accio brick - the lego harry potter comm

Hello, my lovelies. It's that time again. They're offering a double VIP / Insider point special later this week, and it's timed to go with a Jane Austen GWP (Gift with Purchase).

From the lego website, from the 19th through the 23rd, earn double points on your purchases at lego.com:

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So after my multi-paragraph whinge about the planting in the lego Harry Potter set 76445 Hogwarts Castle: Herbology Class from the 2025 summer wave, we're now seeing a preview of a new set in the Wednesday series. And why do I bring it up, you might ask? Also bearing in mind that this is the theme that brought us the adorable gargoyles last year (later used in the 2025 76453 Malfoy Manor), 76784 lego Wednesday Black Dahlia Flower is well worth mentioning in its own right (and certainly in this context) because in addition to a buildable flower (a dahlia, obvs), it includes a mini-greenhouse, also worth mentioning because that greenhouse (in stark contrast to the 2024+ Hogwarts Herbology greenhouse) contains some nice plant builds, certainly for the price. ( Read more... )

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 we have two more leaks! Photos from the Quality Quidditch Supply & Fortescue's Ice Cream Shops Set and the Herbology Classroom: ( Read more... )

So there's been a crackdown on the individuals leaking the photographic material for the coming sets. Personally, I think it generates buzz, and that's a good thing, the dribs and drabs that keep us hanging on, ever eager for the next crumb, but obviously that's lego's call. One such individual, cmf-wotsit, has developed a workaround, which is sketching the new sets. We've now had confirmation via Fateful that the sketches line up with the pics they've seen for the Hogwarts Express Bookends, and it seems worth posting the latest sketch for 76448 Dumbledore’s Phoenix (previously $19.99, I'd expect it to go for $23 USD off of recent information about pricing).

We had two likely choices for this set, a small buildable creature or Dumbledore's actual Office (probably the scene where Fawkes helps Dumbles escape, or maybe the one where he regenerates). It looks like we now know which of the two it's going to be. Spoilers beneath the fold. ( Read more... )

We now have a picture of the Hogwarts Express Bookends which will be part of this summer's wave of Harry Potter them lego sets. As previously mentioned, it contains the 9 3/4 Station Platform in the background, and looks like a cute set. ( Read more... )

Hello, my lovelies! We have some news on this year's D2C (Direct to Customer, lego store exclusive) for the lego Harry Potter theme and it's going to be a Hogsmeade Village set, 76457 with a confirmed piece count of 3228, to be released in September, presumably as part of the now annual "Back to Hogwarts" event on 01 September. No word yet on the price.

We're also getting a Retail Exclusive set 76458, as part of the summer wave, with 548 pieces and expected to retail for $70 with a 01 June release date. ( Read more... )

The rumoured prices below the fold. ( Read more... )

So all in all, a mixed bag. While I'm sure the designs will continue to delight, some of our pocketbooks may be seeing things differently.