I love how in the 76442 Hogwarts Castle: Charms Class, hidden in the charms on the back wall are the nicknames for all the Marauder's (Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs)

Heh. I just left a comment on the HP list from a couple days ago. It's a bit weird that the two classrooms we've seen from this version of Hogwarts so far are not the same size. But maybe that's a good thing, if it means we get lesser-known teacher minifigs in $20 sets instead of $40 sets. Still not sure whether or how 76447 connects to 76435, but it's interesting that 76447 apparently folds up and makes a more enclosed scene, at least at ground level.

Narcissa feels a type of way about lobsters, I guess...

Yup, kiddult prices.

Please rest easy my wallet, nothing I need.

That knight bus has tiny windows. I don't like that.

Cant ser myself getting any of these. I'll focus on pick a brick to make my own modulars... I want to build a hogwarts kitchen and a pink office for umbridge... alos filches closet... and the secret staircase.

Why repeats of sets that were already good. The first flying lesson was completely fine. Dueling club? Lame....

This theme has been going for years and there are many unexplored portions of the hogwarts castle and grounds.

All hail Sleeping Witch

The back of that Knight Bus is finished off VERY nicely compared to previous versions! I love the rubber capes on superhero minifigures but I think it looks awful on Lockhart. HP wizards wear robes or cloaks, not scalloped capes that blow in the wind like Batman.

My favorite set here has to be the microscale Diagon Alley, it just looks amazing and the complete interiors really make that set something special. It's nice to finally get Malfoy Manor too but the set is so thin it's kind of crazy.

Hagrid and Harry look pretty good actually. The micro set looks amazing but that price is simply a no from me, dawg.

@R1_Drift said:
"That knight bus has tiny windows. I don't like that."
The smaller windows (which are a new mould, 1x3x2!) actually match the source material much better, it's just the windows around the driver that should be larger. No window at all on his left side looks odd, but if there was one he wouldn't fit in the correct spot, but would have to be moved back like on the 2019 version, 75957.

We only have the microscale Hogwarts Castle as something to do with HP and kid no. 2 likes to build in that scale, so I was fairly enthousiastic about 76444. But... That will need a really deep discount and I'm not sure it will ever get deep enough. The usual is 25%, this needs 40% at least.
I also like the bus, I might get that for myself (not a big fan of the books, movies or author).

@chief7575 said:
"I just feel bad that Harry in 76443 apparently lost his hands and just has a stump and a poking stick now, in place of them. Bummer. "

I thought he lost it battling Voldemort, when Harry finds out Voldemort is actually his father.

Is that our 500th Knights Bus? It feels like it.

@Zordboy said:
"Is that our 500th Knights Bus? It feels like it. "

It's our fourth in 21 years. The last one retired three years ago. Quite a few kids have grown up since then. Until they release a minifig scale Hagrid's Motorbike I'm personally done with HP, but I'm glad kids today can grow up with sets too.
This seems ok, and they've implemented some obvious additions like Padfoot, a shrubbery and a random passenger (possibly Madame March), but I'm really glad I got the last one instead, as that had the shrunken head, a better hat for Stan Shunpike and windows that felt more right. Accuracy for the sake of accuracy is seldom a good thing in LEGO.

I can't see the shrunken head at the dashboard (this morbid detail has always attracted my attention). Oh, well.

The flat-lid trunk is long overdue.

Iactually like the motorcycle in 76443, some nice detailing there.

@gatorbug6 said:
"All hail Sleeping Witch"

But not too loudly, we don't want to wake her up.

@pmercik said:" @chief7575 said:"I just feel bad that Harry in 76443 apparently lost his hands and just has a stump and a poking stick now, in place of them. Bummer. "

I thought he lost it battling Voldemort, when Harry finds out Voldemort is actually his father. "

Best comment, 15/10.

Again, why is it so difficult for LEGO to have leg and dress prints for minifigs?! That McGonagall is a huge downgrade from previous versions. They already have existing designs for printed slopes and legs so why not use those? It’s not as if LEGO sets’ prices are getting cheaper by the day.

What I do like about the new Knight Bus is its more detailed interior compared to previous iterations. The back of the bus leaves something to be desired though; it’s definitely my least favourite among the four designs.

I kinda get that they’re trying to go for that “squeezed-in” effect seen in the movie but I wish they didn’t compromise the overall look of it. The shrunken head was a product of the filmmakers’ creative liberty so I don’t mind not having that here for a change. I would love to see the interior of the other two floors of the bus.

@bricks_and_boxes said:
"Again, why is it so difficult for LEGO to have leg and dress prints for minifigs?! That McGonagall is a huge downgrade from previous versions. They already have existing designs for printed slopes and legs so why not use those? It’s not as if LEGO sets’ prices are getting cheaper by the day."
It's not difficult at all of course to print those pieces. The plain and simple reason is that this set will sell well enough even without said printing, and therefore maximize profit. The days when LEGO cared more about quality than profit maximizing are long gone, and unless customers really start voting with their wallets they will not return either.
That's actually one of the reasons that have driven me to alternative manufacturers, where you often get better quality these days (especially as far as prints are concerned), and at far better prices too.
But as long as there are enough "everyone else is a scammy clone brand" elitists who are willing to pay these insane prices, why should LEGO change in their current path towards luxury toymaker?
Don't get me wrong, LEGO has never been a cheap toy, but currently the prices are getting out of hand, way above inflation and in no way matching the ever decreasing quality.

Funny to see a HP IP product being launched as super queer Purple Friday product: the Queer Triple Potter Decker. JK Rowling must fully endorse this ;)

Makes me wonder how the Flying Lessons set will be attached to the rest of the Hogwarts sections, considering the Great Hall is on an elevated rock platform (as the whole castle should). Will 76447 be perched on top of another mountainous terrain? I hope so.

@shedjed said:
"Why repeats of sets that were already good. The first flying lesson was completely fine. Dueling club? Lame....

This theme has been going for years and there are many unexplored portions of the hogwarts castle and grounds. "

The first flying lesson, from three years ago? Which has been retired for two years?