W00t! Promobricks has once again dropped a massive news-bombshell and provided us with many of the set names and descriptions from the lego Harry Potter summer 2022 collection. ( Read more... )

Promobricks has a lovely new leak for us on the Harry Potter lego sets due this winter, and I'm chuffed already, just from the descriptions alone. 😃 We can expect four new sets, two more of the Hogwarts Moment sets (Divination and Moody's DADA classroom), an extension to the 2021 Hogwarts modular castle system for the Infirmary (!) and a buildable trunk. (And yes, I'm afraid that does indeed confirm what I've been saying: we won't be seeing a return to the popular 2018/20 style.) That last item is a little more difficult to explain than the others - off Promobricks' description, they seem to be struggling, too 😆 - so I think we'll need to wait for pictures on that one to judge. But basically the overall takeaway should be this: lego is evidently fairly serious about the HP line, which is awesome! For one thing we're seeing what is only our second winter wave since the series' reboot in 2018, which even if the sets themselves perhaps aren't quite your cup of tea is great news. (Think of it this way, as long as the series is in production and the more sets there are, the greater the chances of one day seeing that set you'd love to have. So, win! 😃) And in addition to expanding on last year's "gimmick" with the Hogwarts Moment "book" sets, they're giving us a regular set for the first time in a winter wave, and an all new format in the form of the buildable suitcase. Creativity at work! Always a good sign, it's not merely production by rote, and they really do seem willing to try out a bunch of things with this series. So without further ado, on to the leaks... ( Read more... )

And that would be all they've said about the sets at this time. I'll be sure to keep you posted when there's more.

A note as to our source: the promobricks video with all the info. While it's unlikely to be of much interest to you as it's in German, you can still give them an upvote for providing us with this preview, so maybe click through and show them a little love? ❤️

(And a cheery thanks to lego_guyon02 and GF for their respective heads up. Much appreciated.)

Instagram user AhoyBrickBoy has made a lovely digital render of his MOC of the tasks from Goblet of Fire.



A couple of nice details from task 2: the way the hair seems to "float" (excellent piece choices!) and the way the chains on Hermione and Ron are drawn taut. (I can't quite see how the latter was achieved, to the extent that I asked myself if it was "photographed" upside down. It might be the same mechanism that keeps Harry suspended, however, and simply not more visible from that angle. Either way, I like the result, as well as the idea that a digital set might not be subject to the same restrictions a physical one might. Why *not* display it upside down?) The blue branch pieces (plant leaves 4x3 medium azure) also work a lot better than I expected. (Live and learn, lol.) But if I should happen across a batch, I now see their usefulness... 😉

Not sure which modelling software he's using, but in a perfect world, the "sleeping" faces from the original second task set 4762 Rescue From the Merpeople lend it an extra something if you're trying to recreate it at home. Hermione's face appeared in two minifigs from a total of three sets in 2005 and 2007. Ron's face appeared on one minifig in the same three sets. Caveat: those figs' waking expressions were a bit of a letdown, and I much prefer the current series of minifigs (they've done some great work with them), but it was definitely good for this scene.