General Harry Potter Discussion

Jern92 · September 2018

homersolly said:

Thanks CCC. It's a shame as they look pretty impressive.

Actually, if you zoom in on my picture, you will be able to see what parts you need and how to arrange them quite clearly.

Mr_Cross · September 2018

Bricktober figures in the UK. That's the thing I'm getting edgy about. Cheapest is £45+ currently on the resale places and I'd like it to be approximately a quarter of that. Does any one have any insider info on whether it will be at Brand retail, Smyths, somewhere else, or horror of horrors - not at all?
Apologies if this has already been discussed.

LuLego · September 2018

^ this is is what we all want to know. From signs of CMF flying off the shelf here, this will be a sought after set. I just can’t believe Lego would leave the U.K. without.

homersolly · September 2018

Jern92 said:

homersolly said:

Thanks CCC. It's a shame as they look pretty impressive.

They're pretty much just 1x1 plates and a 48x48 baseplate. If you like I can scan the picture and send it to you.

Hi Jern, that would be great thanks. Sounds like a nice project for me.

Jern92 · September 2018

Here are images of the promotional mosaic sets for anyone who wants to build them for themselves

snowhitie · September 2018

@Jern92 Thank you very much, that might be a fun project for later.

I finished up my rockformation I started on in the beginning of September a couple of days ago and ended up housing a potions classroom in it for the Monthly building competition (you still got a couple of days to enter!)

I am now enlarging the great hall (well the rest of the castle will follow. I might have gone a bit too wide though, because even if I left some room on the left of the rocks it might not be enough so I might have to make them wider too...

This is the inside at the moment:

And the outside you can see here

I think the enlarged bay window looks good on the inside, but on the outside it looks a bit like a cross, so maybe I should make the level in between smaller, just a plate instead of a brick. It needs something to brake it up though. Or maybe 1 stud wide in the vertical middle instead of 2. Still, it's all a bit of a work in progress.

But I think the height looks okay compared to a minifig now, what do you guys think?

brianoblivion · September 2018

I've watched several how to videos now and have installed the new powered up system on the new hogwart's express taking great care to follow the steps as they were laid out. Can anyone tell me why then my train continually falls off the track? The front two wheels just will not stay on even in the unlocked position. I've rechecked everything and am still unsure where i'm going wrong. Any help from anybody would be greatly appreciated, thank you all in advance.

Odeinoichus · September 2018

Laid claim to Percival Graves today, slipped open one side of a sealed case and got my figure. I was amazed to find the two sealed cases sitting on the shelf actually, glad that I could finish the set. LEGO I implore you, no more 1 per case releases, it is just disgustingly unfair to the millions of kids in the world who want everybody.

On a more helpful note, assisted in getting someone what they want for either their birthday or Christmas, helped get a Yoda's Hut to someone looking for it and someone else got the Ninjago Spinners they needed.

Jern92 · October 2018

Finally got mine. Everyone else in the queue seemed intent on getting as many of these as possible.

Jern92 · October 2018

J0rgen · October 2018

Bricktober is on at Toys-R-Us in Norway now, so I finally got my hands on that #%€@ HP Minifig Collection. Bought two of the Whomping Willow set, which is very reasonably priced at TRU in Norway (550NOK), and got one pack for myself, and one as my cousin's Christmas present, although they didn't want to give out two packs to one customer.

Coyotelily · October 2018

Thanks for the previous posts about this, completed Harry, collating parts for hermione now

Coyotelily · October 2018

Have made adjustment to left eye area which I got wrong but thrilled with this, would love to do more characters.

The_Stud · October 2018

According to The Brick Fan, some Barnes and Nobles locations in the US are recieiving the Harry Potter Bricktober Pack now. What's surprising about this is that they are available to buy for $7.99 in the Lego section, instead of being a free gift with a $50+ purchase like in the past. (It's highly possible that they will be promos later on and that these particular locations just put the packs out early). Here's the article: https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-harry-potter-bricktober-2018-5005254-barnes-and-noble-update/

BrickByBrick · October 2018

I've really got to find those quick, but none are in stores in MA yet according to customer service at my store. Anyone in Connecticut, apparently a few stores there have some.

madforLEGO · October 2018

The stores have the potter professor sets being allocated from the warehouse to the stores now (which is why people cannot seem to buy them now via CS). I think these people that have been managing to buy them before hand likely got them from their stores allocation, just a guess to that though. One store told me they could not order it, but they expected to get 8 (only) in, and two stores I visited both reported they have no idea when they will be getting them in stock. So given the lack of B&N stores (at least to TRU before they closed) and the sounds of small allocations to each store makes me wonder if these will appear somewhere else before the end of the year, as one would think that TRU US purchased a heck of a lot more than what B&N seem to be allocating.

Jern92 · October 2018

madforLEGO said:

The stores have the potter professor sets being allocated from the warehouse to the stores now (which is why people cannot seem to buy them now via CS). I think these people that have been managing to buy them before hand likely got them from their stores allocation, just a guess to that though. One store told me they could not order it, but they expected to get 8 (only) in, and two stores I visited both reported they have no idea when they will be getting them in stock. So given the lack of B&N stores (at least to TRU before they closed) and the sounds of small allocations to each store makes me wonder if these will appear somewhere else before the end of the year, as one would think that TRU US purchased a heck of a lot more than what B&N seem to be allocating.

What are these Potter Professor sets?

The_Stud · October 2018

Jern92 said:

madforLEGO said:

The stores have the potter professor sets being allocated from the warehouse to the stores now (which is why people cannot seem to buy them now via CS). I think these people that have been managing to buy them before hand likely got them from their stores allocation, just a guess to that though. One store told me they could not order it, but they expected to get 8 (only) in, and two stores I visited both reported they have no idea when they will be getting them in stock. So given the lack of B&N stores (at least to TRU before they closed) and the sounds of small allocations to each store makes me wonder if these will appear somewhere else before the end of the year, as one would think that TRU US purchased a heck of a lot more than what B&N seem to be allocating.

What are these Potter Professor sets?

An alternative name for the Harry Potter Bricktober Pack.

Innes · October 2018

Microscale Diagon Alley will be a gift with purchase with a minimum $99 spend from the 9th of November to the 21st. Not sure what the minimum spend will be with the U.K.

homersolly · October 2018

I was just wondering if anyone had heard anymore about a bigger Diagonal Alley set?

dannyrww · October 2018

I think the only Diagon Alley set coming out is the small one.

Aanchir · October 2018

homersolly said:

I was just wondering if anyone had heard anymore about a bigger Diagonal Alley set?

Just rotate the left side of Market Street 45 degrees

J0rgen · October 2018

First picture of my enbiggened 75953 & 75954 (and my very first Instagram post) :

wardm · October 2018

Using a mirror for the lake is so smart! Well done!

J0rgen · October 2018

Thanks! I got the idea from this old Hans Christian Andersen adaptation I watched a lot as a kid:

https://youtu.be/j3gYBb3rvY0

homersolly · October 2018

dannyrww said:

I think the only Diagon Alley set coming out is the small one.

That's a shame. I let my wife purchase Hogwarts Castle in the hope of another large build coming along for me. I'm gonna have to stop the gentlemanly lark!

snowhitie · October 2018

@J0rgen very cool use of the mirror indeed and nice looking Hogwarts.

I've finally had a chance to take some pictures of my progress. Still need some stairs and the chamber of secrets door has all the wrong colours since I got to get some pieces for that (and I think I'm going to change the entrance to an actual round one) but I've been having a lot of fun with it.

The two main pictures are:

That bottom picture looks like it's sagging in the middle, but that must be my photography skills that are lacking because it really isn't. It's suprprisingly stabel and the top lifts up without a problem to be able to play with the classroom/office/chamber of secrets.

more details if interested: https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/shares/jM6Ky7

Brainslugged · October 2018

@snowhitie - that supersized Hogwarts hall looks great. How much of the above-ground part of it can you achieve with just a second Hogwarts Hall set?

snowhitie · October 2018

@Brainslugged thanks. I have used 3 sets and extra bricks, but I've got windows left over. The biggest difficulty is to keep the proportions correct and that means to sometimes change the build a bit, plus I made the tower wider and deeper and have attached it more to the hall so it would be more stable. I didn't use too many extra bricks, mostly some plates and tan bricks plus stuff to fill the hall with.

With 2 sets I think you should be able to get pretty far too, just a bit less wide/deep/high.

milamber · October 2018

snowhitie said:

@Brainslugged thanks. I have used 3 sets and extra bricks, but I've got windows left over. The biggest difficulty is to keep the proportions correct and that means to sometimes change the build a bit, plus I made the tower wider and deeper and have attached it more to the hall so it would be more stable. I didn't use too many extra bricks, mostly some plates and tan bricks plus stuff to fill the hall with.

With 2 sets I think you should be able to get pretty far too, just a bit less wide/deep/high.

I have six sets now. Planning to move in sometime before Christmas :)

J0rgen · October 2018

Very nice, @snowhitie! Lots of neat details, like the hour glasses in the entrance hall. I've also put Dumbledore's office and Trelawney at the top of the big tower. I will post some pictures of the interior of my castle in due time, but today is dedicated to Nearly Headless Nick, answering the age old question; How can you be nearly headless?

LuLego · November 2018

Anyone else noticed that the HP CMFs are thin on the ground in the shops? I haven’t seen a fresh box in a long time and my Smyths, which usually has loads, is slimming down too.
Shop at home says ‘temporarily out of stock.’

Has time been called? I suppose they’ve been out since August, so 3 months is probably about right...

Pate5346 · November 2018

^ It all depends I guess. I saw two fresh boxes in one Tesco I visited. Although haven't seen any in Sainsbury for some time

Gibbo1959 · November 2018

^ same here. In Newcastle & Cramlington, the Sainsbury's I use (which had them very early on) have been gone for a few weeks but Kingston Park Tesco, which put them out much later, still had about 6 partial boxes available yesterday. The 2 on the display stand looked quite 'fresh'.

dmcc0 · November 2018

Local Sainsburys hadn't had any for ages, then suddenly a fresh box appeared for the start of the toy sale the other week. Tesco also had a fairly full looking box the other day too. I think they might've actually been reduced in Tesco too.

Adelec · November 2018

Asda around me suddenly have found some boxes. I only saw 2 boxes in our Sainsbury's, ever!

Bitsyww2 · November 2018

My local target has them at all the registers but they're thinned out in the toy section, Walmart had a full but very picked over display.

Baby_Yoda · November 2018

The nearest Kmart to me had a single box on the highest shelf, but upon closer inspection the box was revealed to be empty. I was tempted to ask if I could take it home.

madforLEGO · November 2018

Saw a bowl full of them at the LDC near me. I already got the figures I wanted so no more purchasing for me.

wardm · November 2018

Just finished building the large hogwarts castle whilst bingewatching the Harry Potter-movies (thank you, Netflix!). I finished building in the middle of the fourth movie.

Jern92 · November 2018

Diagon Alley now available as a gift with purchase here, though they limit it to Harry Potter sets only. Luckily I haven't picked up the Great Hall yet.

LukeSkywalker · November 2018

Oh i was able to get a Diagon Alley with the new pop-up book and another non-Harry potter set, maybe the qualification is different for Europe. Good thing too as I’ve all the new HP sets bought already.

Shib · November 2018

Put in an order for the Whomping Willow (only Wizarding World set I hadn't picked up yet) and a couple of other bits to get the Diagon Alley, UK definitely doesn't need to be all Potter to qualify.

I don't like that the qualifying cost has crept up, and I'd like the Xmas gift box later in the month but can't justify two spends that size (even if this one was mostly VIP points)

omnium · November 2018

Aye, I agree, the spend is a bit much. But I was able to buy 15 sets of PF lights and the GWP was added to my basked and checked out fine.

khmellymel · November 2018

I only bought the Winter Fire... Uh, hall? I can't think of the word at the moment for some reason ... Anyway and it still qualified

Bumblepants · November 2018

I wasn't going to pursue this set but I just noticed a black sausage in the parts inventory... uh oh

Shib · November 2018

^used for the hat position I believe

LuLego · November 2018

As above.
Wasn’t going to buy the Winter Village fire station but I think Diagon Alley will be very popular (and pricey on eBay) so justified it that way.
But due to the high spend threshold, that’s me done with [email protected] I won’t be getting the Xmas box.

So did I buy Diagon Alley to get a ‘free’ fire station?

historyman · November 2018

Ordered the winter fire station to get Diagon Alley. I still can’t really picture what size the complete set is despite seeing it on instagram.

LuLego · November 2018

So I’m not the only one who bought the WV set just for Diagon Alley (or a sausage)?

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