New Hogwarts Pictures (and now on S@H)

Post by **Athos** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:15 am

***Edit:
Now on S@H:

http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.as ... n=342&d=70

Not as pricey as I'd feared, but still quite a chunk of change... fortunately, I just got a substantial tax refund!

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Found these over at eurobricks:

http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/lifes ... cast06.php

The eurobricks thread:

http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eur ... topic=9178

My thoughts:

That thing is huge! Two new hair pieces, one on Hermione (though it comes in the Castle line too) and one on Umbridge.

New Snape torso, might be nice.

I hope all those decorated things aren't stickers, though they appear to be.

The ribbons look nice too.

Finally a greenhouse, with some good looking mandrakes too!

Interesting Sirius in the fireplace idea.

Great death eater face. Reminds me of the Phantom for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Steve

TheBohrok · Post by **TheBohrok** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:53 am

Wow, that set is one great parts pack. I don't know if I'll get it, what with the Castle line coming soon, not to mention that I still want to pick up a Cafe Corner. I guess it depends on what this will cost. Thanks for the heads up, Steve!

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:19 am

wow, this looks huge! think its looks even nicer than both the other 2 castles released previously! I wonder what the price would be like (though)

Sir Kohran · Post by **Sir Kohran** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:52 pm

Absolutely brilliant! That hting is chock full of parts and and good figs

However, I'm not so optimistic on the price

But i'm looking forward to it nonetheless. When is it going to be released? EDIT: Wait, it says July.

- Matt

eNiGMa · Post by **eNiGMa** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:36 pm

This looks great! I wasn't planning on buying it before, but I think I might. There's so much I could do with those mandrake and death eater heads....

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:49 pm

Hmm, I think that if I have the money after some of the other sets (Castle 07 and the Republic Cruiser) I might get this for some of the parts. If not I'll for sure be getting some of the hairs and a few other parts.

leaf_of_lire · Post by **leaf_of_lire** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:11 pm

Pictures won't load. That site does not look too good either

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EDIT: Or is it a movie thing?

Old_School_Fan · Post by **Old_School_Fan** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:55 pm

Good lord. For an accessory nut like me, this is heaven. The castle structure looks fun too. I've always been a fan of little rooms. The fig count is excellent, and look great as well. More black skeleton horses! There are just so many great aspects to this set. The video of the build is really neat.

As said before, I would love to pick one up, but I think Castle '07 might drain me entirely.

It is quite ironic how after a dry spell of terrific sets, it looks like LEGO is going all-out through the summer months.

Legendary_Corsair · Post by **Legendary_Corsair** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:39 pm

Thats pretty big and comes with good pieces.

Bwhaha

Emp.Justinian · Post by **Emp.Justinian** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:53 pm

The deatheater looks very good, however the faces of the three main characters just look plain wierd. Overall this set looks great, tons of accesories and cool bits, the greenhouse looks very well done. The problem is that with my soon to be purcahse of almost all the 07 castle line I won't be able to buy this. :evil:

God speed

Emp.Justinian

Baned · Post by **Baned** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:09 am

The whole set looks great, but really, I'm just glad Snape has a normal colored head instead of glow in the dark now.

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:49 am

I think this is a wonderful set. As most people can guess, it's all about the figs for me.

I haven't ever been particularly excited about fleshy faces before, but I'm keen for the new Snape, Malfoy, and Umbridge. New hair molds for Umbridge and Hermione are fantastic, and the heads on the Deatheater (or an intermediary Voldemort, as my wife suggested) and mandrake root are also excellent.

The main model seems to be fairly standard issue (with some great parts), but I love some of the details, like Umbridge's office, the greenhouse, and Sirius' face in the fire.

2007 is turning out to be an expensive year.

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:51 pm

I'm actually more excited about the 2007 Hogwarts Castle addition than the 2007 Castle Siege. For me the parts will be most useful and the tan (I love it!) will be very useful. I'm just excited that so much good seems to be flowing out of LEGO this year. So much good in fact that I have to be very choosy as to what I buy. Not so very long ago I used to find myself buying a smattering of sets across themes in order to find parts and designs; now they're all pretty good.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:31 pm

Hey,

I probably won't get the whole set, but I'm definitely looking forward to Bricklinking parts. Particularly this mandrake head.

I'd love to have a monster army of those guys. Also the Deatheater mask is really cool. As soon as I saw the skelly horses from the new castle line I knew that thestrals were coming, so I'll want some of those as well.

Bruce

Rusty Brick · Post by **Rusty Brick** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:56 pm

This looks pretty cool. I've only gotten a few Harry Potter sets, and I somewhat regret that. If I have any money left after Castle 07 I will indulge.

Does anyone have pictures of other sets in this Book 5 line?