Wizarding World 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

[Salix]

15 minutes ago, Alas_Earwax said:

Advice please...

 I do want to invest in the new Gringott's. However, price and general affordability aren't in my range at the moment for this particular set. I keep hoping/thinking that maybe they'll release a more playset-based version of Diagon Alley each year now, similar to the WWW this year. But with no clear understanding of what Lego have in mind with this, I'm torn with what to do. I could easily save for the set, but then a huge part of me is more invested with sitting and exploring inside playset-based sets, as opposed to modular type sets. And for me personally, the new WWW offers more room inside than the HUGE Diagon Alley set.

So what I'm asking is... Is it worth holding out to see if Lego create more playset-based Diagon Alley sets, like this year. Or should I just cave in and get Gringott's?

I mean all 4 D2C HP sets are still available, so there is no rush to get this one as it will likely stay on shelves for many years to come.

[Black Falcon]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Stil waiting for a Battle of the Seven Potters set. Probably one of the most obvious awesome cheap set ideas, and yet they‘ve never done it  Well, except for last year‘s AC.

I doubt they would make such a Set. First of all it would need way to many minifigures, even if you wouldn´t include all of them (which obviously wouldn´t happen anyways). Then you don´t have much to show in this set, as the battle was mainly in the Air I think (might be there is some usefull scene but I really remember there beeing one).

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

I doubt they would make such a Set. First of all it would need way to many minifigures, even if you wouldn´t include all of them (which obviously wouldn´t happen anyways). Then you don´t have much to show in this set, as the battle was mainly in the Air I think (might be there is some usefull scene but I really remember there beeing one).

Sirius’ bike with sidecar, a thestral, some road signs, maybe a part of the tunnel, Harry, Hagrid, one of the polyjuiced decoys + protector, and two Death Eaters, et voilà

Edited August 23, 2023 by BrickBob Studpants

[Accio Lego]

20 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sirius’ bike with sidecar, a thestral, some road signs, maybe a part of the tunnel, Harry, Hagrid, one of the polyjuiced decoys + protector, and two Death Eaters, et voilà

That’s what I’ve thought for awhile. Accept that you won’t get all the characters in and it’s got decent set potential and would be a good way to introduce the specialized parts needed for a Hagrid compatible motorcycle (the only on screen magical vehicle that lego has never made). 

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sirius’ bike with sidecar, a thestral, some road signs, maybe a part of the tunnel, Harry, Hagrid, one of the polyjuiced decoys + protector, and two Death Eaters, et voilà

I still don´t see it happening. I mean, what you describe would be basically a Set with two Harrys (one with a Hermione Granger Face on the back+ her hair as extra part), Shaklebolt, Hagrid, a Bike, two Deatheaters - actually Voldemort would have to be included aswell. Then a thestral and a Bike - which wouldn´t need many parts really. I don´t see why they should build several roadsigns, which are only sidebuilds. They might do one or two, max. Still way to few parts for the number of Minifigures. And the tunnel, well I just don´t see it happening

[Shiva]

9 hours ago, Alas_Earwax said:

Advice please...

 I do want to invest in the new Gringott's. However, price and general affordability aren't in my range at the moment for this particular set. I keep hoping/thinking that maybe they'll release a more playset-based version of Diagon Alley each year now, similar to the WWW this year. But with no clear understanding of what Lego have in mind with this, I'm torn with what to do. I could easily save for the set, but then a huge part of me is more invested with sitting and exploring inside playset-based sets, as opposed to modular type sets. And for me personally, the new WWW offers more room inside than the HUGE Diagon Alley set.

So what I'm asking is... Is it worth holding out to see if Lego create more playset-based Diagon Alley sets, like this year. Or should I just cave in and get Gringott's?

Can you afford it? Do you have space for it?

Gringott's, I think it is an interesting set. If I could afford it w/o problems AND have the space. Then I would have got it.

[chris6507]

Well this whole change to LEGO Insider came out the perfect time. Managed to rack up another $60 worth of discount towards my Diagon Alley by scanning all our families LEGO instructions. 

[brickbride]

@Alas_EarwaxIf the current WWW set sells well, I expect them to do more Diagon Alley buildings in that style, and there aren't actually that many options to chose from. Gringotts is way more iconic than most, so I think we will definitely get it sooner or later.

I doubt it would have an underground section, though. Maybe just a lower level (at street level but made to look like a basement from the inside) with like a slide and a vault or two.

[Accio Lego]

2 hours ago, chris6507 said:

Well this whole change to LEGO Insider came out the perfect time. Managed to rack up another $60 worth of discount towards my Diagon Alley by scanning all our families LEGO instructions. 

Dang, and I thought getting roughly 1000 points off all my stuff (almost entirely Harry Potter) was impressive. I guess having a whole family of lego builders makes a difference. 
 

Interestingly enough, I noticed that sets in the 40XXX range don’t have QR codes. Which makes sense for the promo sets, but my sister has the Santa’s Sleigh set and I’ve got Everyone is Awesome, both of which are also part of that 40XXX range, and neither of them have QR codes despite being retail sets. Doesn’t really affect the Harry Potter theme (unless someone was counting on getting an extra 20 from a gwp) but still an interesting observation. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, brickbride said:

Gringotts is way more iconic than most, so I think we will definitely get it sooner or later.

Not that soon though. I doubt they’d want to undermine the new D2C set by releasing a more affordable version soon afterwards  2026 at the earliest I’d say.

10 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

I still don´t see it happening.

The bike would have to be quite a substantial build to accomodate Hagrid. Sure, the parts-to-minifig ratio in my previous suggestion might have been a little off, so just include the bike, some scenery, Hagrid, Harry, and two Death Eaters then  Remember the 2011 Forbidden Forest set that also had Hagrid, three minifigs, and a small build

Edited August 24, 2023 by BrickBob Studpants

[BrickMatit]

15 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Harry, Hagrid, one of the polyjuiced decoys + protector, and two Death Eaters

 

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Hagrid, Harry, and two Death Eaters then

Ah... you're hungry for Death Eaters, I suppose 

We may suggest LEGO to produce a Dark Lord Advent Calendar with six Death Eaters and a Santa Clausdemort 

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 minutes ago, BrickMatit said:

 

Ah... you're hungry for Death Eaters, I suppose 

We may suggest LEGO to produce a Dark Lord Advent Calendar with six Death Eaters and a Santa Clausdemort 

They’re the Stormtroopers of the wizarding world, of course I want more  Imagine if there was only set with a Scout Trooper and one set with a Stormie in 6 years of Star Wars sets!

I appreciate the villains we’re regularly getting, but HP is probably the only licensed theme that is this stingy with antagonist footsoldiers

[BrickMatit]

17 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

HP is probably the only licensed theme that is this stingy with antagonist footsoldiers

Yeah, I cannot agree with you more.

[MaxHeadroom]

21 hours ago, Alas_Earwax said:

So what I'm asking is... Is it worth holding out to see if Lego create more playset-based Diagon Alley sets, like this year. Or should I just cave in and get Gringott's?

In the past it’s taken about a decade between Gringotts releases but I doubt that will be the case here. Now that they’ve finally ripped the bandaid off Gringotts I’m sure they’ll only wait another 3-5 years to make one that’s more accessible. If you want a substantial building then go for the D2C, if you want a facade with more budget for new prints and interior then wait for the playscale version. A playscale version almost certainly won’t include the dragon or a physically underground section though and I’d bet that a minecart section wouldn’t be included. Really I would just expect a vault plopped on the ground floor like the 2011 set. Chances are the D2C Gringotts will still be on the market by the time that releases anyway if you see the playscale one and decide you want the D2C.

We got WWW this year, probably Ollivander’s next year, then maybe Borgin and Burkes or QQS after that before Gringotts. They’ll want to release one of these DA system sets a year and there are really only so many shops that are recognizable enough to a casual audience to sell a set based on them. 

[BrickSP]

Has anyone any idea when the reviews will be out for Gringotts - you know the one's by the LAN lot?

I know they can be biased but it's a fair amount of money is this build and I wouldn't mind seeing what they think of it and a bit more of a closer look at how it all holds together before I jump in on Friday and purchase

I would have thought Lego would have allowed the reviews to be out by now or does it usually happen closer to the release?

I mean we've not even got confirmation that the gwp is available from 1st September yet

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2023 by BrickSP

[MaxHeadroom]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The bike would have to be quite a substantial build to accomodate Hagrid. Sure, the parts-to-minifig ratio in my previous suggestion might have been a little off, so just include the bike, some scenery, Hagrid, Harry, and two Death Eaters then  Remember the 2011 Forbidden Forest set that also had Hagrid, three minifigs, and a small build

That’s the only way I could see it done (a set actually including multiple Harry figures sounds like a nightmare with how many Harrys I’m sure we all already have. Still though a set based around a motorcycle for Hagrid? Realistically since it would have to meet LEGO’s play standards it’ll probably end up like the oversized and ridiculous bikes the super heroes line is famous for. It’s not really at the top of my list. Really I suppose they could make a new Privet Drive set be battle of seven potters focused but I really doubt that would happen. 
 

44 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

They’re the Stormtroopers of the wizarding world, of course I want more  Imagine if there was only set with a Scout Trooper and one set with a Stormie in 6 years of Star Wars sets!

I appreciate the villains we’re regularly getting, but HP is probably the only licensed theme that is this stingy with antagonist footsoldiers

I’d argue the dementors could also count as antagonist foot soldiers but that still leaves us with very little. When it comes to death eaters the problem is that unlike stormtroopers which are everywhere all the time they’re restricted to very few scenes until DH (DH of course being restricted to very few sets with OOTP and HBP also not getting much attention from Lego). Off my limited memory it’s the Quidditch World Cup, Graveyard duel, department of mysteries battle, Ollivander’s kidnapping, bridge destruction, Borgin & Burkes, Dumbledore’s death, Malfoy manor meeting, seven potters, wedding battle, diner battle, ministry, Lovegood house, Malfoy manner battle, Gringotts break in, and battle of Hogwarts.
 

Some options are too niche (bridge destruction, manor meeting), some have already been made in recent years (ministry, Gringotts),  some would work better based on other films (Borgin, Ollivander’s), and some are probably too dark especially for 2021+ LEGO HP (parts of the ministry and Malfoy manor battles, Dumbledore’s death). Personally my most wanted from what’s left would be the wedding battle or the lovegood house. 

[joeee]

With no Leaky Cauldron in either of the D2C sets, would you guys buy a playset-based of the pub if LEGO released one?

[Black Falcon]

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The bike would have to be quite a substantial build to accomodate Hagrid. Sure, the parts-to-minifig ratio in my previous suggestion might have been a little off, so just include the bike, some scenery, Hagrid, Harry, and two Death Eaters then  Remember the 2011 Forbidden Forest set that also had Hagrid, three minifigs, and a small build

If they would do that, it would be one death eater and Voldemort IMO ;)

[DannyPowers]

42 minutes ago, joeee said:

With no Leaky Cauldron in either of the D2C sets, would you guys buy a playset-based of the pub if LEGO released one?

If it were in the same style as the big Diagon, absolutely. I'd also love it to be attached to the brick wall entrance at one end so I could connect it to WWW and fully recreate the entryway at Universal Studios. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

43 minutes ago, joeee said:

With no Leaky Cauldron in either of the D2C sets, would you guys buy a playset-based of the pub if LEGO released one?

I wouldn‘t be happy with it not being compatible with the D2C sets, but better than nothing. A playset will do  A third DA D2C can be ruled out I think, as the original DA will reach its EOL well before that. 

18 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

If they would do that, it would be one death eater and Voldemort IMO ;)

Eh, not enough

[NoOneOfImportance]

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

They’re the Stormtroopers of the wizarding world, of course I want more  Imagine if there was only set with a Scout Trooper and one set with a Stormie in 6 years of Star Wars sets!

I appreciate the villains we’re regularly getting, but HP is probably the only licensed theme that is this stingy with antagonist footsoldiers

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Stormies aren't exactly in high supply in the LEGO Star Wars community anymore. We have a mech and a Tie Fighter... Otherwise you just get endless clones. The last set other than those with Stormies was in 2021 for the Imperial Transport... It's not just Harry Potter. Would love to see more Dementors and Death Eaters. 

[drewdotexe]

20 hours ago, joeee said:

With no Leaky Cauldron in either of the D2C sets, would you guys buy a playset-based of the pub if LEGO released one?

I'd rather in the style of Diagon Alley. I'm surprised we haven't got a set with the opening brick wall onto Diagon Alley tbh. I think we got a mini version in an advent calendar but it seems like a feature that would be very easy to market.

 

[Legocentrico]

Il 24/8/2023 alle 13:07, BrickBob Studpants ha detto:

Apprezzo i cattivi che riceviamo regolarmente, ma HP è probabilmente l'unico tema con licenza che è così arico con i fanti antagonisti

Marvel just had sets for 3 movies Without the bad guys :-(

unlike HP that was probably the only chance to see those bad guys :-((

don't complain, there's always someone worse off :-D

Edited August 25, 2023 by Legocentrico

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Legocentrico said:

don't complain, there's always someone worse off :-D

Marvel has been doing pretty well in the mook and villain departments, until recently that is  But yeah, I‘m not complaining, I know Marvel has it A LOT worse than HP theme, in many ways. Just an observation

[Gryffindor]

Isn’t today the day the new Lego HP game was supposed to be announced, according to the leak? Is anyone else holding out hope today? 😂