Harry Potter 2020 - Rumors & Discussion

[Crookshanks]

8 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Exactly my thoughts. I hope they don’t try to make him with the Dobby mold

I know what you mean. But if they can get the right expression maybe it would not be to bad.

Just now, Lego-Freak said:

Speaking of which: the architect's beard is a recolour of Vitruvius' beard from The LEGO Movie 

Ah, my mistake!

[SupesBatsy]

4 minutes ago, sammy_zammy said:

I don't think the buildings will be very deep. That would not make access easy at all and also make the buildings really dark inside.

I agree but those are way too small IMO

I'm suspecting (=hoping) for something like the Birch Bookshop!

[Balrogofmorgoth]

Just now, SupesBatsy said:

I agree but those are way too small IMO

I'm suspecting (=hoping) for something like the Birch Bookshop!

I’m honestly just expecting something similar to what we’ve been getting with the Hogwarts interiors and Hagrid’s Hut. I don’t see much reason in changing up that style now

[sammy_zammy]

Just now, SupesBatsy said:

I agree but those are way too small IMO

I'm suspecting (=hoping) for something like the Birch Bookshop!

Something that large would not fit many buildings into $400...

[SupesBatsy]

Just now, sammy_zammy said:

Something that large would not fit many buildings into $400...

idk, that set is 150€ and has already 2 buildings :) Having 5 with that same pricing would make it cost nearly 400€! 

5 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I’m honestly just expecting something similar to what we’ve been getting with the Hogwarts interiors and Hagrid’s Hut. I don’t see much reason in changing up that style now

It could be but IMO it will be way more modular-like :/

[BrickBob Studpants]

Just now, SupesBatsy said:

idk, that set is 150€ and has already 2 buildings :) Having 5 with that same pricing would make it cost nearly 400€! 

Well, you can't really compare licensed to non-licensed stuff like that  If the modulars were licensed, they would definitely be significantly more expensive

[deskp]

Kreacher is a perfect CMF figure.     Adds some significant variety to the series.

Just some general ideas/ thoughts  based on 2019 one.

1-6 minifigs                7 christmas tree        8 fireplace       9 table  10 food

11 piano     12 sofa  13 kitchen cabinet w/shelves   14  bed   15  gifts   16  portrait  

17 table   18 food  19  various props+ animal   20 sidetable with lamp   21 stove  22 pot and pan   23-24 ?

with other advent calendars they do a lot of random builds so there is room for non grimmauld place things too.   2019 we got 4 days of flags x[

[SupesBatsy]

Just now, Lego-Freak said:

Well, you can't really compare licensed to non-licensed stuff like that  If the modulars were licensed, they would definitely be significantly more expensive

That's...something I didn't know lol

[Balrogofmorgoth]

We’ll probably see the June sets in the next week or so. Advent calendars tend to leak pretty early, we already know all the figures for the Star Wars one, so we’ll probably have more info on this one soon enough. The CMFs and the D2C are the ones that will drive us crazy for a while until we finally see them probably months from now

[lego_guyon02]

2 hours ago, deskp said:

Borkin and Burkes doesn't exactly have the most interesting exterior.

Neither does the Leaky Cauldron...

2 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Also according to kingnono, the advent calendar is based on OOTP. Probably Christmas at Grimmauld Place? Hopefully an exclusive Sirius

That's great news, if we don't get OotP Sirius this year I'll get my torch and pitchfork

1 hour ago, Terrasher said:

DA is rumored to be a September release, right?

Yup

29 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I’m honestly just expecting something similar to what we’ve been getting with the Hogwarts interiors and Hagrid’s Hut. I don’t see much reason in changing up that style now

That would be fine, I don't need them all to be fully enclosed when that means getting less shops

[Crookshanks]

I don't really care how many buildings the DA set will get if the minimum is three. For me it's a nice looking set way more important than many buildings. Especially that the exterior looks good and for that price i expect that.

One building has leaked. Gringotts probably included, it's way to iconic to be excluded. I hope www is included to, otterwise it would be a random street. Minimum should be 3 buildings, but 4-5 is what we probably can get without to much compromissed with the exterior.

I prefer less minifigs and more to build. But 7-8 figures would be nice. (I hope the twins is some of them)

40 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I’m honestly just expecting something similar to what we’ve been getting with the Hogwarts interiors and Hagrid’s Hut. I don’t see much reason in changing up that style now

Agree and that type of interior is easy to modify. But i think it would be a little more advanced than Hagrids, especially Gringotts.

[aimo]

1 hour ago, sammy_zammy said:

Also, do we think the "smile and ;)" means anything or is just spreading positivity? I couldn't think of any reference to this.

If you look, at the end Sirius Black winks at Harry. I think it is a hint of that scene. So, probably there will be a Sirius figure :)

 

Edited April 19, 2020 by aimo

[Tariq j]

Happy to see Borgin and Burkes making an appearance. Hopefully we'll be seeing a vanishing cabinet. Looking forward to see where the Advent Calendar goes.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Honestly Borgin & Burkes would be a great standalone set. It being part of Diagon Alley kind of takes away chances of getting more obscure builds, like Ollivanders or Flourish and Blotts.

[Balrogofmorgoth]

13 minutes ago, aimo said:

If you look, at the end Sirius Black winks at Harry. I think it is a hint of that scene. So, probably there will be a Sirius figure :)

 

Good catch! I think you may be right, everything Kingnono says is important as we’ve seen so it has to mean something and that makes perfect sense. That added comment of his doesn’t make any sense otherwise. I would prefer the version of Sirius from the Ministry Battle scene but this one will do just fine, it would be a very nice figure 

Just now, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Honestly Borgin & Burkes would be a great standalone set. It being part of Diagon Alley kind of takes away chances of getting more obscure builds, like Ollivanders or Flourish and Blotts.

Ollivanders is not obscure at all, I would say it’s one of the most iconic shops in DA, it’s pretty much guaranteed a spot in this set

[Darth Shadowthrone]

Just now, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Honestly Borgin & Burkes would be a great standalone set. It being part of Diagon Alley kind of takes away chances of getting more obscure builds, like Ollivanders or Flourish and Blotts.

I don’t think Ollivanders could be called obscure, I’d say it’s almost certain it will be included. Flourish and Bolts definitely is obscure tho, alongside Quality Quidditch Supplies, Madame Malkin’s and Eeylop’s Owl Emporium. 

Edited April 19, 2020 by Darth Shadowthrone

[MaxHeadroom]

18 minutes ago, aimo said:

If you look, at the end Sirius Black winks at Harry. I think it is a hint of that scene. So, probably there will be a Sirius figure :)

 

Don't count on it. The flitwick figure in the 2019 calendar had a costume he didn't wear in the christmas scene or even the movie and the faceprint/hair was completely in accurate to the scene and movie. I wouldn't be surprised if LEGO went with the more iconic costume from the end of the movie that has been used on most merchandise (NECA, Star Ace, Eaglemoss, ect.) Sirius from OOTP. Then again LEGO may save that variant for an inevitable Ministry duel set or a CMF figure. It's hard to know since LEGO seems to make the calendars only loosely based on certain scenes. 

Edited April 19, 2020 by MaxHeadroom

[Zepthire]

19 minutes ago, aimo said:

If you look, at the end Sirius Black winks at Harry. I think it is a hint of that scene. So, probably there will be a Sirius figure :)

 

I was going to suggest it could refer to Tonks winking at Harry as they all walk passed him to the kitchen when they first arrive there.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

12 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Good catch! I think you may be right, everything Kingnono says is important as we’ve seen so it has to mean something and that makes perfect sense. That added comment of his doesn’t make any sense otherwise. I would prefer the version of Sirius from the Ministry Battle scene but this one will do just fine, it would be a very nice figure 

Ollivanders is not obscure at all, I would say it’s one of the most iconic shops in DA, it’s pretty much guaranteed a spot in this set

 

10 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said:

I don’t think Ollivanders could be called obscure, I’d say it’s almost certain it will be included. Flourish and Bolts definitely is obscure tho, alongside Quality Quidditch Supplies, Madame Malkin’s and Eeylop’s Owl Emporium. 

You're right, I don't even know why I said it's obscure. I'd say from most guaranteed to least guaranteed would be Gringotts, WWW, Borgin and Burkes, Ollivander and Flourish and Blotts.

Depends on how many builds we're getting, but if (for example) we're getting three, than Borgin and Burkes (which could make a great standalone set) takes the spot of never released Ollivanders. So including B&B lowers the chances of getting builds which we'll probably never get as standalone sets.

[GoldenNinja3000]

I think Gringotts, WWW, and Borgin and Burke’s would work best as standalone sets (in that order). However, I doubt they’ll exclude Gringotts in a $400 Diagon Alley set and they’ll probably make a separate underground dragon set for DH2. IMO getting Borgin and Burke’s in the D2C is disappointing because it takes up space from smaller and more obscure stores like QQS and Flourish and Blott’s, and those are the kinds of stores we’d never see as standalone sets. I would’ve been very happy with a D2C that was just a scaled up version of the GWP. I hope that this set is a bit like the modulars so they can connect with pins and they have some street in front of them, but I doubt they would be fully enclosed around the back. 

[sammy_zammy]

1 hour ago, SupesBatsy said:

idk, that set is 150€ and has already 2 buildings :) Having 5 with that same pricing would make it cost nearly 400€! 

It could be but IMO it will be way more modular-like :/

As others have said, can't compare licenced and non-licenced prices really. And also the bookshop is very narrow - I don't see DA shops being that narrow. Maybe bookshop dimensions but swap length and width would be nice.

1 hour ago, Guyon2002 said:

That would be fine, I don't need them all to be fully enclosed when that means getting less shops

My thoughts exactly. I'd rather have Diagon Alley Shops than Diagon Alley Walls.

1 hour ago, Crookshanks said:

I don't really care how many buildings the DA set will get if the minimum is three. For me it's a nice looking set way more important than many buildings. Especially that the exterior looks good and for that price i expect that.

One building has leaked. Gringotts probably included, it's way to iconic to be excluded. I hope www is included to, otterwise it would be a random street. Minimum should be 3 buildings, but 4-5 is what we probably can get without to much compromissed with the exterior.

I prefer less minifigs and more to build. But 7-8 figures would be nice. (I hope the twins is some of them)

Agree and that type of interior is easy to modify. But i think it would be a little more advanced than Hagrids, especially Gringotts.

I would be disappointed with 3 - however, to justify 3, Lego would have put TONS of detail into them. Like, each building would have to be worth Great Hall PLUS a third. I think three is being pessimistic but better to be surprised than disappointed lol. I would be happy with 5.

1 hour ago, aimo said:

If you look, at the end Sirius Black winks at Harry. I think it is a hint of that scene. So, probably there will be a Sirius figure :)

Aha, thank you!

46 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said:

Flourish and Bolts definitely is obscure tho, alongside Quality Quidditch Supplies, Madame Malkin’s and Eeylop’s Owl Emporium. 

I'd say F&B is more obscure yes but not on the same level as those, which don't even appear in the film except outside.

27 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Depends on how many builds we're getting, but if (for example) we're getting three, than Borgin and Burkes (which could make a great standalone set) takes the spot of never released Ollivanders. So including B&B lowers the chances of getting builds which we'll probably never get as standalone sets.

Sorry, I see you realised your mistake now lol. But Ollivanders was released in the 2011 set.

20 minutes ago, GoldenNinja3000 said:

I think Gringotts, WWW, and Borgin and Burke’s would work best as standalone sets (in that order). However, I doubt they’ll exclude Gringotts in a $400 Diagon Alley set and they’ll probably make a separate underground dragon set for DH2. IMO getting Borgin and Burke’s in the D2C is disappointing because it takes up space from smaller and more obscure stores like QQS and Flourish and Blott’s, and those are the kinds of stores we’d never see as standalone sets. I would’ve been very happy with a D2C that was just a scaled up version of the GWP. I hope that this set is a bit like the modulars so they can connect with pins and they have some street in front of them, but I doubt they would be fully enclosed around the back. 

Saying B&B lowers the chances of getting builds which we'll probably never get as standalone sets doesn't really make sense as an argument imo. These separate sets are unlikely to exist anyway. So the fact that B&B is included means that at least B&B isn't getting shafted to not getting released, and I'd much rather B&B than the above less important shops like QQS.

Look at it this way - you're hoping that B&B isn't included in this confirmed set as there's a possibility (based purely on wishlisting and speculation) that it could have been released separately. I'd much rather a guarantee that it's included in some form.

Also I feel asking for street is kinda an oxymoron. Street would waste a lot of pieces (or a boring addition if it didn't) - and would be easy to add yourself. Wouldn't you rather that be used for more shops?

Edited April 19, 2020 by sammy_zammy

[THELEGOBATMAN]

12 minutes ago, sammy_zammy said:

Sorry, I see you realised your mistake now lol. But Ollivanders was released in the 2011 set.

How could I forget that. I was so sure that 2011 DA included Gringotts, Borgin & Burkes and WWW. Just checked it and it actually included Ollivander's! How could we never have gotten Weasley's Wizzard Wheezes? If this set doesn't include it we riot.

[8fifty]

42 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

How could we never have gotten Weasley's Wizzard Wheezes? If this set doesn't include it we riot.

 

2 hours ago, Guyon2002 said:

That's great news, if we don't get OotP Sirius this year I'll get my torch and pitchfork

You two could start something together 

BTW, I would join you in both cases!

[lego_guyon02]

1 hour ago, GoldenNinja3000 said:

IMO getting Borgin and Burke’s in the D2C is disappointing because it takes up space from smaller and more obscure stores like QQS and Flourish and Blott’s, and those are the kinds of stores we’d never see as standalone sets.

Exactly, it's not the fact that Borgin and Burke's is included that is disappointing but the more obscure shops we're missing out on because of it's inclusion

[sammy_zammy]

16 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

Exactly, it's not the fact that Borgin and Burke's is included that is disappointing but the more obscure shops we're missing out on because of it's inclusion

Ok I do get that argument, but... the fact that B&B is included in this set kinda suggests that there won't be a separate "expansion"/Knockturn set, and there was likely one never planned. Surely you'd rather have B&B at least exist compared to other shops?

I guess you could say I'm missing the point, as it was hypothetical anyway, but you can see what I'm trying to say I hope - there's no point being disappointed when it's not confirmed what is/isn't coming in this set or future sets.

Edited April 19, 2020 by sammy_zammy