Random minifig of the day: hp150
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random minifigure is hp150 Harry Potter - Gryffindor Sweater, Black Short Legs, a Harry Potter figure that was first produced during 2018. It can be found in 4 sets.
Our members collectively own a total of 198,068 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $2.10.
Image and minifig data courtesy of BrickLink.com
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I wonder if they will make sets for the HBO Harry Potter series when it releases. If it does well I suspect that they would, otherwise they might just continue with movie sets.
Three of those sets are polybags and the other one is... very much not.
@TheOtherMike said:
"Three of those sets are polybags and the other one is... very much not."
One of those "polybags" is a book.
Harry Potter, Harry Potter, uh! Harry Potter, Harry Potter, yeah!
Harry Potter, Harry Potter, uh! Harry Potter, Harry Potter, that's me!
@PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Three of those sets are polybags and the other one is... very much not."
One of those "polybags" is a book."
I'm aware, but the set was still small enough that all of its parts fit in a small plastic bag.
You’re a wizard, ‘arry!
It was perfect for the theme revival until they started adding the Houses' crest on the left chest, making this technically a mistake.
Random Wizardfig of the Day
@Brickalili said:
"Random Wizardfig of the Day"
"Yer a wizardfig, 'Arry."
@Somnium said:
"It was perfect for the theme revival until they started adding the Houses' crest on the left chest, making this technically a mistake."
Do they have the crest in some movies and not in others? I've never understood why Lego kept going back and forth.
The Minifig Who Lived.
The boy who was not un-alived.
@RogueWhistler said:
"Do they have the crest in some movies and not in others? I've never understood why Lego kept going back and forth."
They had the crests on the outer robes, but not on the sweatshirts beneath. Original wave Lego HP represented the robes as cape pieces, which had nowhere to print the crest that would be in the appropriate area of the torso; but it seems like the minifigure designers felt that the crest was too crucial a detail to leave off and so moved it to be part of the sweater print on the torso instead.
When the uniform designs got an update between the second and third movies, the minifigure design shifted to more accurately not depict the crest as part of the sweater, even if it meant them not having a crest on at all while the robes were still represented by capes. Subsequent waves, especially since they've done away with the capes for student characters, haven't been sure which approach to take; but technically the ones where the sweater is plain but they have a robe printed over top which does have the crest on, are the most accurate.
"Our members collectively own a total of 198,068 of them"
This number (almost 200,000!) tells us that this minifigure must have been produced in incredible numbers. The number of Brickset members who have registered their minifigures and/or sets is, of course, only a fraction of all LEGO buyers worldwide who purchased this minifigure.
Conclusion by the numbers: HP150 must have had a production run of millions.
And one million Harry Potters 150 weigh 3,38 tons. Let this sink in....
@PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Three of those sets are polybags and the other one is... very much not."
One of those "polybags" is a book."
And you can buy the whole book on Amazon for less than it's being offered as just a "new" bag on BrickLink by US sellers.
@bgruner said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Three of those sets are polybags and the other one is... very much not."
One of those "polybags" is a book."
And you can buy the whole book on Amazon for less than it's being offered as just a "new" bag on BrickLink by US sellers."
I ran into this with the Electrosuit Batman. I needed a few more for various things, and was able to buy more copies of the book for about half the going rate of the minifig by itself. One possibility is, of course, that the books got discounted below what BL sellers had previously paid, but even if that’s not the case they need to pay MSRP to get the book, and mark the minifig up enough to turn a profit on the deal. It only really makes sense once the books are out of print (or at least the minifig pack-in version, since I’ve ordered some that had been redesigned with a non-minifig cover), or if you’re buying internationally where there’s just no option to buy the book to begin with.