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Bad news, no horses in HP chess set 😢

No horses in HP chess set 😢

🤬 😢 Thanks for the info 👍

Still no news if it is moulded horses? I assume it is the pieces they play that is broken in front of the set, so it looks like a small minifig knight that Ron replace . However that do not say if the horse is moulded or not, but sure hope it is 🐴

Yes, but only made from parts in production right It will have forest men as good as the designer can make them from minifig-parts in production, not new figs it would have gotten if it was an Ideas set. However it is fortunate that after several years without a Castle set, the blacksmith was just released so several useful minifig-parts there at least and probably bits and bobs can be found in other themes as well

Cheaper than what, like e.g Harry you mean? My guess is that Lego pays a licence fee for every set they sell or maybe a total fee for the right to use the licence or both. Anyway the number of minifigs in sets do not affect the license cost, if Harry was a lot more pricey to include than the DP photographer they would not put him in every set Or do you mean CMF compared to sets? If so I assume the cost is the same, but the CMF has a higher budget so they can make more new moulds

Well SW are not so focused on different movies in different waves either it seem to me, but I do not follow the theme to closely so could be wrong there Patience is not your strong suit is it, it is closer to half a year I am sure it will pop up in other stores soon, maybe it is selling so much that they do not have sets for other shops yet, if so that is good news in the long run and our chances of getting more DA sets

Well that was last year when the HP sets where normal

To try and narrow it down what the D2C could be if we assume it is from the two first movies and maybe related to the sets 20 years ago in minifig scale: 4709: Hogwarts Castle, yes several parts in 76389 4708: Hogwarts Express, no so it could be the D2C 4707: Hagrid's Hut, no, but to small unless they make a forbidden forest D2C and include it 4706: Forbidden Corridor, yes probably everything in 76387 4704: The Room of the Winged Keys, yes the chess in 76392 maybe the rest in 76387 4705: Snape's Class, not in summer, but we got it this year in 76383: Hogwarts Moment: Potions Class 4723: Diagon Alley Shops, no so hopefully the D2C however the AC 76390 could have parts of it 4721: Hogwarts Classrooms, not in summer, but only pick one of the Hogwarts Moment set from this year 4722: Gryffindor House, no but parts of it could be included anyway not the D2C since the 3 other houses would go crazy 4702: The Final Challenge, we get Quirrell at least, maybe even the mirror in a set 4701: Sorting Hat, maybe we get the hat mould in a set anyway not a D2C 4730: The Chamber of Secrets, yes in 76389 4729: Dumbledore's Office, could be part of it in the other sets at least the figs, anyway no D2C most likely 4728: Escape from Privet Drive, no, but parts could be in the AC 76390, not the D2C anyway 4714: Gringott's bank, no so hopefully the D2C however the AC 76390 could have parts of it 4727: Aragog in the Dark Forest, no, but to small unless they make a forbidden forest D2C and include it 4733: The Dueling Club, no do not think so, but we get most of the figs and no way it is a D2C 4726: Quidditch Practice, sound like we are getting something similar with Hooch at least, so probably not the D2C 4735: Slytherin, not exactly, but we get the scene before in 76386 with similar figs, anyway not the D2C since the 3 other houses would go crazy 4712: Troll on the Loose, no, but get everything beside the troll and hardly think that is a troll D2C 4731: Dobby's Release, no and the sock is a popular D2C suggestion however unlikely 4711: Flying Lesson, maybe we will get it or something related, anyway no D2C So what are we missing from the 2 first films this year: 4 Privet Drive and The Burrow (got both last year so no) Diagon Alley we got it last year, but there are a lot missing and would be fantastic if we got more buildings to add on Hogwarts Express have not gotten it since 2018 and is a likely D2C candidate, but would be a boring choice even it is the best HE we have ever gotten Hagrid's Hut and every forbidden forest scene is missing it would make a fantastic D2C if they do not make the "assault on Hoth" mistake again however so far they have prefered to make small sets from the FF Quidditch, maybe missing, and it would be a very colourful D2C, but a rather boring build I would guess Dobby's sock never happening What else are missing?

I agree that the hand was not the best almost like the monkeys equivalent of a begging hellboy However it is a small mould and I understand the need for it to be able to grab things The tail looks good for hanging it from tree branches

Thanks for the link I agree, had noting to do with HP. This sounds like great news to me, he is a fantastic Lego designer and now he is going back to do what he does best; design more Lego sets It seems like a lot of times fantastic designers are hired and make several legendary sets, then after a few years they rise within the ranks at Lego and end eventually up designing no sets at all any more. Makes me happy that at least one of the fishes are swimming the other way

Yes, but if they are doing anniversary sets, they better put in lots of owls because they where everywhere in the old sets

That lion cub looks amazing I am sure we will see it with stripes and spots and maybe even in black in the future, if not in a set then BAM or CMF Interesting to see the green crocodile, it looked very similar to the classic croc suddenly Not a fan of pearl gold so that owl is just a waste, would have been a 100 times more useful as a normal owl in a new colour for the flying mould

I am not sure how they sort people, but it was everting from kids with parents to people that had retired and everything in-between, but I am sure the size of your collection do not matter at least You must sign the NDA first There is no point going on the tour hoping to see new stuff, maybe they have done it on tours several year ago, but we where not shown any future sets at all. We got a minifig of Captain America after a presentation of designing his new helmet, and I believe that was before it came in sets, and that was about it. You will learn a lot more about future stuff here

The foal was in Paradisa/town We even get a juvenile elephant this summer Come on Instagram let me have a look at all the animals (it is almost like "it" knows I am desperate to get in and shows me strait to login)

I doubt that it had much innpackt The short answer is YES! However it cost a lot of money so if you rather spend that money on Lego it is better to wait I think. When you get to a point where you have a lot of Lego and are comfortable to use that kind of money on a once in a lifetime experience then it is time to start applying

Typical that Instagram want let me have a sneak peak now Yes, but there is a lot of them even if they do not know there names, so I think HP as well. Looks like the chat (about the lack of owls in HP) I had with Justin Ramsden on the inside tour in 2019 paid of I guess that would be some bad megablocks billy goats

I misunderstood, I thought the was talking about 8X8 studs not 8X8 grid ?

Well if it is a normal chess set it most likely will not connect to the other sets, so problem solved That sounds big, are they only using 8x8 plates with studs then Any news on the moulded horses?!

This chess set had the old horse on 6x6: That mould takes up more space since it can not only stand on its hind legs and looks like part of the piece is outside the square to me in that set. So I do not think Lego is so strict about that as long as the base of the part is inside the square that is probably OK, and a new horse only use 3x3 on its hind legs right? Even so 3x3 would be to small I think, 4x4 could maybe work I just want them to include moulded horses, because that would look the best, this is the most reason try not to include them: over 30 parts are used to make what one 1 part could do 10 times better And if they only make part of the horse that would not be very movie accurate either:

They sometimes do, but in this case it makes very little sense. They would have to include: half the board 8 pawns (4+4) 2 queens (1+1) 2 kings (1+1) 2 rooks (1+1) 2 knights (1+1) 2 bishops (1+1) And it would be a really hard sell that you ned to buy 2 sets to be able to play chess and get a lot of other stuff from the castle you do not need times two if you only wants it for the chess Yes, and if they can add a lot of similar parts in a set that makes them cheaper, the board would only be a few different parts and every chess piece comes in 2-16 copies of the same parts

The pie looks great, however I am a bit worried that we have not gotten any BAM animals lately, maybe Lego is saving them for when the shops can open more normally again

Last time I checked there was no piece count for the set, the 1500 parts are just a guess so I do not understand why a lot of people keep mentioning it all the time

To me it only makes sense that it is a normal chess set, like this It has 857 parts, then get rid of most of the minifigs, the build on each side and maybe the parts for the base that should be more than enough parts to build the pieces right The other option is mostly parts from the castle and a few broken chess pieces and part of the board however that would miss out on the play-function with with the chess game. Parts of the castle and a complete chess game I do not see happening for that price, what is the point anyway with a complete chess set that combines with the castle, the scale would be way of compared to the rest of the sets anyway