Harry Potter 2020 - Rumors & Discussion

[YetiZombie]

16 minutes ago, 7982Brick2 said:

Star Wars had four GWP sets last year: Mini Droid commander, classic obi wan, Battle of Hoth and Battle of Endor 

Three of these were for celebrating the 20th anniversary though, right? Not sure if we can compare HP to it. But who knows

[Modal]

Is anyone else worried that 2021 might be the last year for this Harry Potter run? I only say that because it will be containing the last two movies. That’s also why I was asking about Lego theme sales yesterday - I’m hoping HP does well enough to justify a permanent-ish spot in Lego’s arsenal like Star Wars 

[bluedog1111]

I think the theme will end in 2022 so they can do the last year and fill in some holes.

[MaxHeadroom]

46 minutes ago, Modal said:

Is anyone else worried that 2021 might be the last year for this Harry Potter run? I only say that because it will be containing the last two movies. That’s also why I was asking about Lego theme sales yesterday - I’m hoping HP does well enough to justify a permanent-ish spot in Lego’s arsenal like Star Wars 

I'm not worried at all. LEGO HP will definitely continue until at least 2022 (the next FB movie) and will probably continue for awhile after that. I don't remember where exactly it was said but in 2018 they were already considering making HP an evergreen theme plus when developing the theme they had at least 50 set ideas. I don't think HP will ever have as many sets per year as something like Star Wars but it's safe to say it will probably get at least five or six sets per year for the foreseeable future. 
 

2021 will be the end of an era in a way though because not only does it cover the final movies but it will probably be the last year which doesn't feature remakes of previous sets and minifigures (excluding a car side build) from the 2018+ run of the theme. 

[lego_guyon02]

56 minutes ago, Modal said:

Is anyone else worried that 2021 might be the last year for this Harry Potter run? I only say that because it will be containing the last two movies. That’s also why I was asking about Lego theme sales yesterday - I’m hoping HP does well enough to justify a permanent-ish spot in Lego’s arsenal like Star Wars 

Harry Potter is a bestseller so 2021 will definetely not be the last year

[Modal]

8 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

Harry Potter is a bestseller so 2021 will definetely not be the last year

Do we have evidence of that? I looked up the 2019 Financial results and they list the top selling themes as Lego City, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Friends, Lego Classic, Lego Star Wars, and Lego Technic. 

Source: https://www.thebrickfan.com/the-lego-group-2019-annual-report-results/

Personally, I don’t know how HP isn’t bigger than some of those, which is why I was a bit scared.

[Surge]

4 minutes ago, Modal said:

Do we have evidence of that? I looked up the 2019 Financial results and they list the top selling themes as Lego City, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Friends, Lego Classic, Lego Star Wars, and Lego Technic. 

Source: https://www.thebrickfan.com/the-lego-group-2019-annual-report-results/

Personally, I don’t know how HP isn’t bigger than some of those, which is why I was a bit scared.

Harry Potter was listed as "also did very well" which is the same as marvel. Idk why they didn't put it on the picture tho

[bluedog1111]

Does anybody know what happens when they build and scan the QR code?

[Modal]

5 minutes ago, Surge said:

Harry Potter was listed as "also did very well" which is the same as marvel. Idk why they didn't put it on the picture tho

Yea I read that in the full transcript, but is top 7 or 8 worth the evergreen title? I certainly hope so, it’s the only other line I buy from excluding Lego Ideas/Creator Expert!

Also, never thought I would make it to my birthday without an official reveal for Diagon Alley! Gonna celebrate today with Hogwarts Express :)

[BrickBob Studpants]

Of course it doesn‘t show up in the top 5 list, how is a theme with 6-7 sets a year supposed to compete with themes that encompass 20+ yearly sets? Even if every HP set manages to outsell, say every single Ninjago set, the latter will still prevail just based on sheer set numbers alone  Their metric is total sales, not relative sales. If it was the latter, HP might crack the top 5 easily, perhaps the top 3 even

[lego_guyon02]

20 minutes ago, Modal said:

Do we have evidence of that? I looked up the 2019 Financial results and they list the top selling themes as Lego City, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Friends, Lego Classic, Lego Star Wars, and Lego Technic. 

Source: https://www.thebrickfan.com/the-lego-group-2019-annual-report-results/

Personally, I don’t know how HP isn’t bigger than some of those, which is why I was a bit scared.

Most of those themes have way more sets than Potter though, HP still being on that list says enough about how well it is / isn't doing 

[Vindicare]

5 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

For me, the problem with QQS is not the colour, but the fact that the top windows are not in the same style as the bottom windows. And although the shop's top windows are represented differently between parks with different colours, they are still in the same style as the bottom windows. Personally I would have liked the top windows to have the same sticker effect so that the panels look the same; the chosen design creates a disjointedness between levels and makes the top level look less quaint and more boxy.

Then add to that the fact that WWW is missing a whole level and does not tower above the rest of the buildings and it makes QQS look even more inflated. I have to admit that I was really looking forward to WWW, but the missing level does make it look rather stunted.

Like minifig prints, I’d say this boils down to price. For me, I’d rather see a level left out of WWW & get the current street we do get. Plus, all of the sets haven’t exactly been accurately sized. Not sure about their window decision though...

[Modal]

6 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

For me, the problem with QQS is not the colour, but the fact that the top windows are not in the same style as the bottom windows. And although the shop's top windows are represented differently between parks with different colours, they are still in the same style as the bottom windows. Personally I would have liked the top windows to have the same sticker effect so that the panels look the same; the chosen design creates a disjointedness between levels and makes the top level look less quaint and more boxy.

Then add to that the fact that WWW is missing a whole level and does not tower above the rest of the buildings and it makes QQS look even more inflated. I have to admit that I was really looking forward to WWW, but the missing level does make it look rather stunted.

The WWW size doesn’t bother me as much. What would bother me is if we don’t get a Gringotts that towers over the street. 

Like I mentioned earlier, I think these buildings were designed to fit with each other back to back, that is Olivander’s/Scribbulus joining with F&B/FF and QQS connecting behind WWW. For this reason QQS has this awkward shape that I think is bothering a few people. It’s also probably why WWW isn’t as tall as it could be. Personally, as someone who doesn’t care about the open backs, I wish we took out the extra QQS floor and put it onto WWW, but either way I’m so excited!

[Willworkfortoys]

36 minutes ago, bluedog1111 said:

Does anybody know what happens when they build and scan the QR code?

It currently just takes you to the countdown page.

[YetiZombie]

36 minutes ago, Modal said:

Yea I read that in the full transcript, but is top 7 or 8 worth the evergreen title? I certainly hope so, it’s the only other line I buy from excluding Lego Ideas/Creator Expert!

Also, never thought I would make it to my birthday without an official reveal for Diagon Alley! Gonna celebrate today with Hogwarts Express :)

Happy birthday! The Hogwarts Express is a fantastic set for a consolation prize

[bluedog1111]

For the countdown on through the bricks is it for the reveal or for the release?

[mark1991t]

According to several fanmedia its the reveal. The release should be the day after.

[Modal]

3 minutes ago, bluedog1111 said:

For the countdown on through the bricks is it for the reveal or for the release?

It’s for reveal on 8/31, which will announce the release on 9/1 

35 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said:

Of course it doesn‘t show up in the top 5 list, how is a theme with 6-7 sets a year supposed to compete with themes that encompass 20+ yearly sets? Even if every HP set manages to outsell, say every single Ninjago set, the latter will still prevail just based on sheer set numbers alone  Their metric is total sales, not relative sales. If it was the latter, HP might crack the top 5 easily, perhaps the top 3 even

 

34 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

Most of those themes have way more sets than Potter though, HP still being on that list says enough about how well it is / isn't doing 

That’s totally true, didn’t think about that! I will make sure to buy as much HP as possible to show my support lol

[bluedog1111]

1 minute ago, Modal said:

It’s for reveal on 8/31, which will announce the release on 9/1 

Thank goodness I was worried about how early I would've needed to get up. 

[sebastian666]

48 minutes ago, Modal said:

Also, never thought I would make it to my birthday without an official reveal for Diagon Alley! Gonna celebrate today with Hogwarts Express :)

 

[bluedog1111]

54 minutes ago, Modal said:

Yea I read that in the full transcript, but is top 7 or 8 worth the evergreen title? I certainly hope so, it’s the only other line I buy from excluding Lego Ideas/Creator Expert!

Also, never thought I would make it to my birthday without an official reveal for Diagon Alley! Gonna celebrate today with Hogwarts Express :)

Happy Birthday!

[Modal]

4 minutes ago, sebastian666 said:

 

Thank you! Waiting for Diagon Alley (Hagrid) I feel this is more appropriate :D

 

[Juturna]

On 8/24/2020 at 6:29 PM, chris6507 said:

Doesn't matter who gets to the mall doors earliest, it's who can get from there to the LEGO store the fastest! :-D

Unfortunately for me the excitement is going to be sitting refreshing the page over and over and then the race to checkout the fastest. That's if it even shows up. Stayed up to purchase the Burrow day one online and it didn't become available for another 3 weeks. Lucky I didn't sit there refreshing til it came out! :-D

Wish I had a LEGO store near me. Nearest one for me is a flight or 12 hour boat ride! :-/

Yeah I already made that mistake once when I took my time to the store when the falcon released. Didn't get it til 6 months later. As stupid as it sounds, I'm going to scope out the doors to the mall on Monday after work. Then once they open at 10am, I'm going to run as fast as I possibly can to the Lego store, even if I have to run over an old lady to get there, at least the door is on the same floor. Theres a closer one I looked at at Saks fifth avenue, but I don't think they open til 11, and they control their doors, the mall doesn't. I don't know, maybe I'll just chill and get it online so I don't have to worry.

37 minutes ago, mark1991t said:

According to several fanmedia its the reveal. The release should be the day after.

What would be crazy is if they did the reveal, said, "it will be announced in the next coming weeks," then at the very end, it gave the release date of 8/31/2020 instead of 9/1/2020 (hopefully this will not happen). It is for sure releasing this coming Tuesday (9/1/2020) correct? Has this been verified, or are we going with the leaker who said it was coming 9/1/2020??

[Modal]

11 minutes ago, Juturna said:

What would be crazy is if they did the reveal, said, "it will be announced in the next coming weeks," then at the very end, it gave the release date of 8/31/2020 instead of 9/1/2020 (hopefully this will not happen). It is for sure releasing this coming Tuesday (9/1/2020) correct? Has this been verified, or are we going with the leaker who said it was coming 9/1/2020??

For what it’s worth, I called the Lego Store at Disneyland and they told me it’s releasing 9/1.

[MaxHeadroom]

What time will the set release online? At 12:00 am Sept. 1 everywhere or does it depend on the time zone?