Mr.Brick

I have had this same project about a year ago, and I had ordered tons of tans too, and ended up making only (?) the grat hall. It is very accurate to the movies and if you want, I'll post some images of it asap. I can say; It is a lot of work, and making whole Hogwarts is really impossible without a good sponsor or very much money. (and time!) The hardest part of Hogwarts is the largest tower, somewhat in the center. It size is so big, that making this on minifig scale is as near as impossible. nevertheless, I wish you luck, and if you need any tips PM/email me (Dutch) :-)

I still hope on some Harry Potter LEGO. It was going great 'till movie 4. :'( Well, hopefully they'll at least make one symbolic set, to keep the line going

Well, I've been thinking obout this theme for I while now, and I think it is a fairly good idea; We now have city and so on with fiftythousand version of one fire station, but I think it would be good if there will some kind of 'family'/'normal-life'-theme. We do have the creator houses (which are really great!) but they don't have any interior or playablility value (which is made this way on purpose, I know, and I really love it, let it be like that). but for the younger children (or those who are still young inside :P) a more close to home theme would fit. I am talking about a " happy family" like theme. This could include for example: The sets would have quite a bit minifigures, because they play the key role in this theme, but not much more than average. - A house or houses for the family. This would be a big set. The designers of Spongebob LEGO do a great job with the nifty details like a sink and a painting on the wall for the hospital. There could be a bedroom or more in this set. (This one is actually quite hard to design.) A kitchen, sitting room, bath room. An option is to make it modular, so you can add on rooms all the time, without buying the whole expesive huge set! - For example a car with caravan. Your minifigs are going on a weekend out to the lake (or whatever). - Impuls set: Doghouse (typical disneylike) with dog and child and some kind of bone or toy. Child is playing with the dog. (maybe only dog, as add on for already existing set.) - Small school. As most of these sets, this to should be a typical school, with a small tower with a clock, and of course a blackboard and teacher. Medium set. - A playground. With many playing objects which I don't know how there are called :) A small set. - Supermarket. Can be big or small, depending on what's in it. Am not sure, could be a bit boring, but a supermarketcart is a challenging thing to design! - Doctor (with objects to examine the minifig :P) - as mentioned above: A sailing yacht This would be very cool! One of the more exiting sets: You can play that there is a storm and big waves and so, but also that everything is fine, and the family/your figs are sailing to Australia. (joking a bit of course :)) Medium large set. - Fishing at the lake! (vacation-like.) A pier and fishing rods, father and son are catching huge fishes. Hopefully mommy will bake them that same evening. Small/impuls set. These are only examples (could be better), but there are uncountable possibilities with this theme, which makes LEGO possible to compete with Playmobil. It is also an oppurtunity to appeal to younger children and girls! Don't forget the first thing (young) children think of to build is a house, with a family, followed by a city. This theme doesn't really (yet) have a storyline or something like it, but leaves enough space for the creativity of the user. So, waddaya think? Jan