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At the moment the Great Hall is said to be retired between july 2026 (Brik Tap) and dicember 2026 (Brick Fanatics). LEGO would likely give some overlapping time between the Great Hall and the third big section of the castle - likely the Viaduct Entrance with or without the Astronomy Tower in june 2026. Retirement dates can be changed, but for now I wouldn't expect to see this castle having more then 3 big section and lasting more than summer 2026.

I read the same and, maybe, shop clerk... the first letter seem a C more than a K or a O (owner?).

In the usual place, a sketch about QQS and Fortescue's Diagon Alley set.

With nearly 2300 less pieces it would cost more per piece than Diagon Alley - even with the current higher price - and Gringotts. But it would be less expensive, per piece, than some regular sets.

Probably a portrait. I expect more than one, probably the others are on the tower lateral walls, so not drawn in the sketch.

cmf6169_backup on Instagram put a sketch also about Herbology Class.

Where did you see it? Edit: nevermind . I've found it.

On Reddit there's also a partial image of Monster Book of Monster.

My thought is that the set may have both the Graind Staircase Tower and the Quad Entrance. I imagine in the underground section of both the parts PS Challenges (Devil Snare, Chess, Mirror); the Graind Staircase Tower may accommodate a movable stair in the lower part: two floor height (the ground zero perhaps connected with the Great Hall Courtyard and the ground one with the Forbidden Corridor); than the Gryffindor Common Room - one floor height - and Dumbledore Office, one floor height plus the roof section height); in the Quad Entrance section the Arch + trap door passage to the Devil Snare in the ground zero and the Forbidden Corridor in the ground one.

We can only hope in some other juicy leak :)

Looking on the web, I think 1st or 2nd of May.

Dumbledore's office location in the Hogwarts model is at the top of the Main Tower. For this reason, when thinking about the new set, I supposed it could be based on CoS, with his office put in upper part of the tower, partly in the roof section. So, having Dumbledore's office in the Main Tower set would be coherent with the model, while not coherent with the main PS scene depicted in the set. In my opinion we might see the office in the Main Tower set.

Never been at Warner Bros London studio, but isn't the Hogwarts model inside Art Department - Warner Bros. Studio Tour London one of the most recent version of it? I would say HPB, cause in DH the viaduct and main courtyard are very different.

Not really, but it's true that untill now a very big part of the castle is based on PS. Dueling Club and likely Herbology Class are from CoS; Owlery is from GoF.

I agree. I was surprised by the PS leaks... I thought we would have seen a CoS set. It would be a whole coherent set, from Dumbledore's Office to the Chamber in the dungeon. In any case I can't wait having some more info about the sets.

Isn't similar to Flying Lesson set? $69.99 for 548 is 0.122 ratio; $79.99 for 651 pieces is 0,127.

That's a good point and I agree with you. But I think that people loss of interest is just part of the reason for the reduction in buzz in HP forum discussions and excitement pointed out by @krimimimi Absence of minifigure leaks and text description leaks reduces the engagement. And maybe there's less new people in the thread, that could be excited for something they've just started collecting. I don't know about any of you, but I started collecting Harry Potter LEGO in 2018 and I know that any new wave will probably have less and less interesting thing to arouse my excitement.

CoS is my main guess. Then, but a lot less likely, in my opinion, OotP. Well, not totally unlikely, I think. The Viaduct could be part of the next year big set (imagining it'll be the Viaduct Entrance); not sure about tha small bridge in the back ground. I'm doubtful about it at the moment. I would say no. PS. I would say Lovegood House and Camping and Doe scene from DH. Hungarian Horntail is a good guess. Hogwarts Express is too recent, I think. I hope yes, just to have more variation. In the end, I think LEGO will produce something DH related. So, yes, I think we could see a DH Ron.

He posted in his stories a screen from his 2023 April Fool's post with a tick near the first four statements.

Likely the real motivation with that chose was budget not diversity. Designers had no more budget for adult Ron and Hermione and their two kids. So they tried to hide it with a diversity splash - and by far, it had been better for them to put students from Ravenclaw + Hufflepuff instead of Gryffindor + Hufflepuff. And then there was also the absurd statement on the importance of having minifigures Hogwarts outfits, as if someone could be confuse by their absence.

The wait is getting unnerving

I'm not sure we'll have the Clock Tower. This section doesn't appear both in 71043 Hogwarts Castle and in 76419 Hogwarts Castle and Grounds. It's true that in the first set even the Astronomy Tower wasn't there, but between the two sections I think the Clock Tower is the most sacrificable. There's also to keep in mind the 3 years planning LEGO seems to follow: in 2018-2020 we had Great Hall, Clock Tower and Astronomy Tower; in 2024 we've already seen the Great Hall, in 2025 we'll have the Main Tower and so there could be only a spot for a big set in 2026 - and for display purpose Astronomy Tower is more important than Clock Tower... but there's also the possibility that LEGO decided to produce the DADA Tower instead the Astronomy Tower - this last one appears only from HPB I believe. And there's also to consider that one spot could be occupied by a Quidditch related set that it's missing from this new castle. Standing to your question on OotP, I think a lot will depends on how big is the Main Tower. Will it have only the Main Tower or also the Quad Entrance and the near smaller tower - the one with the bridge to the Viaduct Entrance? If there will be only the Main Tower, the Quad Entrance + Small Tower could form a next medium set and accomodate something from OotP (Umbridge's Office, Room of Requirement... in this case in the underground sections there could be Slytherin Common Room with Malfoy and Pansy as member of the Inquisition Squad).

Until now we haven't had hints, just educated guesses like Dumbledore's Office or the fact it may have a common room inside - it would be strange for the most detailed castle missing some of the common rooms.

Talking about sets already on shelves: last Christmas time I built the 76440_Triwizard Tournament: The Arrival set. I want to spend two words for Durmstrang ship: it's amazing, a really well, well done building. The hull is impressive, the shape is very spot on and with all the tiny details and the fabric sails and flags I find it a perfect model.

Oh, well, I've a bunch of set before Lovegood House like a Tent and Patronus set from DH. As on how likely is it... who knows? But, I don't think it's impossible. It's not a minor scene in the movie (and book too) because info given by Xenophilius explain and drive the Deathly Hallows quest. It's Luna's house and she is a characters appreciated by a lot of fan even if she can't be in the set. There's also a bit of action, so LEGO could put two masked generic deatheaters and entices other buyers. But yes, it's not so appealing from outside. That's a thing I've never thought about. I was 11 when PS came out and literally grow with Harry I don't even remember the movies' rating... here in Italy, on DVD boxes they're simply rates as "For All", without restriction or advice.