Harry Potter summer sets revealed!

Fluffly looks like a booblehead or he's been working out too much... those heads are too small for that swell boy body

The reuse of heads for Madam Rosmerta and Mrs. Flume is heinous. It's not like they are just reusing the faces from other licensed themes... they're literally from other HP characters

@tgewin:
If they improve the design over what they did for Giantman and Ares, I’m all for them. Either they’ll eventually get around to making Giganta, or I can steal the design and do it myself.

I’m guessing that the roof color variations stay true to the films, and that explains the green vs gray? I haven’t seen them in a while. :) Either way, some great looking sets.

I like how the module dimensions are 8 x 8/ 8 x 16 at their base so is the same size as the old 2001/2002 hogwarts sets. might see about picking some of these up and building them in to a display with a few of those old ones, they might need some modifications with the height though.

This is an awesome wave! Looks like the Hogwarts sets can connect to the ongoing build-out, despite their disparate heights and roof colors. In fact, I had our recent Hogwarts sets elevated with some BURPs, and this is motivation to do that again. I think the different roof colors will look fine together, but they could be swapped out to become uniform fairly easily.

Oh yeah, this is more like it. My budget will need some shuffling but these are pretty much all must haves. I love the throwback to the original sets which my kids loved, and now I can add these to my collection! The chess set and Fawkes are fantastic too. I may also get the big figs, as I liked how Grawp turned out.

Concerned that Fawkes 76394 will be too similar to Hedwig 75979 which my daughter loved. I was disappointed not to find any similar organic Technic sets outside the HP franchise, as she loves the Technic function, but has no interest in industrial/vehicle themes which make up almost all Technic sets. The chess set 76392 might be good fun, but need a closer look at it to see how close the pieces are to the film, and whether they are at all articulated.

I don't like the look of the stickers on Honeydukes windows. Not at all against stickers, but surely not on windows?

Not available to pre-order!

Finally a SOLID wave of sets from 2021!
Hogsmade already landed on my wanted list and I can see buying myself few of bathrooms just for pieces.

Jeez Lego couldnt give Black Falcons BLACK HELMETS because THEY HAD TO put it in this set!

Have pre-orders opened up online yet? US version of LEGO.com doesn't have the option, unless I missed it! Super excited about the new sets, have been waiting to see pictures for months!

I do really like most of these sets but, I think I will on l get Hogsmeade 76388. The first flying lesson 76395 because it looks like it will be able to connect to the 2018 Hogwarts system. I hope in 2022 they go back to the old system which I have already spent lots of money on. At least with buying so little harry potter sets I can save my money for the awesome Star Wars and Marvel summer waves.

I will be getting 5/8. Don’t care for buildable figs, fawkes and the chess set. Only thing I’m disappointed with is switching to the green roof because they don’t match up with the other castle sets that are still on shelves

There's some real gems in that wave imho, especially Hogsmeade, Chamber of Secrets and the Chess set.
Though I don't understand why they changed the colour of the roof back to sand green for these. It sure looks good, but it's not as screen-accurate as the previous modular line of Hogwarts rooms/buildings.

I care nothing about any of the sets except for the buildable figures. If they do those in marvel or dc or even regular lego city, those are a must buy for me.

White and black castle helmets in three different styles!? Heck yeah. My new Black Falcon army can have all black helmets. Short swords in black and white, and 76389 looks to have a great minifigure to use as a Duke or something (the all white one). Some great parts in these sets for castle builders.

Ok, I feel like I may be the only one who doesn't know what the "mystery" tiles are. Are they a throw back to the original sets?

Seeing the attached prices I immediately misread Honeydukes to Moneydukes

I'm totally gonna get that chess set, but I'm gonna be honest: I'm not that interested in the rest of the wave. All those new Hogwarts sets are okay, but the most expensive set is $120. So much for "affordable". The buildable figure set is good, but NOT for $120. That is ridiculous. The Fawkes set is good, but I don't think I'm gonna get it since it isn't a minifigure scale set. Hogsmeade is good, but I probably won't purchase it. The think that bugs me most about this is that each set contains a golden minifigure. That's cool and all, but if you buy ONE gold figure, you're gonna need ALL the gold figures. LEGO is guilt-tripping people into buying these sets, if you ask me. So all in all, I don't like this wave, with the exception of the chess set. I NEED THAT CHESS SET!

Mixed feelings.

First, I expect "Hogsmeade Village Visit" to be popular also for the "Winter Village" theme collectors, for easy MOC. So, get this early if you want it. I find it a nice set, if a bit pricy.

Fawkes will go great next to Hedwig, but I'm a bit let down by the fact it just seems like the same build only with different colours.

The buildable figures are, for me, amazing. Such a great and well executed idea!

The small bathroom set is nice for what it is, will wait for a sale before grabbing it.

Now for the "bad".

I'm disappointed that the castle elements are not compatible with the great expendable castle they did since day 1 of theme's re-lanuch. Why stop now with the final wave ? I understand the reason to switch to the green roof, but I don't agree with that decision. They are nice sets, but I won't be getting them as they so "off" from the other castle sets, and can't even connect to. Weird.

Chess set is nice, but I don't consider myself a chess player. It would make a nice gift for HP/Chess lovers.

As for the golden mini figures, I'm happy to say I'm old enough to not fall to this "collect them all" trick :)

Oh, and +10 point to Lego for allowing pre-orders!

I was hoping lego would offer some explanation on the mystery tiles, like their purpose, distribution, etc...
I’m so curious.

@The_Creator said:
"White and black castle helmets in three different styles!? Heck yeah. My new Black Falcon army can have all black helmets. Short swords in black and white, and 76389 looks to have a great minifigure to use as a Duke or something (the all white one). Some great parts in these sets for castle builders."

The pawns look like mining helmets (on backwards) to me.

Love the idea of the huge figs, just want them for another theme please.

I'll wait for the reviews, I want to see the Hogwarts sets next to the ones I got last year (note to reviewers, please do this). Can't say I'm a fan of the green roofs.

Why do Professor Quirrell as a gold figure, he's a fairly minor character. Unless his turban comes off to reveal You-Know-Who!

Finally, after many months of waiting...

I seriously cannot wait to get the Hogwarts sets! I’m not that interested in the large buildable characters but they’re just as magnificent, nonetheless.

My only gripe with the designs is the oversimplification of the castle layout, particularly the height of the hall and the open side walls. I know they were aiming for a tribute-to-early-2000s sort of aesthetic but I just wish they closed those gaps in the Great Hall. It looks weird without a back window and more importantly— doors. But these can easily be remedied of course. I wouldn’t mind paying an extra 20 bucks to get a more solid castle build.

One thing’s for sure though: I’ll be getting all the Hogwarts sets plus that amazingly unique Honeydukes.

No pre-order option yet in uk. Maybe later in the day or midnight?

Fawkes Yes!

Today is the 16th? When is the preorder live?

Love these sets! Gotta get the chess one!

1) When do get to see the next star wars wave?!

2) a little disappointed they used miner's helmets for the pawns in the chess et, otherwise that could be a good parts set for castle equipment.

It's interesting that the giant Harry figure includes a cloth robe that you can get as aftermarket for minifigures, but that Lego have never done themselves because you have to remove the arms to fit them. Would look great on minifigures combined with a hood piece

Those giant figures should have been introduced through Marvel sets, or maybe a greek theme with some gods. Harry Potter is the weirdest choice, even Creator makes morse sense.

That First Fly Lesson works as a castle wall but I am honestly eying the Homestead Houses (for the snow distric) and the Basilik Chamber (giant snake).

@TheOriginalSimonB said:
" @The_Creator said:
"White and black castle helmets in three different styles!? Heck yeah. My new Black Falcon army can have all black helmets. Short swords in black and white, and 76389 looks to have a great minifigure to use as a Duke or something (the all white one). Some great parts in these sets for castle builders."

The pawns look like mining helmets (on backwards) to me."
Gah, thanks for pointing that out. That's dissapointing...

Really like Fawkes, the Chamber of Secrets and the chessboard.
Nice work on this wave!

Hogsmeade and Fawkes are nice and to be considered.
The rest is a bit of rehashing.
The golden figures aren't really anything enticing.

> "I don't like the look of the stickers on Honeydukes windows. Not at all against stickers, but surely not on windows?"

@fakespacesquid said:
They look to be printed, rather than stickered

Whichever - for me, it just reinforces the "view from the front only" nature of so many builds - even more so than the open backs we already have to put up with.

What are the tiles?

From the Lego website, it says, "Also includes 2 random wizard card tiles for kids to collect (16 in total)."

Not sure what a wizard card tile is, but it seems like there are 16 of them to collect.

I am quite interested in 76388 Hogsmeade Village Visit. Will be looking to integrate this into my Winter Village.

Buildable Fluffy is awesome! I missed out on the original set back in the day.

Hogsmeade looks great but that door looks to be a regular green door rather than the dark green one seen in Diagon Alley. Also that price tag is ridiculous for two small open-back buildings (going by the AUD price, which is roughly the same as SGD). I don't mind open-back buildings, just that price tag.

Wizard's Chess looks great except for the fact that the chessboard is completely studless. I find that incredibly frustrating. But I understand having affordances for a single stud or jumper would result in more complex tiling. Not sure if it was worth the trade-off, though.

But what bugs me the most about all these LEGO Harry Potter sets and other themes in recency is how synthetic the renders continue to look. If only LEGO had an internal Mecabricks equivalent.

SMH no one seems to recognize a chocolate frog "famous witches and wizards card."
Too bad the pentagonal tile isn't equilateral to match the source material, the existing Nexo Knights tile is more of a "home base" pentagon that would look weird. Also, it's disappointing we get a repeat of Nearly Headless Nick rather than another ghost or Peeves as in the original 2001 set.

Hogsmeade is going right into my Winter Village!

Okay okay i will finally cave in and start buying HP sets.
I am so glad i already bought moaning myrtle. She needs to be in her office of course.
And those maxi brick figs. Love them

Seems there’s a mixed opinion about the Harry and Hermione buildable figures. I personally like them, but I won’t get them, seeing as I’m not a particular fan of the theme. Apart from 76387, which looks a little lonely and disjointed, they all look excellent.

Where are the 400 pieces in that fluffy encounter set??? I can see maybe 150??

I can’t decide if the buildable figures are the best thing I’ve seen this year or a Lego travesty.

..... the Fawkes set is on my list.

And if you want to collect ALL the 20th Anniversary gold minifigs, you have to buy all the sets for around £350.
Call me a cynic, but Lego seem to be doing more and more "exclusive minifigs" in expensive sets........

New pearl gold candelabra piece in that Chamber of Secrets/Great Hall set...?

@chris38911 said:
"And if you want to collect ALL the 20th Anniversary gold minifigs, you have to buy all the sets for around £350.
Call me a cynic, but Lego seem to be doing more and more "exclusive minifigs" in expensive sets........
"

Maybe Lego have noticed how Ideas submissions related to an anniversary seem to do well and are cashing in on that

@sideswinger said:
"I'm totally gonna get that chess set, but I'm gonna be honest: I'm not that interested in the rest of the wave. All those new Hogwarts sets are okay, but the most expensive set is $120. So much for "affordable". The buildable figure set is good, but NOT for $120. That is ridiculous. The Fawkes set is good, but I don't think I'm gonna get it since it isn't a minifigure scale set. Hogsmeade is good, but I probably won't purchase it. The think that bugs me most about this is that each set contains a golden minifigure. That's cool and all, but if you buy ONE gold figure, you're gonna need ALL the gold figures. LEGO is guilt-tripping people into buying these sets, if you ask me. So all in all, I don't like this wave, with the exception of the chess set. I NEED THAT CHESS SET!"

Bricklink the figs, thats what I did with the 20th anniversary Star Wars Figures :)

I'm still waiting for an Architecture style set of the Hogwarts Castle. I don't collect Harry Potter LEGO, but a miniature castle set I definitely would buy. Not interested in the £350 half-castle 71043.

Have to admit I'm curious about about the brick-built megafigures. I can see such a thing being successful, especially in Star Wars or LEGO could set up a poll for fans to vote on their favourite Collectable Minifigure to be megafigurized. We shall see.

@CapnRex101 said:
"There is something for BIONICLE fans to spot in 76389 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets: https://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/76389-1/76389_alt11.jpg "
I thought it was Black Panther :-s

@benbuildslego said:
"Hogsmeade is going right into my Winter Village! "

Hadn't even thought of that - you're so right. Winter Village expansion pack!

I like brick built maxifigs but something just seems off. Maybe it’s the flat face. They used to make a few of these a long time ago, and everything was brick built including the shape and features of the face. This just seems off.

Edit Looks like from the side perhaps the face plate is rounded on the sides.

Just spotted the dark tan pumpkin on MegaHermione’s wand as well. Don’t understand how they’ll do that, but can’t be bothered to make 1x1 flower plates in dark tan for the Colloseum to have halfway decent Corinthian columns... ugh.

Yes, yes, yes! Fantastic all around. Those buildable Harry & Hermione are a bit odd...but neat.

Fawkes is amazing, as is the Dumbledore that accompanies him. Can’t wait to see the reverse Crabbe & Goyle prints in the bathroom set.

@meesajarjar72 said:
"No pre-order option yet in uk. Maybe later in the day or midnight?"

or once double points finish!

Wow, wow, wow. I love these. I haven’t bought any Harry Potter sets other than the advent calendars, but these are amazing. Definitely going to buy at least a couple of these.

Most if not all of the new Hogwarts-based sets still have the little brick with a pin hole so it will be possible to attach them yo the old ones without any hassle, but will they look that good next to eachother probably not

Very decent "Castle sets" now I do hope eventually we'll get some more smaller real non-licensed Castle sets again (sized like that Flying Lesson set), but right now best bet seems to be on IDEAS/Creator.

The pinhole wall system is great, like the 1980s Castle, walls were, but I have no interest in the actual Harry Potter theme/figs in terms of LEGO.

Sets look great, but what on earth is up with the exclusivity stuff?

I just noticed that the Hermione maxifig has dual molded legs! That's bound to score it some major points in the review. ;)

@Norikins said:
"Also, it's disappointing we get a repeat of Nearly Headless Nick rather than another ghost or Peeves as in the original 2001 set."

Yes but the previous Nearly Headless Nick wasn't glow-in-the-dark.

From https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/hogwarts-chamber-of-secrets-76389
"Nearly Headless Nick is a special, glow-in-the-dark minifigure."

Sorry for the OT post but it’s just been announced that Helen McCrory, the actress who played Narcissa Malfoy, has died of cancer. She was 52.

I had nothing to do with the development of the buildable figs.

When are the ninjago sets being revealed?

I love the buildable minifigures of Harry and Hermione! A brand new curved piece is used for the face, a 4x6x1 curved slope.

In my LEGO Ideas project that already reached 10k, I made an update for a suggestion of a new piece, and this is almost identical to my idea!! I like to think that I came up with the idea :P

Link to the update where I suggested the new piece: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2760024a-3e41-4a14-8db2-1bbbe4d3aa39/updatescontent_nav_tabs

@CapnRex101 said:
"There is something for BIONICLE fans to spot in 76389 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets: https://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/76389-1/76389_alt11.jpg "
Well Hau about that?

Also, Luna in a Chamber of Secrets set? I guess she has started at Hogwarts at that point, she would technically be there, it’s just odd having someone who only pops up in the last half of the series appear in something set so early

@Your_Future_President said:
"Wow I hope those buildable figures are just the start of a new line of them! Hopefully not just confined to HP!"

I enjoyed the Ant-Man buildable figure; its a favorite display and play item at my home.

Regarding being able to pre-order some of these, does anyone that has pre-ordered direct from Lego know if they charge your card right away or at time of shipping?

Polyjuice Potion Mistake and Fluffy Encounter great sets at a good price considering the number of minifigs and accessories.

@SithLord196 said:
"Regarding being able to pre-order some of these, does anyone that has pre-ordered direct from Lego know if they charge your card right away or at time of shipping?"

They do a pre-authorization on your card that will drop off in a few days when the charge doesn't get completed. They will then actually charge your card when it ships. Most places have laws in effect that will not allow companies to actually charge one for items until they ship.

I love the look of the Hogsmede set, especially because it will fit nicely into my Winter Village! ??

Hmm, Chess, Fawkes, & buildable minifigs are gone from LEGO.com...

@mediAFOL said:
"Concerned that Fawkes 76394 will be too similar to Hedwig 75979 which my daughter loved. I was disappointed not to find any similar organic Technic sets outside the HP franchise, as she loves the Technic function, but has no interest in industrial/vehicle themes which make up almost all Technic sets. The chess set 76392 might be good fun, but need a closer look at it to see how close the pieces are to the film, and whether they are at all articulated."

You might want to look at what JK Brickwork is offering. I believe this would be right up the alley of your daughter.

I'm not a Harry Potter fan but I think LEGO did a very nice job with this line! 76394 Fawkes, Dumbledore’s Phoenix is especially beautiful and 76392 Wizard’s Chess is very inventive.

@Snaz said:
"Why does big Harry have a trench coat? It isn't a cloak..."
It’s an academic gown.

@Brickalili said:
"Also, Luna in a Chamber of Secrets set? I guess she has started at Hogwarts at that point, she would technically be there, it’s just odd having someone who only pops up in the last half of the series appear in something set so early
"

Seems likely they were just stretching to include ANY Ravenclaw, ...and there are admittedly very few with any legitimate screen-presence in the second film. That said, I agree. I would gladly trade that extra Luna fig for a Madam Pomfrey.

I would love a Batman version of the giant brick-built minifigs in 76393.

So for the fans and experts: are all those Hogwarts parts supposed to connect? To build up to something bigger? I never saw any picture of multiple sets combined: is it something they can do? Can someone who has all of them make a really fantastic Hogwarts, minifig scale?

@Wellspring said:
"What's with the green roofs? Are these meant to be compatible with the Great Hall set (75954)? Or is it a new remake/replacement? "

They were from the Hogwarts castle set as the roof from 2001, 2007, and 2010. It became an icon to fans after the 2001 release

These all look great. My only complaint is the Chamber of Secrets appears to have remakes of the Great Hall and Astronomy Tower. However it looks like each section of the castle will still be compatible (somewhat) with the modular Hogwarts we have seen in the past few years.

A great wave, but disappointed overall. Maybe it’s the reboot of the Hogwarts system, the sand green roofs (which I never liked), or the lack of Deathly Hallows sets. Not to mention the brick built Harry and Hermione are... odd.

That said though, I’ll try to get Wizard Chess (I’m a frequent player) and Hogsmeade. I also really like the Chamber of Secrets.

@Fingerinsocket said:
"Ok, I feel like I may be the only one who doesn't know what the "mystery" tiles are. Are they a throw back to the original sets? "

seems to me they're part of buildable wizard cards.

As a non-Potter fan, I too had the idea of getting the Hogsmeade Village set as a Winter Village expansion. Especially as I've skipped the last two "fantasy" WV sets. Tempting...

The chess set is going to be my top priority because I think that I will find it is multi-purpose.

As more of a Star Wars and Superhero fan (for licensed themes), I'm always a little jealous of these newer Harry Potter sets. That chess set looks especially appealing. All the sets look good for play and display, and there have been two CMF series!

Side note: I do prefer the early 2000s Fluffy, Basilisk, and General Grievous for a reason I can't quite pinpoint. I'm not sure it is nostalgia, they are from slightly before I was old enough to get into Lego.

Sets look AMAZING, probably will get most of them for my birthday (June 24). The only problem I notice is that Luna Lovegood is in the Chamber of Secrets, and she wasn't actually a character until the fifth book. That's me just being picky though.

Its robes

These are all great models and look really fun for kids to play with - Lego picked some really good memorable moments from the movies on this wave.

Polyjuice Potion Fury is a sure win.

The poly juice potion set has tiles and studs on top- I can’t see any pictures of the back but I wonder if it connects to the side of the chamber of secrets to level up one of the ground level sets?

The chamber of secrets and Fawkes I want, but would it really of killed them to give Lockhart his Cape? Unless anyone knows if they've done the Cape in that colour?

@Slithus_Venom said:
"Side note: I do prefer the early 2000s Fluffy..."
I strongly agree. And I’m not just saying that because I have the previous Fluffy (which I use as Cerberus). The latest one looks like something out of a nightmare: a cyborg combining a robot body with three organic giant canine heads grafted to it. It’s made worse by the bley ball joint sockets. Come on, LEGO! It’s about time you made that part in other colours.

Solid wave!

I believe they changed to sand green roofing to match the original sets for the anniversary, and will probably change them back to grey for the next wave, despite the sand green looking better(in my opinion)

I expect several of the gold minifigs will end up on the secondary market, because not everyone is going to try to "collect them all," and some people will try to recoup some of the cost. The minifigs from 76392 as well, as I can see people who have no interest in HP buying it just because it's a nice chess set. Overall, the whole thing reminds me of the Star Wars 20th anniversary sets, except gold all over instead of yellow skin tones. (Except for Lando, obviously.)
I was half expecting Fluffy to be a brick-built figure before I scrolled down.
I love the shaping on the buildable figs' hair, especially Hermione's. Am I the only one who thinks it'd be funny to display those with their minifig selves in their hands?

@B_Space_Man:
The theme was introduced when the first movie came out, so the first wave of sets with sand-green roofs only had one movie to use for reference. The current run has Hogwarts Castle components spread out across the first four films, all with dark-bley roofs. I really can’t remember what color they used in most of the films, but for sure HP4 did not have green roofs when the dragon was chasing Harry.

@CapnRex101:
My, my. Hau interesting...

@kolaxanthe:
Like at least a few others. I already made a vignette of them fighting years ago. Mine has a skyscraper that stands about 8-10” tall and has a couple WWII-style fighter planes flying overhead.

@Phoenixio:
No. Some of them do, but the giant minifigs, Fawkes, Hogsmeade, and chess set do not combine with the rest to make a bigger Hogwarts Castle. It’s not _that_ magical of a building.

“Harry, you’re a watchtower...”

Those statues are something else

I cant get excited about Harry Potter these days but these look to be some really fantastic sets, I havent seen a wave this good in a long time. Its just a shame they're for a license I cant in good conscience support.

I love these new sets so much! I was really worried about the buildable characters and new Hogwarts sets, but I love how much they remind me of the original 2001 and 2002 sets. The Harry and Hermione set is fantastic - one of my favorites from this new wave, and I wasn't looking forward to it at all before this.

Wow Fluffy looks absolutely horrible with those grey mixel joints. I know they're colour locked but that is just unacceptable, they should have gone with any other design option.

It interests me that over the past few years, they've made fairly decent Harry Potter sets again. I loved the franchise as a child, but lost a lot of fondness over the major transphobia JKR has set into, and refuse to give money to a franchise that pays her out. Nonetheless, pretty wonderful sets. Also, sort of surprised by the big figures... they don't look awful. The concept is weird, granted, and I feel the appeal is limited, but they actually aren't too bad. It's fun they're doing a mix too, back in the day I liked to think up HP sets I would have wanted, and that chess set sort of takes the cake.

Brilliant wave, ideas (like modular building, which would be perfect for the Death Star, Star Killer Base, Cloud City, Jedi Temple, Senate, Arena, etc...) that we’ve asked for from LEGO Star Wars over and over and over again. As AFOL, who collects LEGO SW, almost exclusively, I’m, questioning why I continue to waste my time and money... on the same old, same old, same old...

I just love The Wizard’s Chess set! Great look, good price, 3 canonical minifigures - what else could you want?

What's wrong with the colour of harp strings from 76387 Fluffy Encounter ?!

I think 76388 is my favourite of these sets. I also think the 76393 will become a meme in future.

I'm interested in the brick-built large minifigures... just not *these* brick-built large minifigures, if that makes sense. I've always liked the idea of being able to build some of my favourite minifigure characters on a larger scale, but never really pursued the thought; I just, at present, don't particularly think that Harry, or even Hermione, are the minifigures who I'd want in that style.

They feel quite expensive for what they are, too? Still, I anticipate experimenting with that design in stud.io, once the set's instructions become available online, and seeing what else I may be able to do with it ^^

Otherwise, I dunno, this wave doesn't really stand out to me, compared to previous years. I'm happy for those who like them, though! ^^

The Hogsmeade is my clear favorite, if I buy two they could be modded into mini-modulars similar to 76108 Sanctorium Showdown.

Anyone who knows the deal with these "wizard cards"? Will they have actual, different portraits, or are you supposed to scan them with your phone for some AR effect?

But more important, are the macrofigs the first time we get a wide selection of flesh/"light nougat" pieces? The only earlier ones I know of are the round tiles from Mario and the Bonsai, and some bonnet pieces from the Flower Bouquet. I think this color would've worked well for the Diagon Alley Quiddich shop, as it's less garish and resembles the movie better.

On a side note, does this mean other Summer sets might be getting unveiled soon? :)

Good stuff:
* The bathroom and First Flying Lesson seem to be the best - modular builds, decent selection of minifigs, play value and reasonable price point.
* Lots of minifigs in most "castle" sets, including new options for existing ones - great play and collect value.
* Hogsmeade seems nice and double-servers as Winter Village :) Hope the widows come printed, not as stickers. But overpriced.
* Fawkes seems cool and reasonably prices.

Questionable stuff:
* Switching the roof colour is an odd decision. Why? Are we supposed to treat these buildings as incompatible with the previous waves?
* Why are we getting the second great hall? Was there nothing else to portray?
* I like how the description of the bigfig set says "Children can...". For $129 Children lining up to get two static bigfigs instead of ..well, literally any other set in the same price range? Seriously? The sales on this and the Chess set will be driven by the would-be-resellers and scalpers. .
* The Fluffy and Basilick are both disappointing - I'd rather have a brick-built snake (with custom head and tip of the tail only) and a custom-moulded cerberus, rather than an ugly half-brickbuilt dog and an ugly half-moulded snake. Matter of taste, though.
* Fluffy is fluffin' overpriced. Compare to Fawkes at the same price point!

Can somebody tell me, do this sets can be or would be joined with 75948, 75953, 75954 and 75969. I love this sets, but they make no since if they won't be. Plus those 2018-2020 sets have hols for joints

@apcsb said:
"Good stuff:
* The bathroom and First Flying Lesson seem to be the best - modular builds, decent selection of minifigs, play value and reasonable price point.
* Lots of minifigs in most "castle" sets, including new options for existing ones - great play and collect value.
* Hogsmeade seems nice and double-servers as Winter Village :) Hope the widows come printed, not as stickers. But overpriced.
* Fawkes seems cool and reasonably prices.

Questionable stuff:
* Switching the roof colour is an odd decision. Why? Are we supposed to treat these buildings as incompatible with the previous waves?
* Why are we getting the second great hall? Was there nothing else to portray?
* I like how the description of the bigfig set says "Children can...". For $129 Children lining up to get two static bigfigs instead of ..well, literally any other set in the same price range? Seriously? The sales on this and the Chess set will be driven by the would-be-resellers and scalpers. .
* The Fluffy and Basilick are both disappointing - I'd rather have a brick-built snake (with custom head and tip of the tail only) and a custom-moulded cerberus, rather than an ugly half-brickbuilt dog and an ugly half-moulded snake. Matter of taste, though.
* Fluffy is fluffin' overpriced. Compare to Fawkes at the same price point!
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The green roof is a through back to the original sets

Finally, a Lego set that is only a bathroom. After all these years, that's what we really wanted. I hope we get a fourth Ninjago City modular, but if we do, there should be a secret bathroom only accessible to the ninjas in it.

@JRBricks said:
"I like brick built maxifigs but something just seems off. Maybe it’s the flat face. They used to make a few of these a long time ago, and everything was brick built including the shape and features of the face. This just seems off.

Edit Looks like from the side perhaps the face plate is rounded on the sides."

Agreed. I think it’s too many parts. This is one of those circumstances where I think they should have said...”Hm, if we want to do large scale buildable minifigures, let’s create the necessary new molded parts to get some of the shapes more accurate rather than throw hundreds of parts on it to achieve the same effect.”

@SolidState:
They color-locked them because the tolerances are so strict to achieve clutch with a ball joint without splitting the socket open. Any color can serve as the ball half of the joint, so there’s absolutely no reason why they can’t release the Mixel ball plates in other colors. It’s only the sockets that are subjected to expansion stress. Changing those colors could require cutting new molds for use with a different set of colors, which gets crazy expensive compared to sending out a memo to not change the colors. Besides, they just fixed Brittle Brown. Do you really want to take a chance like that?

@TBOC:
Please don’t. You’re not the only person I’ve seen do this, but everyone else has been a bit more subtle about it and gone largely unnoticed (or at least nobody acknowledged it). You make one statement with no intention of taking it further, and all it takes is one other person to respond in kind, and suddenly it turns into a big argument, and Huw has to either delete a bunch of comments or shut the whole comment section down.

@ShadoWind:
The harp strings are printed in a clear flag. It’s straight on one edge, and angled on the other, which is how it fits inside the harp frame, but why the long strings don’t go all the way to the base. The images are along CGI, so we don’t really know what the string flag will look like in real life. I’d guess they’ll only print on one side of the flag, and only in black. You’ll either see the string print directly, or through the clear flag material. If they only print black, you won’t see any weird effects on the underside of the printing. If they print black over white, they’ll probably have to print both sides, which quadruples the print steps, and will result in each set of black strings having white bands behind it. Alternately, to be more accurate, I suppose they could just print black strings on both sides, staggered a bit to mimic real harp strings which alternate sides in a zig-zag pattern so you can reach your finger around to pluck any string without bumping the next string.

As someone who never really got into Harry Potter, the only thing that interests me in these sets are the dual-molded snake statues in the Chamber of Secrets set. Those look so cool; I really wish that there would be a cheaper way to get them. Here's hoping they show up on Bricks 'n Pieces!

I love Lockheart’s wig in his office.

@PurpleDave said:
" @SolidState :
They color-locked them because the tolerances are so strict to achieve clutch with a ball joint without splitting the socket open. Any color can serve as the ball half of the joint, so there’s absolutely no reason why they can’t release the Mixel ball plates in other colors. It’s only the sockets that are subjected to expansion stress. Changing those colors could require cutting new molds for use with a different set of colors, which gets crazy expensive compared to sending out a memo to not change the colors. Besides, they just fixed Brittle Brown. Do you really want to take a chance like that?"
Unlike some parts that only appear a few times in a small number of sets, if it’s the socket I think it is, it has already been used hundreds of times. That suggests that even if LEGO had to create separate moulds for each of a set of basic colours of this socket, that would not be a big ask. LEGO could easily find plenty of use for each colour. As for quality control, knowing about a potential problem is half the battle. LEGO could put extra testing, QC and monitoring measures in place. Sure, that would cost a bit more, but would be worth it to avoid unsightly uses of light bley such as we see here on Fluffy.

@Fingerinsocket :
The mystery tiles appear to be 2x2 square tiles with a pentagonal print that's intended to represent the cards that are packaged with Chocolate Frogs, much like baseball cards used to be packaged with gum. It sounds like the pentagonal shape was an invention of the movie series, and since there's no pentagonal tile, they had to print them on a different shape. A round tile might have made more sense, but a square one is easier for a minifig to hold.

The tricky part is how they're going to be packaged. The images all show a "?" where the face of the wizard or witch for that card should appear. As @woosterlegos pointed out, there are supposed to be 16 different tiles to collect, but looking through the pictures I see 19 tiles:

2x 76386
2x 76387
4x 76388
6x 76389
3x 76392
2x 76395

The giant minifigs and Fawkes-on-a-stick don't show any of these tiles, and since these are supposed to be included randomly, that means if you buy all six sets you've only got three extra tiles to get a complete set before you have to start trading or buying them. If you skip the giant chess set, you have just enough to potentially draw a complete set.

If they're actually random, we don't know if there's going to be a tiered rarity, or if all 16 are equally common (i.e. will half of your tiles end up being Dumbledore, and everyone will be fighting to get the Merlin or Ptolemy tiles). Obviously we don't know what the list of 16 wizards and witches will be, or even whether the list will be period-appropriate, reflect additions to the cards that happened after the books/movies ended, or will strictly feature characters from the stories who have probably appeared as minifigs at some point.

@Zander:
Somehow I missed this post before, but if you look at the set page here, and pull up the other images, they show some good shots of Fluffy sleeping next to the harp. The heads on the side are mounted with part 14418 (Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Small Tow Ball Socket on End), and the center head is mounted with part 14704 (Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Small Tow Ball Socket on Side).

The way I heard it, the towballs aren't a problem because all they experience is compression force, which isn't likely to crack a sphere of uniform density. The sockets experience expansion force, particularly as the ball is inserted or removed. The amount of testing these parts went through was well beyond what most parts receive, and it was determined that different colors affected the fit of the socket. Some colors might make it too loose to hold poses, while other colors might have fit so tight that they'd split. Fixing it's not just a matter of monitoring the parts for quality. You need to go through the entire process again for every color you plan to use, and potentially create a new mold just for _one_ color. Disney threw a fit over Giantman having a couple sockets in light-bley, and probably the only reason they caved and made those parts in dark-bley was that it was the only other color they'd already tested to the same degree as light-bley. Once that set retired, they color-locked the socket again, and the supply of that part in dark-bley dried up.

You can say, "All they need to do is...", but they're not going to do it. What I don't get is why they made sockets in two different colors in the first place. The two I already mentioned are color-locked to light-bley, but all three of the Mixel-original towball pieces are dark-bley, including part 14419, which has a towball and socket at opposite ends. Why wouldn't they just make that light-bley as well? I'm not exactly complaining, as that little goof and the Giantman issue allowed me to make a couple MOCs that only use dark-bley Mixel joints, so at least the models are more uniform in color than if I'd had to use two both shades of bley.

@PurpleDave said:
" @TBOC:
Please don’t. You’re not the only person I’ve seen do this, but everyone else has been a bit more subtle about it and gone largely unnoticed (or at least nobody acknowledged it). You make one statement with no intention of taking it further, and all it takes is one other person to respond in kind, and suddenly it turns into a big argument, and Huw has to either delete a bunch of comments or shut the whole comment section down.
"

I get wanting to avoid controversy, sure, but I am absolutely allowed to make a relevant comment here about a reason why I wouldn't want to be buying these sets. Not gonna be silent on a major issue that affects me personally just to avoid Brickset "controversy".

My first thought was of the classic castle series that had the large castle and then smaller builds that attach to it with technic pins.

My first and only problem with these new sets is the Target exclusive deals. Lego really should stop with that nonsense.

@ChrisBricks81 said:
"My first and only problem with these new sets is the Target exclusive deals. Lego really should stop with that nonsense."

That don't even affect anyone outside the US

@legomaster65 :
Looking closer at them, it seems like they’re mounted to a 1x inverted arch, suggesting those might be designed to work as a head on a minifig. I agree that they appear dual-molded, but I don’t recall anything of the sort for Ninjago in the past. Are these perhaps designed for one of the Legacy sets? If they actually are minifig heads, I can’t imagine they would have designed them just for an architectural feature in an HP set.

@ChrisBricks81:
It’s not like the Vader bust where it’s exclusive to Target in the US and available nowhere else. These will be distributed elsewhere.

@The_Toniboeh:
It still does affect other markets. Any of these sets that are Target exclusives will also be sold through LEGO Brand Retail. For you and @ChrisBricks81, that means you’ll be limited to LEGO.com, LEGO Stores, and LEGOLAND shops. For other parts of the world, it may mean they have to resort to the secondary market if LBR doesn’t have any presence in their area and won’t ship there. It also means those sets won’t be seeing discounts at other retail chains, for those who choose to shop that way.

@PurpleDave said:
" @legomaster65 :
Looking closer at them, it seems like they’re mounted to a 1x inverted arch, suggesting those might be designed to work as a head on a minifig. I agree that they appear dual-molded, but I don’t recall anything of the sort for Ninjago in the past. Are these perhaps designed for one of the Legacy sets? If they actually are minifig heads, I can’t imagine they would have designed them just for an architectural feature in an HP set."

Do you mean a re-colour of this piece? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=41201pb01&idColor=88T=C&C=88
If so, it was a Ninjago head in a small number of colour combinations.

With regards to the ball-joint socket in light bley only, you seem to be under the impression that I missed a couple of points that I didn’t. But regardless, I maintain that an organisation with LEGO’s resources could produce that socket in other colours at minimal cost, literally a small fraction of a US cent on the retail price of each set in which the piece appeared. The problem is not the technical challenge, it’s the penny-pinching by LEGO.

@Zander:
Ah, yes, I always forget about the flaming snakes.

But about the Mixel joints, we don't know how much it cost them to develop in the first place vs a regular element. We do know that two decades ago they got in rough shape, partly because they let the set designers go crazy with recolors in cases where all it took to get them was to send a work order to the production line. When they started to color-lock elements, they did so with good reason. They didn't want to end up with an unmanageable element list again, and elements that were counted as more functional than aesthetic require jumping through some serious hoops to get recolors approved. If you want a new color for a pin or axle, it's like pitching a new mold. For Mixel joints, it would also require pitching a new mold that requires a lot more work on the front end than most. So you say that all it would take is a fraction of a penny to get this in new colors. It would also require splintering rules that were established to keep the company healthy. Short of Disney throwing another fit over aesthetics, I just don't see it ever happening.

I just realized: look at how new many pieces in the light flesh color are on the buildable figures!

Lego has been killing it with the new Harry Potter line. It looks like these will fit with the modular castle sets too! These sets are surprisingly good in terms of looks and value. It's refreshing compared to the recent Star Wars waves.

@Daveismyhero said:
"For Fawkes sake, that Phoenix looks amazing!"

?? ?? ??

edit: I used clapping emoji here but apparently this is 2021 and we still can't use unicode in posts. so:

I appreciated this phunny-comment very much, it made me laugh out loud for real, well done.

I’ve just noticed: there are 6 chocolate frogs scattered around in the Chamber of Secrets set. I guess this is in reference to the wizard cards that come along with them. Though I don’t see other sets containing the frogs. They look like a “bonus” treat for collectors. :)

@bricks_and_boxes :
You know, I'd noticed a couple, and didn’t think anything of it. I can’t find six, though (at least not on this tiny iPod screen). What I do see is one in the tower over the Great Hall, two on the table in the Great Hall, one behind Lockhart’s broom, and a pink one in the classroom. I don’t know if they had strawberry-flavored white chocolate frogs or not (certainly that was before ruby chocolate), but I’m still coming up one short either way.

Hmm...I may have spotted another, but won't know until we see the chamber door from the other side. There's a window on the top. To the left of the window frame there's a gap formed by the "hourglass" columns, and I see a hint of a shape that could be another frog.

Fawkes, like hedwig, is beautiful, imo. Can't wait to see her in my display. Already have it on preorder.

Merlins Beard this is a good wave! Too bad the space shuttle and R2 will eat all my lego budget for the next few months...
Those figures are kind of creepy to me somehow, but I guess a better idea than a bust of actual faces...or some of those horrid brick heads again...

(Btw you really need to add a proper comment section, had to scrolll the hell out of my iPad just to get to the box...)

@bricks_and_boxes:
Okay, I found the green and white frogs now. But you’re still not seeing the fourth brown one. In the main image on the back of the set box, I can see every frog that has been identified so far (though the brown ones wander a bit):

1. Green - peeking out from behind the LURP to the left of the Salazar Slytherin statue
2. White - to the left of the slide into the Chamber of Secrets
3. Pink - next to Luna in the classroom
4. Brown - in front of the wig in Lockhart’s office
5. Brown - next to the base of the gold owl in the Great Hall
6. Brown - on the table in the Great Hall
7. Brown - in the central spite of the Great Hall

For that last one, find the black Hogwarts Crest banner and look up from there. Behind the lowest section of sand-green roof is a tan 2x2 window frame, and Brown 4 is sitting right in the center of the arched window.

@PurpleDave

I already found the last brown frog. I didn’t notice that it was perched up there. Good job spotting it. :)

So there’s now a total of seven chocolate frogs in this set. Whoah.

not a Harry Potter fan but the sets look really good!