First peek at the official photos of the summer HP wave!

[gingerwitch]

We've seen Dobby and the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes pix already, now we've got a peek for you at the remaining four sets. I'm still expecting the full reveal sometime today, because you don't release the first ever Battle of Hogwarts set the week of the 25th anniversary of the BoH without somehow reflecting that fact, darn it. (Or if you do, you need

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[gingerwitch]

I was wondering how they would handle the colour differences, because the Patronuses were always very bright at their cores, but had those wisps all around them, so although I would have preferred to see an illuminated trans blue build like you would, I can't say I was all that surprised at this result.

I imagine the black support is to make it possible to put the Patronus in a running pose? It also means your MOC Patronus design doesn't need to be particularly stable. 😆

I objected to the Quidditch gloves less than the mittens last year. At least here it makes sense. After breaking off a pin on one of those minifig hands a while back (and making the torso useless in the process), I completely get why they wouldn't set things up so you had to switch the hands around. The only problem is going to be getting enough hands in the various colours at a latter point so the heads can be used on anything other than Quidditch players. Otherwise you're basically relegating most of Hogwarts' POC to the sports team, which feels seriously sus as approaches go.

That tile might be a "chocolate frog" box or card instead of a galleon (which I suspect I'd like less), we'll probably need to wait and see in the official set description. You like the shiny coins, but as that stuff was even more susceptible to scratching (which you don't like) they've pretty much done away with it and switched to pearly gold. At this point I'm used to it, but I get while the other appeals to you more. Shiny! Precious!

The Lee hair is so weird, right? Look at that Dreamz character and tell me that wouldn't have been so much better. No clue. Maybe it's a timing thing, or maybe they're reusing the hobbit hair elsewhere, who knows.

The photo of the back of the BoH box was the last bit of info I got / update I made, and it was so cool seeing it come together. Folks were complaining about all the connectors in the BoH set, and I'm thinking, they must have put them there for a reason, because they're more expensive than bricks. It was gratifying seeing the extrapolation of the aqueduct bridge become a reality. I've no idea how PB managed to get the minifig count wrong (obviously the info provided was incorrect, so it's on their source), because that won't have been a last minute change, but Bella's arms are a neat update, and Scabior is very welcome. (I always found him the scariest of the bad guys.) And I'm confident we'll see Black!McGonagall and the statue at some point. Worst case, I'm just going to dot the castle with armour.

I think the pastel is to represent the dust and grime of battle. Even Harry's pants are more subdued (compared to the RoR set). Y'know, unless he went and got changed in the meantime? lol

I'm just hoping they'll release battle packs, or Accessory Packs, or sets like Umbridge's Grawp encounter, so we can get some more creatures for the battle. Epic battles need fighters or it's more of an Epic Disagreement really... 😉

[erexen]

Ehhh, pearly gold money ... meh. Yeah, the bullion bricks don't impress me much, now coins, etc., still prefer the old way.

Yup, the Lee hair is awful, period. They had Way better options, like the one on Dreamz you showed.

Agree on Bella's arms, much more fitting. Ummmm, what do you mean black!McGonagall? LOL Lego's Epic Disagreement set!

[gingerwitch]

Maybe Dark!McGonagall? But McG in her black robes.



In fact, until we get more combatants, like McG, it's henceforth now officially re-dubbed: the Epic Disagreement of Hogwarts set. EDoH.

Ooo, so people were complaining about the clock sticker archway piece, as they're a bit rubbish from behind (see the gryphon in Dumbledore's Office), and I figured, no worries, remove it, and it's an entryway... Well check the pics above. Now that we have a shot of the back of the box, you can see there's a second sticker (*swoon*) of a seriously damaged clock. I love that detail.

[erexen]

Ahhh, ok, my mind went to Disney's activity...

I noticed the damaged clock tower sticker too, just figured you already saw it, oops. I do love that it looks battle broken.

[gingerwitch]

No, I spotted it right off (I mean, are you kidding? 😆), but after taking the time to write everything, and doing several updates, the BoH box rear view was the literal last photo I received, and I didn't go back to update the update (to the update lol) to comment on it, and having seen so many people complain, it seemed more than worthy of a mention. As much as people complain about stickers, the inclusion of another one for the back side of a large piece that is visible from both sides makes such a difference. I'm really glad when lego go the extra mile like that, and thought they deserved a hearty "atta team".

(Slightly weird that the clocks are apparently at different heights, and now I'm not going to think about that again, because: pretty and just nicely done.)