76457 Hogsmeade Village Info Leaks
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acciobrickThe things we knew about the 2025 lego Harry Potter D2C (direct to customer) exclusive set so far...
76457 Hogsmeade Village
Release date: Sept 1, 2025
3228 pieces | $380-430 USD
(US prices unfortunately subject to fluctuations due to tariffs)
We now have some fairly reliable new leaked information.
The set will be similar to 75978 Diagon Alley, that's the 2020 Diagon Alley D2C ($450 / 450 EUR) with lovely, minifig scale detailed shops, so this is the best possible outcome.
Minifigures said to be included:
Students:
Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley
Draco Malfoy
Katie Bell
Teachers / Ministry:
Cornelius Fudge
Professor McGonagall
Horace Slughorn
Shopkeepers:
Aberforth Dumbledore
Mrs. Flume
Madam Rosmerta
Zonko's employee OR Carriage Driver (slim chance of both?)
That makes for 12 minifigures. (contrast with Diagon Alley's 17 minifigs, two of which admittedly are mannequins)
Off of that alone, we can safely speculate that we'll see the Three Broomsticks, Hog's Head, Honeydukes, and possibly Zonko's (depending on that 12th minifig), and this will - at least partially - be a Half-Blood Prince / Prisoner of Azkaban set.
Hogsmeade in Prisoner of Azkaban
Hogsmeade in Half-Blood Prince
According to rumour it will have builds on three 16x32 plates. (contrast that with Diagon Alley's 4 plates) We don't know if those plates are standalone units or if they're grouped together (like 21359 the Italian Riviera set). The number of minifigs is consistent with 3/4 the size of Diagon Alley. As for the price, if we take 3/4 the price of the Diagon Alley set, that's 337.50, which means the lowest price we're expecting for the Hogsmeade set is a good 42.50 more expensive. That's quite a jump, roughly 11%, but it's not entirely inconsistent with price jumps of late, and it's possible there might be some extra builds, like a carriage (🤔), a bench, a fountain, or signs that help account for the jump, bearing in mind Diagon Alley already had a price increase since 2020.
There's been an additional leak naming the stores on each of the plates, but I cant't speak to its reliability. If correct, we can expect to see:
1) Owl Post, Dervish and Banges, Honeydukes
2) Three Broomsticks
3) Hogs Head 'Inn' (we know how lego feel about pubs), Zonko's Joke Shop
So that's six shops / businesses, four of which we can predict from minifigs alone. The two new additions are the Owl Post, which makes sense, and if it's done similarly to how it was in the mini DA series' Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes set, it'll have a small footprint and run tall, which would help three shops fit on one plate.
Dervish and Banges is a music shop. Having done a Wizarding Music shop as part of my Horizont Alley MOC, this is an easy one. You use a perfectly regular saxophone piece, and voilà , claim it's self playing. You reference the books, and sell self-playing flutes. It doesn't require things you haven't got, and is far simpler to get right-ish than Wiseacre's, say.
That's what we know for the moment, rumour is we can expect to see the set officially presented next week. As it's a D2C, we're not likely to see much by way of leaks before then.
76457 Hogsmeade Village
Release date: Sept 1, 2025
3228 pieces | $380-430 USD
(US prices unfortunately subject to fluctuations due to tariffs)
We now have some fairly reliable new leaked information.
The set will be similar to 75978 Diagon Alley, that's the 2020 Diagon Alley D2C ($450 / 450 EUR) with lovely, minifig scale detailed shops, so this is the best possible outcome.
Minifigures said to be included:
Students:
Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
Ron Weasley
Draco Malfoy
Katie Bell
Teachers / Ministry:
Cornelius Fudge
Professor McGonagall
Horace Slughorn
Shopkeepers:
Aberforth Dumbledore
Mrs. Flume
Madam Rosmerta
Zonko's employee OR Carriage Driver (slim chance of both?)
That makes for 12 minifigures. (contrast with Diagon Alley's 17 minifigs, two of which admittedly are mannequins)
Off of that alone, we can safely speculate that we'll see the Three Broomsticks, Hog's Head, Honeydukes, and possibly Zonko's (depending on that 12th minifig), and this will - at least partially - be a Half-Blood Prince / Prisoner of Azkaban set.
Hogsmeade in Prisoner of Azkaban
Hogsmeade in Half-Blood Prince
According to rumour it will have builds on three 16x32 plates. (contrast that with Diagon Alley's 4 plates) We don't know if those plates are standalone units or if they're grouped together (like 21359 the Italian Riviera set). The number of minifigs is consistent with 3/4 the size of Diagon Alley. As for the price, if we take 3/4 the price of the Diagon Alley set, that's 337.50, which means the lowest price we're expecting for the Hogsmeade set is a good 42.50 more expensive. That's quite a jump, roughly 11%, but it's not entirely inconsistent with price jumps of late, and it's possible there might be some extra builds, like a carriage (🤔), a bench, a fountain, or signs that help account for the jump, bearing in mind Diagon Alley already had a price increase since 2020.
There's been an additional leak naming the stores on each of the plates, but I cant't speak to its reliability. If correct, we can expect to see:
1) Owl Post, Dervish and Banges, Honeydukes
2) Three Broomsticks
3) Hogs Head 'Inn' (we know how lego feel about pubs), Zonko's Joke Shop
So that's six shops / businesses, four of which we can predict from minifigs alone. The two new additions are the Owl Post, which makes sense, and if it's done similarly to how it was in the mini DA series' Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes set, it'll have a small footprint and run tall, which would help three shops fit on one plate.
Dervish and Banges is a music shop. Having done a Wizarding Music shop as part of my Horizont Alley MOC, this is an easy one. You use a perfectly regular saxophone piece, and voilà , claim it's self playing. You reference the books, and sell self-playing flutes. It doesn't require things you haven't got, and is far simpler to get right-ish than Wiseacre's, say.
That's what we know for the moment, rumour is we can expect to see the set officially presented next week. As it's a D2C, we're not likely to see much by way of leaks before then.
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Date: 2025-08-08 11:46 am (UTC)I mean, I feel like I got good value for the DA set, and the parts per money spent aren't the only or universal metrics, yada yada, but this one had me more hesitant than I expected I'd be now that I've seen good pix, if that makes sense? Usually, whether I plan on getting it or not, there's more sense of wonder, being charmed in my response. My first reaction to the pictures was literally to think they were a hoax because the Three Broomsticks was just so centred and looks like some MOCs, and Honeydukes doesn't really seem to be much by way of an improvement, and the minifigs aren't bringing enough 'new' to the table... Half the set is kind of phoning it in, and the other the other half is too rudimentary. It felt like a fan's AI creation. A good one, as you know, but just not like the finished, official product. And going out on a limb here, but I'm betting that just isn't the reaction a company would be hoping for when they present their luxury line.
It'll grow on me, I know it will, but the initial response is I had hoped for more — not in terms of size; I'm very mindful of the budget — and clearly won't be getting it.
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Date: 2025-08-08 07:36 pm (UTC)Again, I fully concur with all of your considerations and thoughts, you hit the issues right on the head. Just really feel disappointed, had expected amazing... got ok. I would have seriously considered it... but same old same, nah.
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Date: 2025-08-08 08:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-08-09 06:31 pm (UTC)You're too sensible to disagree with on this.