deskp Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 I think it's better that we now have 3 expressions for tom instead of just 2. If you don't wanna buy the book at least the head is in production for other figs. 1 minute ago, Retro Brick Reviews said: Anyway, I think the fact we're getting an entirely new Tom figure (regardless of quality) continues to show off a major plus of half of the sets being funky brickbuilds: The theme had the budget increased for more sets, but, since some of them are just brickbuilds with very few new prints/molds, the minifig-scale sets seem to have gotten a major boost in budget for figures and creatures compared to the last couple years (and especially to 2020, yikes.) Shame that they start all over instead of just improving what goodness they had to begin with though. 2020 tom was like 95% great. 2021 seems like its the start of a new worse era for HP figure design. Moments McGonangall was an improvement, but that snape
Retro Brick Reviews Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, deskp said: 2021 seems like its the start of a new worse era for HP figure design. I think it's WAY too early to make that claim, after we've only seen one minifigure for the summer. Not to mention that Tom seems to use the same back robes print from 2020 Draco (which is the same as CMF S1 Harry), just in dark grey. If we're including the Moments figures, 3/4 teachers have great new designs that live up to (and in some cases exceed) the quality we've come to expect from this theme. I doubt there's much to worry about in the figure department.
Textorix Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, deskp said: Moments McGonangall was an improvement, but that snape What was wrong about that Snape? He just need a cape and he is perfect.
Flixter Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Textorix said: What was wrong about that Snape? He just need a cape and he is perfect. Yeah, he was okay, but we need his version with fully closed robe
deskp Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Textorix said: What was wrong about that Snape? He just need a cape and he is perfect. pockets too high, looks liek he got a little wasitcoat. don't think his robe reads very well. Hate the collar. in films he got a lot of neck on his clothes, and the white is pressed riiight up to his chin barely visible.the way its made out to be a big feature on this fig looks wrong to me. on the 2018 fig there was also too much collar, but 2021 was so much worse. Lets have a new grounded Snape fig with leg print. maybe even try the collar mold on him in black or purple.
Prometheus87 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Retro Brick Reviews said: Okay, so 76395 is a $30 Buildable Snitch. (Unless it's a kinetic sculpture with all four balls swirling around, but a Snitch with flapping wings seems more likely.) Hopefully it uses a lot of metallic/drum lacquered pieces. That makes a lot more sense than a buildable broom (though I think a small buildable broom could be an accessory for Harry in 76392). That just leaves 76394, which FalconFan is semi-hinting will be another funky brickbuild. We're already getting an accessory and a bird, so I imagine the brickbuild will be something else, with around 600 pieces. Any ideas? Will be very useful for making MOC Ferrero Rocher if it is a golden snitch. Edit - responded before reading the more recent rumors. lol Edited March 23, 2021 by Prometheus87
mirkwoodspiders Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said: Trust is easier broken than earned It‘s not like I‘m not willing to forgive them, but that won‘t happen before we see the set list for next summer Fair enough. I can see how this current wave has sapped lots of enthusiasm, but hopefully people keep their spirits up for next year. Lots of money saved from this wave for something hopefully better on the way. I am curious to see how the rest of this year's thread goes. Since we know virtually every set for the rest of this year, and most of them *appear to be* disappointing/maddening, it could be a long summer/fall waiting for info on the sets for *year that shall not be named in a 2021 thread* Edited March 23, 2021 by mirkwoodspiders
Darth Shadowthrone Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Ok so out of all the sets we know about so far what are your guys’ top 3 sets you’re most looking forward to? Mine would be: 1: The Chamber of Secrets 2: Wizard’s Chess 3: The Forbidden Corridor I’m a big fan of minifigures so sets not being minifigure-compatible kills my interest from the get-go. I’m also very much looking forward to seeing how the moulded elements look on Fluffy and the Basilisk
Prometheus87 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Guyon2002 said: Past years have shown how aware the design team was of the fans wishes and how much they loved the source material. It wouldn't surprise me at all if a lot of these sets were forced into the releaseschedule by WB or LEGO's execs. I can also see a dramatic rush job if there was a reschedule, in comparison to the other sets, since they may have already had some form of development with say. I could see a scenario where they were already in some kind of development development period for Gringotts after Diagon Alley got approved, but then whammo! "MaKE an ANiVersArY YeAR" made by a WB or Lego Exec forced all work stopped on those sets and a mad dash to make nearly 10 or so sets.
Flixter Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Mine would be bathroom, chamber of secrets and Hogsmeade.
BrickBob Studpants Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said: Ok so out of all the sets we know about so far what are your guys’ top 3 sets you’re most looking forward to? Mine are: The Chamber of Secrets: The Basilisk, Pixie(s), Sinestra, and Lockhart are enough to put this set in the top spot Hogsmeade: Best build by far, but the minifig selection is pretty boring, even with 3 brand-new characters Polyjuice potion: Not much to write home about build-wise, but Crabbe & Goyle (sort of) + Cat!Hermione are excellent additions
Prometheus87 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Clone OPatra said: This year makes no sense to me. Each and every one of these building thing / non-playset sets sounds to me like it could be fine in its own right, but releasing so many at once in one wave is baffling. LEGO must be confident in HP to pump all this random stuff out, but then again, if the "regular" type sets were selling well, it's a strange and sudden detour to make into a year with only four normal sets, and of those only one seeming to share the same design language as previous years. I guess it matters what sets from 2018-2020 line will still be on the market for the entire year and well into 2022. If they extend those that time, and have a lot of older playsets still out, then they have struck a balance with the Fall 2021 wave. I wish I could tell, I'm still convinced there's been some kind of staff change in the HP department at Lego, and either some designers changed or some mid-level managers in HP department changed.
krimimimi Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Retro Brick Reviews said: The interview referred to is the infamous one where she first said that she regretted pairing Ron up with Hernione, and that Harry/Hermione would have been a much better pair. I don't think I have to explain why this is asinine and wrong, Deathly Hallows (book) does that rather well. Also, "Ron Erasure" was just a joke. lol I get why I didn’t recognise the interview off your descriptions. (I completely agreed with the ladies that Ron & Hermione were toxic long term. Neither valued the other’s strengths, not that I’m altogether sure about Harry either, but that discussion goes too far afield.) Topic! Lego! I’m wondering (if the buildable characters were minifig based and they were to give us enough extras for a Ron mod) how many characters we could make from the set alone. Without much changing, Neville seems a given. Ginny a likely. Hermione’s hair should give us enough pieces to do Seamus. Add in Harry’s hair and between the two it could even give us the parts for Dean Thomas... Or throw in a small handful of blue and we’ve got a Cho with a more appropriate skin tone... A few yellow bricks Justin Finch-Fletchley and Susan Bones. Parvati (skin tone) and Lavender (hair colour) seem like the only likely exceptions from their year in Gryffindor. Or maybe they give us enough pieces to make a put yourself in Hogwarts build... Sort of like an oversized Wedding Bride and Groom (40383 & 40384) or Go Brick Me (41597). That could be kind of cool. (Expensive but cool.) Edited March 23, 2021 by krimimimi
doclord Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Chamber of Secrets is shaping up to be a great set, but that Tom is a downgrade. Wonder if Dumbledore will have a slope piece or legs?
Darth Shadowthrone Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said: Mine are: The Chamber of Secrets: The Basilisk, Pixie(s), Sinestra, and Lockhart are enough to put this set in the top spot Hogsmeade: Best build by far, but the minifig selection is pretty boring, even with 3 brand-new characters Polyjuice potion: Not much to write home about build-wise, but Crabbe & Goyle (sort of) + Cat!Hermione are excellent additions You make some good points! Apart from cat hermione I’m most looking forward to seeing the Slytherin sink in the Girl’s Bathroom, I hope there’s at least a trapdoor feature if the Bathroom can fit directly above the chamber also your point about the pixies reminds me that the only set they can plausibly come in is the Chamber of Secrets, it’s good to know they won’t come elsewhere in a classroom or something
1234567892022 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 1. The Chamber of Secrets 2. Hogsemeade 3. Myrtle's Bathroom
Kim-Kwang-Seok Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 48 minutes ago, Textorix said: What was wrong about that Snape? He just need a cape and he is perfect. All Snapies were fine. Just Like Tommy he is a downgrate from the last figure and people scratch their heads cause of this. I also think the former Snape figs looked better. My rendition uses the new head, black soft cape, TLBM Alfred collar piece and the oldest Snape torso/leg prints. But I also think they never got the body printing right. Also I don't know why they never use capes in Harry Potter '19. With Tom its the same. Why does Lego ever do this "cape part printed on front of the legs" thing? It doesn't make much sense and it never looks good. But it is as it is.
1234567892022 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Hermione and Ron are the MOST ICONIC couple EVER. Seeing them in the Cursed Child play as adults only cemented that idea for me.
THELEGOBATMAN Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Can anyone reliable confirm if the rumour from IG that the 2 remaining sets are both buildable stuff is real? @Guyon2002 @Falconfan1414 If you can't it's okay, I just wonder if that's actually true.
Zepthire Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, BrickFunatic said: Hermione and Ron are the MOST ICONIC couple EVER. Seeing them in the Cursed Child play as adults only cemented that idea for me. I honestly really like them as a pairing too. In the books I felt like it worked perfectly and didn't feel forced or unrealistic. I haven't read or seen CC but I don't agree with the other comment above that it would be toxic long term. As for my top 3 sets 1. Hogsmeade - the only set I think will look on par and not out of place with 2018-2020 2. Bathroom - for the minifigures alone but the build might be nice behind/within the 2018-2020 hogwarts scene I think those might be the only 2 I get this year but brick built fawkes is the next most interesting/cool for me. Edited March 23, 2021 by Zepthire clarity
krimimimi Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Textorix said: What was wrong about that Snape? He just need a cape and he is perfect. Everything @deskp said and the purple was too clownish. If I had to choose between that colour and black, I’d go with black for the waistcoat. 35 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said: Ok so out of all the sets we know about so far what are your guys’ top 3 sets you’re most looking forward to? 1) Hogsmeade, and 2 & 3) the Polyjuice / Myrtle’s Lav (I really want that Slytherin common room scene with Draco) tied with the advent calendar, which of the two ultimately comes first in my ranking depends on the ACs contents. Edited March 23, 2021 by krimimimi
Retro Brick Reviews Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 30 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said: Ok so out of all the sets we know about so far what are your guys’ top 3 sets you’re most looking forward to? I'll give the full ranking (Complete with official name predictions): 1. Hogwarts Wizard Chess Challenge 2. Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets 3. Hogsmeade Village 4. Harry Potter & Hermione Granger Buildable Figures (If they're buildable versions of the modern minifigures) 5. Hogwarts Forbidden Corridor 6. Fawkes 7. Hogwarts Polyjuice Potion 8. Buildable Figures (If they're some weird new style)
RODDY Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 32 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said: Ok so out of all the sets we know about so far what are your guys’ top 3 sets you’re most looking forward to? Mine would be: 1: The Chamber of Secrets 2: Wizard’s Chess 3: The Forbidden Corridor I’m a big fan of minifigures so sets not being minifigure-compatible kills my interest from the get-go. I’m also very much looking forward to seeing how the moulded elements look on Fluffy and the Basilisk 1) Chamber of Secrets 2) Myrtle’s bathroom 3) Forbidden Corridor Those are also the only sets I plan on buying this year.
Textorix Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said: Ok so out of all the sets we know about so far what are your guys’ top 3 sets you’re most looking forward to? 1. Hogsmeade - by far the best set this year (at least now), great looking accurate build, amazing minifigures with 3 new characters and the only set which is not PS/CoS based 2. Chamber of Secrets - This set could have been easily the best this year if the build wasnt so poorly designed (not as detailed and too blocky) and it didnt contain Great Hall. On the other hand minifigures in this one are just too great to put it any lower in my list, specially with moulded Basilisk. 3. Chess set - This one is a big mystery and big if for me. If it isnt just chess but also other rooms and some decent looking part of the castle with great minifigures then I can accept this one and buy it, but if it is just large chess with only trio minifigures (I dont count chess figures as minifigs) its a big no from me. Edited March 23, 2021 by Textorix
Flixter Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Can anyone reliable confirm if the rumour from IG that the 2 remaining sets are both buildable stuff is real? @Guyon2002 @Falconfan1414 This 'rumor' is from falconfan lol. I was talking about flying lesson set and then falconfan said that he's surprised that after two set names were revealed people still think that there are playscale sets. You can check it few pages ago
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