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Are we expecting more leaks for January 2027? Usually we at least have set number and piece counts / ages by now. It’s odd only two have leaked on their own and nothing else.

Where the heck are early the YouTube reviews this year?

I was hoping that once the sets were on Lego.com that we would see some lifestyle marketing images of the east wing combine with the other castle sets. That has been the fast with all previous large castle expansions. From what I am seeing, there does not appear to be any images showing the castles combine beyond the one we keep seeing.

Astronomy Tower silhouette in the background again 👀

On the Main Tower box there was a very blatant Astronomy Tower. On this box it’s a bit more obscure. The one behind on the left looks like their generic version of the Main Tower which was on the Great Hall box art. The pillars on the right do look like a slightly obscured astronomy tower, but that’s a reach.

I wonder how it will look in scale with it being “many rooms” but still “attaches alongside Hogsmede”

I think the stone bridge will connect into the balcony in Lockhearts classroom. When you look at the blacked out silhouette image from 2024 of what the whole castle system should look like, the stone bridge goes from the window in fluffy’s room into the first large pillar on the East Wing. It lines up fairly perfectly height wise to be slightly elevated above the little outdoor terrace, and bridge into the left large pillar.

I think this is very good assumption. Given the piece count, and the price, and that it’s 10+. The other 10+ sets from the last few waves are either a) large caste additions, or b) the more niche collectors sets for later movies, such as the Durmstrang Ship, Malfoy Manner, and the Lovegood House. I feel fairly confident it’s not a buildable creature or gimmick set given the low number of playsets and high number of buildable objects currently listed for this summer wave. I will gladly take a large castle addition like the Astronomy Tower, or a robust / more niche scene from one of the later movies targeted at long time collectors like the ones I mentioned above.

Where did you find this information?

I will also concede that the inclusion of the Bloody Baron and the Slytherin common room is an indication that this is the final wave of this castle (I had hope it would go longer). That said, it does put them in an interesting position for January. The show may not air until after the first wave of sets. Will they do a wave with no castle expansions in January 2027? Will they have a couple more from this line (maybe just interiors)? Will they jump the gun and have TV show sets ready? Or would they be bold enough to start yet another castle lineup for the movies (feels low likelihood)

Knowing this is a translation from French does have me wondering if there’s an error here. Lego doesn’t usually name anything botanical related as simply “plants”, that seems odd. My delusion is that it is a castle set titled “Hogwarts: Courtyard garden” or something like that.

Hogwarts Castle: East Wing- this is so vague it only peaks my curiosity. Are we going to be getting the bell towers with it? Or is this simply the viaduct entrance? Hogwarts courtyard plants is probably a botanical… although I’d love if it was a courtyard expansion for the catle. Dobby the free elf is likely going to be a remake of the Harry, Lucious, Dobby scene from CoS. 379 pieces is high for that simple scene though? knockturn alley is self explanatory. this leaves two remaining un-leaked sets. Hoping one is a classroom insert: - 76475: 244 pieces - 764777: 480 pieces

With the trio removed from the Main Tower box art, you can get a more clear view at the viaduct entrance and astronomy tower. I also didn’t see the box art for the new flying ford Anglia, and it has a very clear background of the viaduct entrance and astronomy tower as well. I think they might go as far as combining these two into one big summer set with the viaduct bridge and call it a day on this line. I am at least confident at this point we will see the astronomy tower as well. Hard to say if this goes into 2027 and we get the clocktower or anything more.

The summer set names actually leaked on December 8 last year. So if we’re lucky again this year, we could know what the summer will look like in a weeks time. I will caveat that was earlier than usual.