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Part two in our exploration of the official announcement of the lego Harry Potter summer 2025 sets. You can see the following sets here beneath the fold in part two of this three part series:

76445 Hogwarts Castle: Herbology Class
76451 Privet Drive: Aunt Marge's Visit
76450 Book Nook: Hogwarts Express
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And that's it for part two. Part three coming up soon.

WooHoo! Just like it says in the title, we now have the official pics of this summer's lego Harry Potter sets. You can see the following here beneath the fold in part one of the series:

76448 Fawkes: Dumbledore’s Phoenix
76449 Chomping Monster Book of Monsters
76458 Thestral Family
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And still more HP lego news! We have our first picture of a rumoured second Harry Potter theme GWP. Unfortunately rumour also has it this might be a GWP only available with purchase of the Collectors' Edition Burrow, but for anyone who might be interested, the Australian lego store has posted an entry for the lego themed Weasley family clock 🕰️. I've no clue if it will stay online, so the relevant information is provided below the fold.( Read more... )

Next winter's Harry Potter lego winter wave is expected to include 76441 Hogwarts Castle: Duelling Club - $24.99 with 158 pieces. At that piece count and price, it's unlikely to be a module like the 76431 HC: Potions Class was, so what might be in store for us? Along these lines, it might be best to turn to another licensed property for an indication. ( Read more... )

We have more pix from the summer 2024 wave lego Harry Potter 76431 Hogwarts Castle: Potions Class - 397 pieces ($40)! Including a peek at the set folded together... The rear of the box gives us one look at it; the last picture here shows how it would slot into the 76435 Great Hall set. What to note about it: unlike the lavatory and the Hufflepuff Common Room, the set is then closed when folded together. The door can face outwards, however, so it isn't that it doesn't make sense, but it effectively can only be viewed or played with when it is not in the Great Hall set. given the number of people who complain about the inaccessibility or unplayablity (that's totally a word) of the 2021+ modular sets, I think I can predict that will meet with some displeasure. In as much as it won't collect as much dust, I can't say I mind it too much. The sliding feature means the modules are easily removed, the primary issue there is most of the ones they've designed are too open and prone to dust collecting, and storage of the modules is going to be an issue, particularly as they aren't stackable.

There are two 1 x 3 flat tiles on the centre base plate, presumably the opposite side we can't see uses the 1 x 3 jumper plate with two studs. This permits us to anchor the workbenches in a fashion that's easily removed to push it forward or set them off to the side for easier access for play.

There's a clip visible in the ingredients bench that doesn't make too much sense unless it's used to anchor the bench when the set is folded closed. There's a section of brick extending out from one of the arches to the left of the centre plate. On the box front art, it holds the new yellow flask piece, although that's more clearly visible in the first set up of the set somewhat further below. Snape's lectern rests on these bricks when the classroom is folded together. I don't believe it's used to hold the folded set closed, because I think it would need to extend into the massive cauldron's space to do so. That cauldron definitely seems brick built. I'm wondering why that was deemed preferable to the large cauldron piece they have?( Read more... )

And thanks to JBSpielwaren, we now have more pictures of the lego Harry Potter Summer 2024 wave of sets, primarily the Diagon Alley sets and the Potions set. w00t! We also have box pix from several of the others, so without further ado...( Read more... )

We have the first photos of the Summer 2024 lego Harry Potter sets! They're of mixed quality but good enough to give you an idea of what's coming. Having seen them, I feel comfortable making decisions on whether or not I'm likely to purchase the sets anyway.

I got the photos from chaos_lego on an instagram mirror (I'm still stubbornly refusing to give IG my phone number 😆), but they didn't mention where they got them from, so I've no idea where these originated. At least two of the pictures had a watermark from fateful_lego, but I wasn't able to confirm them as a source either. *shrug* As the pix match the description we had last month, I think the chances are very good that these are accurate. Keep in mind, they're unconfirmed, spoilers and not official quality, so proceed beyond the fold with caution. ( Read more... )

We now have pictures of this year's lego Harry Potter Polybag, and on the heels of last year's Cho in her Quidditch kit, it's frankly a little unexpected, although it makes more sense looking at some of the older ones. I think it won't be unwelcome, however, especially for people new to the theme.( Read more... )

And we have them! Set names and rudimentary descriptions of the Lego Harry Potter theme's winter 2024 wave! It's largely remakes / reimaginings, which this far into an evergreen theme with minimal new source material was to be expected. Fair dinkum. I do think they've missed a trick or two by not exploring scenes they haven't visited before, but it sounds like they have some ideas to keep things interesting, so let's take a closer look... ( Read more... )

And there's another leak! 76421 Dobby the (buildable) House Elf $39.99 $29.99 or 29.99 EUR | 403 pieces (8+) Dobby comes with Riddle's Diary and Harry's sock, Aunt Petunia's cake is included as well, in case he has need of troub. I have to allow, Dobby turned out cuter than I was expecting. (CoS) ( Read more... )