Pictures of the New Winter Sets! W00t!

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76398 Hogwarts™ Hospital Wing, 510 pieces, $50 USD

Pomfrey AND Skele-gro! I must have been a very good witch this year! (Admittedly that's much easier when it's only a few days into the new year...) Interesting changes to the windows, the tan frames are probably a better choice overall, but I'm not sure how I feel about the white grates... Also, it'll be kind of a weird arrangement stacked with the other sets. I like the details of Ron's broken leg and Hermione's bandaged hand. I don't think we've seen that piece before.

Unfortunately no amount of handwaving will ever explain why that section of the castle is now concave / inverted in its curve. (More robust hinges vs. plates as hinges. Sure. It's more robust, I get it, but what a strange choice.)



76396 Hogwarts™ Moment: Divination Class, 297 pieces, $30 USD

Doesn't look like I'm getting a Grim teacup sticker 😕, but I like the nougat owl. Those will come in useful scattered around the castle. They could have been a little more generous with teacups and I wish the insert for the crystal ball were printed (with anything really), but the artwork is lovely as always, and as a whole the design is surprisingly in keeping with the Wizards Unite version of the room. (Love the stack of teacups.) And I feel like the poufs should have been round, but that always creates issues with centring your figs on them...



76397 Hogwarts™ Moment: Defence Class, 257 pieces, $30 USD

The new trunk design is nice, complete with mini-Moody (poor sod...). It's nice that they've kept Moody's leg printed. As a concession to keeping the CMF (collectible Minifig) version something special, they've done away with the lovely maracas as potion phial and given us that thing they use for lights instead. I guess that's fair enough. And the Dark Mark entry in the DADA text is really good. ❤️

I also like that they're making an effort to mix the room format up a little from the Moment sets, although I'm also fine with picking a thing and sticking with it.

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They outdid themselves with that Poppy. The minifig designers are the bomb. Her wimple or nursing hat whatever it's called is just amazing, and I love the inclusion of the time piece pinned to her chest. I think she was one of the characters I've most been looking forward to, with Rita Skeeter coming in as a reasonably close second.