner to travel to the past in order to save Buckbeak and Sirius. Clearly having no minifigures connected with the Hospital in a set named Hospital Wing is too much also for LEGO Is it true that Penelope Clearwater was petrified by the basilisk, so you can put her in the Hospital, but it's a thing book related and not so relevant . The second question is interesting, but it's so hard to read into LEGO developers mind to predict future - I'm not good in Occlumency nor in Divination Hermione appeared in this outfit in 2022 Hogwarts Hospital Wing, Shrieking Shack and Sirius's Rescue and in the 2019 Hagrid's Hut. Maybe LEGO is going to reuse this hoodie, assuming it's a new version of the older ones. I would rule out a new Hagrid's Hut, 'cause we already had a hut in the "most detailed castle". A Shriecking Shack remake would be interesting, for people that hasn't one yet. I don't know if the 2022 version is good paired with the Hogsmeade Village set, probably yes; likely a Shriecking Shack remake wouldn't be so different from the previous one. Sirius's Rescue remake doesn't convince me. I didn't buy the previous version - too expensive for what it is. I think that to work well with this castle, Dark Tower need to be very tall, while even a Flying Lesson treatment is likely too much for the small action taking place in the scene. And it's not simple for me see the Clock Tower and its Courtyard as part of this castle, even if a lot of people asks LEGO for it. Oh, well, maybe in the end LEGO will take the unsold Forbidden Forest: Magical Creatures sets, remove children Ron and Hermione, put inside teen Hermione and Harry and rename it Forbidden Forest: Waiting for Dementors

The only set missing is Hospital Wing. This set it's probably a LEGO exclusive, like Flying Lesson set was, so images will very likely appear when LEGO officially reveal the set, around the end of November if it's like last year.

Not yet, but I suspect the set will be a LEGO and/or retailer exclusive - wasn't Flying Lessons set exclusive too? Image leaks may be less likely.

Curiosly, Penelope Clearwater can work also for Hospital Wing, because she was petrified by the basilisk in Chamber of Secrets . Hermione was petrified too, but she should have short legs, while Prisoner of Azkaban Harry and Ron will likely have middle legs and I don't see the trio with different legs in the set Furthermore the description of the set suggest to remove DADA class for easy play, probably to better accomodate the trio (likely in Hogwarts outfit), Lupin, dementor and the spider, during the boggart lesson.

Naming a set Hospital Wing, without having Pomfrey as a character is so weird. I expected Lupin's classroom to be a different set. I can't wait seeing what Grey Lady LEGO decided to put in the set. At this point, with the Viaduct Entrance - maybe with Astronomy Tower - that we'll certainly have in summer (with Slytherin Common Room and Bloody Baron and, in my opinion, Chamber of Secrets) I guess there won't be other big section of the castle. Maybe there will be something in the 100$ range in January 2027, but then the castle will probably be concluded. And there would last 3 years like past castles.