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We still do not know the name of the set, however I have trouble finding a name that makes it OK to leave out Gringotts

That is a sparrow or similar so I do not agree, do not look like a pigeon at al Better than nothing, but if you want a lot of them than it is going to get expensive

Definitely Yes, but what about the rest of the stickers from Gringotts As I have suggested earlier, maybe it is possible to choose which shop to build and put on stickers for your choice I agree if Scribulus and the Daily Prophet is included I expect at least one of the pet-shops to be included I do not think I ever have been this excited for Lego stickers before However something is off here! It depends of course on the name of the set, but if they do not include Gringotts just to make a set next year that cost 100 $, why not just include it and rise the price to 500$? Options: Gringotts is not included (sound strange to me) There are more stickers sheets with several shops (maybe, how many sticker did the last D2C have?) Gringotts is printed (likely, but where are the rest of the stickers for it?) Gringotts, Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions, Eeylops Owl Imporium, Magical Menagerie are all more well known than Scribulus and the Daily Prophet so something is not adding up here.. Anyway it looks like we are getting a lot of shops and that makes me happy

That is a sparrow or similar, do not look like a pigeon at all. The size is not spot on in Lego especially with the smaller animals and that is probably the smallest they can make a bird and still have the stud on Even the feral pigeon is bigger/heavier than the black-headed gull, but I agree most gulls are bigger than pigeons. However if/when they make a pigeon mould it would be no doubt that it is a pigeon, unlike now when the small bird is the "closes thing" we got

Most of them leaked a long time ago, so I guess they do not let it affect their original plan. Only the most hardcore fans have seen them anyway, the casual buyer do not look for leaks 24/7

I was sure we finally gotten our first pigeon mould when I saw the first picture of the big city set, but alas no. However it has a seagull and a cat, so better than noting I guess

So looking forward to get my hands on that too

I was sure we had finally gotten our first pigeon mould until I saw a better picture and it turned out to be the seagull in an odd angle

The parrot have gotten a updated mould some year ago The designers seem to be very fond of the frog as well, since it pop up all over the place, unlike most other animals

Back from the fishing trip Unfortunately no reveal on Friday, but a pretty big leak and a lot of pages as a result The HP CMF 2 is decent in my mind, however there is one thing that is clear when I see the line up; there is very few figs that we did not already have or that most likely will be in future sets. Most of the figs we where hoping for and expecting where nowhere to be seen. So they will most likely be saved for future sets, I think it is even clearer that this theme is not going anytime soon. Unlike with the LOTR/hobbit sets were they seemed to cram every fan favourite into sets before the themes was cancelled, here they save the figs for as long as they can. My other comment is of course about the lack of animals in this series I am starting to get worried that those in the CMF team that was most fond of animals have quit or similar. The number of animals in CMF has increased gradually the last years with a peak in HP 1 and series 19. Then suddenly a huge drop down to only one in both series 20 and HP 2

Gone fishing! I wonder how many pages that are waiting for me here when I get back, especially if the reveal is tomorrow

They have already given us kind of a teaser with the VIP questions, but maybe they will do one for the brother masses also

I love a leak as much as the next guy, but if the reveal is this week or similar I think it is best if Lego gets the honour to show the set in all its glory first

I know of one other way it most likely will disappoint you as well However I think that it is a bigger chance I will be satisfied with the set than disappointed (close too) no matter which route they take Some may say I am setting myself up for disappointment with this approach

We do not know that yet I do think however that a Gringotts is very hard to avoid in a big DA set, but for the rest of the street to shine I think they must tone it down a bit. A huge building with vault and dragon would steal a lot of bricks from the other shops. A future stand-alone set with the dragon escape would be better in my mind.

Yes, but they can not have that kind of promo very long before the set is revealed. Say If they in January did that they would confirm that something very big is coming, it is suppose to be a secret right Answer them should be no problem, takes one day tops. The selecting is the time-consuming part, but if they just pick the 10 first good ones and discard the rest Maybe, but Hogwarts got far and it is not system-scale (they seems to be more popular). Anyway top 16 or top 8 the last 20 years is not bad

The VIP questions are for the DA release, that is a safe bet and they have had several days to look true them now.. The date for Harry's first visit there is on Friday so I have really high hopes for this week My belief in the DA is so great that I think it would have a spot among the 16 best sets this millennium(a poll ongoing on Brickset now) if it came out earlier this year.. I know I am setting myself up for disappointment, but with the quality of the HP sets and 400$ it better be good

Thanks for the heads up! I have a 4 month old puppy running around my feet now that looks just like it However I do not think it will be on B&P unfortunately I asked to buy it there several weeks ago, but that was not possible. Instead they offered to ship one to me for free, but that order was deleted almost immediately by the system. So next time I called in I asked why that was cancelled, they told me it was only shipped in (big)bags directly to the stores so B&P did not get them (like CMF) If it had not been for the closing of BAM most places they would be really cheap to get on BL by now

New week, new possibility's! The chance for a reveal increase every day now and it will peak on Friday in my mind I love new animals moulds, but see the chance for something like this as rather slim now This however I think is more likely

Personally I do not use most of the minidoll animals, but I can agree that it is a step in the right direction at least However the little blue bird with only black dots for eyes also come in the set This is the second time we see it, first was earlier this year in the modular.. The Diagon Alley D2C and HP CMF is coming soon so I hope for some animals there

While I do not think there is a VIP release necessarily, is not that calendar from USA? I assume they are the last ones to get the set since they get everything late this year.

Hope your fort and the rest get to 10 000 They could have done that with the ships that was close also, and then removed them later. I imagine it is fun for the creators to get to 10 000 votes when they are that close.. Probably something to do with all the sets making it these days

OK, I have heard about one other fort that was rejected and I know all the ships was removed. If they are not going to approve any of them I am fine with the rejecting them, only gives us false hope otherwise, but then they better have something cooking themself Lets hope the pirates get the "Minecraft treatment" after the first Ideas set

No, of course a lot of people know, just not anyone talking Fan media etc often get the sets in time to review it before the reveal. They can even as we speak be building it, but they have no reason to brake the embargo Other people in the know will not say anything if that effects their info about future sets. We most likely will get the info when Lego decide it and that is fine, but hopefully it is soon. Was rather surprised that we got the two minifigs leaks and it is probably a reason why we did not get any more, maybe Lego called the plumber and fixed the leak

This is a fantastic moc, so why did you not submit it to Ideas? I like that you have included several of the new animals, of course I would have liked to see even more like goats, pigs and chickens as part of the supply for soldiers. The fishing-rod is nice to see included since I felt that was missing from the pirates bay set (how do you survive on a small island for 30 years without it).