Surge Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 I may have said this before, but personally, as long as the quality the theme has shown these past 3 years stays, I think I will be happy with nearly anything as long as they are not remakes of anything from 2018 and up.
karrit Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Otherworld said: Also, part of me thinks that one of the paths that “disappointment” could take, is getting sets we rarely ever talked about being a possibility for this year, like an infirmary set and a Padfoot vs Werewolf set. Some would be weirded out and disappointed while some would love them I would be happy with either of these.
Tommy269 Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 6 hours ago, BacktoBricks said: What about a Dumbledore's Office with golden Dumbledore? Maybe this will come in the new great hall, at the top, with the lower floor being the golden gargoyle.
Flixter Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Lego-Freak said: May I remind you of the following three paraphrased statements: „significantly lower your expectations“, „you’re in for a shock“, and „you‘d be surprised at how bad it could get“ I thought this was about August wave, not D2C
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Seaber said: I must have missed this, is this 100% right? Nope, just an assumption of mine because it would fit all the requirements: Skipping DH entirely and starting over with PS/CoS would indeed be shocking to anyone who thought they‘d continue with the same pattern as in the last three years It would be incredibly devisive: people would either love more sets based on the early movies or hate that idea since the latter half of the series is either barely covered or not at all The set quality wouldn‘t suffer Of course it could still be something else, but so far that‘s the only option that‘s been presented that completely fulfills all three of these points. I appreciate people‘s optimism regarding DH, but if there‘s not a single set in that wave, I wouldn‘t hope for them next year either. If they‘re not even willing to cover them in the year the finale has its tenth anniversary, they likely won‘t bother with them any other year either. 5 hours ago, BigHobbit said: I kind of wonder if LEGO just feels like once they do Deathly Hallows sets, that will be seen by many as "the end" of the Harry Potter line because that story has such a solid conclusion. By that logic, we‘ll only see DH sets once they want to end the theme, which will probably only happen if sales start to nosedive, in which case the budget would be reduced. No thanks
girlie-site-boots Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, BenderBrau said: They made 4+ Star Wars sets, which all are PG12 (I think). It's not about films themselves but ingraining the franchise into the minds, it's just a matter of whether Harry Potter as a franchise is deemed, by marketing executives, "worthy" of that. I could see some 4+ sets, or maybe even Duplo (not likely but who knows), somewhere down the line, that is of course if the theme is to stay a bit longer than we're expecting The original SW trilogy are U. Although I've just doubled checked my facts and realised they are PG in the USA. The later films have 12 ratings but Lego have done various animated versions of Star Wars. So yes SW has an appeal to younger kids more than HP does. Edited February 17, 2021 by girlie-site-boots
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 Why are we discussing 4+ sets again? That has been ruled out already Moreover, @Guyon2002 has specified it‘s the set selection that‘s disappointing, not the quality of the sets themselves
Yope Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 I'm just going to keep my excitement for the June wave. I suspect that there will be a complete change in the August wave relative to expectations, e.g. all anniversary sets or, much worse, no minifig scale sets. Perhaps we'll get a wave of "Magical objects" which gives us a buildable Firebolt, Locket, Triwizard Cup, Mandrake and Niffler. Who knows, but I think no minifigs is a reasonable guess given the information, they drive so much discussion here that obviously it would be a big disappointment, on the other hand there's a huge number of sets this year and I wouldn't mind being able to skip half of them pretty easily.
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Yope said: I suspect that there will be a complete change in the August wave relative to expectations, e.g. all anniversary sets or, much worse, no minifig scale sets. I’d recommend reading @Guyon2002‘s first post on page 71 It‘s not the quality of the sets that prompted our informants to warn us, it‘s the expectations about DH and Gringotts we previously held. Assuming my idea of skipping DH in favour of more PS/CoS is correct: Wouldn‘t it be hilarious if the darkness of the latter two instalments was what caused TLG to skip them. „DH is too dark for the kiddos“, let’s instead produce more sets based on the more lighthearted early films, where Harry graphically kills a teacher with his bare hands and impales a giant snake‘s brain with a sword, much more kid-friendly Edited February 17, 2021 by Lego-Freak
Textorix Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Why everyone thinks that lower your expectation means they will jump strictly into just PS/CoS? Yes, I am kinda sure that they are skipping DH this year but that doesnt mean reboot time. My guess that it will be more like a filler wave from all movies (except DH) and we will get scenes and chararacters which we were missing and no remakes. I rly want Troll scene from PS, Shrieking Shack, 2nd task from GoF, Ministry of Magic from OotP so stuff from multiple movies and not just first two. Edited February 17, 2021 by Textorix
THELEGOBATMAN Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Lego-Freak said: Maybe DH is too dark for TLG after all Makes no sense at all, but if the August wave truly consists of PS/CoS sets they obviously have no investment in ones based on DH Shame, but we‘re talking about toys here after all. Kinda sad that all we have to represent DH in LEGO form are two 2011 sets, a CMF figure, and a sticker on a tombstone Not that again, please. Lego did sets for much darker movies than DH, not to mention that they did sets for DH in fact. This year is special - they planned 20th anniversary wave, and a logical explanation is that this year would just be too good and too much - anniversary sets and then 2 months later we'd get the "last" wave of rebooted Harry Potter theme? That's just too much, they had to choose one or another. If we don't get them next summer, I promise I'll literally eat my hand. Scout honour
Textorix Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Not that again, please. Lego did sets for much darker movies than DH, not to mention that they did sets for DH in fact. This year is special - they planned 20th anniversary wave, and a logical explanation is that this year would just be too good and too much - anniversary sets and then 2 months later we'd get the "last" wave of rebooted Harry Potter theme? That's just too much, they had to choose one or another. If we don't get them next summer, I promise I'll literally eat my hand. Scout honour Yeah it has nothing to do with DH being too dark. This year is the special one, so no DH but no reboots either. Edited February 17, 2021 by Textorix
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Textorix said: I rly want Troll scene from PS, Shrieking Shack, 2nd task from GoF, Ministry of Magic from OotP so stuff from multiple movies and not just first two. Your examples are exactly why I’m expecting a full PS/CoS wave More sets based on PoA, GoF, OotP, and HBP were named just as frequently as Gringotts and DH sets. In light of this, the only way for the warnings by Guyon2002 and Falconfan1414 to be justified in my eyes is if these expectations aren‘t met either 14 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: [...] anniversary sets and then 2 months later we'd get the "last" wave of rebooted Harry Potter theme? That's just too much, they had to choose one or another. In 2019, we got a regular Star Wars wave in January, a dedicated anniversary wave in April, and a wave for TROS and Mando in October. That worked perfectly fine, so I don‘t see why an anniversary + DH wave would have been an issue. And if that was their thinking, why are they releasing an August wave in the first place? Wouldn‘t the June wave + D2C have been enough then? 14 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: If we don't get them next summer, I promise I'll literally eat my hand. Scout honour Raw or cooked? @Puresh still hasn‘t eaten their Joyce minifig as far as I‘m aware, so this time I‘m making sure promises are kept Edited February 17, 2021 by Lego-Freak
Puresh Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said: Raw or cooked? @Puresh still hasn‘t eaten their Joyce minifig as far as I‘m aware, so this time I‘m making sure promises are kept I never said it didn't happen sweetie
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, Textorix said: This year is the special one, so no DH but no reboots either. That‘s the issue here: if the anniversary is so important that nothing is allowed to distract from it, then why is there even a second wave at all 11 minutes ago, Puresh said: I never said it didn't happen sweetie You never said it did happen either
Textorix Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said: That‘s the issue here: if the anniversary is so important that nothing is allowed to distract from it, then why is there even a second wave at all Maybe second wave is anniversary one as well... idk if our leakers can confirm at least that. I mean we are already getting POS anniversary Hogsmeade (which was never even made as Lego set in the first place) so there could be GoF anniversary sets as well. Edited February 17, 2021 by Textorix
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Textorix said: I mean we are already getting POS anniversary Hogsmeade (which was never even made as Lego set in the first place) Honeydukes was part of the 2004 Shrieking Shack set, so the Hogsmeade set technically counts as an anniversary one Edited February 17, 2021 by Lego-Freak
Textorix Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said: Honeydukes was part of the 2004 Shrieking Shack set, so the Hogsmeade set technically counts as an anniversary one I know its anniversary set but my point is that we have never gotten it as a standalone set before, it was only small inaccurate bonus building in Shrieking Shack. Anyways I think august wave will include some PS/CoS sets but also mix from other movies which would be quite fiting for lower you expectation
Donkeypunch Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 I can’t be the only one who thinks the ‘leakers’ are just guessing.
BrickBob Studpants Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, Donkeypunch said: I can’t be the only one who thinks the ‘leakers’ are just guessing. They are not. Again, both Falconfan and Guyon are trustworthy, we can all vouch for them
Pulp Detective Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 What's with all this talk about no DH sets? Is it based on legit info or just pure speculation? Because if it's the latter then don't talk about it like it's set in stone.
chris6507 Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, LOTR34 said: What's with all this talk about no DH sets? Is it based on legit info or just pure speculation? Because if it's the latter then don't talk about it like it's set in stone. Basically everyone was talking about what sets they were expecting (most of which were DH), and we have had a couple of people who are apparently in the know advise us to "lower our expectations" and that "people are going to be shocked" or something along those lines. So its now assumed that what was expected is now unlikely to be expected. That's a very short rundown. So speculation based on minimal information. Edited February 17, 2021 by chris6507
BacktoBricks Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 So I'm guessing the August wave is going to be very similar to the June and be another 'anniversary' wave with sets scattered in there from maybe PS - GOF. Again, if it is I'm not bothered if the set quality is good and DH sets appear later (don't give a new Durmstrang ship soon at your peril though Lego). But as @Guyon2002 said 'You'd be surprised [how bad it could get]', I'm guessing there may be a set in there that's not a minifigure playset and more gimmicky. So here goes with some possibilities: Buildable Harry's wand Buildable chocolate frog card Buildable Scabbers Buildable Norbert hatching from egg
Pulp Detective Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, chris6507 said: Basically everyone was talking about what sets they were expecting (most of which were DH), and we have had a couple of people who are apparently in the know advise us to "lower our expectations" and that "people are going to be shocked" or something along those lines. So its now assumed that what was expected is now unlikely to be expected. That's a very short rundown. So speculation based on minimal information. Ah now I see why everyone is jumping on conclusions. This theme is the only thing that keeps my interest in Lego.Hopefully they won't mess this up.
Textorix Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, LOTR34 said: This theme is the only thing that keeps my interest in Lego.Hopefully they won't mess this up. Basically yes. Star Wars is repetetive overprized and Superheroes is just trash in terms of build design. After Lord of the Rings retired this theme brought my attention back to Lego 19 minutes ago, BacktoBricks said: So I'm guessing the August wave is going to be very similar to the June and be another 'anniversary' wave with sets scattered in there from maybe PS - GOF. That is what I am expecting now and I would be perfectly fine with it as long as anniversary sets will match current HP sets in build quality Edited February 17, 2021 by Textorix
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