You know, I wasn't entirely sure on this polybag at first, but by the seventh time R1_Drift said 'nice', I was at last sold on the concept and began to appreciate it more.

Why are they using the old broom piece again?

@Graupensuppe said:
"Why are they using the old broom piece again?"

Huh, I didn't notice until you mentioned it. That is odd.

Struggling to come up with a one word response for this one. Opposite of bad, definitely.

I will need to pick up a few of these to build a Ravenclaw Quidditch team. Too bad there isn't a cape piece like the previous Quidditch players. Will be interesting to see if the rumored Quidditch Trunk set will have similar style torsos for the other House teams. It's also too bad that we can't affordably create a Ravenclaw team with the old style quidditch torso.

That Cho Chang figure is nice.

As far as polybags go this is a pretty good one, I'm a fan of the forced perspective and the useful small parts

Think this looks, nice

One word to describe this polybag appropriately: nice.

@Patrik78 said:
"One word to describe this polybag appropriately: nice."

Really? What makes you choose the word "nice" in particular? I have the slightest thought that someone already said this, but this polybag is quite NICE.

@R1_Drift said:
"nice"

One does not simply repeatedly say a polybag is nice without writing it all in capitals

It was NICE-ly said though

@Shadowcloner said:
"You know, I wasn't entirely sure on this polybag at first, but by the seventh time R1_Drift said 'nice', I was at last sold on the concept and began to appreciate it more. "

I needed all 10.

I particularly like that Cho and the snitch spin around on a turntable.

Now that's a bag I would like to poly

I don't think the McLaren looks particularly nice. But the chicken and quidditch do.

@Wrecknbuild said:
"I don't think the McLaren looks particularly nice. But the chicken and quidditch do."

Genuinely baffled me, until I realized you're talking about the other polybags mentioned in the post, and not this one.

Seriously believe that the Harry Potter theme has Lego's best designers working on it at the moment.

Considering that Hogwart's Legacy has been a record breaking massive success, this theme looks to be growing and growing.

@wronglook said:
"Tips and Bricks said they’re stopping reviewing Harry Potter sets, how do you respond? I think it’s a great call"

Which part? Talking about politics on a Lego forum?

@wronglook said:
"Tips and Bricks said they’re stopping reviewing Harry Potter sets, how do you respond? I think it’s a great call"

How should Brickset respond? By continuing to review the sets.

Tips and Bricks is a dreadfully hypocritical political site, they are demanding a ban on yellow minifigures, moan about Lego being a Danish company etc. Personally I've blocked them from my feed, they just exude so much negativity for what should be a fun hobby.

Whatever users’ opinions may be about Rowling, social issues, etc., it’s important to remember our hobbies are not divorced from the real world.

We don’t exist in a bubble when we decide to buy and endorse these products.

@Prof_Physika said:
"Whatever users’ opinions may be about Rowling, social issues, etc., it’s important to remember our hobbies are not divorced from the real world.

We don’t exist in a bubble when we decide to buy and endorse these products."

Especially when she has explicitly said that she sees the continued success of Harry Potter merchandise as vindication of her views.

Not nice.

@CCC said:
" @Prof_Physika said:
"Whatever users’ opinions may be about Rowling, social issues, etc., it’s important to remember our hobbies are not divorced from the real world.

We don’t exist in a bubble when we decide to buy and endorse these products."

So stop playing with LEGO if you don't agree with JK Rowling's views. Nobody else will mind."

Sure, but users shouldn’t get touchy when other users judge this a topic worth discussing when relevant.

The plugging their ears approach catches up to them eventually, which I suppose goes for the leadership of this site itself.

@Prof_Physika said:
"Sure, but users shouldn’t get touchy when other users judge this a topic worth discussing when relevant.

The plugging their ears approach catches up to them eventually, which I suppose goes for the leadership of this site itself."

People get tired of every single article in regards to Harry Potter coming with comments from a couple people demanding that no one buy it because of their personal beliefs and their personal interpretation of someone else's beliefs.

If you don't want to buy it then fine, but stop demanding others do the same, particularly with your thinly veiled threats ("catches up with you eventually").

Hogwart's Legacy has been a fantastic success, even though a very small, but vocal, minority demanded a boycott.

@Shadowcloner said:
"You know, I wasn't entirely sure on this polybag at first, but by the seventh time R1_Drift said 'nice', I was at last sold on the concept and began to appreciate it more. "
It was a glitch man I’m sorry :(

@MegaBlocks said:
" @Prof_Physika said:
"Sure, but users shouldn’t get touchy when other users judge this a topic worth discussing when relevant.

The plugging their ears approach catches up to them eventually, which I suppose goes for the leadership of this site itself."

People get tired of every single article in regards to Harry Potter coming with comments from a couple people demanding that no one buy it because of their personal beliefs and their personal interpretation of someone else's beliefs.

If you don't want to buy it then fine, but stop demanding others do the same, particularly with your thinly veiled threats ("catches up with you eventually").

Hogwart's Legacy has been a fantastic success, even though a very small, but vocal, minority demanded a boycott."

My comment was in reply to users complaining that politics were being discussed in relation to their hobby. I pointed out their hobby doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

Nowhere in my comments did I demand users stop purchasing merchandise deriving from Rowling’s properties.

No threat intended. Just observing that society is generally trending towards a direction that disagrees with Rowling’s viewpoints; this is a conversation many communities will need to have eventually.

The guarded responses I keep getting are more interesting to me. It shouldn’t be an issue for users to wish there to be an open discussion about this topic even if it intrudes on a perceived verisimilitude that their hobbies are separate from a real world that birthed them and is fed by their consumption. All I’m saying is that’s an illusion and expecting everyone with a differing opinion to simply shut up and opt out is unrealistic.

I'm going to make a completely neutral and objectively true observation that's directly relevant to the set, without commenting on anyone's political views, the actions that those views lead them to take, or any form of harm that may or may not come to others as a result. On top of that, I promise it isn't about transphobia in any way, shape, or form. That should be fine, right? All right. Here it is:

The seven-book Harry Potter series has a single prominent Asian character. This character is named "Cho Chang."

There was an old author who had opinions, false or true.
She had so many beloved books, folks didn't know what to do.
The mob gave her some froth and wanted her dead.
And whipped up LEGO fans soundly when we just wanted to discuss ppp, build and brooms in this stupid thread.

As for the other ones:
- Still don't care about the Solus. Not in SC size, neither this small one. Just give me the F1!
- Race car is......weird. Definitely one just for the kids.
- And Lego clearly knows what to do with....Chicken!

As for JK Rowling. I don't like her. I do like some of the stuff she created. Two different things not hard to keep apart. Far worse people even created much better things.

@Shadowcloner said:
"You know, I wasn't entirely sure on this polybag at first, but by the seventh time R1_Drift said 'nice', I was at last sold on the concept and began to appreciate it more. "

Comedy home run, well done.

@CCC said:
" I don't need to be reminded that she has strong feminist views, especially concerning the welfare of women, every time a Harry Potter LEGO set is released or reviewed."

Well, this is revealing.

Anyway, I'm noting both this set and Doctor Strange now represent two forced perspective polybags. I wonder if this is a trend.

I guess this could be paired with the build-a-Hogwarts polybag for a larger micro school grounds set. With, uh, an oversized Dumbledore and Cho battling it out for a chocolate frog.