brickbride

The wiki has an unidentified blonde Slytherin girl; I couldn't find any named ones: https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified_blonde_Slytherin_girl Do we know Daphne Greengrass' or Tracey Davis' hair colour? They're at least named Slytherin girls in the books, though I don't think they appear in the movies. There's a Hufflepuff girl named Leanne (no last name) who has at least the right hair colour for the one we've seen: https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Leanne Ravenclaw boy: possibly Terry Boot? https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Terry_Boot

I'm curious how the Potions Class will fit into it, for much the same reasons you've stated. The "modules" are definitely underwhelming. And I cannot see a feasible way of cramming four figs plus some necessities (such as cauldrons, potions bottles, workbenches, and chairs) into one of them, yet the Potions Class is said to have four figs and to fit into the new system. EDIT: Well, I guess if the students sat two abreast, at 12 studs width that could work. Or possibly even if they didn't but Snape just stood there instead of having, like, a teacher's desk. Especially since I guess the students would all have those stupid short legs and therefore couldn't sit anyway, so maybe we won't even get chairs? Still, asking EUR 38 for one of those modules sounds crazy expensive to me ...

To be fair, it's a step up from the Owl Post Office.

It's longer, true, but it looks just as cramped. I still think the 2001 version (apart from, obviously, the 2018 stand-alone) was the best in terms of capturing the spirit of it.

New leaked pic from the same source with just the figs. EDIT: Overlapped.

Great Hall: Huh. Underwhelming at first glance, which is good because there's no way I'm going to want to start collecting yet another Hogwarts Castle iteration. The troll admittedly looks nice. And so does the Fat Friar. The middle removable section is I don't even know what, and the Hufflepuff common room looks, again, underwhelming. The Great Hall seems to be taken straight from the last Chamber of Secrets set just with a (which is definitely a plus) higher ceiling and some banners. But basically the footprint of the entire thing seems to be about the same as in the Chamber of Secrets set, so I don't see the justification for the price increase. Also, I'm sorry to say but the buildable sky ceiling looks kinda bad. Mandrake: Between the large printed leaves and the face, my first thought was "4+". But to be fair, I don't care for botanical sets on the whole. And it does look kind of cute taken from the pot, though I'm not sure how you'd display it that way. Madam Malkin's and Ollivanders: That's the only thing so far which I think looks good and (somewhat) worth the price, though I'd like to see the outside of MM's and the inside of Ollivander's. Buckbeak: Honestly, my first thought was "He's the king of the hippogriffs, he has a crown!" But then, LEGO's buildable creatures generally aren't for me. Nice "bowing" posture, though.

That's of course possible. However, the leak in the usual place specifically mentions his having the same head, and both Brick Clicker and Promobricks have now reported on it as well.

According to Brick Clicker: 10796 Gabby's Cat-Ear Kindergarten 10797 Gabby's Party Room @BrickBob Studpants Still no new Indy sets. Maybe you should consider switching fandoms? ;-)

Not sure if this is old news (Star Wars isn't my theme), but according to Brick Clicker's latest video, the Captain Rex minifigure in the upcoming microfighter is the very same one as in the Venator - cloth piece and all.

We-ell, not that many people who were interested in the UCS Hogwarts Express would have preferred Random Hufflepuff Diversity Student (TM) and Random Ravenclaw Diversity Student (TM) to adult Ron and Hermione. Yet here we are. If I remember correctly, the designer even admitted that at one point they'd had adult Ron and Hermione in the line-up but ultimately decided against them. Even though they've never been done before and the chance that they'll get done now is pretty slim.

According to Brick Clicker, LEGO Icons 10334 is going to be the retro radio. 906 pieces for USD 110, and it "likely includes a sound brick". (That last bit is according to the usual source. In his video, he only says that he could imagine it containing a sound brick, so I don't know. Though he explicitly says that he could imagine it because of the price-to-pieces ratio.) Assuming it's true, though - anyone want to explain the pricing for the "But it has a sound brick!" Sorting Hat?

The difference, in my opinion, is that most people think of the police as "cool" or "friends and helpers", and of crime as fairly removed from their lives. LEGO isn't marketing their sets to bank robbers or any other target groups who can be expected to have a standard negative reaction to the presence of law enforcement. I also don't think it's a coincidence that more than half the modulars so far have dealt with what I would classify as leisure and entertainment, including a whopping FOUR restaurants so far (Café Corner, Downtown Diner, and Parisian Restaurant, plus the Jazz Club/Pizzeria). Clearly subject appeal matters! But we'll see. If the next modular is something along the lines of Hospital or Funeral Parlour or anything else people could be expected to have overwhelmingly negative associations with in real life, I will gladly concede your point.

I can't see a hospital, honestly. Hospitals aren't much fun. Especially not for adults who, you'd think, are the main target group. They might work for children playing at doctors and nurses, plus there's a legitimate pedagogical approach there (taking away children's fear of doctors/hospital environments by familiarizing them with those professions and environments through play). So I can see them in City and Friends. But for adults? Many people associate with hospitals memories of pain, sickness, seeing loved ones lying on those hospital beds ... - it's just not something I'd expect a large amount of people would jump at buying. Completionists, sure, who either will get any modular no matter what or who decide that their LEGO city absolutely needs one in order to be as realistic as possible. But many more people will buy what they like, and that's either buildings that evoke fun and pleasant pasttimes (Boutique Hotel, Parisian Restaurant, Book Shop, Pet Shop, Downtown Diner, Palace Cinema, Grand Emporium), or buildings that you tend to feel more neutral about but that at least evoke fun stories (Detective's Office, Brick Bank with the laundromat, Police Station), or have cool architecture (Town Hall). There's probably still people who have negative associations with any of those (say, if your wife had just hired a PI in order to prove your infidelity, or if the bank had refused to give you a loan, or you'd been arrested), but those would be far more uncommon cases. If LEGO did a hospital, they'd have to absolutely knock it out of the park in order to overcome people's negative associations, and why would they saddle themselves with that sort of burden? There's plenty of other opportunities. A college or railway station, for example, would make AFOLs fondly remember their college days or travels, and could still have architecture every bit as cool. I do know that at some competitors offer modular hospitals - but those cater to niche markets compared to LEGO, basically filling in the gaps in LEGO's portfolio. If LEGO has a large, world-wide audience, and gives itself only one shot a year at making an expensive building that people should ideally jump at buying, I cannot see them picking a hospital of all things.

You mean the girl in a wheelchair? It's hard to say from the pic, but the hair looks more medium nougat than dark orange to me. Really cool ravens, though. (Note the small one on the upper right!)

That makes a lot of sense, thanks! Hidden Side's triptych format and the shape of The Rise of Voldemort complement each other nicely. As do the winged statues on either side.

Do you have a picture by any chance? I own both sets and have been meaning to do that, too. Some inspiration would be appreciated!

Just looking at my old Hidden Side sets. I think 70427 would be a perfect parts pack for those who want to beef up their Forbidden Forest scenes.

To me it's not so bad as all that. Granted, GotG 3 along with Spiderman No Way Home was the best. But I also mostly liked Dr Strange 2 and the Marvels, parts of Eternals, Loki was pretty good (especially season 2), and Hawkeye was fun. I think the problem is more that the quality these days is all over the place. Before Endgame, even the not-so-great movies like Thor The Dark World or Ant-Man were at least okay. Now they're cranking out stuff at an alarming rate, Ant-Man 3 was demand-your-money-back terrible, ands so's Secret Invasion from what I hear. It's not the lack of good content, it's the increase of bad content dragging the MCU down.

The entire set is about 1.200 pieces and USD 140, right? Here's the Destiny's Bounty from Ninjago at less than 700 pieces: Plus, several of the older pirate ships like 7029 or 6243 look really cool and only have about 600 pieces. However, I'm not sure how comparable those are because 600 pieces in 2024 gets you a lot less of a footprint than 600 pieces in, say, 2007 or 2009.

Or with today's Marvel prices, one 359 pieces set for EUR 85 and one 420 pieces set for EUR 95.

True, but that doesn't mean they'd want it. (Or the Batcave for that matter.) Especially at the prices LEGO's charging for everything these days. I give you that there's a certain target group of comic book fans who'd go "Daily Planet? Sign me up!" no matter how the movie does or even if there is a movie. But you're talking about the much larger casual audience here. If I don't care for Superman, why would I pay hundreds of Euros for a LEGO model of the place where he works? I guess LEGO feels that there are enough X-Men fans out there to warrant an X-Mansion, the important word being "fans". Similarly there's enough Spiderman fans to warrant a Daily Bugle. But again, you need enough Superman fans for a Daily Planet, not just people with general knowledge about what Superman and the Daily Planet are. A well-received movie can certainly help with that.

Brick Clicker said it's the ceiling. And stickers. He may of course be wrong (I suspect he's wrong about Fudge), but the stickers thing sounds a lot like LEGO, doesn't it?

Brick Clicker's new video gives some more information on the Great Hall and Triwizard Arrival sets. Most of it seems to be taken from the same source as the Polish site's (right down to naming Fudge as a figure in the Triwizard set when previous rumours had named Crouch). The only thing new to me was: The Great Hall's enchanted sky he describes as stickers on the ceiling. I was wondering if they'd come up with a clever way of building that and maybe even allowing you to change it depending on the "weather outside", but apparently not.

Be glad you're not the size of a minifigure, or he'd gobble you right up. Which the new one can't do!

Meh, YMMV. I actually like it quite a bit. Then again, I also prefer the 2001 basilisk to the 2021 one. To each their own is all I'm saying. I've just recently read an article about how "The Marvels" did poorly at the box office but was super successful on streaming services. They also listed a top five of movies, I think, so they definitely have ways of counting individual performances. "Game of Thrones" probably begs to differ. I'm by no means saying that a HP show is bound to be successful - but the potential surely exists. GoT made it to I think eight seasons? With some child actors in major roles, too (though not as many as HP would require). And they did "House of the Dragon" after and I've heard the "Dunk and Egg" stories are in the works, too, so clearly it wasn't a financial bomb. I'm actually kind of bummed that LEGO has chosen to ignore FB to the extent it does. Mind you, the movies were by no means great, I never liked Newt or Tina as characters all that much, and I'm not sure we need any new instalments when the conclusion is a foregone one in many cases and there's barely any characters to really hold our interest. I also don't care much for Newt's various beasties. But the settings alone would have given us something different instead of endless reboots of Hogwarts/Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley. I'd love to see LEGO do Jacob's bakery or MACUSA or Nurmengard or even the Hog's Head with a younger Aberforth for a change. Or the German prison with Newt and his brother and the manticore (or whatever that was). Some of those would make good playsets, I think. EDIT: Or the temple from "Secrets of Dumbledore"! Don't tell me you wouldn't want to see HP/FB go full-on Ninjago. ;-)