More information about Talking Sorting Hat and new Harry Potter BrickHeadz!
Posted by CapnRex101,
The first images of 76429 Talking Sorting Hat emerged yesterday and the model provoked some discussion, as one would expect, given the inclusion of a sound brick.
LEGO.com has now published more images and information about the Sorting Hat, as well as images of a new BrickHeadz pack, 40677 Prisoner of Azkaban Figures. These two sets will be available from the 1st of March.
Find images, pricing information and the Sorting Hat's official description below...
40677 Prisoner of Azkaban Figures
- 697 pieces
- £44.99, $49.99, €49.99
76429 Talking Sorting Hat
- 561 pieces
- £89.99, $99.99, €99.99
- Harry Potter
Immerse yourself in a spellbinding build with this Hogwarts Talking Sorting Hat (76429), the first-ever LEGO Harry Potter set with a sound brick to bring this display model to life. Tip the top of the hat or place it on your head to activate the voice of the Sorting Hat and find out which Hogwarts house it selects for you. Listen out for the Sorting Hat Song every now and then, too.
Place the hat on the stand, which features Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw crest decorations. This unique LEGO set also includes a Harry Potter character minifigure wearing a Sorting Hat to complete a special display.
This buildable, adventure movie-themed set makes a magical treat for yourself, a present for mums or dads who are into the Wizarding World and the best gift for other adult Harry Potter movie-lovers.
- Adventure movie-themed gift for adults – Escape to the magical Wizarding World with this buildable LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Talking Sorting Hat display model… which actually speaks
- Randomised sound brick (batteries included) – Tip the top of the hat or place it on your head to activate 1 of 31 randomised sounds and find out which Hogwarts house the hat selects for you
- Display stand with Harry Potter character minifigure – The display stand features Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw crest decorations, and Harry wears a Sorting Hat element
- Harry Potter gift for adult fans – Treat yourself or give this 561-piece LEGO set as a birthday present or holiday gift to a fellow Harry Potter movie-lover or Wizarding World collector
- Build, display and play – The LEGO Harry Potter Talking Sorting Hat model measures over 9.5 in. (24 cm) high and 7.5 in. (19 cm) in diameter
A video showcasing 76429 Talking Sorting Hat is available on LEGO.com, but the sound of the included brick is inexplicably not featured. However, that video does demonstrate how the mouth moves and you can watch the video here.
Furthermore, the Sorting Hat is now available for available for pre-order on LEGO.com.
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The novelty of a motorized lower lip and a sound brick with 31 phrases does not justify forty extra dollars in price for this person who buys a Harry Potter set every now and then. I'd rather spend those forty dollars on 31 Flavors.
It's funny seeing how many times Ron gets the shaft when the rest of the trio is in a set
@itsatrap327 said:
"It's funny seeing how many times Ron gets the shaft when the rest of the trio is in a set"
While true, in this case it makes sense because during the scene in question Ron was stuck in a hospital bed.
I guess the Sorting Hat speaks only in English, right? :/
The more I look at the Brickheadz, the weirder they get. Hermoine's time turner represented by a ring is an odd choice, because there is a 1x2 round hourglass tile in the Dreamzzz sets. Why does the Dementor have claws? And I know it's supposed to be a creepy open mouth maw, but it really looks like it has a very bizarre nose.
hermione medium nougat hair?!?!?!?!?!??!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
The brown hat still looks like a huge pile of bricks to me. Even if that huge pile does talk back to me.
Just imagine it's a huge pile of... chocolate.
No, still yucky ;-)
Once seen it just can't be unseen.
Finally, the 2x2 turntable in a new color! Yes please!
I still don't quite see how the Sorting Hat looks like a pile of poop. Though now that I see the opening mouth, it's starting to give vibes of the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock.
It looks like Hermione's time turner pendant is pearl gold, making it the first time that ring has appeared in a color other than chrome gold.
@crazylegoman said:
"It looks like Hermione's time turner pendant is pearl gold, making it the first time that ring has appeared in a color other than chrome gold."
I think you might be right! If so, that is likely the end of all chrome elements since the ring seems to be the last piece.
What's up with the last picture of the sorting hat? It looks like there's two peaks, like two pictures have accidentally been overlaid. What with that and the missing piece from the Batmobile on the promo shots for the big Batcave shadowbox 76252 ( https://brickset.com/article/95592 ) someone at TLG quality control is slipping up. I kindly volunteer myself and services to pick up the slack :)
Edit - just spotted that the second peak can be seen in the shots to show how it moves, but is made transparent on the box art.
Yowwwwwwie $100 for that hat is a really bad deal. Definitely NOT worth a gimmicky little sound feature. And it fails as a display model because it looks like the Great Mighty Poo from CONKER'S BAD FUR DAY.
@iwybs said:
"The novelty of a motorized lower lip and a sound brick with 31 phrases does not justify forty extra dollars in price for this person who buys a Harry Potter set every now and then. I'd rather spend those forty dollars on 31 Flavors."
The mouth and eyebrow movement is not motorized. It is a mechanical linkage tied to pushing down the tip of the hat.
@Toa_of_Pi said:
" @itsatrap327 said:
"It's funny seeing how many times Ron gets the shaft when the rest of the trio is in a set"
While true, in this case it makes sense because during the scene in question Ron was stuck in a hospital bed."
Did they pick a scene from the movie based on what would have the most diverse and creative character options for the BrickHeadz, or did they purposely exclude Rob because he's the worst? No way to know, but either way, it was the right call.
I was wondering why the prisoner of azkaban was the one getting chosen to get a brickheadz this year but it must be because it's the 20th anniversary of the movie.
That Dementor is certainly something else!
The good news is the Dementor doesn’t require any IP-locked elements.
@tomahawker said:
" @iwybs said:
"The novelty of a motorized lower lip and a sound brick with 31 phrases does not justify forty extra dollars in price for this person who buys a Harry Potter set every now and then. I'd rather spend those forty dollars on 31 Flavors."
The mouth and eyebrow movement is not motorized. It is a mechanical linkage tied to pushing down the tip of the hat."
Well then, there's even less justification for that price! No way is that sound brick worth forty bucks on its own, even by grossly inflated Lego prices for motors and electronics. And how on earth did they make a product video about a talking Sorting Hat without demonstrating the sound brick? Who signed off on that?
Switch the branding to Jurassic Park, swap out Harry Potter for Elie Sattler with a triceratops, and make the sound brick have a recording of Jeff Goldblum saying, “That’s one big pile of $h!+” and I’m sold.
Dementor using Trans-Brown plates ? thought that color was fully replaced by Trans-Black by now, or is it the same as the City space boxes, where the parts end up much darker in real vs box.
@Rolodzeo said:
"I guess the Sorting Hat speaks only in English, right? :/"
tempted to bricklink the sound brick once its out just for checking if something can be hacked in onto it....
I love Harry Potter and I love BrickHeadz, but this is a real let-down for me. We’ve had two or three Harry BrickHeadz already so I’m quite disappointed by this set when there are so many more interesting characters from the franchise to be captured in this form. Please don’t let this range go the way of minifigs where the same things are re-released in a carousel. And if the designers are sitting tight on Professors Sprout, Lockhart, Quirrell & Lupin, please don’t hold back!
Does Harry Have blood on his shirt?
@itsatrap327 said:
"It's funny seeing how many times Ron gets the shaft when the rest of the trio is in a set"
Almost like he's the third wheel instead of Harry.
@Rolodzeo said:
"I guess the Sorting Hat speaks only in English, right? :/"
It is from Scotland…
@Toa_of_Pi:
The Dementors have freakishly long fingers, and hands that look vaguely skeletal. Probably meant to represent that.
@Username28:
Dimensions Hermione had nougat hair.
@crazylegoman:
I wouldn’t put money on it just yet. It’s a render, and I recently bought a The One Ring on online PAB just because it was listed as a gold ink part. They no longer appear to have a color code in the system for gold-chrome, but subbing a similarish gold color in works as long as they never make it in that color.
@tomahawker:
So, push down on the pointy tip, make the mouth and eyebrows move, and the soundbox spits out a movie quote?
@AcademyofDrX:
The more important question is, did you snub him by calling him “Rob”, or did your device’s autocorrect have an axe to grind?
The price on that hat is excessive. I think Lego now test pricing on one set in every theme 76232 was twice the price it should've been, this is the same.
Other toy/collectable companies can do sound and minimum movement for supremely less than ~$40. Why can't LEGO?
@gatorbug6 said:
"Other toy/collectable companies can do sound and minimum movement for supremely less than ~$40. Why can't LEGO?"
Simple. They could of course, but they would never do so. Because there appear to be enough people willing to buy even at that price.
As long as a majority of LEGO buyers don't switch on their brains before purchasing, this practice will continue, since TLG makes truckloads of money that way.
And be honest, if you had a company that worked that way, would you lower your prices out of the goodness of your heart? I dare say no.
The Dementor with a circular mouth and claws on short limbs, designed in such a pose, reminds me of tardigrades.
@hermessiu said:
"The Dementor with a circular mouth and claws on short limbs, designed in such a pose, reminds me of tardigrades."
I cannot unsee that!
@gatorbug6 said:
"Other toy/collectable companies can do sound and minimum movement for supremely less than ~$40. Why can't LEGO?"
Because people bought litteral Adidas shoe for $79.99 TWICE.
If someone figure out a way to hack into this device and modify the recordings* before this set goes out of production, I might buy multiple copies - or see how much they cost on bricklink.
* assuming you don't need oscilloscope, function generators and all to do it.
I actually like those BH. Not enough to buy them. But the Dementor and Petronus are especially good. I'm grabbing that shit-hat as soon as it goes on sale!!
I adore that patronus, I just wish it came by itself.
@Rolodzeo said:
"I guess the Sorting Hat speaks only in English, right? :/"
Yes, indeed. It is written on the back of the box, very small though...
@gatorbug6 said:
"Other toy/collectable companies can do sound and minimum movement for supremely less than ~$40. Why can't LEGO?"
I hope it's because LEGO aims for a life span of at least multiple decades for all of their products. Probably not, though.