Harry Potter golden Minifigures revealed!

Man, it's been 20 years since I collected my first LEGO Harry Potter sets as well as LEGO Creator Harry Potter: https://brickset.com/sets/ownedby-LegoSonicBoy/theme-Harry-Potter

I still don't know exactly what promo got me the McGonagall and Dobby minifigs. I know it was a promo because there was also an old light grey baseplate that was cut to an arbitrary size, as well as a Harry Potter logo sticker across multiple tiles.

Did quirrell predate Zam wesel?

What's surprising is that these are NOT a repeat of Mr. Gold in that every set has one. But honestly, I'd kinda prefer the way they did it for Star Wars. Perfect replicas of the early HP figs.

Any guesses on what the sets are based on the backdrops?

I definitely want those golden minifigure plates. Kinda "meh" on the figures themselves. With the recent Ninjago wave, at least there is an in-story explanation for the gold ninjas. Maybe they will be useful for Sovereign MOCs from the MCU?

@AustinPowers Couldn’t agree more.

How do you get them?

Are the old hair pieces even in production anymore?

it should have been dumbledore not quirrel

Dumbledore will likely be a promotional giveaway through S @H .

These aren't really "must have" for me, but I'm sure the sets they come in will be. I'll end up having them all by default. The golden wands are the most exciting part, imho.

I was right! I wrote a long 3-comment series last year on why I predicted HP would get anniversary minifigs in sets. Sadly I don't remember which article it was on, but those three comments were some of the last. I will update if I find out which article it was.

Edit: Found it! It wasn't last year, but time seems to pass so slowly these days... See the end of third comment for my minifig predictions.
https://brickset.com/article/57357/ninjago-concept-artwork- (2009-2015) Include parentheses in url.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @Orange_Jooze said:
"Any guesses on what the sets are based on the backdrops?"

At least some of the backdrops can be identified. The flooring behind Harry originates from the second floor girls' bathroom and the door behind Hermione is the entrance to the third floor corridor.

Honestly, I find these golden minifigures quite uncreative. They work nicely for NINJAGO but reproducing original Harry Potter minifigures would have been more appropriate than these golden designs in my opinion, recalling the Star Wars twentieth anniversary range."

I don’t see it, but ooo, hints! There also seems to be a whole paragraph quoted I can’t see in your post. Edit- can see your full post now.

Well, time to spend a foolish amount of money to get them all XD

Why not Quirrell? That character's a huge part of minifigure history. We may not have double-sided heads without him!

@Minifig_Jez said:
"Quirrell seems an odd choice to be one of the six
There are a lot of other characters I personally would have preferred."

They were the first six HP minifigures released as part of the original sets.

Big, old "no thanks".

I'll still buy the sets as Lego has done quite well designing HP sets but golden minifigs don't appeal to me. I'd sell them straight away if I had an easy means to do so.

I don’t see why they didn’t do Dumbledore

more interested in sets, bc I just love fun builds and need more hp sets in my life :>>> I never had any old sets as this was my dark ages time...

as for gold minifigs... shiny is shiny and I like it X"D

This sure makes us Ninjago fans feel special

@lemish34 said:
"The first dozen-odd comments here are all negative to extremely negative!"
Nope. Mine was 6th and while I said I wasn’t into HP and was concerned about the possible price, I was pleased there were more gold parts for MOCing.

@lemish34 said:
"I’m not even a Harry Potter fan, but seeing 20th anniversary gold minifigs on gold baseplates has gotten my attention & interest..."
Post 7 expressed pleasure at the prospect of gold baseplates.

Other than display, I don't see a use for these.

Quirrel makes sense if we consider him to be also Voldy but he doesn’t make sense alongside Voldemort.

I think a better choice would've been minifigures made to look like how the characters appear in the artwork of the book covers. That would've been interesting to see, would provide a new variant of the cast, and be a neat little way to celebrate the theme being around for so long.

The golden turbin is nice. And the minifigure stands...

Gotta admit, as cool as these look, I'd have preferred they did the same as the Star Wars anniversary figures

I wouldn't buy these if they were sold separately, but if they are included in the Harry Potter sets, I'll probably be getting them.

@Trigger_ said:
"I'm just hoping this means an official reveal of the sets is going to happen soon. Gold figures are an interesting idea for this and they look well above-average (they had to recolor all the parts in gold this time around, it's not like Ninjago where they reuse the same hood piece). I agree with some people that remakes of the old figures would've been cool, though, and I usually prefer the newer ones vastly so that kind of says something.
@Milo_Hilo_26 said:
"Lego has made it clear they are associated with warner bros and not jk rowling

thanks to jalc_45 for telling me that"
I'll try not to get into politics but this is worth noting, the last time I can name a set taking directly from the books was the Peeves figure from the original Hogwarts Castle."

Exactly, and that was like 20 years ago.

@Andhe said:
"Fairly certain we're likely to see Golden Dumbledore as a future reveal. So everyone just settle down."

Agreed. This selection rather suggests that more key characters will follow.

Despite being a huge HP fan, I can't say I'm too fussed about these. Don't see how they're gonna work in my Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Hogwarts Express or Quidditch displays. I'll probably be buying some of the sets though so I may end up owning some. Maybe I'll change my mind when I see them in the flesh.

@CCC:
LotR was 2001-2003, so absolutely the 20th anniversary of the film trilogy. You’re thinking The Hobbit, which ran 2012-2014, and is only on its ninth anniversary.

@Minifig_Jez:
Dumbledore, Hagrid, Draco, Peeves, the Gryffindor Knight, and the Chess Queen were all released the first year, along with five of these six characters. I suspect Quirrell may have gotten in as the first main villain, but more because he was also the first appearance of Voldemort (who merited inclusion even though he did not get a minifig the first year).

@Trigger_:
No, Peeves was based on the movie as well. There was a British comedian who was cast in the role and did film at least one scene, which got cut from the first film for reasons that are not clear. They never brought him back for subsequent films, so Peeves never got a second minifig.

What a lot of awful, tacky gimmickry. I'm sure plenty of people will fall over themselves to empty their pockets for these but i think they look tawdry.
Why not improve old sets designs but keep the costs down by leaving out, oh i don't know, maybe some unnecessary extra figure?

@PurpleDave said:
" @CCC:
LotR was 2001-2003, so absolutely the 20th anniversary of the film trilogy. You’re thinking The Hobbit, which ran 2012-2014, and is only on its ninth anniversary.

@Minifig_Jez:
Dumbledore, Hagrid, Draco, Peeves, the Gryffindor Knight, and the Chess Queen were all released the first year, along with five of these six characters. I suspect Quirrell may have gotten in as the first main villain, but more because he was also the first appearance of Voldemort (who merited inclusion even though he did not get a minifig the first year).

@Trigger_:
No, Peeves was based on the movie as well. There was a British comedian who was cast in the role and did film at least one scene, which got cut from the first film for reasons that are not clear. They never brought him back for subsequent films, so Peeves never got a second minifig."

Was there ever a record of Peeves' character design? Because it really looks like LEGO was going off nothing making the minifigure. Because of that, I'm not so sure it can really be called film-sourced beyond the intent to include the character.

@8BrickMario:
There’s not a lot of info at all. The actor was Rik Mayall. He did an interview about it that didn’t really get public notice until after he’d passed away, so you can’t ask him for any details. He said he filmed for three weeks, but the extras kept giggling during his scenes, so they cut him from the movie. He then said that he still got paid regardless, and he thought the film was garbage (though based on his quotes, it’s unclear if he just genuinely hated the film, or if he was grinding an axe over having his scenes cut).

So, I don’t know of any footage that made it out of the studio, and the only stills I was able to dig up could be photoshopped (since he’s glowing blue in one, that’s pretty clearly fake, but there’s another shot where he’s kinda grey and hazy). Whatever the case, the design team would have had access to all kinds of character studies, and that could have included an unpublished publicity shot of Mayall in full costume and makeup. Currently your best bet for a clear answer would be to find one of the original design team for the HP theme.

Okay, these are appealing, but I would have preferred Dumbledore and Hagrid make an appearance.

Also, why not do a classic minifigure line-up like they did for the 2019 Star Wars sets? I think that might’ve been better.

@gunther_schnitzel:
All Hobbitts are Harry. Just look at their feet!

Why can't they do this for Star Wars? Why does Star Wars always get the boot for exclusives? Oh, you want an exclusive? Cool, we'll throw in an original figure but put a 20th Anniversary logo on the back of the fig to ruin it.

Like some people have said, kinda weird selection for some of the figs.

These are weird as heck

Celebrating 20 years is weird as we had a big break from HP LEGO sets.

Sorry for many but I like them.

There are rumors of a larger D2C set this summer. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dumbledore was in it.

I think these are awesome and will look spectacular as a display. I might even put them all on stands like the Hogwarts architect! The recent sets have been of a superior standard and show case outstanding creativity and design. More please Lego!

I think it’s a nice gesture and the figures will collect dust nicely. Hopefully they aren’t the main selling point of the current year sets.

@AgentKallus:
Ah, right, that makes sense. Looking up the theme, it appears LotR actually only ran two years, with 7 sets, two polybags, and at least one promo minifig in 2012 (can't remember if Frodo popped up as a convention freebie in 2012 or the year before), and a followup run of 5 sets in 2013. The Hobbit got 7-8 releases per year for the full three years, although there were three polybags, one convention exclusive set, and a whopping five promotional minifigs spread across that run.

Anyways, all I really care about right now is that I'm still waiting on the third installment of the LEGO: The Hobbit videogame, and there's still no set for the Balrog of Moria. A set of the White Tree of Gondor wouldn't hurt, either.

Talk about Golden Trio...

@Brickulator93 said:
"Are the old hair pieces even in production anymore? "

And do not forget about the old gray to properly replicate the old school uniforms...

I really don't care about the gold minifigs but I am curious about the sets in which they will be included.

@graymattr said:
"I'm a big Harry Potter fan and I think these are pretty cool but I'm also not hot to get them because a gold minifig doesn't make a lot of sense to me, particularly if they will just be in random sets that you have no idea if the gold fig is included or not. I don't participate in lotteries.

Picking Quirrel instead of Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Ginny Weasly, Remus Lupin or even Draco Malfoy is a pretty bonehead move."

Sirius, Ginny, and Remus all played next to no role in the first book. This is the anniversary of The Philosopher's Stone movie and Lego sets. In the book Quirrell was the bad guy. Maybe there will be more sets to come?
However, if they keep up this trend of anniversary gold figures, we should get Dumbledore for the following series The Chamber Of Secrets, as one of the sets was Dumbledore's Office.

Lego was in for a hiding here no matter what they did, if they copied the Star Wars 20th celebration & did yellow faced tributes to the original ones, people would have moaned. They did gold ones, people moaned! Grow up you big kids! Lego did a nice thing, but them if you like them or don’t... it’s your choice!!!

@CCC:
7 sets in 2012 + 5 sets in 2013 = 12 sets
Two polybags plus 2nd Age Elrond (that’s your third polybag)
There was also a Frodo build event to kick things off, where the only exclusive item was a velour drawstring pouch to put the minifig in.

I skipped the sword because Bricklink doesn’t catalog it, and it was barely a build event (there was a bin that you pulled very basic parts from, no packaging, and no take-home instructions). That is something that you’ll never get agreement on whether it should be counted as a set or not.

For The Hobbit, there were 14 regular sets, three regular polybags, and five minifigs, according to Bricklink. The minifigs included your other two polybags (Bilbo and Legolas), two with SDCC packaging (Azog and Bard), and one with an exclusive card that looks similar in size to a standard playing card (an elf from Hobbit3). The remaining item was the SDCC micro scale Bag End, which makes 23 releases (8+8+7). I did miss Bain/Bard and another Bilbo because the Blu-Rays were cataloged as Gear. I know the Blu-Ray Bilbo shipped in one of those minifig clamshells like DK Books uses, rather than an sealed polybag, so maybe that’s where the distinction comes in. Regardless, that would bump up the promo minifig releases to seven.

Now, is that everything? I can’t remember if they did a LotR pack for Nintendo DS or not, but I know for PotC that’s where a “unique” Jack Sparrow (that could be made from common parts) popped up.

@Hojojicek:
They didn’t use the old colors for the SW20 minifigs. Lando’s head/hands, and Han’s and Leia’s hair were all reddish-brown.

My money's on Hogwarts Year One Gold Series

To me this isn't quite as exciting as the golden Ninjago minifigures, but those gold minifig stands sound awesome!

But uh... why Quirrell? Based on the main trio these seem to be Philosopher's Stone variants, but even in that film Dumbledore and Hagrid played a bigger role. He was the first fig with a double sided head so that's cool, but then you'd expect them to cut Voldemort 'cause he's already in the series.

They look...meh.

I would be way more into them if LEGO had gone the Star Wars approach and done a version of the original 2001 designs, even if in gold. I'll still get them all as I always buy the entire Harry Potter line of sets, but still...meh.

Harry Potter Fans: Why didn't they include Dumbledore as one of the 20th anniversary minifigures?
Lord of the Rings Fans: don't complain

Psst! Let's not tell them, but Voldemort wasn't featured in either the books, movies, or Lego sets until Year 4... he hasn't reached his 20th anniversary yet!

@undead_rising:
Well, not corporeal Voldemort, but he was a wart on the back of Quirrell’s head in HP1, and a sepia-toned flashback in HP2.

@LegoSonicBoy said:
"Man, it's been 20 years since I collected my first LEGO Harry Potter sets as well as LEGO Creator Harry Potter: https://brickset.com/sets/ownedby-LegoSonicBoy/theme-Harry-Potter

I still don't know exactly what promo got me the McGonagall and Dobby minifigs. I know it was a promo because there was also an old light grey baseplate that was cut to an arbitrary size, as well as a Harry Potter logo sticker across multiple tiles."

...and don't forget the promo Harry Potter Series Minifies from San Diego Comic Con: Voldemort in a bag given out for going booth to booth at the event....(Warner Bros booth, Lego Booth, some other booth...)

@CaliforniaUncleRich:
I heard of this being done with Frodo (or was it Bilbo?), but not with any other IP. There were four stations that got you the legs, torso, head, and hair, with an exclusive velour bag thrown in at one of the stations. The minifig itself was straight out of a retail set, so they weren’t quite as flippable as one of the carded SDCC minifigs, I suspect.

Maybe Quirrell is included because he’s the very first minifig to have a double-sided head?