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Here’s What To Expect from Some of The Newer LEGO Harry Potter Sets

During LEGO’s Fan Media Days in Billund last month, Michael Friedrichs of Promobricks had the opportunity of having an interview with LEGO Senior Designer Mark John Stafford to discuss more about the upcoming LEGO Wizarding World Harry Potter sets. The seasoned designer was kind enough to stay for a half-hour talk with Michael, and revealed some interesting facts about two of the theme’s much-awaited sets: the Hogwarts Great Hall (75954) and the Hogwarts Express (75955).

The Hogwarts Great Hall (75954) is the largest LEGO Harry Potter set that belong to the Wizarding World subtheme, coming in at 878 pieces. Other than the new elements that it introduced such as the new magic wands and redesigned minifigures, the set also comes with a special set of stickers, according to Mark. He revealed that set 75954 will come with two sets of stickers that allow builders to customize the brick-built hall using the house crest of their own choice. It’s a pretty neat detail thrown in by LEGO which expands the play features of the set.

75954 alt3 — The LEGO Hogwarts Great Hall (75954) come in at 878 pieces, and will retail for $99.99.

The discussions revolving around the Hogwarts Express (75955) centers on a more obvious feature of the set (or the lack of it) – of it being basically a train set, but less the train tracks. According to Mark, the decision not to include train tracks on this set is more of a practical one: to make the set budget friendly for LEGO and Harry Potter fans. The design team also had customization in mind as far as the Hogwarts Express is concerned, designing the set with enough space to install an optional engine and a battery box. Again, this is a thoughtful move from LEGO that allows a wider range of creative play as far as fans of LEGO train sets are concerned. Any existing tracks pieces and power functions elements can easily be attached to this LEGO version of the Hogwarts Express.

75955 1 e1528816332155 — The LEGO Hogwarts Express (75955) has 801 pieces and will sell for $79.99 .

Over all, it’s nice to hear these considerations for these upcoming sets, something that LEGO fans of the franchise will surely look forward to. The LEGO Wizarding World and Harry Potter sets are expected to be released in August of this of this year.

Source: Promobricks

LEGO Unveils Three Additional LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz

Just a few minutes ago, LEGO announced three additional LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz via its official Facebook page, following the reveal of the LEGO Star Wars Cloud Rider Swoop Bikes (75215). Other than the recently announced LEGO BrickHeadz Darth Vader (41619) and Stormtrooper (41620), the LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz line expands to include three more familiar characters:

Luke and Yoda (41627); 215 pieces, $14.99

Princess Leia (41628); 124 pieces, $9.99

Boba Fett (41629); 161 pieces, $9.99

If you can recall, this is not the first time that Boba Fett was rendered in BrickHeadz form. The LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz Boba Fett and Han Solo in Carbonite (41498) was last year’s exclusive NYCC set, and this time, the newer BrickHeadz version of the iconic Star Wars bounty hunter seems to have more printed parts as compared from its predecessor.

Though LEGO hasn’t announced a release date yet, it is likely that these little collectibles will be available in October after the release of the August wave of BrickHeadz.

LEGO Star Wars Cloud Rider Swoop Bikes (75215) First Images Released

It looks like we have our first images for another upcoming LEGO Star Wars set expected to be released early August. Luxembourg-based retailer Electronic-Shop, have listed the LEGO Star Wars Cloud Rider Swoop Bikes (75215) based on the subtheme Solo: A Star Wars Story. It may not be the best quality images that we have about this set, but it is certainly interesting to see what it has to offer. This particular set has been rumored quite heavily among LEGO fan circles considering the speculated presence of Enfys Nest and Weazel, which was a closely guarded secret back then before Solo landed in cinemas last month.

The LEGO Star Wars Cloud Rider Swoop Bikes (75215) comes in at 355 pieces and is expected to retail for $30 USD. Here’s a rough Google Translation of its product description, followed by several images courtesy of Electronic-Shop.

LEGO Star Wars Cloud Rider Swoop Bikes (75215)

Take off with the Cloud-Rider Swoop Bikes to chase the coaxium off Tobias Becket. The set includes 2 speeder with shooters and 3 minifigures, a canister with coaxium and various equipment.

Help Tobias Beckett protect the precious Coaxium from Enfy’s Nest and Weazel, who are getting smitten with their super-fast “Cloud-Rider Swoop Bikes” from the LEGO® Star Wars Set 75215! Each speeder has big engines for super fast rides and powerful shooters. Will Tobias be able to escape before the two greedy crooks steal the coaxium? You can decide that for yourself with this exciting LEGO Star Wars set!

Includes 3 minifigures: Tobias Beckett, Enfy’s Nest and Weazel.
Includes 2 sleek swoop bike speeder, each with a hinged minifigure cockpit and shooter. At one of the Speeder even a sidecar is attached to stow the canister with the Coaxium can.
Also included are Tobias Beckett’s Blaster pistols, Enfy’s Nest equipment and Weazel’s Blaster.
Imagine the exciting adventure scenes from “Solo: A Star Wars Story”.
Combines with the Imperial Conveyex Transport (75217) and Imperial AT-Hauler (75219) sets for the ultimate raid on a high-speed train!
Swoop bike with sidecar is 5 cm high, 21 cm long and 9 cm wide.
Swoop bike without sidecar is 9 cm high, 19 cm long and 5 cm wide.

Thanks to our friends from Hoth Bricks for the tip.

Is LEGO Teasing On A Possible Jurassic Park Visitor Center Set?

So, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is due to premiere next week (stateside, as some other territories already have it showing). At the same time, LEGO’s various tie-ins to the movie are gradually easing their way into store shelves, alongside sets associated with the movie’s (and the franchise’s) progenitor: Jurassic Park.

It just so happens that this year is the 25^th anniversary of that pioneering film directed by Steven Spielberg, explaining the new Jurassic World-inspired LEGO sets coming out. More are expected, such as this set teased by LEGO that calls to mind the climactic scene from the ending stretch of the first film.

If you need a refresher, this is when the surviving people on Jurassic Park are stuck in the Visitors Center surrounded by the raptors, only for the T-Rex to arrive, killing the hunters and roaring gloriously while a banner falls in front of it. This greetings from LEGO spells it out quite well.

Rumors lave long abound that there will eventually be a Jurassic Park Visitors Center set put out by LEGO. And while we can speculate about the possibility of seeing this set happen, we don’t know yet if it’s only an interior action set-piece or a whole Visitor Center building teased.

While we wait for this previewed set, and for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s US premiere, one LEGO Jurassic Park set for its 25^th Anniversary has already been officially released, and it’s the one with the raptors in pursuit. The LEGO Jurassic Park Velociraptor Chase (75932) is out now for fandom collectors.

Thanks to The Brick Fan for the heads up.

WATCH: LEGO DC Super Villains Gameplay on YouTube’s “Live at E3”

Those who watched Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight might recall the line uttered by Harvey Dent (before he became Two-Face) that went: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Fans of WB-Interactive and Traveller’s Tales’ LEGO videogames might say “You either quit playing the LEGO games at DC Super-Heroes, or stay long enough to see yourself controlling the Villains as the protagonists.”

That’s been the effect of the upcoming LEGO DC Super Villains, which sees players in command of DC Comics’ bad-guy stable against a parallel-universe counterpart of the Justice League while the heroes are missing in action.

We already know a few things about the title, like how the player’s focus character is a customized avatar interacting with the DC Villains, and that it’s shipping with an exclusive Lex Luthor minifigure. But how does the gameplay feel? We’ll find out soon enough.

As you know, E3 2018 has finally kicked off, and the time is perfect for LEGO DC Super Villains to wow fans. In fact, YouTube just went live with its coverage of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo aptly dubbed as “Live at E3”, and we now have our first look at WB Games’ latest LEGO video game offering. Check this segment dedicated to LEGO DC Super Villains together with an interview with Geoff Keighley courtesy of YouTuber Jayshockblast.

As we can pick up from the interview, this latest LEGO and DC-inspired video title is focused on developing your own unique antihero, teamed up with DC’s notorious villains. The game’s plot twists are also something to look forward to, considering the presence of the Justice Syndicate in their little pocket universe.

The LEGO DC Super Villains is now available for pre-order, across all major gaming platforms, with its Deluxe Edition coming with a free and exclusive Lex Luthor minifigure.

LEGO And IKEA Collaborates For More Sustainable Manufacturing Materials by 2030

Denmark’s LEGO and Sweden-Netherlands’ IKEA caught quite a number of people by surprise when they announced a collaboration last week. What exactly they were working on was unspecified, other than that it was to foster “more creative play in a home environment”, according to their statement.

Now, as the week turned, it appears IKEA has something new to add to the previous announcement. It seems the world’s most recognized brand when it comes to ready-to-assemble furniture will be following its new partner’s commitment for “environmental sustainability”.

LEGO has pledged to start making bricks and elements made of sustainable materials in 2018. It began with using plant-plastic derivatives to fashion their green elements like plant and shrub pieces, with the ultimate goal of having all LEGO bricks be purely sustainable by the year 2030. IKEA has now matched that goal with their own promise to start introducing sustainable materials for their furniture products, by the same deadline too.

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In fact, IKEA has already long begun its environmental sustainability transition years ago, and as of now about 70% of their entire furniture and related product range has renewable or recyclable parts. The 2030 mark is for IKEA’s 100% transition.

It’s interesting to note that IKEA made no mention of LEGO in its new statement of sustainability compliance, but one can’t help that there was some synergy between the two companies. For that we wish IKEA and LEGO the best in their environmentally sound initiatives, and will wait for more news on what exactly they’re up to for the future.

LEGO Ideas Project Spotlight: The Disneyland Map by Brickproject_7540

Disney and LEGO have been partners is the development of tie-in brick and minifigure merchandise for all ages, from this year’s Disney Princess sets to more recent BrickHeadz, plus the major subsidiary franchises of Marvel and Star Wars. Even their theme park landmarks get love in the form of some impressive scale model sets.

One member of LEGO Ideas decided to take LEGO’s official LEGO models for Disney theme park buildings to their logical conclusion by, well, building a scale model that incorporates a number of the most memorable structures in the Disney resorts from both Coasts. Builder Brickproject_7540 calls it the “Disneyland Map”.

As seen on the layout, this LEGO Ideas project is a rough theme park layout that’s a partial mishmash of landmarks from Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, plus one from Disney’s Hollywood Studios from Walt Disney World. The result, interpreted in about 2,200 bricks, is both familiar and new.

The component areas of this LEGO Disneyland Ideas entry are Disneyland Park’s Main Street USA, the Fantasyland with Sleeping Beauty’s castle to the back, paths to the left and right leading to Tomorrowland’s Space Mountain and Frontierland’s Big Thunder Mountain respectively, and then the extra locations of the Mickey Wheel from nearby DCA and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror from WDW’s Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Brickproject_7540 acknowledges the fantasy nature of this theme park layout; he even gave it the misspelled name of Dinseyland since it’s not yet sanctioned by the House of Mouse. Still, if the set does manage to get 10K support, and be lucky enough to pass review afterwards, then maybe Disney might deign to green-light this Ideas build enough to grant it the brand name.

We’ll have to see if it achieves that goal; though if you’re on LEGO Ideas and like the set, then visit Brickproject_7540’s entry page for the project. He even provided a 360-degree virtual tour of the set for any visitors’ enjoyment. It could give the Space_X Collection entry a good run.

Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Gets An OYO Sports Minifigure

If you’re no stranger to LEGO-compatible collectible minifigures, then it’s most likely that you have come across the name and brand, OYO Sports. Similar to LEGO CMFs, OYO Sports, as the name suggests, produces LEGO compatible minifigs that showcases the most famous names in sports. The appeal behind the OYO brand lies in their extensive and exclusive tie-ups with major sports leagues such as the Major League Baseball. And one particular name that has gradually risen to the top of the ranks to earn his own commemorative OYO minifigure is Los Angeles Angels’ Japanese superstar, Shohei Ohtani. Though recent news about his elbow injury has left many fans of the sport in a state of disbelief, we sincerely hope that he will recover soon as fans will surely wait for his return to the ball field.

For the meantime, OYO Sports pays homeage to this one-of-a-kind genius with a collectible minifigure of his own, following the caricature style of traditional Japanese manga art. The OYO Sports Los Angeles Angels: Shohei Ohtani Manga Boxed Collectors Set (P-MLBLAA17MA-G5PS) features the star player in two uniforms: both as a pitcher and designated hitter, and retails for $19.99. Here’s the set’s complete product description.

Los Angeles Angels : Shohei Ohtani Manga Boxed Collectors Set (P-MLBLAA17MA-G5PS)

Shohei Ohtani Angels Boxed Set
2 minifigures and display plate
In the style of Japanese Manga Art

A new Collector Edition Shohei Ohtani boxed set is available, with two minifigures in the style of Japanese Manga art.

This boxed set contains 2 minifigures made in the likeness of the alternate red, and white home uniforms for Ohtani. One features him as a pitcher and one as a DH. Both faces have a caricature facial design inspired by Japanese Manga to represent Shohei!

The display plate that is included will hold both minifigures, and is printed with a mini diamond that reflects the versatile positions played by this star. All items are digitally printed here in the US, and the minifigures are printed on both sides, along with his cap.

Even the packaging is in the style of Manga with Japanese and English lettering.

Made in the USA from globally sourced parts.
Ages 6+
Compatible with most great construction toy companies.

So if you’re into collecting sport stars-turned minifigs, then OYO Sports has something in store for you. Visit their online store for more details and offers.

The LEGO US Catalog (June-December 2018) Teases on a New Minifigure Series

Not only does the recently released online LEGO US Catalog 2H 2018 teased on two upcoming LEGO BrickHeadz sets, but it seems that we’ll be seeing the next Collectible Minifigure Series sooner than expected. We’re still swooning with delight on LEGO’s party-themed, commemorative 40^th Anniversary CMF Series 18 (71021) minifigs, and it looks like we’re about to get another wave roughly two months from now.

The announcement came in almost as a side note on that particular page in the LEGO US Catalog, and on the rest of its foreign counterparts. The said ‘surprise’ has been rumored to be, within LEGO community and fan forums, to be the LEGO Harry Potter Minifigure Series (71022), which also coincides with the release of the rest of the Wizarding World sets.

If you recall way back in 2002, LEGO released four series of collectible Harry Potter minifigure that comes free with qualifying purchases of LEGO Harry Potter sets at that time. The LEGO Harry Potter Minifigure Collection Gallery featured 17 minifigures which you can see below (images courtesy of Brickset):

Harry Potter Minifigure Collection Gallery 1 (2002) – Harry Potter, Lucius Malfoy, Madame Hooch, Gilderoy Lockhart

Harry Potter Minifigure Collection Gallery 2 (2002) – Ron Weasley, Hagrid, Uncle Vernon Dursley, Ron/Crabbe

Harry Potter Minifigure Collection Gallery 3 (2002) – Dumbledore, Professor Snape, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy

Harry Potter Minifigure Collection Gallery 4 (2002) – Hermione, Dobby, Professor McGonagall, Harry/Goyle, Tom Riddle

With LEGO’s extensive collection of existing LEGO Harry Potter figures, its kind of hard to predict which Harry Potter character will make it to the cut, if indeed the next CMF Series to arrive in August is all about the Wizarding World. I guess we just have to wait until then.

What do you think is this next LEGO CMF series all about? Do you think it is a Harry Potter CMF Series? If so, who do you think will make it to the list? Comment down below.

LEGO BrickHeadz Disney Mickey (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625) Coming in August

After the reveal of the latest LEGO BrickHeadz Ariel & Ursula (41623) dual-set, we now have official confirmation on the next Disney-inspired set to watch out for this August. The LEGO US Catalog for the 2^nd half of 2018 is now available online and with it, comes a teaser for the LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625).

Other than featuring Mickey and Minnie in their chibi LEGO versions, we also get to see once again Elsa, Anna & Olaf, and Hermione, Harry & Hedwig. All of them are slated for an August release, to be followed by five more LEGO BrickHeadz sets in October. The LEGO BrickHeadz Mickey (41624) and Minnie Mouse (41625) sets are expected to retail for $10 each, with images of these sets making rounds already over the internet.

So what do you think about these latest BrickHeadz collectibles? Do you plan to get them this August? Share your thoughts in the comments below.